Ahamed Kutty,Kerala

It is not known why raju bharatan wrote this; but one sure reason
was to create controversy and increase the sale of the illustrated
weekly : whose circulation had peaked during sardar khushwant
singhs tenure. Secondly, raju was close to many lobbies in the
film industry - and he was only reporting the views of one lobby
which did not care for rafi saab.
Please do not forget that 98 percent m.d.s were with rafi and in the
period raju has written some very good articles about rafi.
In one article : he said that : rafi finished a recording in the first
take but asha bhosle was not getting it right and the recording
went on for long hours. the m.d. was the blue -eyed boy of asha then
the incomparable - o.p. nayyar.
Mr.raju bharatan also has written many contradictory articles but
he is an out and out rafi supporter.
With lata he jelled well but after his book on lata they became bitter
foes. May be he wrote that she has sung 6000 songs : which is the
truth.. Her name was removed from the Guiness book of records when
this fact was proved.
In short , rafi saab is a lotus : in this murky pond of filmdon and for
ever people will be discussing : whether he was a better human being
or the greatest singer the world has produced.

binu nair.

now coming back to the likes & deslikes of anil biswas, he was loving talat mahmood jee very very much. In one of the saregama programme compered by sonu nigam long back I have seen anil biswas brought a laminated photo of talat jee & was kssing it so many times. during that time talat jee was bed ridden . anil biswas was praying the almighty for the cure of talat jee.

even salil chowdhury was trying to avoid rafi sahab & was every time prefering mukesh jee. but look finally he had to yeild before the gifted talent of Rafi sahab & had to knock at his door for the two songs in madhumati & one in maaya.

once upon a time jagjit singh was also commenting on rafi sahab. but finally he also understood what an ocean is.

Finally I can tell you sir, people standing at the river bank cant measure the depth of the ocean. This is my view please.

yes ‘ ab meri baari aayi ‘ lip sync given by amjad khan . it was the punch line .

To justify this line I can say that I heard amjad khan was the first person to arrive at site immediatly after getting the news of the demise of rafi sahab.

Sunil dutt jee, Dharmendra jee, sanjeev kumar jee were the persons who never changed their stand , views. love, respect & affections for rafi sahab when others used Rafi sahab as a threshold in their path of success. To our astonishment Rafi sahab never regreted over this issue. He is a ‘mahatma’ I can say.

Of course the world is a mixture of all sorts. This does not make any difference to the great ‘elephant’. As we know the elephant remains as elephant whether it is living or left.

I fully agree with you, Rafi’s voice touches your heart and anything which touches our heart stays there forever. Rafiji, Aapto Gayakon Ke Badshah Ho.

I totally agree with the article and also the comments offered by Shri Ramakrishna. Whether it is first entry, middle entry or late entry only Rafi saab’s voice captures our heart and soul. In the song, Yaadon ki Bharat, hear the difference when Rafi saab sings “Badlena Apnaye” and also “Apne Angan Nache Gayenge, Chanda Sitare”. Can anybody else give such finishing
touches to the song. Why RD used Rafi saab’s voice and not kk in the end?
When RD uses kk, the music & the song block the ear, but when he uses Rafi saab, his voice totally dominates the music and hits the soul. Pl. reply.