The golden-voiced Mohammad Rafi’s birth centenary falls on December 14, 2024. Shoma A. Chatterji offers a brief glimpse into ...

The iconic singer Mohammad Rafi, who had sung the immortal song Choti si mulaqat pyar ban gai, died on 31 July 1980, just ...

With his phenomenal range and resonance, Mohammed Rafi remains, alongside Lata Mangeshkar, one of the greatest singing talents ever known to Hindi cinema. One may regularly get to hear the songs ...

A kid in Kolta Sultan Singh (a village near present-day Majitha Amritsar district) would see a fakeer roam the streets of the village singing some chants and would imitate him. Noticing his astounding ...

Its popularity stems from the desire of aspiring singers to replicate the soulfulness of the original track sung by Lata ...

Luis DiasThe Christmas season is a time of memories, thinking of old ones and making new ones. This Christmas season is a poignant one for me, as it is the firs ...

Upadhyay, known for timeless songs like He Ranglo Jamyo ... Legends like Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle and Mohammed Rafi sang his compositions too, which proves that he was a genius.

Credited with more than 5000 songs in several languages, including Hindi, Punjabi ... a friend of Mohammad Rafi, convinced the organisers to let his friend take the stage until the electricity comes ...

In this interview, which was first published in the Filmfare magazine in 1979, Rafi talks to AA Khatib about the then changing landscape of Hindi film ... over 26,000 songs. He lives in an ...

It played old, melodious Hindi songs which she loved herself ... filmed on Chhabi Biswas—and Mohd. Rafi and S Balbir’s catchy “Main koi jhoot boleya” to the Lata Mangeshkar bhajan, “Jaago Mohan pyaare ...

Legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar initially hesitated to sing ... his belief in her unique ability to do justice to the song. The soulful rendition became a timeless classic.

I could never be the same Shammi Kapoor again.” The actor mourned till he lived. The last great song Rafi sang for Shammi Kapoor was Baar Baar Dekho for the film Patthar Ke Sanam (1967 ...