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Shehri Babu

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Shehri Baboo
Directed byNazir Ahmed Khan
Written byBaba Alam Siaposh
Produced byNazir Ahmed Khan
StarringSwaran Lata
Santosh Kumar
M. Ismael
Nazar
Allauddin
Music byRashid Attre
Safdar Hussain (assistant)
Release date
  • 13 June 1953 (1953-06-13)
CountryPakistan
LanguagePunjabi

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

Cast

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Soundtracks

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Music for the film was rendered by Rashid Attre[3] 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 Zubaida Khanum Hazin Qadri 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 Tufail Hoshiarpuri Rashid Attre
Bhagan Waleo, Naam Japo Maula Naam Inayat Hussain Bhatti Tufail Hoshiarpuri Rashid Attre

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Shehri Babu (1953 film)". Motion Pictures Archive of Pakistan (Mpaop) website. Archived from the original on 29 August 2017. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
  2. ^ "Profile of Swaran Lata (1924 - 2008)". Cineplot.com website. Archived from the original on 11 October 2011. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "Shehri Babu". Upperstall.com website. Archived from the original on 9 September 2011. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
  4. ^ Muhammad Suhayb (22 June 2021). "Good to be Bad: The Villains of Pakistani Cinema". Youlin Magazine. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
  5. ^ "Shehri Babu (1953 film)". Pakistan Film Magazine website. Archived from the original on 15 June 2017. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
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