Eventually in 1999, he directed his first original production in 1999, Othello – a Play in Black and White, which won a Fringe First Award at Edinburgh before touring internationally.
[6] The plays depicts stage actors rehearsing Shakespeare's Othello, and gradually begins to deal with issues like elitism and racism.
[7] He later also adapted the play and directed film, In Othello (2003), with Sheeba Chaddha, Adil Hussain, Barry John as leads.
[8] Inspired by the 2002 Gujarat riots, he directed The Spirit of Anna Frank in 2002, which dealt with themes of gender and caste-violence, as five women meet in a compartment on a night train.
[13] The 2013 production The Kitchen, had 12 mizhavu drummers from Kerala playing, with traditional dessert payasam is also cooked on stage, which served amongst the audience after the show.