During release of his Lage Raho Munnbhai 2006 he was traveling in a bus from Mumbai to Pune and saw a pirated version of the film being screened in the bus and immediately stopped it and informed the concerned people.
Best remembered for his character as Tatya Vinchu in Marathi film Zapatlela 1993 and as Mahatma Gandhi in Hindi film Lage Raho Munnabhai 2006.