16 Facts About Masood Rana

Masood Rana, was a Pakistani film playback singer.

Masood Rana began his singing career in 1962 with the film Inqalab, became one of the top male singers in Urdu and Punjabi films for more than three decades and remained a busy singer until his death in 1995.

Masood Rana was born in Mirpur Khas, Sindh, then British India, on 6 August 1941.

Masood Rana was born in a Rajput land-owning family which had migrated from the East Punjab city of Jalandhar.

Masood Rana started his singing career on Radio Pakistan, Hyderabad, Sindh in 1955 and later helped establish a singing group in Karachi in the early 1960s with the Pakistani film actor Nadeem Baig and a fellow singer Akhlaq Ahmed.

Masood Rana got his first breakthrough when the noted Pakistani film actor Saqi introduced him to producer and director Iqbal Shehzad and the film composer Deebo Bhattacharya.

Masood Rana was initially introduced as "Pakistani Rafi" in the Pakistani film circles due to his vocal singing being similar to that of famous Indian singer Mohammed Rafi.

Masood Rana initially tried to live up to this reputation and used to copy the famous Indian singer.

Masood Rana specialized in singing difficult songs in very high-pitched voice and was the first choice for music directors for film title and theme songs.

Masood Rana then became the most dominating male singer in both Urdu and Punjabi films when his six songs in film Hamarahi became mega- hits.

Masood Rana sang in more than 550 films and he worked continuously from his first film in 1962 until his death in 1995.

Masood Rana was considered to be the most successful singer after Ahmed Rushdi.

Masood Rana appeared as an actor in a few films but he was not successful in this field.

Masood Rana was a lead actor in film Shahi Faqeer and a side-hero in films Do Mutiaran and Yaar Badshah.

Masood Rana died on 4 October 1995 due to a heart attack during his journey on a train.

Masood Rana was laid to rest at Karim Block graveyard, Iqbal town, Lahore.