mohammed rafi
‘Khoya Khoya Chand’, ‘Aankhon Mein Saari Raat Jayegi…’, ‘Khula Aasman’, when Mohammad Rafi sang these songs in his intoxicating voice, sleep disappeared from the eyes of many. The magic of Mohammad Rafi’s voice was such that even today his songs never seem old. He sang about 28,000 songs in his career and many songs are still on people’s lips. Listening to Rafi sahab’s songs soothes the restless heart, while many of his songs also work to increase the yearning of love. This was about Rafi sahab’s Hindi songs, but do you know that Mohammad Rafi has also given his voice to many Bhojpuri songs. He created a stir with one Bhojpuri song.
This Bhojpuri song of Rafi created a stir
The name of the Bhojpuri song of Mohammad Rafi that we are talking about is ‘Gorkee Patarki Re’. This song became a hit as soon as it was released. Mohammad Rafi sang this song with Asha Bhosle. This song is from the film ‘Balam Pardesiya’. In those days, every lover used to sing this song to make his girlfriend happy. After all, the craze for this song was such at that time. Apart from this, Rafi sahab decorated more than two dozen Bhojpuri songs with his voice. These include the names of Bhojpuri songs like ‘Balam Pardesiya’, ‘Tadap-Tadap’, ‘Saiya se Neha lagawe ka phulwa near naar’, ‘Sonwa pe pinjra’, ‘Mor bhangiya ke manai de’ and ‘Foot gayile kismatwa’.
About Mohammed Rafi
Let us tell you that Mohammad Rafi was born on 24 December 1924 in Kotla Sultan Singh (now part of Amritsar) of British Punjab. In the year 1945, Rafi sahab started his career in Hindi cinema with the film ‘Gaon Ki Gori’. Gradually his career flourished. His biggest specialty was that he sang all kinds of songs. He showed his talent in every kind of song from patriotic to qawwali, ghazal and bhajan to classical songs. Mohammad Rafi also won six Filmfare Awards for his melodious voice. He received one National Film Award. In the year 2001, the Government of India also honored him with Padma Shri.
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