Active in dramatics and poetry right from his college days, he directed Mohan Rakesh’s play "Ashadh Ka Ek Din" in his youth.

He lent his voice to AIR, Jalandhar before he left for Bombay where he later wrote for music directorJaidev.

It is also claimed that the song, "Hum sab Bhartiya hain", which is sung at the NCC camps across the country, was penned by him.

[citation needed] Faakir belonged to the small and diminishing tribe of non-Muslim Urdu poets from East Punjab.

[6] Sudarshan ‘Faakir’ was the favourite poet of ‘Mallika-e-ghazal’ Begum Akhtar in her last phase, She sang five of his ghazals.