Not Dilip Kumar, Rafi Saheb sang most songs for him/her, strange similarity of death with Mukesh-Kishore

The occasion is of the 100th birth anniversary of Mohammed Rafi, the magician of the world of tunes. That voice which still sounds like an Egyptian in the ears and directly affects the heart. It would not be wrong to say that Rafi Saheb was the singer in Hindustani cinema who had amazing versatility. Such that there has never been anyone like him/her and there will hardly be anyone like him/her. Rafi Saheb sang a total of more than 28000 songs in his/her career, from Hindi to Bhojpuri and Konkani to English and Parsi. Be it romance or sad songs, patriotism or any ghazal or qawwali, bhajan or classical song, Rafi Sahab’s voice could adapt to every color. Born on 24 December 1924 in Kotla Sultan Singh, British Panja. Mohammed Rafi received six Filmfare Awards and one National Film Award. In the year 1967, the Government of India honored him/her with Padma Shri. Out of total 28 thousand songs, he/she recorded about 7000 songs for films of different languages. Even today, Mohammed Rafi is one of the most listened to Indian singers on every digital music platform and online video portal.

Rafi was the favorite of actors, it was convenient to lip-sync

The more melodious the voice, the more intelligent the person. Mohammad Rafi liked simplicity. he/she was one of those singers whom even the superstars liked very much. This is also because Rafi Sahab used to adopt the style of whichever actor he/she sang for on screen, this helped the actors a lot in lip-syncing. From Shammi Kapoor to Dev Anand, Dilip Kumar, Shashi Kapoor, Rajendra Kumar, he/she sang most of the songs from Mohammed Rafi.

Top-10 actors, whose voice became Mohammed Rafi on screen

Today, when we are talking about Rafi Sahab’s 100th birth anniversary, it will also be interesting to know for which actor he/she has sung the most songs. Sujatha Dev gives interesting statistics regarding this in her book ‘Mohammed Rafi: The Golden Voice of the Silver Screen’. Generally many of us feel that Rafi Sahab sang the most songs for Dilip Kumar Sahab. Many times the name of Dev Anand also comes to mind. But the interesting thing is that Dilip Kumar is the last in this list of top-10.

Sung maximum 190 songs for Shammi Kapoor

According to the book, Mohammed Rafi sang maximum 190 songs for Shammi Kapoor. These include songs like ‘Deewana Hua Badal’ to ‘Yeh Chand Sa Roshan Chehra’ and ‘Badan Pe Sitaare’. The second name in the list is very interesting. After Shammi Kapoor, the actor for whom Rafi Sahab sang the most songs is John Walker. For which he/she has sung a total of 155 songs. Shashi Kapoor is at third place in the list with 129 songs. Rajendra Kumar with 112 songs, he/she sang 109 songs for Dharmendra, while he/she sang 100 songs for Dev Anand.

Mohammed Rafi sang 77 songs for Dilip Kumar

Jitendra’s name is also included in this top-10 list of Rafi Sahab, for whom he/she sang 100 songs. Next is Mehmood, for whom he/she sang 85 songs, 80 for Bharat Bhushan and the least in the list, he/she sang 77 songs for Dilip Kumar.

Rafi Saheb was on top in Geetamala Records for two decades.

Mohammed Rafi left his/her indelible mark in the era when there were singers like Mukesh, Manna Dey, Kishore Kumar, Talat Mehmood and Hemant Kumar in the industry. From 1950 to 1960, Rafi Saheb was on top in Binaka Geetmala Records. After this the era of Kishore Kumar started. Rafi Sahab left the world of cinematic music and all of us in 1980, when a heart attack took his/her life on July 31 at the age of 55.

Mohammed Rafi had 7 children, but why did none of them become a singer? So fond of taste that he/she went to London to eat food

Strange similarity in the deaths of Rafi, Mukesh and Kishore Kumar

Well, call it a coincidence or something else. There is a strange similarity in the deaths of Rafi, Mukesh and Kishore Kumar, three stalwarts of the world of Hindi cinematic music. All three died at the age of 50-60. What’s more, these three artists, who ruled the hearts and healed every heart with their voice, died due to heart attack. Mukesh died in 1976 at the age of 53, and Kishore Kumar died in 1987 at the age of 58.