Latest Release
- 24 MAY 2024
- 1 Song
- Naya Daur (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) · 1957
- C.I.D. (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) · 1956
- Naya Daur (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) · 1957
- Hum Kisise Kum Naheen (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) · 1977
- Pyaasa (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) · 1957
- Naya Daur (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) · 1957
- Tumsa Nahin Dekha (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) · 1957
- Bollywood Journey With Naushad, Vol. 1 · 2024
- Open Stage Sessions, Vol. 16 · 2024
- Open Stage Sessions, Vol. 16 · 2024
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About Mohd. Rafi
Celebrated for his versatile voice, Mohammed Rafi was a revered Hindi playback singer, whose legacy extends across and beyond the Indian subcontinent. ∙ From 1944’s Pehle Aap to 1981’s Aas Paas, he sang thousands of songs for over 70 films in many Indian languages—as well as in English and Farsi. ∙ Along with receiving high government honors, such as the Padma Shri, he won a prestigious National Film Award and six Filmfare Awards for his singing. ∙ British alt-rock band Cornershop name-checked Rafi in “Brimful of Asha,” their celebration of Indian playback singer Asha Bhosle that was No. 1 UK hit in 1998. ∙ In the opening credits of the 2001 cult classic Ghost World, Thora Birch’s character dances in her bedroom to Rafi’s song “Jaan Pehechaan Ho” from the 1965 thriller Gumnaam. ∙ On the 30th anniversary of Rafi’s death, in July 2010, his son Shahid opened the Mohammed Rafi Academy, an Indian classical and contemporary music school in Mumbai. ∙ In 2013, Rafi was voted the Greatest Voice in Hindi Cinema in a viewers’ poll held by the Indian English-language TV channel CNN-IBN.
- HOMETOWN
- Kotla Sultan Singh, India
- BORN
- 24 December 1924
- GENRE
- Worldwide