 Then he started singing Punjabi folk, devotional and Sufi music.He worked with Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, in the movie "Kachche Dhaage"

Hans has been an honorary music professor at Washington DC University and San Jose State University.Hans joined the Shiromani Akali Dal party in January 2009 and in May of that year, he contested the Jalandhar, Punjab, India constituency.