By MEHTAB-UD-DIN
Mohali (Punjab, India): Bollywood’s famous playback singer Usha Timothy has said that ‘Royalty was not the main cause of 1960’s Rafi-Lata dispute. Actually its reason was another one.’ It is the first time that Bollywood’s any renowned personality has expressed such a claim. During telephonic conversation (which is now available upon YouTube also at this link: http://youtu.be/CSaoeIqLagE ) from Mumbai Ms. Usha Timothy told Mehtab-Ud-Din, a Writer & Journalist of the Punjab,”Mohd. Rafi Sahib was really a nice person, the Bollywood had. He always supported the new singers just like me and Suman Kalyanpur. Lata ji might have not liked Rafi Sahib’s such type of gestures. That’s why, they were not in the speaking terms for some years.” Ms. Usha Timothy even alleged,” I think, Lata ji had lost her mental balance that she created an unwanted issue with the Great Rafi Sahib. Royalty was merely an excuse. (more…)
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