His directorial venture, "Jai Hind 2" (2014) contained a message about the declining state of the Indian education system. The film became a box office success in Kannada, while the Tamil version did not perform well at the box office. In 2017, he appeared in his 150th film "Nibunan", an action thriller where he played a police officer hunting a serial killer. The film won positive reviews, with a critic noting that Arjun "looks stylish and suave as the fit and honest officer, and excels in a couple of action blocks he gets". He then directed a biligual film titled "Prema Baraha" (2018) starring his daughter Aishwarya Arjun in the leading role While, the Kannada version performed well, the Tamil version, "Sollividava", went unnoticed at the box office.