Google Feature — Mohammed Rafi Doodle
93rd Birth Anniversary of Mohammed Rafi
Today marks the 93rd birth anniversary of Mohammed Rafi (December 24, 1924 – July 31, 1980), referred to as Pheeko during childhood, who was an Indian iconic film playback singer and one of the most popular and successful singers of Hindi films. He was notable for his voice and versatility; his songs ranged from classical numbers to patriotic songs, sad lamentations to highly romantic numbers, qawwalis to ghazals and bhajans.
He won six Filmfare Awards for Best Male Playback Singer. In 1977, he was awarded the National Film Award. In 1967, he was honoured with the Padma Shri award by the Government of India.
Rafi is primarily noted for his songs in Hindi, over which he had a strong command. He has sung nearly 5,000 songs across genres and languages. He has sung in many Indian languages including Konkani, Bhojpuri, Odia, Punjabi, Bengali, Marathi, Sindhi, Kannada, Gujarati, Telugu, Magahi, Maithili and Urdu. He also sang songs in English, Farsi, Arabic, Sinhalese, Creole and Dutch.
Indian King of Playback Singing — Mohammed Rafi
(December 24, 1924 – July 31, 1980)
Google today celebrates the 93rd Birth Anniversary of Mohammed Rafi with a doodle.
On clicking the doodle, it takes the visitor to Google search result page for news on Mohammed Rafi.
Google Doodle — Mohammed Rafi’s 93rd Birthday
Google Doodle celebrates Mohammed Rafi’s 93rd Birthday in today’s Google Doodle!
In the early 1930’s, a little boy named Pheeko would wait for a traveling fakir to stop by his home village of Kotla Sultan Singh and follow him on his rounds, imitating his chants as they went along. Later, living in the cultural and film hub of Lahore, Pheeko hummed songs during work at a relative’s barber shop. Customers noticed his talent – as did his brother, who arranged for Pheeko to train under Ustad Abdul Wahid Khan in the face of immense opposition from their father.
Pheeko grew up to be Mohammed Rafi, the king of playback singing in India. Pheeko has nearly five thousand songs to his credit across a range of genres (including romantic ballads, rock and roll, and classical music) and languages (including Hindi, English, Arabic, Persian, Sinhalese, Creole, and Dutch).
The dreamy romance of Chaudhvi ka Chand won Rafi his first Filmfare award in 1960, to be followed by five more. In 1977 he was awarded the National Award for Kya Hua Tera Wada. He was feted by the Indian government with the Padma Shri in 1967.
Today’s Doodle by Mumbai-based illustrator Sajid Shaikh depicts Rafi as the king of playback singing in Bollywood. It shows the journeys of famous Rafi songs as they progressed from the studio, onto the silver screen and into the hearts of fans forever.
Below is a picture of the Doodle on Google’s home page as it appeared today.
Mohammed Rafi’s 93rd Birthday
93rd Birth Anniversary of Iconic Film Playback Singer Mohammed Rafi
GoldenTwine Informatics pays tribute to Mohammed Rafi, the king of playback singing in India, on his 93rd Birth Anniversary.
Tribute to Music Legends — Mohammed Rafi
Mohammed Rafi Google Doodle
Published on December 23, 2017 by Doodle Videos.
Today Google Doodle in India Celebrate Mohammed Rafi’s 93rd Birthday by Mohammed Rafi Google Doodle.
Mohammed Rafi was an Indian playback singer and one of the most popular and successful singers of the Hindi film industry.
Google has celebrated Indian cinema eleven times through its doodles. The latest being Mohammed Rafi’s doodle on December 24, 2017.
Mohammed Rafi’s 93rd Birthday — December 24, 2017
V Shantaram’s 116th Birthday — November 18, 2017
Nutan’s 81st Birthday — June 4, 2017
Rajkumar’s 88th Birthday — April 24, 2017
Mukesh’s 93rd Birthday — July 22, 2016
RD Burman’s 77th Birthday — June 27, 2016
Nargis’ 86th Birthday — June 1, 2015
Raj Kapoor’s 90th Birthday — December 14, 2014
Kishore Kumar’s 85th Birthday — August 4, 2014
Satyajit Ray’s 92nd Birthday — May 2, 2013
Alam Ara’s 80th Anniversary — March 14, 2011
Over the years, doodles on the Google homepage have made searching on Google more fun and enjoyable for its users worldwide. When doodles were first created, nobody had anticipated how popular and integral they would become to the Google search experience. Nowadays, many users excitedly anticipate the release of each new doodle and some even collect them!
Google Doodle Celebrates V Shantaram’s 116th Birthday
Tribute to pioneer of Indian cinema and veteran filmmaker shantaram.
Google Doodle Celebrates Nutan’s 81st Birthday
Nine times Google has celebrated Indian cinema through its doodles.
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