During his writing career, he was also offered acting opportunities, which he turned down as his ultimate goal was to direct feature films.
He had assisted Pakistani film director S. Suleman for 5 years with the intention of one day directing his own work.
[2] In 1993, Syed Noor made his directorial debut with the movie, Qasam, which was successful at the box office.
Partnering with the Mass Communications department of Punjab University, Noor began to teach film as a subject.
During this time, multiplex cinemas began to be built in Pakistan and film became digitized, which gave new filmmakers excellent opportunities for new material and projects.