[2] He has had a long association with the National School of Drama.and has published about fifteen titles of short stories, satires, novels and plays.

[citation needed] Nind Kyon Rat Bhar Nahin Ati (`Why Doesn't Sleep Stay the Whole Night) published in 1976, anthologizes his short plays.

Qaid-e-Hayat talks about the personal life of poet Mirza Ghalib, including his financial hardships and his tragic love for Katiba, a woman calligraphist, who was working on his diwan.

The play Surya ki antim kiran se... was translated as From sunset to sunrise by Jaya Krishnamachari.

[3] English playyyy "Shakespeare In Love With the Mughal Princess Jahan Ara" and its Urdu version "Shakespeare Giraftaar Princess Jahan Ara Ke Pyyaar Mein" He is also noted as a novelist and won the Sahitya Akademi Award 1996 for his novel Mujhe Chand Chahiye (I want the moon), given by Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters.