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Trivia Tunes: When Mohammed Rafi and Geeta Dutt sang for an advertisement for a kerosene brand

On a ‘Vishal’ note! This time, let Trivia Tunes begin on a ‘Vishal’ (which means big, size- or…
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Umesh Shukla confirms biopic on the legendary Mohammed Rafi

While the biopic on Kishore Kumar remains in limbo, what with the singer’s family not allowing any…
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Trivia Tunes: When Mohammed Rafi felt he won’t be able to navigate the extremely high scale of ‘Dil Ke Jharonkhe Mein…’: “I will be out of breath”

Variety on display Anu Malik’s debut concert in Mumbai left me thinking. In sheer variety (his…
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Mohammed Rafi Centenary: When Naushad brought superstardom to the legendary singer

His was the haunting, melodious and, at times, even wild voice of several yesteryear Bollywood…
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Mohammed Rafi centenary: Shahid Mallya and Armaan Malik get nostalgic on the legend: “We are all students of him”

The entire music fraternity remains in awe of Mohammed Rafi. Come Udit Narayan (who has even…
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From Amit Trivedi to Mithoon: How Mohammed Rafi lives on in today’s composers

A hundred years ago on December 24, 1924, Mohammed Rafi was born. It is needless to add that both…
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Saira Banu remembers Mohammed Rafi in heartfelt tribute featuring Jawans and Dilip Kumar

On the anniversary of Mohammed Rafi's passing, veteran actress Saira Banu took to Instagram to pay…
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From ‘Yaadon Ki Baraat’ to ‘Salamat Rahe Dostana Humara’: When Mohammed Rafi and Kishore Kumar teamed up as playback singers

The legend that is Mohammed Rafi died 44 years ago on July 31. The other legend that is Kishore…
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Trivia Tunes: When Sonu Nigam was called to recreate Mohammed Rafi’s iconic song due to copyright issues

Readymade music There are re-creations. And there are readymade soundtrack albums—almost. In 2019,…
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Trivia Tunes: When Kishore Kumar felt he couldn’t have been half as good as Mohammed Rafi while singing THIS song from Parwana

Jaideep Sahni’s stance on Lip-Sync songs Jaideep Sahni, lyricist of songs like ‘Ganda hai’…
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