Mohammed Rafi Birthday, Real Name, Age, Weight, Height, Family, Facts, Death Cause, Contact Details, Wife, Children, Bio & More
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PERSONAL INFORMATION
REAL NAME
Mohammed Rafi
BIRTHDAY
BORN ON DAY
Wednesday
BIRTHPLACE
Kotla Sultan Singh
DIED AT AGE
55 Years 7 Months 7 Days
DEATHDATE
July 31, 1980
DEATHPLACE
Mumbai
CAUSE OF DEATH
Heart attack
NATIONALITY
PROFESSION
ZODIAC
CAPRICORN
Physical Stats
CHEST
N/A
BICEPS
N/A
WAIST
N/A
HEIGHT
N/A
WEIGHT
N/A
Mohammed Rafi Family Members
Mohammed Rafi Marriage, Affairs and Children
SPOUSE
Child(ren) of Mohammed Rafi and Bashira Bibi
SPOUSE

Bilquis Bano (1947-1980)
Child(ren) of Mohammed Rafi and Bilquis Bano
Fame & Address
DEBUT
Gul Baloch (1944)
FAMOUS FROM/AS
Song "Teri Pyari Pyari Surat Ko" (1961)
Education, Net Worth & More
More Information
Career of Mohammed Rafi
His first song was "Hindustan Ke Hum Hain" for the film Pehle Aap. He had worked with many well-known music directors including Naushad, S D Burman, Shankar-Jaikishan. His songs like Baharon Phool Barsao, Chaudhvin Ka Chand are remembered still today. Although he died years before, but he is alive in the hearts of music lovers.
Some Lesser Known Facts About Mohammed Rafi
- Did Mohammed Rafi takes alcohol? No. He never touched alcohol.
- Was Mohammed Rafi in the habit of Smoking? NA.
- This is unbelievable that the great singer was inspired by a fakir, he used to try to copy the beggers chants in his village.
- He performed in front of the public when he was just 13. He sang in a concert featuring the legendary K. L. Saigal.
- In Lahore, his family owned a men's salon at Noor Mohalla.
- More than 10000 people attended his funeral despite heavy rainfall. A portion of the recording was used in a Hindi movie which was released later on.
- A song was dedicated to him after his death. The wordings of the song was "Mohammad Rafi tu bahut Yaad Aaya".
- He received the Padmashree Award in 1967.

- Once he and Kishore Kumar challenged each other for the movie "Pyaar Ka Mausam, they sang the same song "Tum Bin Jaoon Kahan", which was picturised on the different character. Rafi's voice was featured on Shashi Kapoor while Kishore's voice was used for Bharat Bhushan's character. The song sung by Rafi become more popular.
- He had sung in 14 Indian languages and 4 foreign languages.
- The song "E Mohabbat Zindabad" for the film "Mughal-E-Azam" sung by him was featured on 100 people as a chorus.
- He also tried his hand in acting and was seen in the films Laila Majnu and Jugnu.
- Rafi also tried Kishore's style of yodeling and whistling in between song and sung a song for the character of Firoz Khan in the film Reporter Raju.
- Once HMV decided to release a collection of his sad song. They required his photograph in a sad mood. The company searched the whole library but was unsuccessful in finding his photograph in a gloomy face. At last, they decided to release the version with a smiling Rafi on the cover.

- He was of gentleman type nature and payment did not affect. He never left a song for the payment. Once he received only Re 1 as payment for a song for the music director Nisar Vasmi.
- The song "Jaan Pahchaan Ho" sung by him for the movie "Gumnaam" was later on used in the Hollywood movie Ghost World released in the year 2001.
- He received heart-shaking compliments from a blind man which was he doesn't need eyes as long as he had ears to hear Rafi sing.
- He was a simple man and loved to fly kites.
USER RATING FOR MOHAMMED RAFI
Viewer's Reviews for Mohammed Rafi
Ruhi
No one can sing like Rafi sir, he was the voice of the world.
Firoz Bagwan
Rafi's voice is so soft and so sweet as his nature and humbleness.