besides the two title songs, one as solo and the other with lata, their were two other outstanding solos by rafi. one ‘mayus to hoon wade pe tere’ picturised in the ironsmith’s shop has been already referred by mohammad parvez in post 3. there was another solo ‘maine shayad tumhen pehle bhi kahin dekha hai’ which was stupendously rendered. and who can forget the two qawaalis ‘na to karvan ki’ and ‘ye ishq ishq’ which are till today considered as the best and are the soul of the film.

in film ‘taqdeer’ also the much better song ‘mujhe bhool jana agar ho sake’ has escaped the notice of guru murthy ji.

besides ‘barsaat ki raat’ a super duet with lata ‘chahe paas ho chahe door ho’ is also from a bharat bhushan film ’samrat chandragupta’. there are two solos ‘aaj galiyon men aaya hai deewana tera’ and ‘mera bichhda yaar milade’ and a duet ‘aanewale ko aana hoga’ from the bharat bhushan - nimmi starrer film ’sohni mahiwal’. there is also a song of film ‘mirza ghalib’ though not picturised on bharat bhushan ‘hai bas ki har ek unke ishare men nishan aur’ which contains the famous lines of ghalib

‘hain aur bhi duniya men sukhanvar bahut achhe
kahte hain ki ghalib ka hai andaj-e-bayan aur’

and these lines aptly describe the singing of rafi, because his andaj was also unique.

aniel kumar jee,

I too like you enjoy the songs of Rafi sahab while in tarnsit.

I used to play the cassettes of rafi sahab in my car while I used ro drive in Sultanate of Oman with my friends. All of them used to enjoy the songs & used to exclaim, ‘ wah kya gaana hai , aur kitinee behetareen awaaz hai ‘ some are from India, some from Pakistan & some from Sri lanka.

What I mean to say I used to enjoy and simultaneously I was getting free from tension & fatigue of driving even if I was driving a distnace of 300 KMs from Muscat to Ibri & that too at a speed of 140 KMPH.

Its all the inspiration & our love for the great Rafi sahab.

O BADEY MEIAN DEEWANE AISE NA BANO

Who cares what those bigot says, what a joke, bengali was KK’s mother tongue and still he sounds so flat.

Although every thing favored KK in 70’s, he still sounds so second class quality compared to Rafi in that period.

Of course he was a total reject as a singer in the previous 3 decades. KK fans say because he was busy acting…fine…..but no one can dare answer why was he acting he he came to the industry to sing.

He had no choice but to take up acting as he was not considered a quality singer.

1) Jab Jab Apna Mel Hua (Mahua)
2) Mere Bhagwan Tu (Bazaar)
3) Jane Walon Ka Gham To (Kali Ghata)

e-mail-id:- ganesh_3310@yahoo.co.in

you r really master and keen observer of hindi cinema and hindi filmy music.

Not that being a gujarati my favourite is Jaikishan (SJ) i equaly respect and salute shankar also This jodi had changed the root of saigal ke jamane ka aur apne guru husnalal bhagatram ka old tradition in musiky and introduced classical based ragas using with western instrument and made ear worthy masala songs which has repeat value after 50 years and will go on and on.
I hope than whenever a hindi music history will publish this duo names will be written in golden pen.They are the “JANAK”(Father) of hindi commecial film industries.

And here are two gems by Asha from Chhadmabeshi, the film on which Chupke chupke was based.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=3sWXISxU02M

http://youtube.com/watch?v=-GrCZ3r6RVw

Has rd ever composed such songs for Asha?