X-Nico

2 unusual facts about Waris Shah


Mughal period in Lahore

The great Punjabi poet Baba Waris Shah said of the situation, "khada peeta wahy da, baqi Ahmad Shahy da" — "we have nothing with us except what we eat and wear, all other things are for Ahmad Shah".

Waris Shah: Ishq Daa Waaris

Saabo (Divya Dutta), too, gets attracted to Waris Shah, and is willing to do anything to get Waris.


Sufi rock

It is mostly based on the poetry of famous sufi poets like Rumi, Hafez, Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai, Bulleh Shah, Waris Shah and even Kabir and is mostly sung in languages like Urdu, Punjabi, Sindhi, Persian and Turkish.


see also