Saifullah Cholakkal celebrates Mohammed Rafi's legacy, owning nearly 5,000 songs and cherishing a lifelong musical devotion.

His silken timbre, a product of classical training and raw talent, would raise him to near-revered status across multiple generations Looking back at Mohammed Rafi’s legacy, in an age of autotune, AI ...

After all, whatever he sings, he can never be quite like the master himself, said Nigam ahead of Rafi’s 100th birth anniversary on December 24. "Rafi sahab was the prime reference point. It was like ...

A drumbeat starts. It is picking up pace. A grand piano joins in. Then, the trumpets and the saxophones. A flute. A trombone. Slowly, a familiar melody from the movie Solva Saal (1958) emerges and the ...