Sher Khan (1981 film)

Sher Khan is a Pakistani Punjabi film starring Sultan Rahi, Anjuman and Mustafa Qureshi. It is the highest-grossing film in the history of Pakistani cinema.

It created a new record for a Punjabi film. When released, it was the highest-grossing film in the history of Pakistan. It ran for three and a half years in various cinemas. Anjuman got her breakthrough from this mega hit action and musical film. Anjuman-Sultan Rahi era started, they appeared in a record number of 117 films together. (Their last film was Madam Rani 1995). Iqbal Hassan performed extremely well in a supporting role and till his death was a major star due to the success of this film.

This film was shown continuously 172 weeks at Naghma Cinema and 35 weeks at Mehfil cinema, Lahore and combined 444 weeks in its first run. This film celebrated Solo Golden Jubilee in Rawalpindi and Multan and solo silver jubilees in Gujranwala, Sialkot, and Faislabad. This film celebrated Diamond Jubilee in Karachi and Golden Jubilee in Lahore at its second run. This film also celebrated Silver Jubilees in Lahore and Hyderabad at its third run.

The music of the film is by famous musician Wajahat Attre. The lyrics are penned by Waris Ludhianavi and Khawaja Pervez. Madam Noor Jehan and musician Wajahat Attre became the demand of the box office after three mega hit musical films in the same year, the others being Chan Veryam (1981) and Sala Sahib (1981).