Comments on: Mohammed Rafi - Difficult To Know Him Fully In All His Hues And Colours!

by: b.venkatadri

Mon, 24 Dec 2007 06:34:08 +0000

Mr. A.S. Murthy,

I too have seen your post just now and am responding to thank you. Yes, even the opening Aalaap mentioned by you from Aadmi is one of his many superb ones.

Today is the Birthday of the Farishtha. I am sure he is blessing all of us and is delighted that there is not a day ever since his death 27 years ago that he is not remembered by this world.

Venkatadri

by: A S MURTY

Sun, 11 Nov 2007 16:21:12 +0000

I wondeer how I had missed out on this good article by Mr. Venkatadri earlier, or have I already posted a comment ?? Fantastic research work Mr. Venkatadri and thanks for listing out the opening lines of many of the memorable songs, both known and unknown to me earlier. one of the readers Mr. Irfan has also coined the word “edilibs” for these opening lines in the songs and I thank him too for adding the same in my vocabulory. One other songs which has such a edilib was left out in the article and I could not locate the same in various comments too. The edilib goes thus - teri muhabbat pe shak nahi hai, teri wafaon ko maanta hoon. magar tujhe kiski arzoo hai, main yeh hakikat bhi jaanta hoon. These are the opening lines of the song - na aadmi ka koi bharosa, na dosti ka koi thikana from the film “aadmi”. Wonderful article and a thought provoking one too. Let all our rafian friends and even those who are not, read this article and they will agree with what has been said in the article.

by: Mahender

Mon, 30 Jul 2007 03:32:58 +0000

Mohammad Rafi lives in our lives days and nights together. I have been listening to him, about him ever since I got into my senses. My father was himself a bigtime fan of him, and eventually all of his friends that I knew shared this sentiment with him. Mohammad Rafi’s voice is not just a singer, it is much more than it. Rafi saab koi insaan nahi thhey, vo to farishtey hi thhey. Unki awaaz itne saalo ke baad bhi hamaarey saath hai. We all are blessed that we are listening to his songs. If you go and read Bible, at one place, Bhagwan Jesus himself says that “Blessed are those who have not seen me but still they believe in me”.. accordingly, we all are blessed to be sharing a common objecting of knowing much more about this angel. May God bless all those who have come across this heavenly voice.

by: Mohammad Asad Khokar

Mon, 16 Jul 2007 09:02:59 +0000

Rafi is a immortal person

by: binus2000

Fri, 13 Jul 2007 18:36:35 +0000

Hi friends: a new biography on legend Mohd Rafi…by Vinod Viplav..

Uni journalist and founder of the rafi foundation delhi has written
a bio on Mohd Rafi . The book will be released on July 30 at a
function in delhi. Its in Hindi and the title is : Meri Aawaz Suno…

Please order your copy from mr.Vinod Viplav or to me:
binus2000@hotmail.com
binu nair : Mumbai: 9833 2150 701

by: Irfan

Fri, 13 Jul 2007 14:35:33 +0000

Hi Dear Rafians,
Thinking about Rafisaabs edlibs, two duets that came across my mind One more song (duet with Suman Kalyanpur for Anjaana) that was started marvellously by Rafi saab.’Ke jaan chali jaaye jeeya ahi jaaye’.I hope you have listened to the edlib ‘Qarar khoya mohabbat ne is zamaane mein, ye baat sach hi kahi hai kisi deewane ne’.Another duet between Rafisaab-Lata is the evergreen ‘Mujhe teri mohabbat ka sahara mil gaya hota’,from Aap aaye bahaar aayee starting with ‘Dil shaad tha k phool khilenge bahar mein , maara gaya gareeb isi Aetbaar mein’.Interestingly both songs had Rajendra Kumar (Jubilee hero) as the protagonists.

Regards,

by: U0012087

Fri, 13 Jul 2007 10:35:22 +0000

Hello All

Yes I agree with Mr Venkat admin should load up this song if they have it as I would love to hear this song.

Thanks

Khalid Rashid
UK

by: Raajkumar Akela

Thu, 12 Jul 2007 17:20:14 +0000

Whenever i watch my all time favourite evergreen dev saab
singing___
1. Dil ka bhawar…
2. Kabhi khud pe…
3. Tu kahan ye bata…
4. Sau saal pahle…
5. Sathi na koi manzil…
6. Falsafa pyar ka…
7. Khoya khoya chand…
8. Mera man tera pyasa…
9. Mai zindagi ka saath…
10. Apni to har aah… and a lots lots more sung by rafi saab
i find him more and more handsome and energetic. He was
the most handsome hero indian cinema has had so far and
rafi saab’s devine voice doubled his charming personality.

by: Syed Ali

Thu, 12 Jul 2007 15:44:32 +0000

Hi fans,
Add me to the list of the millions of fans of Rafi Saheb. From childhood I have been mesmerized with his voice and will until I die. Speaking of alaap’s and humming, even though I don’t know much about notes and keys and tunes and different ranges, I would appreciate if someone can give me a crash course on Indian music and all the different ranges and why and how he was so different from others even though we all know he was the best but I need to know all the differences. How can anyone forget the range of this song composed by S.D. Burman from “Kaagaz ke Phool” , “Dekhi zamaane ki yaari, bichde sabhi baaari baari” with the chorus, beautiful, wonderfully rendered by the King of voices. Living in U.S. for the past 17 years, it is so disappointing to see what has happened to our Bollywood music and whenever I listen to songs on the radio stations and TV here, they hardly play or show any of his songs and in my opinion, we here have forgotten our great musicians and singers of the past which I would say without them, they would be no songs or music in Bollywood today because they were the founders and inventors of music for the industry. However, I will always be a fan and a lover of old music and also some good new music.

by: RAMAKRISHNA

Tue, 10 Jul 2007 09:15:59 +0000

Dear Sri venkat garu,

Glad to know that you are an ardent fan of Rafi Sahab. Me too. Me is a fan of late Sri Rafi Sahab since my very very child hood. It used to touch my heart and remain there till I listen to another number of Rafi Sahab. thats Rafi sahab for me. Its only Rafi sahab and no one else. He covers all the 64 keys of the harmonium with the same ease from the first one to the 64th one.
Venkat garu I am also a resident of Secunderabad. I request you to kindly give your contact number so that I can meet you in person . my cell number 9949509592.

regards venkat garu.

Ramakrishna