In his debut music album Dance Party, he collaborated with veteran singer SP Balasubrahmanyam's son S. P. Charan. He then composed score and soundtrack of the 1999 Telugu film Devi, thus marking his debut as a film music composer at the age of 19. He also composed Tamil version of the soundtrack for the film. It became an instant hit. Devi once again collaborated with Kodi Ramakrishna for the film Navvuthu Bathakalira (2001) after Devi (1999).
