In May 2014, he was appointed as the official Indian delegate to the 67th Cannes Film Festival. As of July 2014, he was working on three films: "Uthama Villain", "Vishwaroopam II", the sequel of "Vishwaroopam" and "Papanasam". After 2 years of "Vishwaroopam" s release, "Uttama Villain" was released on 2 May 2015 with exceptional critical reviews and on 3 July 2015, "Papanasam" a Tamil remake of Malayalam film Drishyam was released with positive reviews and became a huge success followed by the bi-lingual "Thoongaa Vanam" and "Cheekati Rajyam", both doing moderate business.