Shehri Babu Explained

Shehri Baboo
Director:	Nazir Ahmed Khan
Producer:	Nazir Ahmed Khan
Starring:	Swaran Lata Santosh Kumar M. Ismael Nazar Allauddin
Music:	Rashid Attre Safdar Hussain (assistant)
Country:	Pakistan
Language:	Punjabi

Shehri Babu is a 1953 Pakistani Punjabi-language film directed by Nazir Ahmed Khan.

Cast

Music for the film was rendered by Rashid Attre^[4] and song lyrics are by Tufail Hoshiarpuri, Hazin Qadri and Waris Ludhianvi. Playback singers are Zubaida Khanum, Munawar Sultana and Inayat Hussain Bhatti.^[1]

For music composer Rashid Attre, Shehri Babu was a breakthrough film and also his first big musical hit in the newly-independent Pakistan.^[1] ^[5]

Song title	Sung by	Lyrics by	Music by	Film notes
Gallan Sun Ke Mahi De Naal Merian, Dopatta Beimaan Ho Gaya, Ni Chandra Shaitan Ho Gaya			Rashid Attre
Mera Naram Kaalja Dol Gaya	Zubaida Khanum	Waris Ludhianvi	Rashid Attre
Ik Kurri Di Cheez Gawachi, Palkay Chaita Aaway Ga	Inayat Hussain Bhatti and Zubaida Khanum	Waris Ludhianvi	Rashid Attre
Raatan Merian Bana Ke Rabba Nehrian, Naseeban Waalay Taaray Dubb Gaey	Zubaida Khanum		Rashid Attre
Bhagan Waleo, Naam Japo Maula Naam	Inayat Hussain Bhatti	Tufail Hoshiarpuri	Rashid Attre

Web site: Shehri Babu (1953 film). dead. Motion Pictures Archive of Pakistan (Mpaop) website. 29 August 2017. 31 July 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20170829072554/http://www.mpaop.org/mpaop/pak-film-database/chronological-of-films/53-2/shehri-babu/.
Web site: Profile of Swaran Lata (1924 - 2008). dead. 11 October 2011. Cineplot.com website . 31 July 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20111011042144/http://cineplot.com/swaranlata-1924-2008/.
Web site: Good to be Bad: The Villains of Pakistani Cinema . Muhammad Suhayb . 22 June 2021. 1 August 2023. Youlin Magazine.
Web site: Shehri Babu . Upperstall.com website. dead . 9 September 2011. 31 July 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110909140855/http://www.upperstall.com/films/1953/shehri-babu.
Web site: Shehri Babu (1953 film). dead. Pakistan Film Magazine website. 15 June 2017. 1 August 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20170615153545/http://pakfilms.net/movies/details.php?pid=40.