He won the Ananda Puroskar in 2004 for his book Udawnta Shob Joker (All Those Flying Jokers). In 2014, he won the Filmfare Awards East for Best Lyricist for the song 'Balir Shohor' from 'Mishawr Rawhoshyo'. He is now working on his next book "Mushtaq Hussain er Dorbari". Besides writing poems and songs, he is also a television anchor. Recently he made his acting debut in Srijit Mukherji's film Zulfiqar.