![]() Rafi claimed to have recorded 28,000 songs in 11 Indian languages between 1944 and April 1980 according to the available figures, Rafi has sung 4,516 Hindi film songs, 112 non-Hindi film songs, and 328 private (non-film) songs from 1945 to 1980. In 1967, he was honoured with the Padma Shri awarded by the Government of India. He was awarded National Award and 6 Filmfare Awards. Mohammed Rafi (Decem– July 31, 1980), was an Indian playback singer whose career spanned four decades. But I know he is up there somewhere and smiling. ![]() The best tribute to Dev Sahib, he said, would be to complete that film, a sequel to Hare Rama, Hare Krishna, and other unfinished projects he had left behind. His next film was to be shot in Britain and other European countries and he was looking forward to go on a location hunting expedition, he said. Anand, who was by his side when he died, said that his father was extremely happy to be back in London and excited about the prospect of travelling around Britain. His son said that a fitting memorial service will be held for him at the Mehboob Studio in Mumbai. Dev Anand's ashes would be taken to India for immersion in the Godavari river. Later, tributes were paid to the late film-maker at a memorial meeting at the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan in Kensington. Pallbearers, led by his son, Suneil Anand, were surrounded by friends and journalists as they carried the coffin into the crematorium where his last rites were performed. ![]() He was 88.As his casket arrived at the Putney Vale Crematorium, there was a scramble among his fans to lend a hand while television crews jostled for that final shot of Hindi cinema's arguably the most charismatic actor of his generation. There was a poignant finality to the moment as Dev Anand the man who famously pleaded with his on-screen beloved, abhi na jao chhod kar, ke dil abhi bhara nahin was on Saturday cremated in a west London crematorium, not far from the hotel where he passed away a week ago following a massive heart attack.
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