Comments on: Rafiji’s Do Pehlu Geets http://www.mohdrafi.com/meri-awaaz-suno/rafijis-do-pehlu-geets.html It's all about Mohd Rafi Fri, 08 Aug 2008 00:14:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: SANJAY ARORA http://www.mohdrafi.com/meri-awaaz-suno/rafijis-do-pehlu-geets.html#comment-30783 Sat, 17 May 2008 19:25:23 +0000 http://www.mohdrafi.com/meri-awaaz-suno/rafijis-do-pehlu-geets.html#comment-30783 no mention of unreleased `black prince`tandem ,`nighaen na phero`by badshah and suman kalyanpur and `kaanch aur heera`tandem `nazar aati nahin manzil`by rafi saab & chandrani mukherjee`.even `shabab(1954) music`naushad saab had a tandem `marna teri gali mein`by rafi saab & lata. i will once again request murthy saab ,the real diamonds of rafi saab are from 1955-65 period,please write more on them in your articles. no mention of unreleased `black prince`tandem ,`nighaen na phero`by badshah and suman kalyanpur and `kaanch aur heera`tandem `nazar aati nahin manzil`by rafi saab & chandrani mukherjee`.even `shabab(1954)
music`naushad saab had a tandem `marna teri gali mein`by rafi saab & lata.
i will once again request murthy saab ,the real diamonds of rafi saab are from 1955-65 period,please write more on them in your articles.

]]> by: SANJAY ARORA http://www.mohdrafi.com/meri-awaaz-suno/rafijis-do-pehlu-geets.html#comment-30519 Fri, 16 May 2008 07:20:27 +0000 http://www.mohdrafi.com/meri-awaaz-suno/rafijis-do-pehlu-geets.html#comment-30519 NO MENTION OF `YUN TO HAMNE LAKH HASEEN DEKHA`BY BADSHAH & ASHA BHONSLE (AVAILABLE IN MOVIE ONLY).CLEARLY BADSHAH IS THE BADSHAH. NO MENTION OF `YUN TO HAMNE LAKH HASEEN DEKHA`BY BADSHAH & ASHA BHONSLE (AVAILABLE IN MOVIE ONLY).CLEARLY BADSHAH IS THE BADSHAH.

]]> by: binus2000 http://www.mohdrafi.com/meri-awaaz-suno/rafijis-do-pehlu-geets.html#comment-7874 Sat, 09 Jun 2007 14:06:52 +0000 http://www.mohdrafi.com/meri-awaaz-suno/rafijis-do-pehlu-geets.html#comment-7874 Gurumurthy ji: Rafi had something very special in which ever songs he sung... He added that extra flavour - to the songs immortalising them.... Once a die-hard fan of Talat conceded that RAFI is indeed a great singer..... the fan happened to be my dear father who is no more - a great fan of saighal, talat and manna dey he was... binu.. Gurumurthy ji:

Rafi had something very special in which ever songs he sung…
He added that extra flavour - to the songs immortalising them….

Once a die-hard fan of Talat conceded that RAFI is indeed a great
singer….. the fan happened to be my dear father who is no more -
a great fan of saighal, talat and manna dey he was…

binu..

]]> by: binus2000 http://www.mohdrafi.com/meri-awaaz-suno/rafijis-do-pehlu-geets.html#comment-7871 Sat, 09 Jun 2007 12:45:25 +0000 http://www.mohdrafi.com/meri-awaaz-suno/rafijis-do-pehlu-geets.html#comment-7871 Dear friends, Do you remember : Kishore da was ousted by Navketan films during the sixties...There were only rafi songs then in dev films. The reason was Kishores pranks and may be rigid payment terms. Then tragedy struck kishore when the govt sent him to gaol on income tax concealment matters. Poor guy... Out of sympathy,, Navketan brought back a bankrupt Kishore Kumar.. which paved for a renewed association with dev... fate, tragedy and luck always followed the mercurial Kishore Kumar.. binu nair Dear friends,

Do you remember : Kishore da was ousted by Navketan films
during the sixties…There were only rafi songs then in dev films.
The reason was Kishores pranks and may be rigid payment terms.

Then tragedy struck kishore when the govt sent him to gaol on
income tax concealment matters. Poor guy…

Out of sympathy,, Navketan brought back a bankrupt Kishore Kumar..
which paved for a renewed association with dev…

fate, tragedy and luck always followed the mercurial Kishore Kumar..

binu nair

]]> by: binus2000 http://www.mohdrafi.com/meri-awaaz-suno/rafijis-do-pehlu-geets.html#comment-7870 Sat, 09 Jun 2007 12:37:22 +0000 http://www.mohdrafi.com/meri-awaaz-suno/rafijis-do-pehlu-geets.html#comment-7870 Hi Siraj and my friend Prakash shah I will definitely speak to Dev saab on the legend but there is a good piece of news here for rafians from dev himself... Dev saab gives great importance to rafi saab : He said to a friend an editor of a daily: Whenever I hear rafi saabs songs i get mesmerised : even today... I can never forget rafi..... More.. at a govt function by the punjab govt : dev said : rafi i cant ever forget... dev was elder to rafi saab by a year . rafians dear : the world will never forget rafi except some selfish industry wallahs and industry-wallis ( mainly two of them who could not stand rafi saabs popularity. ) they used music composers tooo in their games and I will name them here... C.Ramchandra and r.d.burman..... the world will never forget the legend singer rafi saaab- who has enriched our lives - in great measure. binu nair Hi Siraj and my friend Prakash shah

I will definitely speak to Dev saab on the legend but there is
a good piece of news here for rafians from dev himself…

Dev saab gives great importance to rafi saab : He said to a friend
an editor of a daily: Whenever I hear rafi saabs songs i get
mesmerised : even today… I can never forget rafi….. More..
at a govt function by the punjab govt : dev said : rafi i cant ever
forget… dev was elder to rafi saab by a year .
rafians dear : the world will never forget rafi except some selfish
industry wallahs and industry-wallis ( mainly two of them who
could not stand rafi saabs popularity. ) they used music composers
tooo in their games and I will name them here… C.Ramchandra and
r.d.burman…..
the world will never forget the legend singer rafi saaab- who has
enriched our lives - in great measure.

binu nair

]]> by: Magic Master http://www.mohdrafi.com/meri-awaaz-suno/rafijis-do-pehlu-geets.html#comment-7868 Sat, 09 Jun 2007 11:21:21 +0000 http://www.mohdrafi.com/meri-awaaz-suno/rafijis-do-pehlu-geets.html#comment-7868 Mr Siraj I also observe that Dev Saab in hiseach and every interview he has been ignoring Rafi Saab, always he promotes Kishor and even he didnt take name of Rafi Saab in his interview while he counts many names of singer and music directors magicmaster_007@yahoo.com Mr Siraj I also observe that Dev Saab in hiseach and every interview he has been ignoring Rafi Saab, always he promotes Kishor and even he didnt take name of Rafi Saab in his interview while he counts many names of singer and music directors

magicmaster_007@yahoo.com

]]> by: prakash shah http://www.mohdrafi.com/meri-awaaz-suno/rafijis-do-pehlu-geets.html#comment-7866 Sat, 09 Jun 2007 10:47:29 +0000 http://www.mohdrafi.com/meri-awaaz-suno/rafijis-do-pehlu-geets.html#comment-7866 Binu i hope that at the time of meeting on 26th sept.07 to dev , kindly ask him on behalf of me refering sirajs letter that does he has any gratitude towards our rafiji or not in built up of his carear or not, and how he rank rafiji and kishoreda as per his own experiance. Binu i hope that at the time of meeting on 26th sept.07 to dev , kindly ask him on behalf of me refering sirajs letter that does he has any gratitude towards our rafiji or not in built up of his carear or not, and how he rank rafiji and kishoreda as per his own experiance.

]]> by: Uday Rauth http://www.mohdrafi.com/meri-awaaz-suno/rafijis-do-pehlu-geets.html#comment-6718 Tue, 22 May 2007 16:10:52 +0000 http://www.mohdrafi.com/meri-awaaz-suno/rafijis-do-pehlu-geets.html#comment-6718 attn. Mr. Guru Murthy Dear sir, the song "pardesiyon se na ankhiyan milana" in movie "jab jab phool khile" was sung by Lata mangeshkar and not by suman kalyanpure. Hope this will work as an amendment to your article. attn. Mr. Guru Murthy
Dear sir, the song “pardesiyon se na ankhiyan milana” in movie “jab jab phool khile” was sung by Lata mangeshkar and not by suman kalyanpure.
Hope this will work as an amendment to your article.

]]> by: Narayanan http://www.mohdrafi.com/meri-awaaz-suno/rafijis-do-pehlu-geets.html#comment-6714 Tue, 22 May 2007 13:34:03 +0000 http://www.mohdrafi.com/meri-awaaz-suno/rafijis-do-pehlu-geets.html#comment-6714 Hello Sirajbhai, Infact Dev saab also paid rich tributes to our legend Rafi Sahab by mentioning that 'Burmanda his favourite musician always preferred Rafi Saab for all the melodious compositions in so many films making me the most romantic hero'. Thank u Rafi sahab u r the best Hello Sirajbhai,
Infact Dev saab also paid rich tributes to our legend Rafi Sahab by mentioning that ‘Burmanda his favourite musician always preferred Rafi Saab for all the melodious compositions in so many films making me the most romantic hero’.
Thank u Rafi sahab u r the best

]]> by: Siraj Adamally http://www.mohdrafi.com/meri-awaaz-suno/rafijis-do-pehlu-geets.html#comment-6504 Sat, 12 May 2007 22:05:54 +0000 http://www.mohdrafi.com/meri-awaaz-suno/rafijis-do-pehlu-geets.html#comment-6504 Hello my fellow Indians, rafiansand Hindi music lovers I read with great interest all the various comments about the talent of this great icon,Mohammed Rafi. In a nutshell, Mohammed Rafi was the "BAADSHAH OF PLAY BACK SINGERS", as suggested by Jagjit Singh-the present day Ghazalist. However there were some comments like"Kishore! who is Kishore!". This is, to put it kindly,CHILDISH. Kishore Da, when he was given serious songs to sing, did so admirably and with great finesse. But I digress. The main reason which has driven me to write this is as follows. Last year, on my 58th birthday, my wife and children bought me 6 music CD compilations from Sa Re Ga Ma in the "Legends" series; namely those of Rafi,Lata,Kishore,Mukesh,Aasha and for some reason Dev Anand(by the way each of these costs £36 here in the U.K. but only Rs.1000 in India=less then £12!!). Each of these compilations contain 5 CD's with a selection of songs spanning the carreer of the artist concerned, and a booklet....................... IN THE CASE OF DEV ANAND,HIS BOOKLET HEAPS UNRESERVED PRAISE FOR THE TALENTS OF KISHORE DA - RIGHTLY SO. BUT,,,,,,THERE ISN'T A SINGLE WORD OF PRAISE FOR MOHAMMED RAFI. READING THIS BOOKLET ONE GETS THE DISTINCT FEELING THAT DEVSAAB BLITHELY THINKS HE MADE MOHAMMED RAFI'S CARREER RATHER THEN THE OTHER WAY AROUND-THE SONGS BY RAFI ARE DEV ANAND'S RENDITION OF THE SONG!!! Regards to one and all of you rafians out there. SIRAJ Hello my fellow Indians, rafiansand Hindi music lovers
I read with great interest all the various comments about the talent of this great icon,Mohammed Rafi. In a nutshell, Mohammed Rafi was the “BAADSHAH OF PLAY BACK SINGERS”, as suggested by Jagjit Singh-the present day Ghazalist.
However there were some comments like”Kishore! who is Kishore!”. This is, to put it kindly,CHILDISH. Kishore Da, when he was given serious songs to sing, did so admirably and with great finesse. But I digress. The main reason which has driven me to write this is as follows.
Last year, on my 58th birthday, my wife and children bought me 6 music CD compilations from Sa Re Ga Ma in the “Legends” series; namely those of Rafi,Lata,Kishore,Mukesh,Aasha and for some reason Dev Anand(by the way each of these costs £36 here in the U.K. but only Rs.1000 in India=less then £12!!). Each of these compilations contain 5 CD’s with a selection of songs spanning the carreer of the artist concerned, and a booklet…………………..

IN THE CASE OF DEV ANAND,HIS BOOKLET HEAPS UNRESERVED PRAISE FOR THE TALENTS OF KISHORE DA - RIGHTLY SO. BUT,,,,,,THERE ISN’T A SINGLE WORD OF PRAISE FOR MOHAMMED RAFI. READING THIS BOOKLET ONE GETS THE DISTINCT FEELING THAT DEVSAAB BLITHELY THINKS HE MADE MOHAMMED RAFI’S CARREER RATHER THEN THE OTHER WAY AROUND-THE SONGS BY RAFI ARE DEV ANAND’S RENDITION OF THE SONG!!!

Regards to one and all of you rafians out there. SIRAJ

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