Thirty-fourth death anniversary of famous Punjabi film lyricist and poet Waris Ludhianvi is being observed today. 

He was born on April 11 in 1928 and his real name was Chaudhary Mohammad Ismael.    

Ludhianvi wrote his first song for film Shehri Babu in 1953, which was a super hit song.

Waris Ludhianvi wrote many super hit songs but a wedding song from film Kartar Singh became folk song with its immense popularity. It was "Desan Da Raja, Meray Babul Da Pyara".

He died on this day in 1992 in Lahore.