In 1993, after moving to London, he saw an advert in the local newspaper that the old Half Moon Theatre wanted people to work on a play.
[1] In 2007, Mukul completed a Master of Fine Arts in theatre directing at Birkbeck, University of London.
[2] In April 2007, he helped launch TARA Studio as curator of the first season, Hotbed, for young and emerging BME directors.
[3] His maiden direction of an adaptation of The Adventures of Baron Munchausen in 2007 earned him four stars from The Times theatre critic.
Other major plays directed by Mukul are Julius Caesar, The Rape of Lucrece, Romeo and Juliet, LONDONEE, Devdas, Enig-mas, Silent Sister's-Brother's Unhinged, Rokeya's Dream (based on Sultana's Dream),[2] and Gauhar Jaan.