He has made two Marathi feature films viz. Pune 52 and Baji. He has won the very prestigious Maharashtra State Film Award for best director for his debut film, Pune 52. He has secured a degree in Film Direction from the International Film School Sydney, Australia. He has been a part of the prestigious Hinduja Group's film wing as a script supervisor and has worked on multiple projects, the most notable being the Tamil blockbuster BILLA 2. His debut feature film, Pune 52 has won multiple awards and was showcased at various film festivals. His second feature - action adventure film, BAJI, was released on 1500 screens in Maharashtra. Nikhil recently wrapped shooting for the Hindi feature film, Poster Boys starring Sunny Deol and Bobby Deol as a creative producer. Currently Nikhil is working on multiple projects including the directorial debut of Varun Grover that he is producing.