His first novel is "Neel Gharer Nati" (1966), it is about a village performer forced into the profession by her father, it received critical acclaim. His best known novel is "Mythical Man" ("Aleek Manush"), which won the Sahitya Akademi Award (1994), the Bankim Puraskar, and has been translated into eleven Indian languages. He also won the Narasimha Das Memorial Award for his novel "Amartya Premkatha" (1988). His novels "Nishimrigaya" (1970) and "Krishna Bari Fereni" (1980) have been filmed in Bengali. Also his famous short story named " Ranir Ghater Brittanto " was screen played as " Faltu "(2006) in Bengali language. In the next year, this film was selected for the National Film Awards. Other notable novels include "Trinabhumi", "Kingbadantir nayak", and "Uttar Jahnabi"; "Trinabhumi" was translated into all major Indian languages. His short stories "Mrityur Ghora", "Rakter Pratyasha", "Goghna" and many others have been translated into different Indian languages Hindi, Urdu and Tamil.