In 2014, Puneeth starred in Jayanth C. Paranjee's romance "Ninnindale", with Erica Fernandes. Although his performance as a New York-based adventure enthusiast based in New York was praised by critics, the film was unsuccessful at the box office. Puneeth's next release was K. Madesh's "Power***", a remake of the Telugu film "Dookudu". Appearing with Trisha for the first time, he played a tough police officer. The film earned a record ₹22 crore (220 million) in six days. In 2015, he played himself in B. M. Giriraj's film "Mythri", which also starred Mohanlal and Bhavana. Puneeth's other release that year was Pawan Wadeyar's "Rana Vikrama", an action film with Adah Sharma and Anjali.