[1][2] Born Syed Saeed ur Rehman in Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh, British India in 1919, he wrote under the pseudonym Suroor (exhilaration).
In 1951, Suroor participated in the Independence Day Mushaira at Dhaka, East Pakistan along with Jigar Moradabadi.
[1][3] In 1952, he visited East Pakistan where the noted Urdu scholar Abdul Haq offered him the job of General Secretary in the ‘'Anjuman-i Taraqqi-i Urdu’', in their Dhaka branch office and he started a magazine named ‘Filkaar’ there.
[6] He also wrote some songs for Dhamaka film written by Ibn-e-Safi released in December 1974.
In 1980, Suroor Barabankvi went to Dhaka to finalize arrangements for shooting a film where he had a heart attack and died on 13 April 1980.