[2] He was the eldest child of Munshi Ahmed Khan, a teacher of Arabian and Persian languages.
In 1949, Asad Bhopali was spotted by the Fazli Brothers, a film producer duo of Bombay (now Mumbai).
Following the partition of India, Aarzoo Lakhnavi, the lyricist of their film Duniya, migrated to newly created Pakistan.
At the age of 28, Asad Bhopali traveled to Bombay on 18 May 1949, to become a lyricist in the Hindi film industry.
However, he was not as successful as the top lyricists such as Majrooh Sultanpuri, Sahir Ludhianvi, Jan Nisar Akhtar and Rajendra Krishan.
Ghalib Asad Bhopali, his son from his second wife, also became a film writer and lyricist who wrote movies like Bhindi Bazaar Inc and Mumbai Mirror.