Afsary began his career as an Assistant Director in the early 1970s.

He made his directorial debut in 1983 with the film Ghorer Bou.

[7] Then in 2000 he worked with Shakib Khan for the first time in the action film Hira Chuni Panna, Thekao Mastan (2001), Ulta Palta 69 (2007), Moner Jala (2011),[8] Full and Final (2013),[9] Antor Jala (2017),[10] In 2019 he teamed up with Shakib Khan again in the action thriller Password, which was Khan own production.

It was a box office blockbuster and also one of the highest grossing Bangladeshi film of all-time.

[11] After his business operated by his wife was hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, he opened a YouTube channel and started uploading videos.