Tarun collaborated again with Mani Rathnam in Thalapathi (1991) in a minor role. He also starred  in Aditya 369 (1991), the Malayalam films Abhayam (1991), My Dear Muthachan (1992), and Johny (1993) and the Tamil film Meera (1992). He won an award at the Furoshiki Film Festival in Japan for Abhayam.
Tarun collaborated again with Mani Rathnam in Thalapathi (1991) in a minor role. He also starred  in Aditya 369 (1991), the Malayalam films Abhayam (1991), My Dear Muthachan (1992), and Johny (1993) and the Tamil film Meera (1992). He won an award at the Furoshiki Film Festival in Japan for Abhayam.