Just like one of Mohammed Rafi song's lyrics goes, " Tumse Achcha Kaun Hai'...Google Doodle pays a beautiful tribute to legendary playback singer on his 93rd birthday. The singer known for iconic numbers and versatility to sing ghazals to qawwalis to bhajans, patriotic songs as well as sad lamentations with perfection, Rafi saab created magic in music as a playback singer.
Just like one of Mohammed Rafi song's lyrics goes, " Tumse Achcha Kaun Hai'...Google Doodle pays a beautiful tribute to legendary playback singer on his 93rd birthday. The singer known for iconic numbers and versatility to sing ghazals to qawwalis to bhajans, patriotic songs as well as sad lamentations with perfection, Rafi saab created magic in music as a playback singer.
Capturing his beautiful smile as he lend his voice to India's biggest superstars, Google Doodle captures the melodious journey of Rafi saab in Bollywood. Known for many memorable hits like Kya Hua Tera Vaada, Aaja Tujhko Pukaare Mera Dil, Yeh Reshmi Zulfein, Parda Hai Parda…and we could just go on and on.
Mohammed Rafi was born on December 24, 1924, in the village of Kotla Sultan Singh in Punjab which is now a part of Pakistan. He had learnt classical music from Ustad Abdul Wahid Khan, Pandit Jiwan Lal Mattoo and Firoze Nizami. He gave his first performance in front of the public at the tender age of 13 when he sang in Lahore
Rafi saab made his debut in Lahore as a playback singer in 1941 under Shyam Sundar in the duet “Soniye Nee, Heeriye Nee” with Zeenat Begum in the Punjabi film Gul Baloch which was released in 1944. Mohammed Rafi was invited by the All India Radio Lahore Station to sing for them in the same year he made his debut.From Dev Anand to Shammi Kapoor, Amitabh Bahchchan and even Rishi Kapoor, the singer went to sing for many generations in Bollywood.
Mohammed Rafi received six Filmfare Awards and one National Award in his lifetime. He was honoured with Padma Shri in 1967 by the Government of India. Mohammed Rafi sang around 7,405 songs in several Indian languages including Hindi, Urdu, Odia, Maithili, Marathi, Bengali, Punjabi, Sindhi, Kannada, Gujarati, Telugu, Konkani, Magahi and Bhojpuri. Other than Indian languages he also sang songs in English, Farsi, Arabic, Sinhalese, Creole and Dutch.
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