 Shekhar moved to Mumbai after his studies and started his career as film journalist, eventually he came to head the features team at "Mumbai Mirror" for two years and was also part of the "Mid-Day" features team for four years.In 2006, "Bombay Talkies", a book authored by Shekhar was published by Frog Books.The book is a compilation of film reviews written by Shekhar from 2004 to 2005.