Emerging from Mumbai's Don Bosco High School and the University of Mumbai, he cultivated a passion for performance through college theatre before launching his acting career with the Marathi stage play Aflatoon in 1984. Transitioning to film, he appeared as Inspector Jamdade in the Marathi movie Jeeva Sakha (1991) and earned his first directorial accolade with Aai (1995), winning the Filmfare Best…
