His Chhattisgarhi folk troupe, surprised again, with his rendition of Asghar Wajahat's "Jisne Lahore Nahin Dekhya" in 1992. Then in 1993 came "Kamdeo Ka Apna Basant Ritu Ka Sapna", Tanvir's Hindi adaptation of Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream". In 1995, he was invited to the United States by the Chicago Actors Ensemble, where he wrote his only English language play, "The Broken Bridge". In 2002, he directed "Zahareeli Hawa", a translation of "Bhopal" by the Canadian-Indian playwright Rahul Varma, based on the Bhopal Gas Tragedy. During his illustrious career he brought works from all genres to stage, from ancient Sanskrit works by Shudraka, Bhasa, Vishakhadatta and Bhavabhuti; to European classics by Shakespeare, Molière and Goldoni; modern masters Brecht, Garcia, Lorca, Gorky, and Oscar Wilde; Tagore, Asghar Wajahat, Shankar Shesh, Safdar Hashmi, Rahul Varma, stories by Premchand, Stefan Zweig and Vijaydan Detha, apart from an array of Chhattisgarhi folk tales.