Mohammed Rafi ( Urdu: محمد رفیع; December 24, 1924 – July 31, 1980), was an Indian playback singer whose career spanned four decades.[1] Rafi is regarded as one of the greatest singers in the Hindi film music industry ever. He won several awards including Padma Shri, 5 National Awards and 6 Filmfare awards. Rafi was a versatile singer of Indian cinema, and sang in many Indian languages including Hindi, Konkani, Urdu, Bhojpuri, Punjabi, Bengali, Marathi, Sindhi, Kannada, Gujarati, Maghi, Mathili and Telugu.