Rao noted that Wahid was always telling jokes to his co-workers and always making everyone on the set laugh, and thus decided to include him in Pontianak as a comedic role.

[5] Following his huge success in Pontianak, Wahid was promoted from assistant painter to full-time actor with a three-year contract.

Besides his skills in front of the camera, Wahid also performed live shows to promote his films.

Thus both of them were involved together in numerous comedy films of those eras such as Pak Pandir Moden, 2 kali 5, etc.

[8] He was subsequently buried at the Pusara Aman Muslim cemetery at Lim Chu Kang.