Madan Gopal Singh wrote dialogues and lyrics for critically acclaimed Punjabi film "Qissa" by Anup Singh. Singh is a scriptwriter, having written films like "Rasayatra" on the well-known Hindustani classical vocalist Mallikarjun Mansur – a film that won the National Award for the best short film in 1995. The film was directed by Nandan Kudhyadi. He wrote the screenplay (jointly with the director of the film, Anup Singh), dialogues and lyrics for a feature-length film, "Ekti Nadir Naam" (English: The Name of a River), based on the life of the late Ritwik Kumar Ghatak. The film won the G. Aravindan Award, and the Silver Dhow at the Zanzibar International Film Festival 2002.