He received critical acclaim after portraying Lateef, a 17-year-old native Iranian boy in the 2001 film Baran, which was also directed by Majid Majidi.
Despite entering acting by chance, he won the Crystal Symorgh for Best Actor in a leading role for Baran at the 19th Fajr International Film Festival.
Majid Majidi once told in an interview to Gerald Peary in December 2002 that, "When I found him, he was twelve years old, had quit school, and worked in a fruit market.
When Pedar (Father) was screened, he was very happy, and said, 'I'm going to get famous, and when a truck of watermelons arrives, everyone will buy from me!'
"[4] His debut film was Pedar directed by Majid Majidi in which he played the major role of a young boy Latif, who was the friend of Mehrollah whose father has recently died.