After the thrill round legendary singer Kishore Kumar’s biopic, music lovers who cherished the 60s period have a brand new motive to have fun. Just lately, on the Worldwide Movie Pageant of India, iconic singer Mohammed Rafi’s son, Shahid Rafi, introduced that he’ll quickly make an official announcement on a biopic on his late father’s life on his beginning centenary on December 24, 2024.
On the ongoing movie pageant, a particular tribute was paid to the legendary singer, the place Rafi’s important impression on the music business was mentioned. Talking on the particular session, titled Aasmaan Se Aaya Farishta—Mohammed Rafi: The King of Melody, the legendary singer’s son confirmed that they may quickly make a biopic on the Aaj Mausam Bada Beimaan Hai singer.
Furthermore, he additionally revealed that he and the filmmaker Umesh Shukla are negotiating for making the movie. For these unaware, Shukla has made standard movies like Akshay Kumar starrer OMG—Oh My God! and Amitabh Bachchan starrer 102 Not Out.
He said, “An announcement can be made in December. I’m making a biopic on Rafi sahab. We’re planning. It’ll be the life story of Rafi Sahab. Songs can even be a part of the biopic. We now have contracted with Umesh Shukla, director of OMG – Oh My God! and 102 Not Out. It will likely be a full-fledged function movie.”
The particular section was additionally attended by veteran actor Sharmila Tagore, singers Sonu Nigam and Anuradha Paudwal, and filmmaker Subhash Ghai, who shared their views on the legendary singer.
Mohammed Rafi was considered one of India’s hottest singers, recording greater than 25,000 songs in his profession. He had an extended profession spanning virtually 40 years. The singer is credited for singing standard songs like Yeh Reshmi Zulfen, Aaj Mausam Bada Beimaan Hai, Likhe Jo Khat Tujhe, Chaudhvin Ka Chand Ho, and lots of extra that proceed to entice the audiences of their soulful melody.
Rafi sang songs for greater than 1,000 movies in numerous languages, together with Urdu, Punjabi, and Hindi, dominating the 60s along with his voice. He died in 1980 following a coronary heart assault, and a movie based mostly on his life’s journey can be an ideal deal with to his followers who admire his work to this point.
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