[2][7][8][9] He made his Bollywood debut in the year 2014 with Akarsh Khurana’s directed tv film Sunsilk Real FM and played the role of Jwahar.
[11] Again, he appeared in Mira Nair and Shimit Amin’s directed tv series A Suitable Boy as Pran Kapoor.
Shubra Gupta of Indian Express said: "Gagan Dev Riar as Abdul Karim Telgi is terrific".
[15] Yatamanyu Narain of News 18 stated: "Gagan Dev Riar as Abdul Telgi is the heart and soul of Hansal Mehta's show".
[16] Bhavna Agarwal of India Today stated: "Gagan Dev Riar nails it as Telgi".