Mainly a Bengali story and screenplay writer, N. K. Salil also has tried his hands at acting. As a writer, he has worked on movies like the Refugee (2006), Premer Kahini (2008), Saat Paake Bandha (2009), Rangbaaz (2013), Parbona Ami Chartey Tokey (2015), and Haripada Bandwala (2016).