Without the voice of Mohammad Rafi, Hindi music cannot be imagined

Mohammad Rafi, the voice magician, was born on 24 December 1924 in Kota Sultan Singh, near Amritsar district of Punjab. Mohammed Rafi was the second son of 6 children of Haji Ali Mohammed and was called Feiko in the house. He was inspired to sing by listening to the voice of Faqir singing in his village street. It is said that that Faqir had blessed Rafi Saheb that this boy woul

A music buff since childhood, Mohammad Rafi got his music education from Ustad Abdul Wahid Khan. In 1935, his father came to Lahore in search of employment. Here his elder brother gave Rafi in the company of singer Ustad Usman Khan. After this, Rafi Sahab also got inspiration from the veterans of classical music like Pandit Jeevan Lal and Ustad Ghulam Ali Khan.

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Without the voice of Mohammad Rafi, Hindi music cannot be imagined. They have a wonderful world of songs based on classical music. Between 1950 and 1970, Rafi sang many superhit songs and made a mark in the Hindi film industry. His voice played magic in Hindi films. This is why Chaudhvi Ka Chand Ho (film - Chaudhvi ka Chand), Husnwale tera jawab nahi (film - Gharana), Teri Pyari Pyari Surat Ko (film - in-laws), Meri Mehboob Tujhe Meri Muhabbat ki Kasam (film - Meri Mehboob) , Chahchh Mein Tujhe (Film - Friendship), Baharon Phool Barsao (Film - Suraj), Dil Ke Jharokhe Mein (Film - Brahmachari), Kya Hua Tera Vaada (Film - Hum is no less than anyone), Toy Kya Tum Toh, My Heart Songs like Todt Jaane Ho (Film-Khilouna) are still on the tongue of the people and these songs are heard everyday in any corner of India.

Mohammad Rafi also received 6 Filmfare Awards and a National Award. In 1967, the Government of India honored him with the Padma Shri.Mohammad Rafi is especially known for Hindi songs, he had a good grasp on it. By the way, he sang around 7400 songs in all languages ​​which mainly include Bhojpuri, Punjabi, Bengali, Marathi, Sindhi, Kannada, Gujarati, Telugu, Magahi, Maithili and Urdu language etc. Apart from Indian languages, he has also sung songs in English, Persian, Arabic, and Dutch.

After the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi in January 1948, he sang the song 'Suno Suno Ae Duniya Wale, Bapu Ke Amar Kahani'. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru's eyes were filled with listening to this song. Rafi Sahab had the ability to sing all types of songs. There was no limit to the dimensions of his voice. He won the hearts of people of every age, every class and every interest with passionate songs like bhajans, ghazals, qawwali, patriotic songs, dardabhare taranas, etc.

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He (Mohammad Rafi) in his film music career Naushad, Sachin Dev Burman, C Ramachandra, Roshan, Shankar-Jaikishan, Madan Mohan, OP Nayyar, Chitragupta, Kalyanji-Anandji, Laxmikant-Pyarelal, Salil Chaudhary, Ravindra Jain, Iqbal Qureshi, Husnlal, Shyam Sundar, Firoz Nizami, Hanslal, Bhagatram, Adi Narayan Rao, Hansraj Bahl, Ghulam Hyder, Babul, GS Kohli, Vasant Desai, SN Tripathi, Sajjad Hussain, Sardar Malik, Pandit Ravi Shankar, Ustad Alla Rula, AR Qureshi, Lachhiram, Dattaram, N Dutta, C Arjun, Ramlal, Sapan Jagmohan, Shyam Ji-Ghanshyamji, Ganesh, Sonic-Omi, Shambhu Sen, Usha Khanna, Bappi Lahidi, Ram-Laxman, Ravi, Rahul Dev Burman and Anu Spread the magic of his music with musicians like Malik.

Rafi Saheb breathed his last on 31 July 1980. His last rites were performed at the Juhu Muslim Cemetery with around 10,000 people present. A two-day national holiday was also declared by the Government of India in his honor.