He produced his work in British India before partition and in Pakistan after split of Indian subcontinent.

[2][3] The recipient of national literary award, the Pride of Performance in 1963, he is primarily recognized for depicting tragic love stories of Sohni Mahiwal, Heer Ranjha and Tilism-e-Hoshruba, an epic story of Amir Hamza, a legendary Persian adventurer.

Initially, he copied Western painting to create visual characters, but later adopted original artwork with mythical subject.

In 1914, he went to Bombay (now Mumbai) for a better career where he stayed for five years and worked at Roop Naraine Photographic Studio as a background artist.

He later created paintings of Krishna, a major deity in Hinduism which helped him to be recognized as an artist.

Many people consider him one of the pioneer artists of modern landscape and figurative painting in early years of Pakistan.