Was discovered by Feroz Khan in 1983. Feroz wanted to cast him as the main villain in his international movie Janbaaz. Dan was in the Navy and was not interested in acting. Feroz told him to leaving the training and grooming to him. After 6 months Feroz decided to shelve the international project Janbaaz and start a new one with a new star cast. He told Dan he did not have a good role for him so he did not want to waste him. That is when Manmohan Desai signed Dan for Mard.