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Mohammed Rafi, whose voice brought to life hundreds of melodies, was born in a village Kotla Sultan Singh near Amritsar long before India attained its independence. But music training beckoned him to Lahore where he cut his musical teeth under the hawk-like eye of Ustad Ghulam Ali Khan. He made his singing debut in the Punjabi film Gul baloch by rendering a duet with Zeenat Begum, 'Soniye Ni Heeriye Ni' composed by Shyamsunder.
Wadia Movietone was a prominent film company and it was Homi Wadia who saw the talent in Mohammed Rafi and insisted that he sing for his forthcoming film Sharbati Ankhen under the Music directorship of Feroz Nizami. The voice of Mohammed Rafi encompassed a tremendous range, which is unparalleled. The peculiar trait that separates a playback singer from a classical vocalist is not the range or ability as a singer but the voice quality. With Mohammed Rafi it was the ultimate combination that helped him reign supreme in the field of playback singing. His voice quality combined with his unsurpassed range made him stand apart from his contemporaries.
His voice suited any genre of music be it a moving ghazal like Aap Ke Pehloo Main Aakar Ro Diye, a plaintive bhajan like O Duniya Ke Rakhawale, or a wild and whacky Shanker-Jaikishan composition like Chahe Koi Mujhe Jungle Kahe. Mohammed Rafi added his delectable nuances to the melody and made it immortal. His voice had this unique feature of screen adaptability and when it merged with his intelligence as a singer it helped him to tailor his voice across an array of faces that remain entrenched in our memory books. Comedian Johnny Walker had a voice that was queerly rounded. Mohammed Rafi's take on him was phenomenal in songs like Sar Jo Tera Chakraye under S D Burman in Pyasa and Aye Dil Hai Mushkil Jeena Yaha from CID. Mohammed Rafi managed to sound exactly like Johnny Walker would if he sang the song himself. Rafi summoned Johnny Walker a day or two prior to the song picturization and then contributed his bit to add to the character Johnny Walker played on screen.
Honestly speaking it would not be in any way an overstatement to say that heroes like Biswajit (Pukarta chala hoon main), Bharat Bhushan (Zindagi Bhar Nahin Bhoolegi Woh Barsaat Ki Raat), Joy Mukherjee (Bade Miyan Deewane) are remembered more for the songs that were picturised on them with Rafi lending his golden voice to their average acting abilities.
Mohammed Rafi was known for his altruistic behavior, which was exhibited on several occasions. He has been known to charge just a token amount as his fees for singing songs of Music Directors who could not afford his regular charges. Many a times Mohammed Rafi has sung songs without charging a single penny to the Music Directors. A case in point is the film Aap ke Deewane with which actor Rakesh Roshan began his phase as a Producer-Director. Rafi sang the title song of the film but did not charge any money because he felt that he liked the song a lot and after all it was only a line, which he had to render. Very few singers were known to be so good at heart. This innate goodness in him came to the fore when he sang most of his songs.
In his glorious career Mohammed Rafi won the coveted Filmfare Award of best playback singer no less than six times. He was also decorated with the Padmashri by the Government of India. With the advent of Kishore Kumar as a major singing sensation Rafi sahab's career received a slight jolt in the late 60s and the early 70s but he bounced back with verve in films like Sargam, Karz, Hum Kisise Kam Nahin, Poonam and his last song under the baton of Laxmikant-Pyarelal for the film Aas Paas. He succumbed to the dreaded heart-attack on the 31st of July 1980 -ironically the man was a teetotaler and a non- smoker. He was in his mid fifties.
His funeral procession was one of the largest that the city of Mumbai has ever witnessed. The world of Music lost one of its brightest luminaries on 31st July 1980 but his melodious voice still stops music lovers in their tracks. Notable Films: Aar Paar, Baiju Bawra, Barsat Ki Raat, Dosti, Ek Musafir Ek Haseena, Hum Dono, Pyasa, Shaheed, Teesri Manzil- Actor
- Director
- Writer
Yasir Nawaz Baloch is a Pakistani director, producer, screenwriter, actor and former model. He has directed commercially successful films, including Wrong No. (2015), Mehrunisa V Lub U (2017) and Wrong No. 2 (2019).
Yasir is the son of the late television and film actor Fareed Nawaz Baloch (d. 2001), who "had more than 100 TV plays to his credit" and "also performed in two films", in a family of four children. He is the elder brother of a comedian and television director Danish Nawaz Baloch. He married Nida Yasir, a television producer, actress and host.- Art Department
- Production Designer
- Art Director
Gurmel Singh was born on 15 February 1964 in Garhi Ajeet Singh, Punjab. Gurmel is a production designer and art director, known for Gunday (2014), Don (2006) and Ludo (2020).- Additional Crew
Abu Huraira, commonly known as Abuhuraira Ramay, is a Pakistani author, researcher, publicist and a serial entrepreneur. Abuhuraira Ramay is the founder of Ramay Holdings, a Pakistani conglomerate, working mainly in IT industry. He attended The Ambassadors International School and Al-Ain Public High School before graduating from Knowledge Inn Preparatory School.
He is considered as one of the youngest Pakistani published authors & as one of the founding fathers of Pakistani modern-day public relations industry. His wrote his first column when he was only 13 years old.
Being a researcher & author his research work has appeared in MSNBC, Business 2 Community, Customer Think, Bitcoin Insider, Thrive Global and many other international publications. He is greatly inspired by poets like Rumi, Shams and Iqbal which can be clearly seen in his written-works. He mostly writes about life, psychology, growth mindset, business synergy and nomad entrepreneurship etc. His first book named The Psychology of the Mind was published in March 2019. His second book "The Rational Synergy" got published on 26th October, 2019.
He has been working closely with leaders from diverse industry segments like showbiz, financial services, health care among others. He worked with Viacom Studios, back in 2018. He partnered up with marketing department of After Life (Movie - 2019) as a digital marketing strategist.- Muhammad Ismail (born: 1 May 1966- died: May 31, 2020) was born in Shamsaknear Qila Sondha Singh, a rural village in Deepalpur tehsil of Okara district. He was a young man who tied a famous shimla-bound pyg from Punjab. As a child, Ismail enjoyed acting in films at the age of eight. At the age of 15, he had his life as a labourer in the market of The Hajarshah Saheb. In 2014, he came up with the idea of riding a bicycle and bought a bicycle from a shop in Lahore and installed the damy of Mecca and mosque-prophetic on a bicycle. A 7-inch LED portable DVD player and a wireless waterproof LED resi light kit on the cycle handle illuminate the entire cycle. As far as his words were concerned, he was wearing a white shalwar shirt and tagar with Punjabi Shamla on his head and a leather solo under his feet. And he put a cell phone battery outside his footfoot and turned the footfoot idols. When he was riding his bicycle towards the city wearing an integral, people would say that the glory of our Punjab has come. They used to go to the place where they were Hazrat Dataganj Baksh and Eid Milad-un-Nabi. They were in the city. They participated in the urs. He used to put qawaali, dhamal and Nait in his loudspeaker on his bicycle. If it were august 14 or September 6, they would have used pakistan's national anthem in their loudspeakers on their bicycles.
Muhammad Ismail passed away on May 31, 2020 in Hujra Shah Muqeem, Pakistan. Kot Shaukat Sultan Chowk is laid to rest in the main cemetery of Hujra.