[2] Ashraf began his directorial journey as an assistant director in collaboration with Mostofa Sarwar Farooki.
[3] He started his journey as a director with the film Sultana Bibiana in 2017,[4] which received positive response from the audiences.
[5][6] Film critics and lyricist Zahid Akbar of The Daily Star praised his direction.
"[8] After a gap of 6 years, his second directorial venture Priyotoma was released in 2023 with Shakib Khan and Idhika Paul,[9] which grossed total ৳412.3 million worldwide, became the highest grossing Bangladeshi film of all time.
[12] His third project is Arshad Adnan's Rajkumar, second collaboration with Shakib Khan, which is currently filming.