 He began his acting career on television playing a soldier in the Doordarshan series "Fauji" (1988).He won the Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut for his debut film, the romantic drama "Deewana" (1992), in which he played a supporting part.For the role of an ambiguous avenger who murders his girlfriend in the crime thriller film "Baazigar" (1993), he received his first Filmfare Award for Best Actor.