From the 1960s, Alam was active in the music industry. He was the singer and composer of the song “Chokh Je Moner Kotha Bole” from the film “Je Agune Puri”. He was the composer for films based on the literary works of Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay - Devdas, Chandranath, Shuvoda, Biraj Bou and others.
