[1] His first success came in 2002, opposite Priyanka Trivedi, through Sathi, a highly successful romantic drama, directed by Haranath Chakraborty, for which he won the Bengal Film Journalists' Association – Most Promising Actor Award and Anandalok Awards for Best Actor.
In 2005, he acted alongside Koel Mallick in Nater Guru, which was released to critical and commercial success and fetched him his second Anandalok Award for Best Actor.
The film proved to be one of the biggest hits of 2013, grossing ₹6.75 crore (US$780,000)[2] and also earned him his first Filmfare Awards East nomination.
From 2014 to 2016, he starred in many films, including four critically and commercially successful ventures – the psychological thriller The Royal Bengal Tiger, the comedy thriller Bachchan, the action comedy Badsha The Don and the action drama Abhimaan.
[3] In television, he appeared on several reality shows and also hosted some, including Koti Takar Baaji and Bigg Boss Bangla.