Pathik started his career as an assistant director to filmmaker Mrinal Sen for his film Genesis starring Nasserudin Shah, Om Puri and Shabana Azmi.
Singh for this Indo-French project which was in the official selection of Festival de Cannes.
[1] [2][3] Pathik was honored in the Filmfare Awards in the best dialogues category for Aamir Khan's blockbuster Sarfarosh.
He was honored by the Maharashtra State Hindi Academy and Kavi Pradeep Foundation for his documentary film Chal Akela[6] for Doordarshan which was on the life of 'Kavi Pradeep' who penned the iconic song "Aye mere watan ke logo".
[citation needed] Recently, Pathik wrote the dialogue for Chaar Sahibzaade 3D.