Masood Rana was a great film singer in Pakistan's film history. With his God gifted melodious and ideal male voice, he was the most perfect and the most versatile playback singer in both Urdu and Punjabi films. He was the only male singer who sung continuously from his first film in 1962 till his death in 1995 - 34 years! He sung in more than 600 films and approximately one thousand film songs.
Masood Rana began his singing career in 1955 from Radio Pakistan Hyderabad. His first film as playback singer was a Karachi made Urdu film "Inqalab" in 1962 and his first film song was a patriotic song:
Mashriq ki tareek faza mein naya svera phoota hai
Masood Rana got breakthrough from his all time hit Punjabi song "Tange wala khair mangda..." in film Daachi (1964). Music critics called him "Pakistani Rafi" after his marvelous performance in film Hamrahi (1966). He was the first choice of every musician when there was any difficult song, especially in very high tones. He was specialist in singing of title & theme songs in Pakistani films. His peak period was from 1964-76 and then 1990-94.
Masood Rana was born in Mir Pur Khas, Sindh in a Punjabi landowner family which belongs to Jalandhar, East Punjab and he died on October 5th, 1995.