Saleem is a dynamic Telugu writer with sixteen novels, 250 short stories and more than 100 poems to his credit. His fiction is translated into various Indian languages like Hindi, Kannada, Tamil, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya and also into English. His anthology of stories Rani Gari Kathalu and novel Vendi Megham were being hailed as revolutionary and pioneering works in Telugu literature. Vendi Megham has been included in the M.A. (Telugu) syllabus of three prestigious universities in Telangana – Osmania University, Palamuru University and Mahatma Gandhi University. His works are characterized by his humanitarianism and soothing poetic expression. They are critically evaluated as being radical, innovative, historic, ground breaking and significant.He is recipient of several prestigious awards including Central Sahitya Akademy Award in 2010 for his novel Kaluthunna Poolathota.