Apart from Indian languages, he gave his melodious voice to songs in English, Arabic, Persian Sinhalese, Creole and Dutch languages. Besides Hindi, he sang in several Indian languages including Konkani, Bhojpuri, Bengali, Odia, Punjabi, Marathi, Sindhi, Telugu, Kannada, Maithili, Gujarati, Magahi, and Urdu. In his illustrious career, he received six Filmfare Awards and was honoured with the National Film Award once. For almost twenty years, Rafi was the most sought after singer in the Hindi film industry. Rafi was well-known for his versatility as he gave his voice to songs ranging from classical numbers to patriotic ones, sad songs to romantic numbers, qawwalis to ghazals and bhajans. His contribution to the Hindi film industry has been fabulous and perhaps no singer till date has managed to capture the hearts of fans the way Mohamed Rafi has. Be it the classically inclined songs of Baiju Bawara or the foot tapping songs of Kashmir Ki Kali, Muhammad Rafi gave each song the treatment it deserved. This great singer had the perfect blend of melody, emotions and energy, which resulted into thousands of soulful songs. One of the greatest playback singers born in India, Mohammed Rafi is considered no less than a genius when it comes to varied styles of music.
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