Remembering Bollywood's greatest playback singer Mohammad Rafi on his Birth Anniversary

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 . This great singer had the perfect blend of melody, emotions and energy, which resulted into thousands of soulful songs. 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.

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. 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. For almost twenty years, Rafi was the most sought after singer in the Hindi film industry.

In his illustrious career, he received six Filmfare Awards and was honoured with the National Film Award once. Besides Hindi, he sang in several Indian languages including Konkani, Bhojpuri, Bengali, Odia, Punjabi, Marathi, Sindhi, Telugu, Kannada, Maithili, Gujarati, Magahi, and Urdu. Apart from Indian languages, he gave his melodious voice to songs in , Arabic,  Sinhalese, Creole and Dutch languages.

Four decades have passed since the legendary singer Mohammed Rafi left for heavenly abode. But the magic of his velvet voice is still lingering in the hearts and minds of millions of his fans across the globe.

He was the greatest ever playback singer of India. He was uniquely and singularly responsible for the very existence of the finest artistic grandeur, splendor and original creativity that embodied the golden era of  and melodies of Hindi cinema.

On his Birthday,Let's remember his some of the amazing songs: