This article is by Mr. Anmol Singh.
Another highly innovative music composer from Lahore, Punjab. It is none other then O P Nayyar. Specializing in Punjabi folk music, O P Nayyar made the most effective use of the Dholak / Mridang. O P Nayyar is known for promoting Asha Bhosale and made the best use of Geeta Dutt & Shamshad Begum. (more…)
This article is by Mr. Anmol Singh.
Ravishankar Sharma known as Ravi originally hails from Mathura. Ravi is the son of a temple priest. Earlier an assistant to Hemant Kumar later became a full-fledged music composer. Ravi who has been instrumental in promoting Mahendra Kapoor (more…)
This article is written by Mr. Anmol Singh.
Rafi Saab has worked with the maximum number of music composers from different era. Most Music Composers came from diverse backgrounds and cultures, which were unique in their own respect. Every one brought a treasury of melody, which directly inherited the surroundings and environment (more…)
Edited clip from Ashutosh Joglekar’s blog-mohanflora
I remember things vaguely; when I was maybe five or six, my mama from the US got a tiny toy keyboard for my elder sister and cousin. Being the irresponsible little kid in the house, naturally I was forbidden to touch it. However, my sister and cousin both did not show even the slightest interest in it, and finally, the ‘elders’ all acquiesced to let me play around with it. (more…)
This article is by Arthur J Pais for Rediff. Its available at http://www.rediff.com/movies/2006/aug/21rafi.htm.
Last week, a Bangladeshi musician claimed that Mohammad Rafi was not given his rightful due in India. In a week-long series rediff.com finds out if the great Rafisaab was indeed ignored by the Hindi film industry and the government. (more…)
No one has been able to take Mohammed Rafi’s place in film music. Read Sarwat Ali’s article from Daily Jung-mohanflora.
It has been twenty-six years since the death of Mohammed Rafi, in August of nineteen-eighty, but his songs are still listened to by a large section of music-loving people. He can be considered the most important male vocalist ever to have appeared on the film music horizon. He ruled film singing in the decades of the (more…)
This article is by B.Venkatadri from Hyderabad.
Rafi Saab passed away nearly 26 years ago (in 1980) and his peak singing career ended nearly 36 years ago (in 1969/70), as also indeed the platinum era of Hindi music ended in 1969/70. There were many stalwarts who sang before his period, (more…)
Indo-Asian News Service
A Bangladeshi newspaper has raked up an old controversy by saying that singer Mohammed Rafi was not given his due by the government of India. Paying rich tributes to Rafi in the the Daily Star, Bakul Sultan, a columnist asks why Rafi was given only a (more…)
This article is from Times of India.
When he sang, the world listened with rapt attention. He would burst into a song and send his village into raptures. But alas, today there is no one to hear the voice of the village. Although streets and alleys of the Kotla Sultan Singh village hum, the powers that be are still oblivious (more…)
This news is from gulf-times.com
MUSIC group Doha Waves on Thursday evening staged its annual concert in memory of Indian singer Mohamed Rafi. The concert, hosted in association with the Indian Community Benevolent Fund (ICBF) at the Indian Cultural Centre (more…)
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