MOHAMED RAFI , HINDI LEGEND OF CINEMA SONGS BORN DECEMBER 24,1924
MOHAMED RAFI , HINDI LEGEND OF CINEMA SONGS BORN DECEMBER 24,1924 Mohammed Rafi (24 December 1924 - 31 July 1980) was an Indian playback singer and one of the most popular and successful singers of the Hindi film industry. Rafi was notable for his voice and versatility; his songs ranged from classical numbers to patriotic songs, sad lamentations to highly romantic numbers, qawwalis to ghazals and bhajans. He was known for his ability to mould his voice to the persona of the actor, lip-syncing the song on screen in the movie.[1] He received six Filmfare Awards and one National Film Award. In 1967, he was honoured with the Padma Shri award by the Government of India.[2] Rafi is primarily noted for his songs in Hindi, over which he had a strong command. He sang around 26,000+ songs in many languages.[3] He sang in other Indian languages including Konkani, Bhojpuri, Odia, Punjabi, Bengali, Marathi, Sindhi, Kannada, Gujarati, Telugu, Magahi, Maithili and Urdu. Apart fro...