Nawab sahab in fact was an icon of Lucknawi tameez and tahzeeb, and represented the same in the films and documentaries in which he actively participated in his distinctive style.
As a versatile poet, Hasrat Mohani penned many remarkable pieces of poetry, including many of which he devoted to Lord Krishna. He was a great freedom fighter whose name, however, remains marginalised in the Indian national movement and absent from popular Indian consciousness.