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Rafi's voice, ranging from the melancholic to the boisterous, suited every actor, mood or occasion in the film perfectly. His voice continues to haunt us even today. With a 35 year long career, and some of the biggest hits the music charts have ever seen, Mohammad Rafi remains one of the legends of the Hindi Film Industry. Following partition, Rafi decided to stay back in India and had his family flown to Bombay. His duet with Noor Jehan in the film 'Jugnu' (1947), 'Yahan Badla Wafa Ka' became a hit (Rafi had also acted in the movie). Rafi was first noted for the song 'Tera Khilona Toota Balak' from Mehboob Khan's 'Anmol Ghadi' (1946). He sang a number of songs for Naushad as part of the chorus, including 'Mere sapnon ki rani, Roohi Roohi' with K. In the same year, Rafi appeared on the screen for the song 'Tera Jalwa Jis Ne Dekha' in the film 'Laila Majnu'. In 1945, Rafi got married to his cousin Bashira, nicknamed 'Majhi', in his village. He considered this song as his first song in Hindi. Around the same time, Rafi recorded another song for the film 'Gaon ki Gori' (1944) for Shyam Sunder, 'Aji dil ho kaaboo mein' with G. Rafi's first song with Naushad was 'Hindustan ke hum hain' with Shyam Kumar, Alauddin and others, from A. Rafi contacted the famous music director Naushad, who initially used him as part of the chorus. In 1944, Rafi moved to Bombay, where he was introduced to some of the leading film producers of the time such as Abdul Rashid Kardar, Mehboob Khan and actor-director Nazeer by Tanvir Naqvi.
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Soon after, Rafi was invited by the Lahore radio station to sing for them. Rafi, under Shyam Sunder, made his debut in playback singing with the duet 'Soniye nee, Heeriye nee' with Zeenat Begum in a Punjabi film 'Gul Baloch' in 1942 (the film was released in 1944). He invited Rafi to Bombay (now Mumbai) to sing for him. Among the audience sat noted composer Shyam Sunder, who was very impressed with what he heard. As it turned out, the setting was just right for him. Hameed went up to the organiser and asked if his brother-in-law could sing to keep the audience quiet. But the legendary singer refused to sing since there was a power failure at the venue. That day, Hameed and Rafi had gone to attend a concert by K. Rafi's first public performance came at the age of 13. Rafi learnt Hindustani classical music from maestros like Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan, Ustad Abdul Wahid Khan, Pandit Jiwanlal Matto and later, Firoze Nizami. It was his brother-in-law Mohammed Hameed who spotted the talent in Rafi and encouraged him. His family managed a men's salon in Lahore's Noor Mohalla. In 1935-36, Rafi's father shifted to Lahore, and the rest of the family followed later. Rafi, whose nickname was 'Pheeko', started singing by imitating chants of a 'fakir' (beggar) in his village. Mohammed Rafi was born the youngest of six sons of Hajji Ali Mohammad at Kotla Sultan Singh, a town near Amritsar in Punjab (India) on the 24th of December, 1924. Site JavaScript Menu is only visible when JavaScript Geeta Dutt - Musical Association with Playback Singers