 His songs playbacked for actor Dev Anand under music director Sachin Dev Burman in movies like "Jaal" (""Yeh raat, yeh chandni phir kahan ... ""), "House No.44" (""Chup hai dharti, chup hai chand sitare... ""), "Solva Saal" (""Hai apna dil to awara ... ""), " Funtoosh " (""Teri duniya mein jeene se ... ""), and "Baat ek raat ki" (""Na tum hame jaano ... ""), became very popular and continues to be so.In the 1950s, he also play-backed for other heroes of Hindi films like Pradip Kumar ("Nagin", "Detective") and Sunil Dutt ("Duniya Jhukti Hain") and later in the 1960s for Biswajeet ("Bees saal Baad", "Bin Badal Barsat", "Kohra") and Dharmandra ("Anupama"); he was the music composer for all these films.