Chandra Sekhar Yeleti made his directorial debut with the Neo-noir crime film, Aithe. Being friends, Harinath requested Chandu to give him an opportunity to be an associate director for the film, instead Chandu cast him in a key role as a police informer in the movie as Harinath was a trained theatre artist. Either way, Harinath was happy about being able to observe the making of the film to some extent being in the sets of Aithe.