Kamal made his acting debut opposite Kajol in the 1992 film Bekhudi which did not do well at the box office. In 1993, he acted alongside the late Divya Bharti in Rang which was a hit . After this, he acted in a string of films which failed to do well. At the end of the 90s, he quit films for several years and made a comeback to acting in 2006 with a role in the Zee TV television serial Kasamh Se.