 He directed and acted in about 30 one act plays in Hindi, Gujarati, Marathi and English from 1973 to 1978.Later on he joined Indian National Theatre and Indian People's Theatre Association where he came in contact with Balraj Sahni and other members of Indian Theatre and learned the finer aspects of acting.The turning point in his career was Ismat Chugtai’s play "Nila Kamra", which he staged as his first commercial production in Hindi.