 Before moving to the United Kingdom, Choudhury worked as a journalist in different national newspapers in Dhaka.During the 1971 Bangladeshi Liberation War, he worked for "Joy Bangla", "Jugantar" and "Anandabazar Patrika".He is perhaps best known for writing the lyrics to "Amar Bhaier Rokte Rangano" which is recognised as the most influential song of Bengali Language Movement and was initially set to music by him.