Originating from Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, he completed schooling at Loyola School and earned a computer-science diploma from Symbiosis College, Pune, before becoming a self-taught actor, director and trainer. His professional theatre career began in 1998, featuring lead roles in works by Shakespeare, Stoppard, Molière and Ibsen, and he directed a British-Council-supported production of Hamlet in 200…
