 After graduating in 1986 he took a master's degree in Theatre at the National School of Drama in New Delhi, completing the course in 1989.In 1990 he moved to Mumbai where he worked as casting director on the film "Bandit Queen", a biopic of Phoolan Devi.He was casting director for 1995's "Stiff Upper Lips", in which he also had a cameo role as a stallholder, and 2000's "The Warrior", directed by Asif Kapadia.