▁He ▁started ▁his ▁stage ▁career ▁in ▁Del hi , ▁though ▁he ▁continued ▁training ▁under ▁K hal id ▁Ty ab ji . ▁After ▁Ty ab ji ▁he ▁trained ▁with ▁Sh au pon ▁Bos hu ▁at ▁Sri ▁A uro bind o ▁Ash ram , ▁P ud uch er ry , ▁before ▁starting ▁training ▁with ▁D il ip ▁Sh ank ar ▁in ▁Del hi . ▁As ▁an ▁actor , ▁he ▁first ▁received ▁acc laim ▁in ▁O th ello : ▁A ▁Play ▁in ▁Black ▁and ▁White ▁( 1 9 9 9 ), ▁which ▁was ▁awarded ▁the ▁Edinburgh ▁Fr inge ▁First , ▁and ▁later ▁Good bye ▁Des dem ona ▁also ▁directed ▁by ▁Ro yst en ▁Ab el . ▁He ▁remained ▁the ▁art istic ▁director ▁and ▁Tra iner ▁of ▁the ▁Society ▁for ▁Art ists ▁and ▁Perform ers ▁in ▁H amp i ▁from ▁ 2 0 0 4 ▁to ▁ 2 0 0 7 , ▁and ▁a ▁visit ing ▁fac ulty ▁at ▁Royal ▁Conserv atory ▁of ▁Perform ing ▁Arts , ▁The ▁H ague . ▁He ▁is ▁also ▁a ▁visit ing ▁fac ulty ▁at ▁his ▁al ma ▁mater , ▁the ▁National ▁School ▁of ▁D rama . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 4 , ▁he ▁made ▁his ▁Beng ali ▁film ▁debut ▁along ▁with ▁So ha ▁Ali ▁Khan ▁in ▁the ▁period ▁drama ▁It i ▁S rik anta , ▁where ▁he ▁played ▁the ▁lead ▁role . ▁On ▁television , ▁he ▁appeared ▁in ▁the ▁lead ▁role , ▁in ▁the ▁detect ive ▁series ▁J aso os ▁V ij ay ▁( 2 0 0 2 –