However, due to financial difficulties, Ruhulla could not complete his education and returned to Baku.

In the early 20th century, male actors played female roles on the Azerbaijani stage.

Ruhulla's first role was Telli in the comedy He Has a Name, Not Himself by Najaf bey Vazirov, directed by Huseyn Arablinski and staged on 21 December 1908, in Balaxanı drama association.

Ruhulla went on to play the roles of Musa in the tragedy of Abdurrahim bey Hagverdiyev The Unlucky Young Man (directed by Huseyn Arablinski, on 4 May 1909, in Yerevan), Tahmas in the tragedy of Nariman Narimanov Nadir-shah (directed by H. Arablinski, 10 May 1909, Yerevan), Berezin in the work of Evgeny Chirikov The Jews (directed by H. Arablinski, 15 May 1909, Yerevan), Qatran Bey in the comedy of Molière Le Médecin malgré lui (directed by H. Arablinski, 20 May 1909, Yerevan), Nadir Shah in N. Narimanov's Nadir-shah tragedy (directed by M. Kazimovski, 8 December 1909, Baku), Fakhraddin in N. Vazirov's Fakhraddin's Misfortune tragedy (directed by M. Kazimovski, 11 December 1909, Baku).

He had visited Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Tabriz, Tehran, Rasht, Qazvin, Isfahan, Shiraz, Samarkand, Bukhara, Merv, Ashgabat, Kharkiv, Kyiv, Tula, Tbilisi, Yerevan, Krasnovodsk, Derbent, Makhachkala, Vladikavkaz, Grozny, Andijan, Ufa, Sarab, Ardabil, Anzali, Kazan, Batumi, Odesa, Rostov, Sukhumi, Yalta, Sevastopol, Simferopol, Tuapse, Sochi.