He learnt Tabla from Jnan Prakash Ghosh and joined in Akashbani Kolkata as Tabla player.
While performing Tabla in All India Radio Music Conference, actor Pahari Sanyal impressed on him.
Asit Baran often called upon to sing at various music functions in Kolkata.
Within the next few years he performed as actor-cum-singer in several super-hit films in Bengali and Hindi and became a promising star of the New Theatres.
After that, Asit Baran worked continuously for more than four decades on the silver screen, starred in number of Bengali as well as Hindi films.