He was regaling people at a wedding one day when the well-known filmmaker Dalsukh Pancholi spotted him and asked to see him in his Lahore office. Pancholi gave Prakash his first break as an actor in the film "Daasi". He was paid only Rs 80, but the film earned him the kind of recognition that would give him a means of livelihood for a lifetime. It was his first major role; he had played a bit role in "Sharif Badmash", a silent film. He followed his good work in "Daasi" and with Pancholi's "Dhamki" and "Aayee Bahar".