Comments on: Biography of legendary singer Mohammad Rafi - Meri Awaz Suno

By: suraj

suraj — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 02:20:09 +0000

as murty,

i’m thinking of ordering both - only reason i won’t order mr vinod’s **just yet** is because i’m learning to read hindi first lol. just curious - how many rare songs does mr saleem’s book include? thanks.

By: A S MURTY

A S MURTY — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 18:07:03 +0000

i have now received my copy of the book - meri awaz suno - and i find it contains much more material than i had perceived. in fact another biography on rafi sahab is written in english by mr saleem-ul-haq and when compared to that book, the hindi version scores very highly. however mr saleem-ul-haq compensates by providing a free cd of the very ‘rare’ songs of rafi sahab (some of them not available in the market). but on the whole a good job of compiling all the data on rafi sahab’s life and times and meri awaz suno worth reading. elsewhere i shall give a detailed account of mr saleem-ul-haq (from Hyderabad) as he is an avid collector of all old songs, photographs and several other memorablia and is a powerhouse of knowledge on hfm. asmurty2@rediffmail.com

By: gagan soni

gagan soni — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 13:15:06 +0000

देर से सही लेकिन सामने तो आई रफी साहब की जीवनी
महान गायक मोहम्‍मद रफी के निधन के 27 साल बाद आखिरकार उनकी जीवनी प्रकाशित हो गयी। यह वाकई खुशी की बात है, लेकिन यह हम मोहम्‍मद रफी के चाहने वालों के लिये क्‍या यह शर्म की बात नहीं है कि मोहम्‍मद रफी जैसे महानतम गायक पर जीवनी प्रकाशित होने में शर्मनाक बिलंब हुआ, जबकि रफी साहब के समकालिक गायकों और यहां तक कि उनके बाद के गायक – गायिकाओं पर वर्षों पहले जीवनियां प्रकाशित हो चुकी है। आप सबकी की जानकारी के लिये मैं बता दूं कि लता मंगेशकर, तलत महमूद, मुकेश और किशोर कुमार पर काफी पहले जीवनियां छप चुकी है। के एल सहगल की जीवनी भी संगीत विशेषज्ञ शरद दत्‍त साहब ने लिखी है। यह जरूर है कि मोहम्‍मद रफी के गीतों को संकलित करने का महत्‍वपूर्ण काम उल्‍लाहसनगर के संगीत प्रेमी श्री प्रतीम मेघानी एवं मुंबई के अजीत प्रधान ने कुछ साल पहले किया था। इसके अलावा अहमदाबाद के श्री योगश यादव ने कुछ गायकों को लेकर एक पुस्‍तक लिखी थी जिसमें मोहम्‍मद रफी को भी शामिल किया गया था। यह खुशी की बात है कि मोहम्‍मद रफी की जीवनी हिन्‍दी में प्रकाशित हुई है। मेरी श्री विनोद विप्‍लव से बातचीत हुई है और उनसे जो खुशखबरी मिली है वह यह है कि पंजाबी अकादमी इस जीवनी को पंजाबी भाषा में छापने पर सहमत हो गया है और इसके लिये अकादमी की ओर से आर्थिक सहयोग भी दिया जायेगा। इसके अलावा इस जीवनी को अंग्रेजी एवं अन्‍य भाषाओं में प्रकाशित करने की कोशिश चल रही है।
मनोज कुमार, रफी साहब का दीवाना, दिल्‍ली gagan

By: anwar hashim

anwar hashim — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 15:30:54 +0000

rafi sahib is my favourite singer.may his soul rest in eternal peace(Ameen).

By: Mohammad Amin

Mohammad Amin — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 18:14:12 +0000

Great Work, Millions of Mohd Rafi’s fans in Pakistan and across the world want to see the book in Urdu too.

Thanks
Amin

By: RAMAKRISHNA

RAMAKRISHNA — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 09:53:20 +0000

ref post - 18,
why are you moving around the bush round and round. forget it……………………………………………………………… be sportive yaar….

we are all the sincere lovers of RAFI sahab. we are on the job.

By: binus2000

binus2000 — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 18:33:23 +0000

Backpatting and criticism is the easiest things in life my friends.
can we stop this and get on to spread the great works of legend
mohd rafi?
May I also add that one lifetime is just not enough to hear and understand
the legends great works..

I am happy that rafi lovers are now seriously talking and doing great
things to spread the melodies of legend mohd rafi. please keep it
up..

binu nair.

By: A S MURTY

A S MURTY — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 12:18:49 +0000

great work mr. vinod viplav. we from hyderabad will be shortly sending you a dd for some books.

By: RAMAKRISHNA

RAMAKRISHNA — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 05:26:31 +0000

binu, backpatting is a normal human emotion. let it flow dont worry.

as regards the major aspect you mentioned, it has already germinated. students doing their Masters in the universties in the state of Illinois and Indiana of united states have started visiting the site mohdrafi.com. My son who is doing his masters in northern illinois is a representative of this great foundation there. He has become a fan of rafi sahab being inspired by the song ‘ main zindagi ka saath nibhata chalagaya’ from hum dono. i wish this fragrance to engulf the total united states soon.

By: binus2000

binus2000 — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 17:40:55 +0000

Lets all stop this work of back patting on non-issues; for we are
actually spending our scarce resources in un-productive subjects.

Lets all from now think how we can spread rafi saabs songs/music;
honour vintage generation music makers and celebrate their
gold plated offerings to mankind.

Also , we can in our scarce time think and act on how to take the
rafi foundation message to every town and cities of the universe.
Let’s all plunge in to some action…

binu nair. the rafi foundation mumbai.