[2][3] He made his debut film as a director and screenwriter in 1994, Tarpan, starring Om Puri, Revathy and Manohar Singh in the lead role.
Husain to date and a major contribution to the writing on contemporary Indian art by people like E. Alkazi, Yashodhara Dalmia (Outlook), Gayatri Sinha (Asian Age), Aveek Sen (The Telegraph), Chitrapu Uday Bhaskar (The Hindu), Kishore Singh (Business Standard) and M.F.
He wrote a fortnightly column on life, society and the arts called BIMB PRATIBIMB in the reputed Hindi daily JANSATTA from 2001 to 2009.
Two books of his articles in this column called ‘Kuchh Gamein Dauran’ and ‘Aur Bhi Gham Hain’ have been published.
Since early 2008, he has also written a column on arts, culture, literature and cinema in major Hindi daily Hindustan under PARTEIN.