Singer Mohammed Rafi Biography – DOB, Age, Death, Son, Songs, Height, Weight, Family Profile, Marriage, Career etc.
Mohammed Rafi Profile: Mohammed Rafi (1924 to 1980) is a famous Indian playback singer. He was the most popular singer in Bollywood. He has songs in all genres like patriotic songs, classical, sad, romantic, bhajans and Ghazels. He has sung nearly 7,400 songs in many languages. He has received 6 film fares and 1 national award. He was also honored with Padma Sri in the year 1967 by the government of India. For other info please check Mohammed Rafi Biography from here.
He has songs in languages like Hindi, Telugu, Guajarati, Kannada, sindhi and also in languages like English, Arabic, Dutch etc.
Early life:
Mohammed Rafi was born on 24th December 1924 in now Amritsar, Punjab, India. He was the second eldest of six brothers. He used sing and imitates the fakir in their street. His family later moved to Lahore. Rafi’s brother had a friend named Abdul Hameed, he was the one who recognized the talent in Rafi. He also encouraged rafi for singing and later convinced his family to move to Mumbai.
Rafi learnt classical music and his first performance was at the age of 13.
He made his Hindi film debut in Gaon Ki Gori in 1945
When he was in Mumbai with hammed sahib he used to get opportunities.
Career:
Aji dil ho kaabu mein to dildar ki aisi taisi…,” for Gaon Ki Gori, which became Rafi’s first recorded song in a Hindi film
Rafi recorded another song in1945 for the film Gaon Ki Gori, “Aji Dil Ho Kaaboo Mein”. He considered this song his first Hindi language song.
He appeared in 2 movies on screen in 1945 for the song “Tera Jalwa Jis Ne Dekha” in the film Laila Majnu and other.
He has sung numerous numbers of songs in his career in various languages.
After partition of India and Pakistan Rafi decided to stay back in India and settled in Mumbai.
L.Saigal and G.M.Durrani were considered as Idols by Rafi.
He had worked with Naushad, S.D.Burman, Shankar Jaikisthan, ravi, Madan mohan, O.P.Nayar and with many more in his career.
Rafi has numerous numbers of hit songs in his career. Along with successful career his life was also involved with some controversies and issues. The controversies were mostly in the matter of Latha mangeshkar, their Guinness records, total number of songs etc.
After rafi’s death Guinness world records added Latha’s name as singer with most recordings.
His last song was for the movie Aas Paas, which he had recorded with Laxmikant-Pyarelal.
As per the record Rafi has sung 4,516 Hindi film songs, 112 non-Hindi film songs, and 328 private (non-film) songs from 1945 to 1980. The Guinness Book entries for Rafi and Lata were removed in 1991.
In 2011, Lata’s sister Asha Bhosle was given the title.
Personal life:
Rafi married two times, he first married cousin; Bashira. The marriage ended when his first wife refused to live in India following the killing of her parents during the riots of Partition of India and moved to Lahore, Pakistan.
Rafi had four sons and three daughters; his first son Saeed was from his first marriage.
Below tabular form indicates Singer Mohammed Rafi Biography and his hit songs list.
Mohammed Rafi Biography:
Name
mohammed Rafi
Full Name
Mohammed Rafi
Date of Birth
24th December 1924
Date of death
31st July 1980
Nick name
Pheeko
Place of birth
Kotla sultan sigh, now Amritsar
Place of death
Mumbai
Cause of death
Heart attack
Marital Status
Married
Marriage Date
NA
Wife
Bashira
bilquis
Native Place
Amritsar
Age
58 at death
Height
NA
Weight
NA
Zodiac sign
Capricon
Education
NA
Religion
Islam
Nationality
Indian
Family Details
Father, Mother, siblings, 4 sons , 3 daughters
Mother Name
NA
Father
Hajji Ali Mohammad
Brothers
Mohammad deen etc
sons
Khalid Rafi
Saeed Rafi
Shahid Rafi
Caste
————-
Languages Known
Hindi, urdu, English, frech etc
Contact Address
N/A
Official Email ID
N/A
Contact Number
N/A
Profession
Play back singer
Awards
He was awarded Padma Sri and also received National Award.
Famous Songs
AAj mausam Bada from Monsoon wedding 1973
Tum jo mmil gaye ho from lakhon Hain Yaha
Yeh reshmi from do raste 1969
Teri pyari pyari suurat kho
Dil jho na khe saka
etc
Awards of Mohammad Rafi:
Film fare award for best play back singer in 1962, 1965, 1967, 1969 and 1978.
Padma Sri in 1967
National Film Award in 1978
Stardust award in 2001
Telugu Hits of Mohammed Rafi:
Naa Madhi ninnu pilichindi gaanamai from Aaradana
Entha vaaru kaani from Bale tammudu
Kalusukuna ,from Akbar Salim Anarkali
reyi aagiponi, from Akbar Salim Anarkali
sepayi,from Akbar Salim Anarkali
vela yerigina from Akbar Salim Anarkali
Nede Eenade from Bale tammudu etc
Songs Free download:
Those who are interested in downloading Mohammed Rafi hit songs can download them from many online sites. The songs are available in raga, gaana etc.
Mohammed Rafi Son:
Mohammed Rafi Academy is a music school in Mumbai for Indian classical and contemporary music. It was launched by Shahid Rafi on July 31, 2010, the 30th death anniversary of his father.
The Academy launched many actors, legendry actor Shammi Kapoor was also from this Academy.
Few others are Jackie Shroff, Salman khan, Amit Kumar, Udit Narayan etc.
The Academy is registered under Societies Registration Act of 1860 & Bombay Public Trust Act of 1950 and situated at 501, Rafi Mansion, house of Mohammed Rafi.
Singers like Shreya Ghoshal, Sonu Nigam, Mahendra Kapoor, Shabbir Kumar and Mohammed Aziz Udit Narayan were influenced by Rafi’s style of singing. Anwar (singer) also imitated Rafi’s voice.
Rafi is a versatile singer who can sing in any genre like classical, patriotic, romantic, bhajans, Ghajals in various languages like Hindi, Telugu, kannada, Malayalam, English, Bengali and many other languages.
He has honored with Padma Sri and film fare awards. He is the most popular singer of Bollywood with nearly 7400 songs. He was inspiration and role model for many present and upcoming singers.
May his legacy is continued by present singers who has taken him as the inspiration.
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