His best works as a director include Take Off (2017) C U Soon (2020) Malik (2021) and Ariyippu (2022) After completing his graduation from University College Thiruvananthapuram; he joined M.G.R.

Government Film and Television Training Institute in Tamil Nadu after which he started working as an advert editor.

[1] A few of his most popular films as an editor includes Beautiful, Traffic, Kanyaka Talkies, Viswaroopam, and Ennu Ninte Moideen.

After establishing himself as an accomplished and successful editor, Mahesh ventured into writing and made his debut as a writer with 2015 Malayalam film Mili, which opened to rave reviews in Kerala.

It was also revealed that the film would be about 60–65 minutes (the final release time amounted to 1h 38min) in length, and shot in Faasil's flat.