Dosra Janam (دوسرا جنم), Tareekh-e-Khandhar (تاریک کھنڈر), Mataa-e-Dil-o-Jaan (متاع دل و جاں), Masiha (مسیحا), and Shaheen Sifat (شاہین صفت) are some of his best-known works.

Johar Bilgrami's films include Aadhi Raat, Gharoni Jhurr, and Drao.

[citation needed] He picked up the habit of reading novels from his father, who had a great collection of pulp fiction books.

Bilgrami read اور تلوار ٹوٹ گئی - Aur Talwar Toot Gai (And the Sword Broke), the longest novel by Naseem Hijazi, when he was a student in 2nd grade.

At the age of 16, Bilgrami began writing short stories for the children's page of Daily Jang newspaper.

In 1969, Bilgrami went to West Pakistan with his father, where the director was to present a new movie, Thandi Aag – Cold fire; however, Johar couldn't complete the film due to the country's situation at the time, and the family had to travel to Karachi.

[3] In July 2008, Bilgrami left the editorship of Sachi Kahanian and joined Sarguzasht (Jasoosi Group of Publications) as an editor.

Many of these have become bestsellers, including Ghazi, Dosra Janam, Tareekh-e-Khandhar, Mataa-e-Dil-o-Jaan, Masiha, Shaheen Sifat, and Muqadas Taboot.

In 2003, he received a "Best Writer" award from the Interior Minister of Pakistan, General Moinuddin Haider.