Mohammed Aziz was born as Sayeed Mohammed Aziz-Un-Nabi on 2 July 1954 in Calcutta (present-day Kolkata), West Bengal, India. Prior to this, he sang for the film Karan Arjun. The recipient of two uncertain awards for Best Playback Singer, his last film was Kaafila. Originally a restaurant singer, he went to Mumbai around 1984 where he was introduced to the Hindi cinema by Anu Malik. He was one of the rare singers who could sing at the 7th note (Saatwan Sur). He was the most popular singer of mid 80s to early 90s. Many of his songs such as "Lal Dupatta Malmal Ka", "My Name Is Lakhan", "Main Teri Mohabbat Mein", "Aap Ke Aa Jane Se", "Aajkal Yaad Kuchh" and "Dil Le Gayi Teri Bindiya" are recognized among the prominent songs he sang as a playback singer. Janaki, Alka Yagnik, Salma Agha, Hemlata, Sapna Mukherjee, Chandrani Mukherjee, Poornima, Sarika Kapoor, Uttara Kelkar and Alisha Chinai. He had sung numerous duets in 1980s and 1990s with singers like Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle, K.S.Chithra, Sulakshana Pandit, Vijayta Pandit, Usha Mangeshkar, Anuradha Paudwal, Kavita Krishnamurthy, Sadhana Sargam, S. His two prominent songs, including "Mard Tangewala" composed by Anu Malik were introduced in Mard. He made his first appearance in films with a Hindi film titled Ambar (1984) and later he appeared in his first Bengali film titled Bouma (1986). He sang about twenty thousand songs, including Sufi devotional songs and other genres in more than ten different Indian languages. Nevertheless, Mohammad Rafi and his voice would continue to rule over the hearts and minds of his fans spread all across the world.Mohammed Aziz (born as Sayeed Mohammed Aziz-Un-Nabi 2 July 1954 – 27 November 2018), also known as Munna, was a famous Indian multilingual playback singer who primarily sang for the Bollywood, Bengali and Odia films. There have been demands to award him, posthumously, the highest civilian award from the Government of India – Bharat Ratna.
His songs can still be heard in towns and villages of India, on almost all social occasions, loved by every age group Read full bio Nevertheless, Mohammad Rafi and his voice would continue to rule over the hearts and minds of his fans spread all across the world.
He in total won 6 Filmfare awards and one national film award for the song Kya Hua Tera Wada from the movie Hum Kisi Se Kum Nahin In 1967 he was awarded Padma Sri by the Government of India in recognition of his stellar achievements in music. Some of the most popular tracks that he sang are: Chaudahavi Ka Chand Ho, Mere Mehboob Tujhe, Ye Reshmi Zulfain, Chahunga Main Tujhe, Baharo Phool Barsao, Dil Ke Jharokhe Main, Teri Bindiya Re, Ye Duniya Ye Mehfil, Badi Mastani Hai, Tum Jo Mil Gaye Ho, Ehsaan Tera Hoga Mujh Par, Main Gaoon Tum So Jao, Main Zindagi Ka Saath Nibhata Chala Gaya, Khilona Jaan Kar, Chhoo Lene De Nazuk Hothon Ko, Chalo Re Doli Uthao Kahar, Maine Poochha Chaand Se, Likhe Jo Khat Tujhe, Teri Galiyon Main Na Rakhenge Kadam and Mere Dost Kissa Ye Kya Ho Gaya Rafi also worked with other legends like Naushad, Madan Mohan and Ravi He also worked with father and son SD Burman and RD Burman in very famous tracks like O Haseena Zulfon wali, O mere Sona Re Sona, Chadti Jawani and Maine Poocha Chand Se. He also worked on very successful tracks with Laxmikant Pyarelal starting with the movie Parasmani in 1963. He won three Filmfare awards working with the legendary duo, out of his total 6 such awards. However his work with OP Nayyar and Shankar Jaikishan as music directors is considered the most noteworthy. Mohammad Rafi worked with the top artists of his times. He was a truly multilingual artist singing in Bhojpuri, Odia, Punjabi, Sindhi, Telugu, Kannada, Urdu, Gujarati, English, Dutch and Arabic Rafi has sung across all genres be it sad songs, romantic numbers, ghazals, bhajans, patriotic tracks or classical renditions. He started his singing career back in 1944 has sung more than 7,400 songs till his death in Jul 1980 He took his elementary classical music lessons from Pandit Jiwan Lal Mattoo. His singing talent was recognized by his elder brother’s friend Abdul Hameed. He was born on in Kotla Sultan a village in Amritsar Punjab. Mohammad Rafi is undoubtedly among one of the most famous singers in the Hindi playback singing industry.