Babbal Rai, who was born in Samrala as Simranjeet Singh Rai, is an Indian Punjabi singer, songwriter and film actor and has always been passionate about Cricket. He was trained by Yograj Singh since he aspired to be a cricketer. He later moved to Melbourne where he uploaded a video called "Australian Challa" which became an instant youtube sensation overnight. 

Babbal Rai made his debut with the album "Sau Putt" which too brought him into the limelight in the Punjabi music industry. The tracks Sohni made him an instant success followed by Taur and Tere Naam and also sang his first playback song for Jimmy Shergill's Punjabi film Rangeelay. His second album Girlfriend under the label Speed Records in which the tracks like "Yaarian", "Tere layi", "Tuttian", "Jattan da Munda" were a huge success. He started his film career by special guest appearance in the Punjabi Film in Singh vs Kaur in 2013 and in 2014 he featured in his debut film Mr and Mrs 420.