This article is written by Chandan (Mr. K.S. Ramachandran).

Mohd Rafi

We have been talking of the wonders of the world and of late I see wonders of India that was announced. All of us here in this great group would, I am sure, agree with me, that the wonder of “wonders” that this mother earth has bestowed on us is our dear Rafi Saab. More and more we talk about this great legend, we feel it is less and less. Probably a true exception to the concept of “diminishing marginal utility”!!

Many of us have listened to the songs of Rafi Saab literally every day and probably a million times through our clubs and various regional chapters but we seem to be not at all satisfied and we want to talk about this legend in one way or the other, more and more. (more…)

This information is shared by Mr.Suneil Makwana

A melodius musical evening in the loving memory of Immortal Rafisaab was organised. A talented Singers like Mr.Kishore Makwana, Mr.Aateeq and Mr.Iqbal with Miss Pallavi performed in this melodius musical show. It was Well Organised on 28th April 2009. The Singers had sung rafi-songs solos and rafi-duets with Miss.Pallavi Dabholkar. Many music lovers attend this melodius show including young, old and new generation along with children. Ghazals, Fast Nos., Romantic Nos.& duets of Rafisaab were presented by the singers. No doubt every one truely enjoyed a rafi musical evening. (more…)

By Anonymous

Mohd Rafi, Firoz Khan

500 years before the legendary Mohammed Rafi was born, William Shakespeare is reputed to have said that a rose is a rose is a rose. Even if called by any other name, it would smell as sweet.

This small piece of literary history came to fore so resonantly and how!. And it needed the somber reflection on the past of a good-looking actor called Feroze Khan, who lost his battle with cancer in Bengaluru the other day. All the talk has been about Rafisaab lending his mighty vocals for the frontline bigwigs like Dilip Kumar, Dev Anand, Rajendra Kumar, Shammi Kapoor and secondline poker-faced heroes like Joy Mukherjee, Biswajit, Bharat Bhushan and their ilk. The list is exhaustive (!) and endless. (more…)

This article is written by Mr. M.V.Devraj

Mohd Rafi with S.D.Burman and Guru Dutt

Guru Dutt’s film Kaagaz ke Phool released in 1959 was the first full Cinemascope Indian film. This was considered to be a slow movie and was an initial flop. Guru Dutt, a brilliant filmmaker, was way ahead of his times. But when the film was later re-released, it became a cult film. The film won two Filmfare awards, one for its cinematography and the other for its art direction. Two lyrical gems, ‘Waqt ne kiya kya haseen sitam’ and ‘Dekhi zamaane ki yaari’ written by the inimitable Kaifi Azmi and set to music by Sachin Dev Burman are distinct high points of the film. (more…)