
Chandrasekhar had gone back on an agreement they had made about the rights of the films. In an interview in 2006, Kunjumon lamented the failure of the two films starring Vijay for his bankruptcy, stating he lost 1.5 and 1.75 crore rupees respectively on those two projects and added that Vijay's father S. Kunjumon's last two released films are the Vijay-starrers Nilaave Vaa (1998) and Endrendrum Kadhal (1999), both of which costed less than his previous venture, Ratchagan. In 2005, he contemplated remaking Thotti Jaya (2005) in Telugu with Eby in the lead role, but later opted against making the venture. Another production titled Swasam was launched with Eby and Priyanka Trivedi, and began filming schedules in 2001, but also failed to complete work. Likewise, a proposed project titled En Idhayathil Nee starring Eby opposite Shalini did not begin production despite being announced in late 1998. The film's music album and trailer were released in early 1999, but Kunjumon's financial troubles meant that the film failed to have a theatrical release. The film started production the following year with Eby appearing alongside Simran, with Hindi actress Karisma Kapoor making a guest appearance in an item number. Kunjumon announced a venture titled Kodiesvaran in 1996, which would mark the acting debut of his son, Eby Kunjumon. However, Kunjumon was adamant about the climax and it was shot as per his wish.

Shankar to rewrite the climax of Gentleman based on the assassination of former Sri Lankan President Ranasinghe Premadasa, much to the dissatisfaction of Arjun, who felt that his heroism would get diluted. Kunjumon was well known for suggesting director S. His debut Tamil film as producer was Vasanthakala Paravai (1991) which became successful, he then went on to produce successful big-budgeted flicks such as Suriyan (1992), Gentleman (1993), Kadhalan (1994) and Kadhal Desam (1996).

He owned the film production company A.R.S.Movies Pvt Ltd. He produced Malayalam films in the late 1980s and began to produce Tamil films from 1991. He dubbed many films from Tamil to Malayalam, Telugu and Hindi. He entered to film industry as a distributor and distributed approximately 350 films in different languages, in Tamil and Malayalam. After finishing his school education Kunjumon worked in the travel agency business and then the hotel industry, before he became a film producer.
