Inder Mall was a well-known and prosperous Bania (Hindu Merchant) of Lahore. One day a beautiful woman named Bego came to buy something from his shop. Inder instantly fell in love with her. Bego took advantage of the situation and challenged him to set his shop afire if he really loved her ! and Inder did ! But Bego was not satisfied with this. She took him to Raavi ( famous river by which Lahore stands ) and asked him to jump in it ! Once again Inder, head over heels in love, obliged. But then Inder's love provoked her too and she too dived in the river ( in a bid to save him ) and both drowned in each others arms.

Born:  November 15, 1951

Died:  November 30, 2011(aged 60)

From:  Jalal, Bathinda district, East Punjab (India)

Genres: Folk, Kali

Occupations: Singer, Actor, Musician

Instruments: Tumbi

Years active: 1968 – 2011

Birth Name:  Latif Muhammad (لطیف محمد)

Also known as:  Manak, Kalian Da Baadshah

Manak was born as Latif Muhammad on 15 November 1951, to father Nikka Khan, in the village of Jalal in Bathinda district of Indian Punjab. He completed his matriculation from the village school, where he was a keen field hockey player. He had an inclination towards singing from a very young age and was persuaded by his teachers to sing and perform on stage.

Manak's father, Nikka Khan, was a singer himself. Manak had two brothers: Siddqui, a devotional singer, and Rafiq, a tantric, who was also briefly noted. Kuldeep Manak's ancestors were the Hazoori Raagis (designated cantors) of Kirtan for Maharaja Hira Singh of Nabha.

He was married to Sarabjeet and had two children, a son named Yudhvir Manak and a daughter named Shakti. They both are married. Yudhvir is following in his father's footsteps as a singer.

Manak learned music under Ustad Khushi Muhammad Qawwal of Firozpur. He left Bathinda and went to Ludhiana to pursue his career as a singer and started singing with the duo Harcharan Grewal and Seema. When they came to Delhi, a music company official spotted Manak and asked him to record the song jija akhian na maar ve main kall di kurhi (written by Babu Singh MaanMararawala) with Seema. In 1968, at the age of 17, he was given the chance to record the song with Seema. His first record features this song along with laung karaa mittra, machhli paunge maape (written by Gurdev Singh Maan).This record was a runaway success.

The writer and lyrcirts, Hardev Dilgir (also known as Dev Tharikewala) spotted Manak at one of his live performances and penned many Lok Gathavan (English: old folk stories) for him.