Music After Rafi
This article is written by Mr. Anmol Singh
It is believed that an individual’s importance is understood better when one leaves us for ever. The same can be said for Rafi Saab. This was during the era of 80s when music passed through one of the most difficult phases.
Singing the most of songs in 1980 and providing maximum number of hits, Rafi Saab leaves us suddenly forever on 31st July. The result of Rafi Saab’s need in the 80s was deeply felt by music composers, which brings his clones like Anwar, Shabbir Kumar and Munna Aziz into limelight. Most music composer made the most effective use them. LP used them through of their compositions. To name a few – “Sari Duniya Ka Bojh Hum Utha Te Hai”, “Jeet Janyenge Hum”, “Dil Diya Hai Jaan Bhi Denge”, “Tum Se Mil Ke Naa Jaane Kyon“, “Pyar Kiya Nahi Jaata Hai”, “Mohabat Ab Tejara Bann Gaye Hai”, “Zindagi Imtihaan Leti Hai”, “Teri Mehbaniyan”, “Dil Beqrar Tha Dil Beqrar Hai“, “Aaj Kal Yaad Kuch”, etc. Even Pancham contributed using the above singers through songs of ‘Betaab’ and one unforgettable score sung by Anwar, “Koi Pardesi Ayaa Pardes Main”. Early 80s also saw the gradual rise of Anu Malik, some of his works involving the above singers consist of – “Kahan Jate Ho Ruk Jaao“, “Sohni Meri Sohni”, “Yaad Teri Ayegi”, etc.
Mohd Rafi with O.P.Nayyar and Guru Dutt
Another singer who emerged after Rafi Saab death was Suresh Wadkar. Being classically trained he sang many quality songs mainly under LP, Pancham and KA. There where few contributions from other composers as well. To name a few – “Saajh Dhale Gagan Tale”, “Chal Chameli Baag Mein”, songs of Prem Rog where he sang for Rishi Kapoor, “Likhanewaale ne likh daale milne ke” a duet with Lata from the film ‘Arpan’ is truly mind blowing. A ghazal with Bhupindar from ‘Masoom’, “Huzoor Is Kadar Bhi Na Etra Ke Chalie”, another super performance by Suresh under Pancham. A duet with Anwar from Vidhaata, “Haathon Ki Chad Lakiroon Ka” is truly magnificent. A great composition from KA. Another marvelous contribution from the duo for Suresh was “Aur Is Dil Mein Kya Ratha Hai”. There are many such great contributions by Suresh.
Despite many good scores composed by established music composers and singers many good films didn’t perform as per expectation. The result of which many quality film makers experienced a gradual downfall from 1983 onwards. Many well known film makers like BR films, Gulzar, Ramanand Sagar, Ramesh Sippy, etc made a switch over to television producing serials. Rafi loyalists like Nasir Hussain, J Om Prakash, Manmohan Desai and Shakti Samath also ran out of steam in the 80s with a number of flops in a sequence. Perhaps a lot of blame was put in video piracy for the failure. But the fact remains, without Rafi it was difficult to compose quality songs.
The downfall of quality filmmakers restricted the work for quality music composers, singer, lyrics, scriptwriters, etc. At this point sub standard filmmakers step in, which also brought in sub standard music composers, lyrics writers, etc. Most of these filmmakers who had no sense in filmmaking, imposing their own ideas on majority composers. As a result it became extremely difficult for quality music composers like LP, Pancham, KA, Khayyam, etc to get work quality work. Many old music composers contributed in very few quality films rather being more cautious in their approach to get recognition for their work. In fact the LP and Subhash Ghai combo were the most successful pair to contribute quality scores through out the 80s. Rajesh Roshan was primarily associated with his brother Rakesh Roshan. KA could manage at least one hit in a year to maintain their position. In orders words all the composers lost their freedom in the 80s, which they enjoyed in the earlier decades when Rafi Saab was there. Music lovers wondered whether the old composers had forgotten to compose good tunes in their later years. It is believed the LP where left with many unused tunes which only Rafi Saab could render. This implies that they were not able to operate with their full potential, which is applicable to other music composers as well.
Apart from composers even singers where also affected. With Mukesh and Rafi gone perhaps Kishore was the only quality singer left. Ideally it was an open ground for the Pancham and Kishore combo to bring back the old glory of early 70s in the 80s. Kishore end up singing majority songs much below his caliber in the 80s. The best of Kishore was lost once Rafi was no more. Same is the case with Mahendra Kapoor who kept himself associated with the B R banner whether films or television, not much contribution for Manoj Kumar after ‘Kranti’. The down fall of music in films sees the rise of many ghazal singers like Ghulam Ali, Jagjit Singh, Talat Aziz, Pankaj Udhas, Anup Jalota, etc in the 80s, since music lovers had no choice but listen to melody in private concerts or through private albums. Few of them contributed in films under LP, KA & Khayyam.
Kishore & Pancham contributed their best in the entire 70s when Rafi was there. When Rafi Saab leaves us there was not much contribution from the duo other than few exceptions in the early 80s, which possibly were recorded prior to Rafi’s death. Since Rafi was a very high quality singer it kept all his contemporaries along with music composers on their toes to deliver their best. This in turn benefited many film makers to produce quality films and write quality scripts. Since music has been the primary criteria for success in filmmaking, many below average or small budget films had many hit songs prior to 80s sung by Rafi Saab and other singers. Where as in the 80s many big budget films could contribute very few hit songs.
As the dominance of sub standard films reaches its peak from mid 80s (somewhere 1986-87) the only way to bring back crowds to the theaters was to re-release the old films of 50s, 60s and 70s through film festivals. We see the songs of films like “Dosti”, “Caravan”, “Karz”, “Amar Akbar Anthony”, etc being played on the screen. As the golden era comes back on screen, once again we see the showering of coins by the music lovers. Yes, Rafi Saab lived after his death for his fans and will live forever.
Mohd Rafi with poet lyricist Sahir Ludhianvi and composer Khayyam
To conclude Rafi Saab took away many things along with him once he left us, which triggered many sequence of events resulting in the downfall of music. Quality was affected to a great extend in every possible aspect of filmmaking. A good script or lyrics need a great voice with great power of expression and emotions to make a song win the hearts of the music lovers. Rafi’s voice had every thing that was needed giving us incredible numbers from late 40s to the late 70s. His ability to enhance an ordinary tune to an extra ordinary score was not seen after his death. When the tunes in 80s were good enough the singers who sang them exceptionally well, could not add some thing new or different to enhance the over all quality. Indeed there where many things only Rafi Saab could do. His honesty and humbleness added to his work. No wonder a great composer like Naushad said "I lost 50% of myself after Rafi’s death". Similarly O P Nayyar also stated "There would have been no O P Nayyar if there was no Rafi". The same holds true for Madan Mohan as well who was never associated with any big banner, but composed incredible scores with Rafi Saab. Similarly Rajesh Roshan in his tribute to Rafi Saab said, that “People complain about today’s songs, but then tell us where are the singers like Rafi to deliver them”.
February 20th, 2008 at 12:34 am
I don’t know why few people want to Make RD and KK the best offourse they were great but not even in best five as I think..
IF we speak abount best music I think in 1940’s was Anil Baswan in 1950’s was naushand ,1960’s the best year of music was SJ in 1970 was LP as I think after 1980 there is no one at top but we can say LP was at top.
If we speak about best singer also KK will be not in best five singers as I think
February 19th, 2008 at 11:27 pm
ref to p 48::
sir,
u r viewing d things through d commercial angle, and yes commercially lp always lead his contemps… but im viewing d things through quality angle, and after d death of shri madan mohan ji & sachin da i believe pancham contributed maximum to d quality followed by lp & ravindra jain…
actually golden era was only from 1949-75, it was only aftr rafi ji’s comeback some quality returned so we can extend golden era upto 1980, but after great rafi sahab there was no quality music, 2nd generation composers(lp,rdb,ka) only disappointed us in 80s…
these 5 maestros were d real architects of d golden era
1.naushad
2.sd burman
3.madan mohan
4.shankar-jaikishan
5.roshan……
February 19th, 2008 at 5:55 pm
Ref to Post - 47
In terms of commercial success mid & late 80s was a very bad phase of Pancham. His music cannot be considered bad as such, but it was not that great to create an impact the way it was in the early 70s. Perhaps ‘Ijaazat’ was his last best perfomance in the 80s. His biggest downfall in 80s was loosing the Nasir banner plus the success QSQT through Anand-Milind. Nadeem-Shravan followed next through ‘Aashique’. This acted almost like a dead end for Pancham.
In terms of commerical success LP were way ahead of their comtemporaries. Plus they were successfull with many new film makers of late 80s viz. N Chandra(Tezaab), Boney K(Mr India), Mukul Anand (Hum). Above all Subhash Ghai was always there with them. They were successfull with many new singers also, where Pancham couldn’t click successfully.
February 18th, 2008 at 9:59 pm
ref to p:45,
anmol ji,
i dn know much abt commercial success but these 3 albums by pancham from 1987-94 were totally in higher stand in quality dan those by odrs..
1.ijaazat
2.libaas
3.1942 a lv stry….
much better than albums by odr biggies– l-p, k-a, salil da, ravi ji during 1987-94…
whenever pancham got some sensible filmmakers & lyricists he clicked but odrs unfortunately didnt, reasons like death of rafi sahab, downfall in standard of film making were d primary reasons behind deterioration.
imagine those 100+ unused tunes by lp in 80s, 80s wud b gr8 for lp if rafi sahab wud b hav been there to render those tunes, which they shelved after death of this gr8 singer …..
February 18th, 2008 at 11:02 am
in an attempt to be all bold & garner attention for my point lol…i forgot to add…thanks very much for the article, i enjoyed reading it, and rafi sahab zindabad!
February 18th, 2008 at 10:59 am
Ref to Post - 38 & 41.
Prior to writing this article I had taken the entire download of films in which KK had sung for most of the music composers between 1981 to 1987. The following are the statistics.
Bhappi Lahiri - 71 Films (Hits - Namak Halal, Sharaabi)
Pancham - 64 Films (Hits - Kudrat, Barsaat Ki Ek Raat, Shakti, Sanam Teri Kasam, Satte Pe Satta, Agar Tum Na Hote, Shaukeen, Saagar)
LP - 34 Films (Hits - Rajput, Andhaa Kanoon, Avtaar, Mr India)
KA - 13 Films (Hits - Laawaris, Kalakaar, Jaabaaz)
Rajesh R - 21 Films (Hits - Yaraana, Kaam Chor)
Usha K - 11 (Hits - Souten)
KK sang maximum no. of songs for Bhappi Lahiri.
Between 1981 to 1983 the following are the hits rendered by KK under various Music Compsoers
‘Kudrat’, ‘Namak Halal’,‘Yaraana’, ‘Silsila’, ‘Barsaat Ki Ek Raat’, ‘Laawaris’, ‘Shakti’, ‘Sanam Teri Kasam’, ‘Satte Pe Satta’, ‘Rajput’, ‘Andhaa Kanoon’, ‘Agar Tum Na Hote’, ‘Avtaar’, ‘Souten’, ‘Kalakaar’, ‘Shaukeen’, ‘Kaam Chor’.
Between 1984 to 1987 the number goes down.
‘Sharaabi’,’Saagar’,'Jaabaaz’,'Mr India’.
During the period of 1984 to 1987 till Kishore’s death Bollywood witnessed the worst quality of music. The last best contribution by Pancham for Kishore was in ‘Saagar’ in 1985. One cannot really blame Bhappi completely for the downfall of music, since he was being offered very few quality films. He did had quiet a number of hits in the late 70s to his credit. Plus success criteria for both Pancham and Bhappi Lahiri appeared to be very much Kishore dependent. This was not the case with LP and other music composers. Therefore after Kishore’s death Bhappi Lahiri & Pancham almost vanished from the scene.
February 17th, 2008 at 9:16 pm
Daer Azamm
as u said I will say it again, a singer like Rafi sahab is born in centuries!” but the true is singer like Mohd rafi born once only and never again,Indain are lucky because they have Mohd rafi,He was true Human in many culture.
Q WHAT IS BOLLYWOOD MUSIC?
A ,Born in late 1940’s child in 1950’s young in 1960’s old in 1970’s and no mare music after 1980’s
the answer we get it so easy that no music without mohd rafi
Anil Baswas was at the top in 1940’s but after mohd rafi came with Naushand there was no Anil baswas,Anil baswas said that Mohd rafi voice is not good but when Mohd rafi was at the top in 1958 when anil went to him to sing for him Mohd rafi singed for him,RD used KK in the place of mohd rafi in 1970’s but when he went to Mohd rafi he singed for him,same to dev Anand,DharamJi,
February 17th, 2008 at 1:22 am
Anmol sahab, beautiful article. Very informative!
I just want to add that Rafi sahab sang each and every with heart. In order to make your singing affective, one must sing with heart and Rafi sahab always did that. That is also part of the reason people cry, smile, laugh, and feel his voice in their hearts.
I will say it again, a singer like Rafi sahab is born in centuries!
February 16th, 2008 at 11:02 pm
Further to my post 33:
After 80’s, many old Pakistani songs were used in Indian films by some music directors. Either they had not enough caliber to produce good compositions or they were too lazy to create good compositions, which ever was the reason but they imitate many songs. Few songs which quickly came into mind are given below. Unfortunately I did not remember the films, singers or music directors names.
1. Noor Jehan’s “Chalo Acchha hua tum bhool gaye” was used in voice of Lata ji with same lyrics and composition and picturised on Rekha.
2. Mehdi Hassan’s “Aaj too ghair sahi” was used with same lyrics and composition and picturised on Rajesh Khanna.
3. Akhlaq Ahmed’s “Sona na chandi, na koi mehel” converted into “Choti si dunya, muhabbat ke hai mere paas” with same composition.
4. Muserrat Nazir’s ghazal “Chalay to cut hi jaye ga sefer, aahista aahista” converted into “Tumhein apna benaney ki qesem, khai hai khai hai” and used in film “Sadak”.
These are some songs which came immediately into mind. The list is very long. Once in an interview, Mehdi Hassan pointed out the same and said that Nadeem - Sherawan had become famous due to his songs, which they used with their names.
February 16th, 2008 at 9:45 pm
sanjay ji,
partially agree wd u, but i think primary reason was death of rafi sahab, as
lp’s deterioration in 80s has lot to do wd rafi sahab, there 100s of tunes got wasted coz of 80’s tragedy, also imagine ravi’s only gr8 album from 80s “nikaah” & lp’s “ek dooje ke liye” in voice of rafi sahab, both were gr8 albums and wud b revolutionary too if rafi sahab wud rendered all those tunes..
agree wd u dat demise of those magical and most gifted mds was also d reason behind sub standard music of 80s, actually quality came down from post 1975 itself wd demise of gr8 madanji & dada, early demise of j from sj also affected d music, earlier dis worst thing happened in late 60s-early demise of gr8 roshan sahab , naushad sahab denied to compromise wd quality, all these were factros behind wat happened in post 75era, but rafi sahab kept everybody on their toes to deliver best untill 1980….
also ignorance of rdb by big banners in late 80s was also reason behind deterioration, majority of wat rdb delivered from 1961-83 was quality work, things went against him in 1984 wen 90% of his work was crap, from dat moment all big banners went to bappi,lp,rr,rj…
even wat he delivered in early 90s was better dan those of nadeem-shravan, anu malik etc etc.. lets onsider only three songs by rdb in early 90s..
1.tum jo mile to laga hai (drohi-1992, singer-suresh wadekar)
2.mile jhoom ke milan rut aayi (professor ki padosan-1993, only classical number from early 90s sung by lata & anoop jalota )
3.aaja meri jaan (aaja meri jaan-1993, superbly sung by spb & anuradha, notice here dat pancham totally revived his as well as hfm’s orchestra wd dis song)
there is no any song of anu & ns which can surpass quality of above songs, note dat i have not mentioned his comeback album after 10 long years 1942als.. all big banners commited big mistake by ignoring rdb, composers like ns, anu, ram-laxman, anand-milind were toddlers b4 pancham’s talent
February 16th, 2008 at 5:42 pm
ANUP JALOTA NE UNKE BAARE ME KAHA HAI:AGER PLAYBACK SINGER KE ANDER YEH KAHA JAAYE KI BAADSHAH KAUN HAI TO EK NAAM ZUBAAN PER AATA HAI MOHD RAFI SHAHB.MOHD RAFI SHAHB KE BAARE ME KYA KAHA JAAYE KUCH SAMAJ NAHI AATA LAJAWEB FENKAAR KYA GAANE KI RENGE KUA AWAAZ.JAB DILIP KUMAR KE LIYE GAA REHE HAI TO LAGTA HAI KI DILIP KUMAR GAA REHE HAI JAB DEV SHAHB KE GAA REHE HAI TO LAGTA HAI DEV SHAHB GAA REHE HAI.SAB SE BADI BAAT YEH THI KI KOI FORMAL TRAINING NAHI THI KY BHAGWAN KI DEN THI.
February 16th, 2008 at 10:43 am
Good article by Mr.Anmol. whtever will be after Mohdrafi’s demise the film industry lost its musical charm and even after kishore was there we hear so many songs of rafisahab also. now also i feel that there is so many rafi songs are not released, now somebody should do a film as a tribute to mohdrafisahab, his unreleased songs and his life-story. if any body have a copy of film’s division documentry film of mohdrafi. plz. can i get a copy of it. He was a unique playback singer in the film industry.
shashank_72@rediffmail.com
February 16th, 2008 at 1:23 am
I do not agree with this article. It is true that the vacuum left by Rafi will never be filled and that no singer today can render a song as magically as he did. However, this is not the reason why music spiralled downhill after Rafi. The ultimate reason: there was a shortage of quality music directors. Look at the trends from 1950 to 1990. 50s & 60s you had HB, SJ, MM, SDB, Roshan, OPN, Salil, Chitragupta, Naushad, peak LP, peak KA. You also had great talents in that time like RDB, Jaidev, etc who weren’t as prolific. These MDs are so great I’d hesitate to rate one over the other! Then in the 70s it goes right down to RDB, LP, & KA. SDB was ailing and MM was depressed. You go from dozens to just 3! See a trend? 1980s LP take hundreds of assignments and go for quantity over quality (as xxx pointed). RDB & KA are not composing at respective bests. It is easy to make trash that becomes popular for a short time - just see charts of American music. I can’t give examples due to language so take my word for it. It is tougher to impose your talent and make something popular, eternal AND do it regularly. This is what we had in 1950s and 1960s and sometimes in 1970s. The three MDs were no longer able to do that in the 1980s. Usha Khanna did it in 1983 but overall movement was declining. Ask yourself this: if SJ, SDB, Roshan, MM, etc where around in 1980s (the large string of mega talents) - would music decline? No nearly as much. Udit Narayan doesn’t compare to Rafi but he is still a good singer. When Madan Mohan tune was given to him in 2004 - what happened? Immense popularity + quality. Same with 1942 A Love Story. Yes if Kishore or Rafi were around those songs would be much better - but the songs were very good on absolute scale rather than a comparative one. Even when Rafi & Kishore were around they complained about declining quality of compositons. Immortal, good, and bad are three different things. We had immortal music with Rafi, we could have had good music with decent singers but instead we often got bad music because a decline of MDs. What if peak Mohammed Rafi was around in 2008? Of course his intrinsically awesome voice would add light to some compositions but the impact would be limited because very few compositions would make full use of his abilities. The reason for decline is not many good MDs today.
February 15th, 2008 at 3:59 pm
Good Article nice topic raised Mr. Anmol
In one sentence I complete yuor Article, According to Rajesh Roshan “Nowadays good songs are not coming because there is no RAFI
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February 15th, 2008 at 2:47 pm
Music after mohd rafi we can see it in flim JHODA AKBAR,as I think this flim is missing music of Nausand Ali and voice of Mohd rafi or we can say music of Mandon mohan and again voice of mohd rafi………..as I think
February 15th, 2008 at 1:50 pm
thanks a lot for sending me the books/cd to Murtyji & vinod viplavji.
I got the books yesterday itself.
shashank_72@rediffmail.com
February 15th, 2008 at 1:43 pm
In the 80s LP tried out his compositions with most of the singers that had been referred by the author. Actually LP were absolute admirers of Rafi and probably given the maximum number of songs to him as they survived for the longest period. For example Jaikishan died in 1971, otherwise SJ could have given more songs to Rafi. In the 80s stars like Dilip Kumar, Shammi Kapoor in films like Vidhata had to sing with some playback singer. And most of the Rafi clones could not fill up the vacuum created by Rafi.I have mentioned realtionship of Rafi with OP Nayyar, Madanmohan, etc. in http://stationhollywood.blogspot.com and they had not compromised with alternatives, they preferred not to give music than try out others.
Souvik Chatterji.
February 14th, 2008 at 10:09 pm
Post 3:
Dear Binu ji,
Nadeem - Sharavan was not revived back the music. They were simply imitator. They stole music from old Pakistani songs (specially songs of Mehdi Hassan) and re-create them in India.
February 14th, 2008 at 7:07 pm
First of all thanks to all the Rafi Fans for your compliments.
Ref to Post 31- Possibly my focus on this article is mainly on the era of 80s. Sonu Nigam certainly is a better singer than the Rafi Clones like Shabbir & Munna Aziz. Sonu Nigam possibly imerged some where in the mid 90s.
February 14th, 2008 at 1:49 pm
An interesting article. In the list of the singers mentioned by the author, perhaps Sonu Nigam had been the most successful at present. I have mentioned about Sonu Nigam in my article at http://stationshollywood.blogspot.com
Very significantly the other singers who imitated Rafi, just imitated his style, they did not have the classical talim to provide same level of excellence. Sonu Nigam is a much trained singer and can sing western songs at ease. His greatest victory is the esteem at which he sees Rafi. Because to understand Rafi’s greatness one has to have lot of musical understanding.
Many ccomposers like Naushad, OP Nayyar, Khayyam, etc. who were alive after Rafi’s death did not experiment with the replacements. Neither Rafi can be replaced nor Lata can be replaced. Rafi can only be remembered like a saint.
Souvik Chatterji.
February 14th, 2008 at 11:07 am
Post 29.
Please don’t spill this precious website with your communal writings.This site is too beautifull so that we don’t allow anybody to ruin the precious nature.Pls don’t compare your ‘bacha’ singers like Aziz & Kumar with the Legendery Mohd Rafi.
Admin.
Pls delete the post 29.
February 14th, 2008 at 10:28 am
Post 29 :: only poison… and communal feelings in his mind. feel sorry
for his thinking.
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February 13th, 2008 at 10:07 pm
Mr.Narayanan
This is Santosh from Ahmedabad.I have misplaced your number .Pl give me your number so that I can talk to you and re live the magic of our rafi saab.Honestly it gives me great pleasure to talk to people who love rafi saab.
Long live rafi saab.He was and will be the best singer as far as voice, range, emoting and suitablity to different actors and different generations.
February 13th, 2008 at 7:38 pm
DEAR ANMOLJI
THANKS A LOT FOR YOUR SUPERB ARTICLE !
YES, I TOO AGREE WITH YOUR VIEWS .
VERY CORRECTLY SAID BY MR. HUSSAIN SHEIKH ( POST NO. 1 ) AND MR. K.J. RAVI ( POST NO. 4) .
WE ALL LOVE RAFI SAHAB AND WILL ALWAYS DO SO -AS RAFI SAHAB SAYS IN ONE OF HIS SONGS :
” SAU BAR JANAM LENGE ,
SAU BAR FANA HONGE ,
AE JAN-E- WAFA PHIR BHI,
HUM TUM NA JUDA HONGE ….”
BEST REGARDS/ A.T.M. SALIM.
February 13th, 2008 at 7:21 pm
Only a very small group of rafians are paticipating in this website.
i have talked with so many rafi saab lovers.People still love music
of rafi saab and the same time loving him as their own beloved one.
rafi saab and his music need much more attention as some of the
medias and jelous people try to vanish rafi saab.really so far i did not
care about that.now after seeing so many things i feel we need to do
little more effort.Dear Krishnaji (refer post 15) after seeing your coment
tears come out from my eyes.You know one of my friend’s wife was
telling she used to weep when she hear the rafi saab song “Aaya hum
mere dil bar theri anjuman me lekar”
For us mohamed rafi saab is a singer,is a gentle,soft,humble man and
above everything “a miracle” which is always near our soul and why it is like
that only the almighty knows