Comments on: Mohammed Rafi – “Tujhe kya Sunawoo Main Dilruba tere Saamne Mera hal Hai”

By: nakul

nakul — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:24:10 +0000

rafi was singer of century. rafi shab ki tarah na to koi hua hain na hee koi hoga

By: Raju Korti

Raju Korti — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 17:27:17 +0000

ref post 30
dear siva
agreed. you contention was based on what you heard on the radio. but i said so on the basis of my interaction with sajjad hussein. anyways, rafisaab sang other songs for sajjad. but the duet phir tumhari yaad aayee will remain an evergreen classic. just see, how rafisaab stole a march over manna da in that song. fabulous stuff indeed

By: Siva

Siva — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 10:48:50 +0000

Raju Korti ji, I had written based on what I had heard on radio. Maybe it might not have been authentic. Anyhow let us forget these and enjoy both Sajjad’s & Madan mohan sahab’s compositions as both have their own charm. Incidentally I am aware of only one song in Sajjad-Rafi combination-Fir tunhari yaad aayi hai sanam from Rustom-Sohrab. Are there any other songs? I am curious to know.

By: Raju Korti

Raju Korti — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:49:44 +0000

ref post 28
there’s a factual error here. madan mohan never took any permission from sajjad hussein to lift the talat song composed by him for sangdil. when sajjad first heard the song tujhe kya sunaoon.. he was mighty cheesed off with madan. in fact, he even remarked sarcastically in public how even ace composers sometimes lifted tunes. madan mohan, for all his tough army demeanour, was as soft as his tunes when he heard about sajjad’s riposte. for, sajjad was a known quixotic genius and madan probably thought it mature not to get involved in a cold war with him. it is another story that sajjad loved rafi a lot. And when the genius composer — who made a lot of of enemies due to his brusque manners — fell on bad days, living in a dingy, dark one room with just a broken cot to rest, it was our magnanomius rafisaab who paid him a visit. after enquiring about his welfare, rafisaab, quietly slipped rs 25,000 under the bedsheet of his cot and took his leave.
this is just to share the small anecdote.

By: siva

siva — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 12:28:41 +0000

Refer post 19-Haldar ji–as you have rightly pointed out the song “tujhe kya sunawoo main dilruba” is inspired from “Yeh hawa yeh raat yeh chaandni, teri ek adaa pe nisar hai” sung by Talat sahab , beautifully composed originally by one of the greatest music director(but very less talked about due to very less number of songs composed by him) -Sajjad Hussein. In fact I had listened to an old program in vividh bharati where it was mentioned that Madan mohan took Sajjad’s permission before composing “Tujhe kya sunawoo”. Both are really beautiful compositions.
Talking about Sajjad, have you heard the immortal gem from Rustom Sohrab film-Phir tumhari yaad aayi hai sanam- an excellent duet by Rafi-Manna dey. In fact all the songs from Rustom-Sohrab were masterpieces.

By: gurdev singh

gurdev singh — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 04:41:54 +0000

Hi. I am from Singapore. I have been collecting songs of Rafi from the 60″s. I have hundreds of cassettes. What shall I do with them?
I have visited Rafi In Bombay.
Now I want to visit the orther great figures of the movie world like Shammi, Asha, Dilip and the list goes on.
Can anyone help.

By: Ashok Parekh

Ashok Parekh — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 11:45:26 +0000

dear gaurav,

its really unbelievable that a youngster, younger even to my younger son has expressed such devoted feelings to rafisaab. credit equally goes to your father, senior bijoorji. my sincere appreciation to you both. you and rafisaab’s fans of your generation are going to replace all your uncles and aunts on this forum. so please keep up the good work.

By: Savita Garcia

Savita Garcia — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 13:48:59 +0000

shailesh sapre thanx for ur feelings towards Rafi sahab,,,,,there many song that lata rafi sang with different version,,,,but many of them are such about which listener even don`t know that lata also have sung those songs as only Rafi version remain top charted,,and of which both version is hit,,,no need to say that Rafi version remained much more esteemed with both masses and classes,,,,even Lataji admited that how tough was it for her to sing rafi sahab`s song as the song was always recored later in lata voice and earlier in Rafi sahab`s and Rafi sahab never objected,,he had nothing to with others as he was so much divoted to his work that never bothered such silly competitions,,but story was different with counterpart,,,,,,

By: shailesh sapre

shailesh sapre — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 16:45:12 +0000

Well…u guys may always praise Lataji with Rafi sahab! But the fact remains that SHE did play politics even against Rafi Sahab in those days. But thanks to all those Music Directors who tried to bring them together! Rafi is indeed Rafi….the only singer who gave a TOUGH FIGHT TO LATA.

By: Imran Rustam

Imran Rustam — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 10:34:29 +0000

Dear Gaurav,

Welcome to this great site……We Rafians love to discuss each and ever aspect of Rafi Sb’s Life……… I hope you will continue to this great process with your nice and informative write ups…………….

Thanks to share your favorite songs of great legend……….

Regards,
-Imran-