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Sateesh Wagle: Dil Ke Jharoke Mein Tujhko Bithaakar (Brahmachari) reminds me of another incident. Jaikishan and I had gone to Ahmedabad, when my friend insited on showing me the city. While roaming through the city’s (more…)
This article is by Vishal Kulshrestha and Pratik Kumar.
Computers, the most famous buzzword of modern times can be a great aid for singing. Here I only touch on their use for analyzing and reproducing song’s of rafi saheb, though the techniques are very generic in nature. I feel this is one of the best discoveries of my life. (more…)
Article by mohdrafi.com
The Shanmukhananda Hall celebrated its Golden Jubilee just 2 years back. On a muggy, monsoon evening in Mumbai, actor Dilip Kumar and music director Naushad saab were among those who listened enchanted as Srikkanth Narayan, a leading singer of the `Keep Alive’ music group, committed to preserve (more…)
Article by IANS (New Delhi) published on July 31st 2005.
Tu kahin aas paas hai dost (You are some where around, my friend) – the last song sung by Mohammed Rafi sums up what millions of music lovers feel about the legendary playback singer even 25 years after his death. (more…)
Article by Pradeep
Couple of days back an article was posted here about mention of Rafi Sahab in the movie home delivery. After couple of followups on that thread by various members of HF, Azgar mentioned about another recent movie where the comedian, (more…)
This article is written by M.L.Dhawan for the tribune on July 25th 2004.
As a child, Mohammed Rafi spent hours listening to a fakir sing folk songs in his village Kotla Sultan Singh. It was this fakir who aroused in Rafi a passion for music. Impressed by Rafi’s talent, music director Shyam Sunder asked him to sing (more…)
In most of the articles that I have read on this site, the native place of Rafi Saab has been mentioned to be in Pakistan. All of my life, I knew it was in India. The following article has been taken from THE TRIBUNE, Chandigarh, written by Navjot Sidhu, dated 2nd. December,1999 and this should clear all doubts – Mohan Flora.
KOTLA SULTAN SINGH (Amritsar), Dec 1 Memories of the great music legend Mohammad Rafi are fading away in his own village as nothing that belonged to him has been preserved. No remains of his ancestral house can be seen. (more…)
Here is an excerpt from an interview of Shankar of Shankar-Jaikishan fame, in which he talks about Rafi Sahab. This is contributed by PrinceAli@HF
If you have always played fair, how come, following his virtuosity under your baton in Shree 420 and Chori Chori, Manna Dey, then running neck and neck with Rafi, was gradually eased out by you in favour of Rafi? (more…)
PrinceAli@HF had contributed this on HF. Mr. Vishwas Nerurkar’s excellent book on Shanker Jaikishan, which has some great articles on the duo. Here is an extract from one such article written by reputed film producer, and one of Jaikishan’s best friends, Sateesh Wagle:
During the making of Pyar Hi Pyar the government had bestowed the Padmashree on Shankar Jaikishan. We were, ofcourse, thrilled with the news. I accompanied Jaikishan to Delhi for the award ceremony and stayed at the Oberoi. One morning, (more…)
A poem by a person who wishes to remain Anonymous.
He enters like a new blossomed jasmine
Filling the room with radiance
A person so shy when he speaks (more…)
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