He then made "Sada Mee Sevalo", with Shriya and Venu in lead roles, and later made a psychological thriller, "Nandanavanam 120km". Both these films did not do well at the box office. Despite of its commercial failure, "Nanadanavanam" got him huge critical acclaim. These were followed by "Mr.Medhavi". with Genelia and Raja in the lead roles. This film, produced by RamaRao Bodduluri, proved to be an above-average grosser. He also wrote dialogues for a Telugu remake of the Hindi hit "A Wednesday!", entitled "Eeenadu". In 2011, Neelakanta directed "Virodhi", featuring Meka Srikanth and Kamalinee Mukherjee. Neelakanta secured the best dialogue writer award in the year 2011 for this film. In 2013 he directed "Chammak Challo", which gathered bad reviews for both the director and the film.