Archive for the 'BioGraphy' Category

29 Aug

Khaliq Amrohi pens down Rafi’s life

Khaliq Amrohi has paid tribute to legendary Mohammad Rafi in his own unique way. Producer Nazim Rizvi and his Company Whispering Shadows and Entertainment, would be releasing the biography on the ‘melodious’ Rafi written by Amrohi. Amrohi, a great admirer of Rafi, took twenty years to finish the biography. Interestingly, the book is written in […]

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27 Jul

The Rough Guide to Bollywood Legends: Mohd Rafi

Revered as “one of the four most influential playback singers of all time”, Mohd Rafi used his vastly flexible voice to provide music cues for countless Indian film stars from the late ’40s until his passing in 1980. While highly influential and practically iconic in his homeland, Rafi’s Western indie hipster and pop film fans […]

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21 Jul

The King Of Melody - Mohammed Rafi

Even if belatedly, music lovers have now appealed to the government to honour Mohammed Rafi with the Bharat Ratna posthumously. A singer par excellence and a paragon of humility and piety, Rafi strode the musical landscape like a meteor, enchanting generations of music lovers and transcending geographical borders. The melody and vocals Mohd Rafi created, […]

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