Rafi Sahab did not get Bharat Ratna
This article is by Amooly@HF.
So what if Rafi Saab if didn’t get the Bharat Ratna he still lives in our hearts, his name is indelibly linked for all time with Sangeet and Poetry, the great Tansen was probably the ‘Rafi’ of his time. Rafi Saab is one of the few people that would have graced the Bharat Ratna, rather than the award gracing him.
An award given to somebody in his lifetime is worth a dozen awards given after he has gone.
Rafi Saab award is that millions of people stop and listen to him - how many other Bharat Ratnas do we do that for. We listen for his voice inflexions, his soothing tonal quality, his capacity to hit all the highs and all the lows and all the tones in between that your heart is dying to hear.
Rafi Saab is a unifying force for the India and the Indian diaspora, he is living proof that ‘It is good to be great, but it is greater to be good’.
Rafi Saab was a ‘Khudha ki Bakshi’ (God’s Gift) for all of us who can understand and appreciate him.
Rafi Saab voice will be alive till mp3’s till wma’s exist till the notes Sa Re Ga Ma.. exist. He has achieved immortality, he expressed the hopes and lamentations of the young India in his songs, why do we want to give him a Bharat Ratna, what will it proove - other than ‘baby boomers’ and their children appreciate good music as well? Our parents also appreciated him as well but for them he was just there, just like a part of the infrastructure - till one day he went and the clouds cried and cried.
Rafi Saab is voice echoes in the valleys and lakes of Kashmir, he echoes in the hills of Darjeeling, he voice rises above the mountains of the Himalayas his taan flows with with the waters of the Ganga he is endowed with all the graces from Saraswati his voice breezes in like the cool wind, like the ebb and flow of a gentle tide and now he should have the BR as well! If it helps he has probably been awarded more Bharat Ratnas in people’s hearts than any one else but he would be - he is not just a Jewel of India, he is an Anmol Rattan - Jewel beyond compare and beyond value.
June 16th, 2008 at 12:24 am
why this comparison - kishore and rafi?? when its settled that rafi leads by far in all types of songs and kishore regarded rafi as his guru….
i think the issue is settled and we must be “busy” enjoying and taking rafi works - far and wide.
Binu Nair, mumbai…. binus2000@hotmail.com
June 15th, 2008 at 5:37 pm
i want to show all the kishore lovers how immature he was and tell all of u abt the personality of great m.rafi and….. kishore
On Thursday, July 31, 1980 after composing the song Shaam phir kyun udaas hai dost for the movie Aas Paas with Laxmikant-Pyarelal , Rafi asked if he could leave for home. L-P were surprised because Rafi would be the last person to leave the recording session. While leaving, Rafi said once again “OK. I will leave.” Rafi died at 10.50 p.m. on the same day due to a massive heart attack. His funeral procession was one of the largest Mumbai ever witnessed. The Republic of India mourned his death, and there was public holidays for two days in his honor.Shammi Kapoor, who was shooting outside Mumbai, rushed back to attend his funeral in Mumbai. Later, the Padma Shri Mohammed Rafi Chowk in the Bandra suburb of Mumbai was named after him…………………………………………………………………………………
kishore:Kishore Kumar stopped singing for Amitabh Bachchan in the mid-1980s, after Amitabh didn’t do a guest appearance in a film produced by him. He also stopped singing for the actor Mithun Chakraborty, after Yogeeta Bali divorced him and married Mithun.
Kishore Kumar is said to have been paranoid about not being paid. During recordings, he would begin singing only after his secretary confirmed that the producer had made the payment.Once, when he discovered that his dues hadn’t been fully paid, he landed up for shooting with make-up on only one side of his face. When the director questioned him, he replied “Aadha paisa to aadha make-up.” (Half make-up for half payment).On the sets of Bhai Bhai, Kishore Kumar refused to act because the director M V Raman owed him five thousand rupees. His brother Ashok Kumar persuaded him to do the scene. But, when the shooting started, he walked across the floor and, each time he walked a few places, he said, “Paanch Hazzar Rupaiya,” (five thousand rupees) and did a somersault. After he reached the end of the floor, he went out of the studio, jumped into his car, and ordered his driver Abdul to drive away.
On another occasion, when the producer R. C. Talwar did not pay his dues, Kishore Kumar turned up at Talwar’s residence one morning and started shouting “Hey Talwar, de de mere aath hazaar” (”Hey Talwar, give me my eight thousand”). He did this every morning for a few days, until Talwar paid him.
rafi sahab:Once, when a minor composer, Nisar Bazmi did not have enough money to pay him, Rafi charged a fee of one rupee
kishore:once Kishore Kumar was to record a song for the producer-director G. P. Sippy. As Sippy approached his bungalow, he saw Kishore going out in his car. Sippy pleaded him to stop his car, but Kishore only increased the speed of his car. Sippy chased him to Madh Island, where Kishore Kumar finally stopped his car near the ruined Madh Fort. When Sippy questioned his strange behavior, Kishore Kumar refused to recognize or talk to him and threatened to call police. Sippy had to return. Next morning, Kishore Kumar reported for the recording. An angry Sippy questioned him about his behavior on the previous day. However, Kishore Kumar insisted that Sippy must have seen a dream, and claimed that he was in Khandwa on the previous day.
Kishore Kumar was also noted for defying producers and directors. Once, a producer went to court to get a decree that Kishore Kumar must follow the director’s orders.
rafi:Rafi recorded two English albums. One of them is Pop Hits.
u should realise the real fact