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Kotla Sultan Singh, India
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December 24, 1924
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Celebrated for his versatile voice, Mohammed Rafi was a revered Hindi playback singer, whose legacy extends across and beyond the Indian subcontinent.
â From 1944âs Pehle Aap to 1981âs Aas Paas, he sang thousands of songs for over 70 films in many Indian languagesâas well as in English and Farsi.
â Along with receiving high government honors, such as the Padma Shri, he won a prestigious National Film Award and six Filmfare Awards for his singing.
â British alt-rock band Cornershop name-checked Rafi in âBrimful of Asha,â their celebration of Indian playback singer Asha Bhosle that was No. 1 UK hit in 1998.
â In the opening credits of the 2001 cult classic Ghost World, Thora Birchâs character dances in her bedroom to Rafiâs song âJaan Pehechaan Hoâ from the 1965 thriller Gumnaam.
â On the 30th anniversary of Rafiâs death, in July 2010, his son Shahid opened the Mohammed Rafi Academy, an Indian classical and contemporary music school in Mumbai.
â In 2013, Rafi was voted the Greatest Voice in Hindi Cinema in a viewersâ poll held by the Indian English-language TV channel CNN-IBN.
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