Comments on: Chitragupt’s memorable combination with Rafi

By: R K Arora

R K Arora — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 12:39:53 +0000

Chitragupta was probably second to none as far as music of yesteryears is concerned. He could not promote himself to the big banners, His talest could not be utilised to the extant he could have delivered. His songs from MAIN CHUP RAHOONGI, OONCHE LOG, AKASH DEEP, BHABHI & Many other movies no body can forget. Alas !
We deeply miss you Chitragupt Ji

By: G L N SWAMY

G L N SWAMY — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 12:25:31 +0000

chitragupta is very talented and versatile composer in golden era however he did not get his due recognition as he worked mostly in C & D grade films AVM is the only big banner he worked with He gave many memorable songs to rafli lata and mukesh He scored music for many insignificant mythological movies he can not be compared with Ravi as Ravi worked with many big banners and most of his films were super hits with big starcast In my opinion chitragupta gave more memorable melodies than Ravi Chitraguptas music is well remembered for his sweet compositions

By: b.venkatadri

b.venkatadri — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:26:57 +0000

In Post no. 7, Girish Prahalad has listed some excellent and rare Rafi-Chitragupta songs. Good work, Girish Ji.

No one seems to have mentioned, however, this great, but rare, gem from Film:Biradari (1966) picturised on Shashi Kapoor! “Abhi Na Phero Nazar Zindagi Sanwaar To Len”. Great rendition by Rafi Saab with some nice Adaygi!

Venkat

By: SANJAY ARORA

SANJAY ARORA — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:25:15 +0000

THE POINT IS VERY WELL UNDERSTOOD AND THIS SITE IS NOT A PLACE FOR ALL THIS , AND IF YOU HAVE HEARD AND AWARE ABOUT THE SONGS OF THE ABOVE REFERRED SONGS – THE WRITER OF THIS ARTICLE SHOULD HAVE MADE ATLEAST AN ATTEMPT TO REFER SOME OF THE MOVIES , IT IS VERY EASY TO REFER TWO THREE MOVIES OF A GREAT COMPOSER AND COPY THE LIFE HISTORY OF THE COMPOSER AND THE ARTICLE IS READY , I CAN WRITE ON ANY MUSIC DIRECTOR BY REFERING TWO MOVIES AND A COPY PASTE FROM WIKIPEDIA AND THE ARTICLE IS READY.
PROBLEM IS YOU HAVE NOT UNDERSTOOD THE POINT, AS FAR AS SENDING SONGS PLEASE ONE SONG FROM THE ABOVE MOVIES AND I WILL SEND YOU TWO SONGS FROM THE SAME MOVIE AND ALMOST 80 % OF CHITRGUPT `S COMPOSITION .
THIS ISTE IS NOT MEANT FOR ALL THESE , PLEASE SEND THE SONGS TO MY PERSONNAL E MAIL – arorasanjay1@rediffmail.com and i will send you two songs plus a bonus song which you require.

By: shashank

shashank — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:53:40 +0000

To Girish and Sanjay Arora.

I feel you have not understood the point, so no use of that thing. Secondly, Sanjay if u heard all this songs, send all this songs to this mail address immediately. I also heard this songs so there is no problem to hear once again. ok

By: SANJAY ARORA

SANJAY ARORA — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:24:49 +0000

dear shashank , i would not be too harsh on the writer and especially to you , writing article on chiragupt – rafi combination with minor inputs like bhabhi , vaasna etc does not gjustify the immense contribution of chitagupt and rafi saab , chitragupt was a pioneer of duets ( maximum geeta dutt – rafi duets ) , umpteen number of bhajans, has the article highlighted that? does the writer even know the marvellous duets of rafi ssab from

1 ) Madam XYZ
2 ) Naache nagin baaje been

3 ) toofan mein pyaar kahan

4 ) police detective

4 ) Chaand Mere Aaja

5 ) kismat – ( chand raat hai – Rafi saab & asha )

6 ) Taxi Stand – ( Aana hai to chale – Rafi SAAB & ASHA )

bHAJANS FROM

1 ) pAVAN putra hanuaman

2 ) TULSIDAAS

3 ) NAVRATRI ETC

MR.SHASHANK PLEASE HEAR THE SONG S FROM THE ( ABOVE A SAMPLE ) AND THAN WRITE ARTICLES

By: Alan

Alan — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:27:28 +0000

I was thrilled to read so many good comments on the Chitragupt-Rafi combination. One forgotten but nevertheless superb song that comes to my mind is ‘Tere Chehre Se Hate Aaank To Duniya Dekhoon’ from the film Pyar Ka Sapna. I want to posess all the songs of Chitragupt but find it difficult to lay my hands on them easily.

Best regards,
Alan Fernandes

By: girish prahalad

girish prahalad — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 09:01:57 +0000

Souvik ji Post 24

1. I can’t comprehend how Rafisaab is insulted if one does not appreciate your article. Please clarify.

2. If you feel not appreciating your article is an insult to you, please accept my apologies.

3. In your article you emphatically state that “he did not get recognition during the golden age due to dominance of Shankar Jaikishan, Naushad, Roshan and others”

Isn’t it hypocritical on your part that you yourself have not given the “due recognition to Chitragupta’s work with Rafisaab” in your tiny article.

shashank ji post 22

Not every person commenting in this site writes articles and it would be a lot duller without their comments / feedback and that includes your post as well.

By: shashank

shashank — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 06:26:59 +0000

To the admin,

I request as an contributor, that plz delete the first comment on this article which will cause more controversies in future the way it went in past days also. So, plz dont entertaint such types of comments in this purely related site. Its a really great insult to the contributors and legend also. One thing is Chitragupta gave lot of music in Bhojpuri films in the era.

thanks

By: Souvik Chatterji

Souvik Chatterji — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 10:29:43 +0000

In connection to what Mr. Shashank Chickermane had said, it is really strange that comments which create insulting dimensions are entertained in this Forum.

The Forum is dedicated to a gem of a human being Rafi. Yet whenever any contributor comments instead of enriching the article insulting remarks are hurled at the contributors.
I had categorically mentioned that Chitragupt had not got the recognition he deserved. Due to pausity of time I could reflect on only few creations while he had many landmark songs sung by Rafi. But the idea was neither to demean him, nor disregard.

Comments like an article being written without any research or hopelessly written directly insults Mohd. Rafi himself who was given good power of speech other than voice. It is shocking that his fans have language which can be very well used for quarrels, less polished for academic discussions and pursuits.

Souvik Chatterji.