He shot to fame with the 2009 blockbuster film Veruthe Oru Bharya, which had a family theme.
[1] He later remade his Bollywood film Gauri: The Unborn in Malayalam as Kana Kanmani (2009).
[2][3] Earlier, Akbar had directed three Malayalam films along with Jose, including Sadanandante Samayam (2003) which starred Dileep and Kavya Madhavan.
He then directed a Hindi film, produced by Goodnight Mohan, that dealt with abortion with a cast comprising Rituparna Sengupta, Atul Kulkarni and Anupam Kher.
[4] He directed Vellaripravinte Changathi (2011) starring Dileep and Kavya Madhavan,[5] produced under the banner of Chandvi Creations by Bijoy Chandran.