This innate goodness in him came to the fore when he sang most of his songs. Very few singers were known to be so good at heart. Rafi sang the title song of the film but did not charge any money because he felt that he liked the song a lot and after all it was only a line, which he had to render. A case in point is the film Aap ke Deewane with which actor Rakesh Roshan began his phase as a Producer-Director. Many a times Mohammed Rafi has sung songs without charging a single penny to the Music Directors. He has been known to charge just a token amount as his fees for singing songs of Music Directors who could not afford his regular charges. Mohammed Rafi was known for his altruistic behavior, which was exhibited on several occasions. Honestly speaking it would not be in any way an overstatement to say that heroes like Biswajit (Pukarta chala hoon main), Bharat Bhushan (Zindagi Bhar Nahin Bhoolegi Woh Barsaat Ki Raat), Joy Mukherjee (Bade Miyan Deewane) are remembered more for the songs that were picturised on them with Rafi lending his golden voice to their average acting abilities. Rafi summoned Johnny Walker a day or two prior to the song picturization and then contributed his bit to add to the character Johnny Walker played on screen. Mohammed Rafi managed to sound exactly like Johnny Walker would if he sang the song himself. Mohammed Rafi's take on him was phenomenal in songs like Sar Jo Tera Chakraye under S D Burman in Pyasa and Aye Dil Hai Mushkil Jeena Yaha from CID. Comedian Johnny Walker had a voice that was queerly rounded. His voice had this unique feature of screen adaptability and when it merged with his intelligence as a singer it helped him to tailor his voice across an array of faces that remain entrenched in our memory books. Mohammed Rafi added his delectable nuances to the melody and made it immortal. His voice suited any genre of music be it a moving ghazal like Aap Ke Pehloo Main Aakar Ro Diye, a plaintive bhajan like O Duniya Ke Rakhawale, or a wild and whacky Shanker-Jaikishan composition like Chahe Koi Mujhe Jungle Kahe. His voice quality combined with his unsurpassed range made him stand apart from his contemporaries. With Mohammed Rafi it was the ultimate combination that helped him reign supreme in the field of playback singing. The peculiar trait that separates a playback singer from a classical vocalist is not the range or ability as a singer but the voice quality. The voice of Mohammed Rafi encompassed a tremendous range, which is unparalleled. Wadia Movietone was a prominent film company and it was Homi Wadia who saw the talent in Mohammed Rafi and insisted that he sing for his forthcoming film Sharbati Ankhen under the Music directorship of Feroz Nizami. He made his singing debut in the Punjabi film Gul baloch by rendering a duet with Zeenat Begum, 'Soniye Ni Heeriye Ni' composed by Shyamsunder. But music training beckoned him to Lahore where he cut his musical teeth under the hawk-like eye of Ustad Ghulam Ali Khan. Mohammed Rafi, whose voice brought to life hundreds of melodies, was born in a village Kotla Sultan Singh near Amritsar long before India attained its independence.
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