Mohammad Rafi is often called the “Voice of God”, a title famously bestowed on him by the renowned Bollywood director/producer Manmohan Desai. This was a testament to Manmohan Desai’s deep admiration ...

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 ...

The reason both shocked and broke Rafi. “The mosque committee had decided that Rafi Saheb’s earnings could not be used for the mosque. His earnings were not ‘legitimate’ since in Islam singing is not ...

Mohammed Rafi remains the gold standard in the world of playback singing. Legendary Bollywood producer/director Manmohan Desai once called him the “Voice of God” — a testament to Rafi’s unparallelled ...

There was a time when a hit song in a Hindi film meant Mohammed Rafi. Even years after his death, people do not get tired of telling stories about his voice and heart-winning style. The Padma Shri ...