Comments on: Immortal Rafi Sahab

by: RAMAKRISHNA

Wed, 19 Dec 2007 15:11:23 +0000

narayan sahab,

thank you very much for your deep regard for our saint. i understood on which context you have mentioned like this. before when i told the same some distinguished people had mentioned that in their mother tongue they address god in singular.

it makes no difference in what way they address our saint. that was their view. but i again insisted and slowly i found there is a difference & people have understood.

but still some are yet to be ‘ refined’ even though they are highly qualified.

dont worry sir, a diamond is a diamond where ever it is.

by: Narayan

Wed, 19 Dec 2007 07:22:31 +0000

Dear fans,
Let us address our rev Guruji Maestro as Rafi sahab and avoid simple addressing by name.
Rafi sahab was called thus even by his mentor Naushad sahab and several leading film dignitaries.

by: souvik chatterji

Wed, 19 Dec 2007 06:59:36 +0000

Hello Mr. Nawathe,
if you had gone through my article on Dilip Kumar or Rajender Kumar, or Madanmohan, in http://stationhollywood.blogspot.com
automatically Rafi was referred over there. He was involved with most actors, composers, lyricists, directors for over 35 years and entered in our veins and arteries, without whom we cannot breathe or live. I always congratulated Mr. Pradeep for maintaining a blog like this. These days I find articles on Rafi in numerous websites like hamara forum, eternal rafi,etc.
The more people know him, the more they respect him. Keep writing more articles.
Thanking you,
Souvik Chatterji.

by: M.Wagid Hosain

Tue, 18 Dec 2007 22:31:09 +0000

Happy Birthday Mohd.Rafi Saab And Naushad

by: DR. HABIB GILANI

Tue, 18 Dec 2007 18:54:13 +0000

MOHAMMAD RAFI IS THE GREAT. , WITH GOD GIFTED QUALITIES,THAT IS WHY HE IS THE BEST AND UNCOMPARABLE

by: Hussein Sheikh

Tue, 18 Dec 2007 16:27:38 +0000

Even Africans love Rafi Saheb’s songs.

by: A S MURTY

Tue, 18 Dec 2007 16:16:38 +0000

dear Mr. souvik chatterjee, what a wonderful experience with the paanwallah in kolkata. surely, there must be thousands of such unknown rafians in india and abroad who adore rafi sahab as much as we all do. unfortunately, they are so widely scattered and unknown to many of us. it would be a good idea if some one went on tracing such hard-core rafians from the dinghy lanes and bylanes of all big cities. i am sure one will come across many thousands who have a lot to say on rafi sahab. such items of interest should be published more prominently in all fora.

by: RAMAKRISHNA

Tue, 18 Dec 2007 15:06:41 +0000

rafi sahab you are really immortal.

you have set up such a beautiful musical family with all of us as your kids. we have so much of love & affection amongst us rafi sahab.

1. when i had been to mumbai on 30th july to attend rafi sahab’s special remembrance on 31st july at his mazhar, mr sirish kulkarni came to the bus stop in heavy rain & was very kind enough to arrange accomodation for me.

2. i became a close friend of mr a.s.murty, padmanabhan & srinivasan, even though we all are the residents of hyderabad we never knew before, till we came to know that we are ‘ rafians’

3. mr muhammed parvez keeps on sending me the various numbers of rafi sahab.

4. last week during my official tour to bangalore mr narayanan came all the way from a distance of 25 kms in his car & mr ahmed kutty came all the way from a distance of 15 kms by bus just to meet me. its to share the feelings about our rafi sahab.

5. here in hyderabad when i attended a musical programme in the residence of abbas ansari saab i was greeted with much fondness when they learnt that i am an ardent fan of rafi sahab.

here whats that magnetic force which is binding the people and bringing them together ?

the simple answer is the magical & musical power of rafi sahab. apart from having the same wavelength the worshippers of rafi sahab are quite friendly, cordial & share affections .

probably this great quality has been acquired by each rafian from the legend cum saint.

by: SHRIRANG NAWATHE

Tue, 18 Dec 2007 10:05:07 +0000

dear Sauvik,

1.-Thanks for reading my article.
2.-The instance at panwala shop is just touching.What a person rafi was….we do not have right words to describe his simplicity, thinking, and ofcourse the singing pattern.
3.-I must congratulate you for maintaning an excellent blog.
4.-Regards;

SHRIRANG NAWATHE

by: souvik chatterji

Tue, 18 Dec 2007 07:47:47 +0000

Thanks for the article to the learned author. Recently during the durga puja this year I went to Calcutta and went to a panshop next to Aminia restaurent. I saw the panshop had left a big poster of Rafi in his shop, I showed him the printouts of my artilces on Rafi in http://stationhollywood.blogspot.com
The person did not take any money for providing me the pan saying Rafi had ate pan from his shop when he came to Calcutta, and if I admire Rafi so much, then he cant take any money from me. I cant imagine that any person after 27 years of his death still can be as lovable and admirable like Rafi.
Souvik Chatterji.