 Initially he presented his skills before his friends, in different musical programmes in the University.But in 1982 when Yar Muhammad Maghmum, a professor at the historic Edwardes College Peshawar, wanted to celebrate an evening with the legendary philosopher and poet Ghani Khan, but was unable to find a singer who was ready to meet the challenge of putting Ghani's poetry to music.When Takkar became aware of this, he agreed to sing in that programme.