Babu Singh Maan, also known as Maan Maraarhan Wala, is an Indian songwriter/lyricist of Punjabi-language

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. He penned the first song of singer

Kuldeep Manak Kuldeep Manak, also spelled as Kuldip Manak (born Latif Mohammed Khan; 15 November 1951 – 30 November 2011), was an Indian singer best known for singing a rare genre of Punjabi music, ''kali'', also known by its plural form ''kalian'' or kali ...

's career.

Early life

Maan was born on 10 October 1942, to father S. Inder Singh and mother Aas Kaur, in the village of Maraarh of

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. He got his primary education from the nearby village known as Jand Sahib and his poetry started publishing in children magazines while he was in just 6th standard. He passed his graduation from Barjindra College, Faridkot.

Career

His song, ''duddh kahrh ke jaag na laavan, terian udeekan haania'' was published in a magazine by Kartar Singh Balaggan. His first book, ''Geetan Da Wanjaara'', was published in 1963. His first recorded song was sung by singer ''Gurpal Singh Pal'' and later many famous singers like

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Gurcharan Pohli Gurcharan Singh Pohli (born June 24, 1942) is an Indian singer and actor who worked in Punjabi cinema, Punjabi and Bollywood, Hindi films. He is best known for his Music of Punjab, Punjabi duets with his wife, singer Promila Pammi. He was very act ...

Harbhajan Maan Harbhajan Singh Mann (born 30 December 1965) is an Indian-Canadian singer, actor and film producer associated with Punjabi music and cinema. His movies include ''Jee Aayan Nu (2002)'', ''Asa Nu Mann Watnan Da (2004)'', ''Heer Ranjha (2009)'' and ...

Babbu Maan Tejinder Singh "Babbu" Maan (born 29 March 1975) is an Indian singer-songwriter, music director, actor and film producer. Most of his artistic work focuses on Punjabi music and films. He is recognised as being among the biggest artists in Punj ...

and more have given voices to his songs. He is the person to write the first song of singer

's career. Most of his duets were sung by Muhammad Sadiq and

Ranjit Kaur ''Ranjit Kaur'' ( pa, ਰਣਜੀਤ ਕੌਰ; also spelled as Ranjeet Kaur) (born October 1950) is a Punjabi singer of Indian Punjab Punjab (; ) is a state in northern India. Forming part of the larger Punjab region of the Indian subcon ...

. He has also written songs for many films including

Nasibo ''Nasibo'' (also spelled as ''Naseebo'') is a 1994 Indian Punjabi-language film, directed by Manmohan Singh, starring Raj Babbar, Kavita Kamal ( Kimi Verma), Preeti Sapru, Amitoj Maan and others. Gurdas Maan gave a special appearance. Plot ...

and Sassi Punnu. He is a versatile artist and touched on many important topics in his songs. Most of his songs speak about the village culture and relationships. He has also written songs about the famous love stories of

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Heer Ranjha ''Heer Ranjha'' (or ''Heer and Ranjha'') ( pnb, , ਹੀਰ ਰਾਂਝਾ ) is one of several popular tragic romances of Punjab, other important ones being "Sohni Mahiwal", "Mirza Sahiban" and " Sassi Punnhun". There are several poetic na ...

Mirza Sahiban ''Mirza Sahiban'' ( pa, ਮਿਰਜ਼ਾ ਸਾਹਿਬਾਂ, , ') is one of the four popular tragic romances of the Punjab. The other three are ''Heer Ranjha'', ''Sohni Mahiwal'' and ''Sassi Punnun''. There are five other popular folklor ...

Sohni Mahiwal Sohni Mahiwal or Suhni Mehar ( pa, , ਸੋਹਣੀ ਮਹੀਂਵਾਲ is one of the four popular tragic romances of Punjab including Sindh. In Sindh Sohni's shrine is in Shahdadpur Town of Sangar District. The others are Sassi Punnun, Mirza ...

and Heroes of Punjabi folklores and history like

Pooran Bhagat Puran Bhagat (later became Sri Chauranginatha) was a Punjabi Nath Saint and prince of Sialkot. As per unauthenticated history, he had been exiled and lived the last days of his life in a village located in the suburbs of Sialkot city. His temple ...

and

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. Maan has also served as

Sarpanch A sarpanch ( IAST: ''Sarpañch'' Hindi: ''सरपंच'') or Gram Pradhan or Mukhiya is a decision-maker, elected by the village-level constitutional body of local self-government called the Gram Sabha (village government) in India. The Sarp ...

of his village 3 times.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Maan, Babu Singh 1942 births Living people Indian male musicians Indian lyricists Musicians from Punjab, India Punjabi-language lyricists Punjabi people

Early life

Career

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