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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.