Rohit worked as an assistant director under Tammareddy Bharadwaja in Swarnakka (1998) and made his lead debut with G. Nageswara Reddy's 6 Teens (2001).[1] The film was a box office success and he became popular for the song "Devudu Varamandiste Ne Ninne Korukuntaale". Regarding his performance in Muthyam, a critic wrote that he "tried to do behavioral acting. But he lacks in the ease and spontaneity in his action".[2] He then starred in a series of films that were box office flops with only Girl Friend (2002), his second collaboration with Nageswara Reddy, becoming successful.[3] Regarding his performance in Girl Friend, a critic wrote that "Rohit has done an amazing work in this film. He is very natural in acting and has got very good dialogue delivery. His dances are very good comedy timing is perfect".[4] According to Rohit, the song "Taluku Taraka" from the film was an "instant hit".[5] During this period he also starred in the film Nenante Ishtamena, an unreleased film that was set in Malaysia. He played the second lead in Sontham (2002) and starred in several multistarrers such as Chandravamsam (2002), Shankar Dada MBBS (2004), Keelu Gurram (2005), Shankar Dada Zindabad (2007), Nava Vasantham (2007) and Maa Annayya Bangaram (2010).[6]
In 2021, he was to make his comeback with the film Kalakar, but the film remains unreleased.[7][8] In 2024, he made his comeback with RAM (Rapid Action Mission) after a fourteen year gap.[9]