Mohammad Rafi, Singer

One of the musicians and the singers who actually created legends in Indian Hindi Film industry is Mohammad Rafi. Mr. Rafi, the name is enough to recognize the person and his songs and its depth. Mohammad Rafi was the most famous singer in India as well as in Pakistan, and was a master in many languages of India.

Rafi had no rivals in his career. He was the supreme singer and his songs attained limitless fame and reputation. Rafi was reigning the Hindi film industry for nearly three decades from 1950s to the 80s. Be it ghazals, bhajans, romantic songs or other type of old hindi songs, Rafi was the unbeatable master in the field and could excel all his rivals by his innovative and outstanding quality in singing a song. His presentation was so unique and appealing to mesmerize the audience every time.

This versatile genius was born on December 24, 1924 in Punjab. Mohammad Rafi's biography shows that he created a flow of music in Hindi film industry by his unique and immortal voice. During his career from 1940 to 1980, he incessantly continued singing till his unfortunate and sudden death in 1980 but his eternal voice, imminent songs and divine gifts he has left will never fade away from the soil of India. Even after the 28 years of his demise, Mohammad Rafi is still much interpreted and recalled by his numerous fans and admirers. For this contribution to the music, he has been conferred many Filmfare awards and prestigious Padma Shri award in 1965. Though he's gone very far from the living world, his reminiscences will always vibrate in the mind of each lover of music and song.

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