Kumar was seen as hero in some pre-partition movies, Yaad-e-Raftgan was his first film as hero, which was made in Lucknew, India.Al-Hilal (1935) and Dillagi (1942) were some of his famous pre-partition movies. Puran Bhagat was one of his other famous film.
In Pakistan, his most famous film was Touba (1964). Kumar died on June 4, 1982.