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Mohd. Rafi
1924 – 1980
Mohammed Rafi is considered to be one of the greatest playback singers in the history of Bollywood. In the four decades that he was active, he sang for most of the top male actors.
Mohd. Rafi was born on December 24th, 1924 in the small Punjabi village of Kotla Sultan Singh. This is located not far from Amritsar. Rafi’s father was named Haji Ali Mohammad, and the young Rafi had five older brothers. As a child, he had the nickname of “Pheeko”. Mohd. Rafi started to show an inclination towards music at a very early age when he used to imitate the songs of a wandering fakir that used to visit his village.
In 1935, when Rafi was still but a small lad, his family moved to Lahore. His father had a men’s salon, and business opportunities were much better in the city than in the village. This move to the city afforded the young Rafi the ability to pursue his music. He was able to
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Mohammed Rafi
Indian playback singer (1924–1980)
For the Kerala football player, see Mohammed Rafi (footballer). For the Indian cricketer, see Mohammad Rafi (cricketer). For the television actor, see Rafi DQ.
Mohammed Rafi (24 månad 1924 – 31 July 1980) was an Indian playback singer. He is considered to have been one of the greatest and most influential singers of the Indian subcontinent.[5][6] Rafi was notable for his versatility and range of voice; his songs varied from fast peppy numbers to patriotic songs, sad numbers to highly romantic songs, qawwalis to ghazals and bhajans to classical songs.[7] He was known for his ability to mould his voice to the persona and style of the actor lip-syncing the song on screen in the movie.[8] He received six Filmfare Awards and one National Film Award. In 1967, he was honored with the Padma Shri award by the Government of India. In 2001, Rafi was honoured with the "Best Singer of the Millenniu
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Mohammed Rafi Age, Wife, Children, Family, Biography & More
in meters- 1.70 m
in feet inches- 5’ 7”
in pounds- 187 lbs