In 2006, he starred in Saran's "Idhaya Thirudan", which performed poorly at the box office, following which, he acted in "Unakkum Enakkum" (initially released and promoted as "Something Something Unakkum Enakkum"), again under his brother's direction in another remake of a Telugu film Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana. Ravi portrayed a rich, happy-go-lucky NRI from London, who has to live and fight for his love in dire conditions in a rural milieu. The film, which featured Trisha Krishnan alongside Ravi, became a high critical as well as financial success, emerging one of the highest-grossing and most-profitable films of the year. The N. Linguswamy-produced "Deepavali" under Ezhil's direction became his only 2007 release.