ALSO READ: DYK Mohammed Rafi's Solo Song Yeh Mera Prem Patra Was ... co-singers Mukesh Bhaiyya and Kishore da. They all died young, in their 50s. So did my favourite composer Madan Mohan.

young Rafi, nicknamed Phiko, would take the neighbour’s cattle to graze after school, humming folk songs. In 1942, Phiko joined his father, Haji Mohammad Ali, who ran a dhaba in Lahore.

It was the composing maestro Naushad who took the young Mohd Rafi under his wings and turned him into the most formidable male playback singer of India whose range extended from the strange to the ...

Forty four years after Mohammed Rafi's untimely demise on July 31, 1980, at the young age of 55, the singer's work continues to enjoy a musical afterlife on radio, television and modern streaming ...

Indore (Madhya Pradesh): Singer Mohammed Rafi, known for being a devout ... all the way back to his childhood in Lahore when a young Rafi was fascinated by a fakir. Different accounts also suggest ...