[1] Later he won the Zee Cine Awards "Fresh Singing Talent 2012 (Male)" for the song "Ishq Sufiyana" from the film The Dirty Picture (2012).

In 2017, he released the Punjabi song "Dili Sara", featuring Kuwar Virk, as a single.

Later he left his studies because he started taking part in singing competitions and musical shows.

[5][6] Composer duo Vishal–Shekhar, who were also mentors on the show, became his real-life mentors and eventually offered him his debut playback song, "Wallah Re Wallah" in Tees Maar Khan (2010), released a day before the show ended.

[7] In 2013, he rose to prominence with the song "Jhooth Bolliya" from Jolly LLB[citation needed].