in 1994 he attended a short course in film appreciation at the ftii, pune. thereafter he apprenticed with indian directors like sai paranjpye on the film "papeeha" and tv serial "hum panchi ek chal ke" and dev benegal on his feature "english, august". he wrote the screenplay and dialogues for kalpana lajmi's serial "the awakening" (doordarshan) and was the associate director for the serial "dawn" (star plus). both these were produced by bhupen hazarika, the assamese music director and singer.