Comments on: Rahul Dev Burman’s immense respect for Mohammad Rafi

by: vikram

Mon, 19 Nov 2007 16:26:48 +0000

I don’t think there is any need to be harsh on Souvik. He has penned a reasonable article. He has tried to put things in right perspective. No doubt, R.D.Burman did not make full use of Rafi Sahab, but it’s a known fact that some of his best songs were recorded in the legend’s voice. There were a lot of music directors who did not use Kishore in the 50’s and the 60’s, even though he was a good singer. O.P.Nayyer, for example used Rafi almost all the times. Naushad, Madan Mohan, S-J, L-P, Roshan, S D Burman and others also preferred Rafi. Yes, RD had a preference for Kishore, but it would be wrong to say that he completely ignored Rafi. There was no music director worth his or her salt who could have dared to ignore Rafi Sahab. Rafi was the best and would remain so for eternity.

by: Aseer

Tue, 30 Oct 2007 11:00:03 +0000

Souvik ji
are u trying to make both Ram and Ravan happy at the same time? its a known fact that RD ignored Rafi, RD used KK for dhamendra who was a Rafi voice,what about that? sir, now if u try to say that the sun moves around the world hen the evidences are so overwhelming that its impossible to write them all up.
Akalmand k liye ishara hi kafi hai. Plz dont write rubbish.

by: vikram

Wed, 24 Oct 2007 14:56:31 +0000

Could somebody please let me know as to where I could get the song “Ek chameli ke mandave tale”, by Rafi-Asha? What about the album, “Rafi resurrected”? I am a big time Rafi fan. I live in the US. This makes it a little difficult to find real musical gems. I would be grateful for any information. Thank you very much in advance.

by: binus2000

Sun, 21 Oct 2007 18:23:08 +0000

Well .. why r.d.b lost confidence, films and his art - after a great
start?
two imp. or only facts are : first he ditched rafi saab. then he ditched
his wife - for another woman.
their were fights galore post 1971 and ‘peace’ was the only thing
missing from his house.
He went back to rafi saab and got some of his glories back through
the legends songs like : Kya hua tera waada, chaand mera dil, Hai
agar dushman dushman and some others.

On the home front there was chaos as his new wife chose to stay
seperately from him.
Personal and domestic chaos played havoc with this creative composers
works just like of another bengali composer Salil Chaudhary - one of
India’s greatest composers in dilip kumar’s words ” who would have
not lost his touch if his marital life was in shape “.

Binu Nair.

by: Anil Cherian

Sat, 13 Oct 2007 16:08:55 +0000

Ref: post 57
Thank you Dear Haldar Sir for responding to my querry. However you got me slightly wrong here, I wasn’t trying to challenge your views (and I would’t dare do so). I just wanted your views on the two songs, I wasn’t trying to prove that these two are better than the gems of 60s and early 70s. Thanks once again for your time and effort. I have listened to all your picks and got a lot enlighted in the process.

by: P. Haldar

Sat, 13 Oct 2007 13:29:53 +0000

Dear rafifan and parveen ji,

Thanks for the correction. My memory sometimes fails me. It must be meer and not ghalib; both legendary poets. I remember Laxmikant coming on Jaimala, mentioning the incident and playing the song. Since this is a thread on RD, here’s rafi saab’s song “main ne poochha chand se” where “meer” is mentioned:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=tzuCHSpQaPQ

by: mohamed parvez

Sat, 13 Oct 2007 13:17:06 +0000

i would like to add ek pattey ki baat bataon sun mere humjoli & koi aur duniya men tumsa haseen hai bot songs from pyar ki kahani picturised on big b music by rdburman sang by rafisaab please watch on you tube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12HC08ZZbSA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXIaE7BC3Q8

bot song rafisaabs & amithabs combination isgreat it is wel composed by rdburman

by: rafifan

Sat, 13 Oct 2007 00:32:34 +0000

Re: Post 57.
Mr. Haldar, ‘Patta Patta Boota Boota’ is not from a Ghalib verse. It is from another great Urdu poet Meer Taqi ‘Meer’, who was slightly senior to Ghalib. The whole shayer (verse) is:
Patta Patta Boota Boota Haal Hamaara Jane Hai,
Jaane Na Jaane Gul Hi Na Jaane, Baagh To Saara Jane Hai.
Regards.

by: parveen

Fri, 12 Oct 2007 19:24:05 +0000

haldar saab
patta boota boota haal hamara janay hai, janay na janay gul hi na janay bagh to sara janay hai
it is actually from meer taqi meer verse and not ghalib.

by: parveen

Fri, 12 Oct 2007 11:09:21 +0000

post 53 rafian
u can not compare rdb and op opinions and experimentations.rdb used rafi but op did not.
this shows the greatness of lion.he can win single handedly.so,no mistake by op.on the other hand,rdb was selfish,he took his time with rafi and after reaching at some destinations, he forgot everything.
secondly,it was lata responsible for creating distance with op.
regards