 At the young age of 14 he got the opportunity to work with music director Ravi and played the mandolin in the song Chaudhvin Ka Chaand.As a guitarist he played fillers, Solo's and Rhythm in more than a 500 films and soon started working with music directors like Ravi, Shankar Jaikishen, Kalyanji Anandji.He was promoted to the role of an assistant music director for Laxmikant Pyarelal and worked with them in 475 films since 1966.