This article is by Raju Bharatan

Mohammed Rafi is to song what Naushad is to music. Where Naushad is Sangeet Samrat, Rafi is Geet Samrat. Mohammed Rafi’s demise at the age of 55 was perhaps the most traumatic happening , in the annals of Hindustani cine sangeet since the passing of Kundal Lal Saigal in his prime. (more…)

Thursday August 10, 2000 5:30 PM. Copyright 2000 Hindustan Times Ltd

Mohammad Rafi was a singer par excellence. One of a kind. When he died, all of a sudden and well before his time, such were his charisma and qualities as a human being that he left behind millions saddened and wishing he had not gone. (more…)

Source: Ms. Nalini Ramji

Mumbai - It’s twenty years since Mohammed Rafi breathed his last July 31 in 1980, leaving an ocean of music lovers stricken by his untimely departure. His memories can never fade; those 7,000-odd songs (next only to Asha Bhosle’s score in Hindi films) can never die. (more…)

This article is written by M.L. Dhawan

Mohammed Rafi was born on December 24, 1924, at Kotla Sultan Singh village in Punjab, now in Pakistan. He moved to Lahore at the age of 14 to learn music under Khan Abdul Wajeed Khan, Jeevanlal Matto and Gulshan Ali Khan. His parents did not approve of his vocation as they felt that singing was a Mirasiyon ka pesha that would be a blot on the Chaudhry khandaan. (more…)

An article that appeared in the Mumbai Mid-day News, March 01, 2000

It was Rafi’s thematic vocalising of Naushad that fetched Bharat Bhooshan spot star status. (more…)

This article was featured on Express India on account of Rafi’s 19th Death Anniversary.

Express India On Rafi’s 19th Death Anniversary. It is exactly 19 years since Mohammad Rafi passed away (July 31, 1980), but his voice continues to haunt us even today. After all, he’s left behind a rich legacy of songs sung by him over 35 years. (more…)

This article appeared in Deccan Herald - Sunday Herald on August 23, 1998, Pg III

If you love good music at all, your hair stands on end. MOHAMMED RAFI, recorded 45 years ago, does that to M BHAKTAVATSALA and BASHEER MEKRI. (more…)

Article by Imran R. Kidwai - Pakistan Magazine August 1995

Zindagi Tho Bewafa Hai, Ek Din Tukaraayegi, Maut Mehebooba Hai Apne Saath Lekar Jaayegi (more…)