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Presented here are some interesting facts
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Mohammed Rafi Facts
During his heydays, Mohammad Rafi took playback
singing in Bollywood to a sublime level with his masterful renditions.
Rafi's colorful singing career is replete with facts and anecdotes that
shed a light on his immense contribution to Hindi music. Following are
some interesting facts and information on Mohd Rafi:
- Apart from singing, Mohammed Rafi dabbled with acting as well. He
had acted in couple of films, Laila Majnu (1945) and Jugnu (1947).
- In the 1960 blockbuster Mughal-E-Azam, Mohammed Rafi sang the
song "Ae Mohabbat Zindabad" with a chorus of 100 singers.
- Rafi has rendered the maximum number of songs for the music
director duo Laxmikant-Pyarelal -- a phenomenal total of 369
numbers, 186 of them being solos.
- He has sung the maximum number of duets with Asha Bhonsle
(female) and Manna Dey (male)
- Rafi has a record number of Filmfare Award nominations (23). He
won it six times.
- His song "Jaan Pehechaan Ho" was used on the 2001 movie
Ghost World soundtrack, and opens the film with the lead character
dancing around in her bedroom to a video of the 1966 Indian film
Gumnaam.
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