He had a voice as soft as velvet. His singing brought out the emotion of every song that came his way. Mohammed Rafi remains one of India’s most loved singers. On his 45th death anniversary (July 31), ...

Dilip Kumar, in his memoir The Substance and the Shadow (2014), recalls an incident from 1962, soon after the conflict at the Indo-China border, where he and Mohd Rafi were present to entertain the ...

Mohammed Rafi’s voice and artistic mastery has not only hypnotized the world but also enveloped the psyche of younger composers who never worked with him. They have all tried to follow his tenor and ...

To talk about legendary playback singer Mohammed Rafi whose 100th birth anniversary falls on December 24, is like “Kahan se chhedoon fasana, kahaan tamaam karoon?” (Where to start it from and where to ...

Mumbai: The government may not have given him the Bharat Ratna. But Mohammed Rafi, whose 100th birth anniversary is being celebrated by millions of his fans nay devotees all over the world today, was ...

The badshah of Bollywood playback singing, Mohammed Rafi, who gave Indian cinema 40 golden years of haunting melodies, was one of the few survivors in the industry who lived through its hard glitter ...

Mohammed Rafi's unparalleled versatility, from peppy beats to soulful melodies, earned him the title of the greatest and most influential singer of the Indian subcontinent. His ability to mould his ...