Remembering Mohammed Rafi: Walk down the memory lane with the music legend

This picture was shot when Rafi was recording a song that was going to be picturised on Shashi Kapoor. Standing next to him is Sharda, Read More">a leading playback singer from that time and standing between them is Shankar. Shashi Kapoor would drop in during the recordings as he was close to Rafi. Rafi had aRead More

This picture was shot when Rafi was recording a song that was going to be picturised on Shashi Kapoor. Standing next to him is Sharda, a leading playback singer from that time and standing between them is Shankar. Shashi Kapoor would drop in during the recordings as he was close to Rafi. Rafi had a knack of adding an actor's nuances to the song he sang, so he would always enquire about the actor on whom the song would be picturised on. It worked beautifully for songs like 'Yahoo' from Junglee and 'Sar Jot Era Chakraye' from Pyaasa.

This picture was clicked when Rafi was awarded the Padma Shri. In the picture is former Chief Minister of Maharahstra, Y.B. Chavan and standing next to him is his wife. Even though Rafi was a public figure, Read More">he was quite a shy and reserved person and any sort of socialising was not his thing. ToRead More

This picture was clicked when Rafi was awarded the Padma Shri. In the picture is former Chief Minister of Maharahstra, Y.B. Chavan and standing next to him is his wife. Even though Rafi was a public figure, he was quite a shy and reserved person and any sort of socialising was not his thing. To him music was life.

This attire was one gifted to him by the organisers of a concert. When he went on the stage, Read More">the audience requested him to wear it and sing to which he obliged. At heart Rafi was still a child even though he had kissed success very early on in his career. Once after a recordingRead More

This attire was one gifted to him by the organisers of a concert. When he went on the stage, the audience requested him to wear it and sing to which he obliged. At heart Rafi was still a child even though he had kissed success very early on in his career. Once after a recording 'Chal Mere Bhai' for Naseeb, he came home all excited because he recorded the song with Amitabh Bachchan.

This picture was taken during the rehearsals for the song ‘Dono Ne Kiya Tha Pyaar‘ from the film Mahua with the music directors Sonik-Omi. Rafi would usually rehearse a song till he was sure he has it perfectly down. After he was happy with his rehearsals, Read More">he had a ritual of going down to MohammadRead More

This picture was taken during the rehearsals for the song 'Dono Ne Kiya Tha Pyaar' from the film Mahua with the music directors Sonik-Omi. Rafi would usually rehearse a song till he was sure he has it perfectly down. After he was happy with his rehearsals, he had a ritual of going down to Mohammad Ali Road and having a Lassi. He was a complete foodie and loved cold drinks.

On his 30th death anniversary, Bollywood Hungama remembers the man, Read More">who is etched in the history of Bollywood forever – Mohammed Rafi. The most famous playback singer whose career started in the year 1944 and ended in the year 1980 when he suffered a massive heart attack. The last song he recorded was ‘Shaam PhirRead More

On his 30th death anniversary, Bollywood Hungama remembers the man, who is etched in the history of Bollywood forever - Mohammed Rafi. The most famous playback singer whose career started in the year 1944 and ended in the year 1980 when he suffered a massive heart attack. The last song he recorded was 'Shaam Phir Kyun Udaas Hai Dost' for the film Aas Pas. Rafi had an arrange marriage, his wife mostly stayed away from the limelight, but during the last leg of his career, she started accompanying him for shows and concerts.