Which film marked Mohd Rafi's debut as a playback singer?

Mohd Rafi was born to Hajji Ali Mohammad at Kotla Sultan Singh, a town near Amritsar in Punjab. The youngest of six sons, Rafi showed a keen interest in singing from an early age. He began by imitating the chants of a fakir who came to his village.

The legendary singer learnt classical music from maestros Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan, Ustad Abdul Wahid Khan, Pandit Jiwanlal Matto and Firoze Nizami. He sang in many Indian languages, including Hindi, Konkani, Urdu, Bhojpuri, Punjabi, Bengali, Marathi, Sindhi, Kannada, Gujarati, Maghi, Maithili and Telugu. He also recorded a few English and Persian songs.

Rafi made his playback singing debut in 1941 with the duet ‘Soniye nee, Heeriye nee’ with Zeenat Begum in the film which was eventually released in 1944. Noted composer Shyam Sunder was behind Rafi’s debut.

Urdu poet, lyricist and songwriter Shakeel Badayuni bagged the Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist for the same song. The film, directed by Mohammed Sadiq and produced by Guru Dutt, is a love triangle between characters Aslam (Dutt), Pyare Nawab (Rehman) and Jameela (Waheeda Rehman). Rafi also sang the song ‘Mili khak mein mohabbat’ for the film.

The Padma Shri stands fourth in the hierarchy of civilian awards after the Bharat Ratna, Padma Vibhushan, and Padma Bhushan. Apart from the Padma Shri, Rafi received a silver medal from prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru on the first anniversary of Independence in 1948. He sang ‘Suno suno aye duniyawalon Bapu ki yeh amar kahani’, which became a huge hit, and was invited by the prime minister to sing at his house.

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She’s the Boss was released in February 1985. The song ‘Just Another Night’ from the album reached number 1 on the US mainstream rock chart and number 12 on the US pop chart, and She's the Boss went to number 6 in the United Kingdom and number 13 in the US, where it went platinum. In July 1985 Jagger made his first solo live appearance at the Live Aid benefit concert in Philadelphia. The appearance had a bearing on the success of the album.

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