Second Edition of the Biography of Mohammad Rafi “Meri Awaz Suno” has been published
This information is shared by Mr. Vinod Viplav.
After getting overwhelming response and appreciation, the first biography of great music legend Mohammad Rafi “Meri Awaz Suno” has come out with new look and more attractive features. The new edition of the book has more information, more pages and more photographs of Rafi Saheb.
As it was told in an earlier post in www.mohdrafi.com that the responses of the Rafi fans on the first edition of the book was unbelievable that has encouraged me to bring out the second edition of the book with additions. Being a writer and a diehard Rafi fan, I know that the appreciation which I got for the book is not due to my writing and my work, but because of the magic of the person who left us more than 27 years ago but his songs are still enthralling and delighting us. All I can only say that Mohd. Rafi is matchless and there would not be second Rafi in this universe. For Rafi fans like us, whose number may be millions, Mohammad Rafi is the one and only, source of inspiration and his songs are like Oxygen, in absence of which survival is impossible. We all Rafi fans not only want to listen his melodious voice but also want to know about each and every aspects of his life.
Meri Awaaz Suno II Book Front Cover
The first edition of the book was released in the inaugural function of Delhi Chapter of Rafi Foundation by renowned singing actress Padmashree Puspa Hans and well-known classical singer Padambhushan Shanno Kurana. The function was held at Punjabi Bhawan (New Delhi) on the eve of 27th death anniversary in which a number of personalities from the field of Music, Art and Culture and Media Participated. The book was also released by Mohd. Ali Ashraf Fatmi, Minister of State in Human Resource Development Minister in an overpacked function (Ek Sham, Rafi Ke Nam) on 31st July, 2007 in Patna - the Capital of Bihar.
List of contents of the book in PDF format
Meri Awaaz Suno II Book Back Cover
This book has been published by Sachi Prakashan. In second edition of the book, which published only some days ago, there are additional chapters, information and photographs. This book is in Hindi, but we are trying hard to publish this book in English, Urdu and other languages so that Rafi fans of different linguistic backgrounds and knowledge can also read the book about Rafi Saheb.The second edition contain 176 pages and more than 20 chapters.
The price of the book is Rs. 150/ only (including postal/courier charges). Those who want to get this book can contact me on following address.
VINOD VIPLAV
News Editor in UNIVARTA, Hindi News Service of United News of India (UNI)
Address :
21, UNI APARTMENTS
Sector – 11, VASUNDHARA, GHAZIABAD
PIN - 201012 (U.P)
TEL - 09868793203/0120-2880324
Email - rafifoundation@gmail.com, screenindia@gmail.com
March 6th, 2008 at 5:31 pm
I am sending the review of the book on Mohammad Rafi- Meri Awaz Suno, published in Rajsthan Patrika, the leading newspaper of Rajsthan. ____________________________________________________________
पुस्तक समीक्षा
“मेरी आवाज सुनो´´
मोहम्मद रफी की पहली जीवनी
भारतीय संगीत, खास तौर पर फिल्म संगीत में मोहम्मद रफी के महत्व और जनमानस पर उनके गाये गीतों के दीघZकालिक असर से हर कोई वाकिफ है। मोहम्मद रफी एक ऐसी शिख्सयत हैं, जिनकी आवाज का जादू वर्षों बाद भी बरकरार है। कानफोड़ू संगीत और रीमिक्स गीतों के इस दौर में उनके गाये गीत मन को राहत एवं सुकुन पहुंचाते हैं। पाश्र्व गायन के सरताज मोहम्मद रफी का महत्व आज केवल इसलिये नहीं है कि उन्होंने हजारों की संख्या में हर तरह के गीत गाये और अपने गीतों के जरिये जिन्दगी के विभिन्न पहलुओं को अभिव्यक्ति दी बल्कि इसलिये भी है कि सामाजिक, जातीय एवं èाार्मिक संकीर्णताओं के इस दौर में वह इंसानियत, मानवीय मूल्यों, देशप्रेम, èार्मनिरपेक्षता एवं साम्प्रदायिक सद्भाव के एक मजबूत प्रतीक हैं। उनके गाये गीत नैतिक, सामाजिक एवं भावनात्मक अवमूल्यन के आज के दौर में जनमानस को इंसानी रिश्तों, नैतिकता और इंसानियत के लिये प्रेरित कर रहे हैं। रफी के गुजरने के कई साल बाद भी उनकी सुरीली आवाज़ का जादू लोगों के सिर चढ़ कर बोल रहा है। उनकी आवाज़ के प्रशंसकों और दीवानों की संख्या लाखों में है और ये केवल भारत में ही नहीं, दुनिया के हर देश में फैले हुए हैं। लेकिन विडम्बना है कि पाश्र्व गायिकी को शिखर पर पहुंचाने वाले इस सिख्शयत के जीवन एवं गीतों के बारे में जानकारियों को सामने लाने का कोई व्यवस्थित प्रयास अब तक नहीं हुआ है। रफी के जीवन और उनके नगमों के विभिन्न पहलुओं की जानकारी देने वाली किताब की कमी रही है। अब तक मोहम्मद रफी को लेकर जो पुस्तकें प्रकाशित हुयी हैं वे मूलत: रफी के गाये गये गीतों के संग्रह हैं लेकिन प्रस्ततु पुस्तक “मेरी आवाज सुनो´´ इस कमी को पूरा करती है।
वरिष्ठ पत्रकार विनोद विप्लव लिखित यह पुस्तक मोहम्मद रफी की पहली जीवनी है। मोहम्मद रफी के निधन के करीब 26 साल बाद प्रकाशित उनकी इस पहली जीवनी की लोकप्रियता का अंदाजा इस बात से लगाया जा सकता है कि इस पुस्तक के पहले संस्करण की सारी प्रतियां कुछ दिनों के भीतर समाप्त हो गयीं और इसकी भारी मांग को देखते हुये इसका दूसरा संस्करण प्रकाशित किया गया।
मोहम्मद रफी के जीवन एवं गीतों पर केिन्द्रत इस पुस्तक के दूसरे संस्करण में रफी के जीवन एवं उनके गीतों के विभिन्न पहलुओं पर विस्तार से प्रकाश डाला गया है। अनेक दुर्लभ चित्रों से सुसज्जित यह पुस्तक चार भागों में विभक्त है। पहला भाग मोहम्मद रफी के जीवन एवं उनके गायन कैरियर पर आधारित है। इसमें रफी के बचपन से लेकर फिल्मी गायन के सफर का व्यापक वर्णन है। इसके अलावा उनके गायन के विविèा आयामों तथा उनकी आवाज की जादूगरी की भी चर्चा की गयी है। इस भाग में ख्यातिप्राप्त एवं जाने -अनजाने संगीतकारों के साथ उनकी जुगलबंदी के अलावा उन सितारों का बहुरंगी ब्यौरा भी है रफी जिनकी आवाज बने। साथ ही रफी के समय के अन्य गायक-गायिकाओं के साथ उनके रिश्तों पर भी प्रकाश डाला गया है। इसके अलावा इस भाग में मौजूदा दौर की फिल्म गायिकी पर मोहम्मद रफी के प्रभावों की भी चर्चा की गयी है।
दूसरा भाग मोहम्मद रफी के व्यक्तित्व के विभिन्न पहलुओं, उनके स्वभाव एवं शौक, उनके परिवार एवं परिजनों के बारे में है। तीसरे भाग में मोहम्मद रफी के अंतिम दिनों, रफी के गुजरने के बाद उनके परिवार की स्थिति तथा देश- विदेश में बसे उनके प्रशंसकों की दीवानगी के बारे में जानकारियां हैं। चौथे भाग में नौशाद, लता मंगेशकर, दिलीप कुमार, शम्मी कपूर, तलत महमूद, शंकर-जयकिशन, लक्ष्मीकांत-प्यारेलाल, मन्ना डे आदि हस्तियों के संस्मरणों को शामिल किया गया है।
यह पुस्तक मोहम्मद रफी के प्रशंसकों के लिये ही नहीं बल्कि हिन्दी फिल्मी गीतों की व्यापक जानकारी रखने की इच्छा रखने वालों के लिये भी यह जरूरी किताब है। यह पुस्तक मोहम्मद रफी के साथ-साथ उनके समकालीन फिल्मी हस्तियों तथा भारतीय सिनेमा संगीत के अतीत एवं वर्तमान को जानने-समझने के लिये भी उपयोगी है।
March 2nd, 2008 at 9:08 pm
Several persons had wanted similar books on Rafi sahab in urdu. I found link to one such book in an article in a blog, the link of which is as under :
http://blogs.ibibo.com/ViewComments.aspx?blogid=4a42e985-ab0b-48c7-8e26-403ef0f90669&mid=89227a7d-c31f-4a87-866b-01beea77e434#PostComment
readers interested in the book in urdu may go through the article. the book is published from new delhi. thanks. asmurty2@rediffmail.com
February 27th, 2008 at 7:48 pm
Ref your earliest post Mr. Binu Nair Ji, I can send the books required by you from Hyderabad please let me know how many books that you now require and to what address I shall mail them. You can also visit www.mohdrafibiography.com and get full particulars on the book and the free CD that Mr. Saleem-ul-Haq sahab is giving and his email address is also listed therein. I have met Mr. Saleem-ul-Haq twice in recent times and have spoken to him and his nephew Mr. Faheem-ul-Haq who helps him out, over the telephone too on many occasions. Just inform me the details at my email id and I shall get the books for you. I have recently mailed two copies for our friends in mumbai itself.
February 27th, 2008 at 7:35 pm
Dear Binu ji, I can get the required number of copies from Mr. Saleem-ul-Haq and send them all to you, I had missed out on your request until now which I saw and had wanted to inform you. The books are available in plenty and I have met Mr. Saleem-ul-Haq personally on two occasions besides having talked to him and his nephew Mr. Mohd. Faheem-ul-Haq also several times over the phone. Please inform how many copies would you require and to which address they have to be mailed. You can also logon to www.mohdrafibiography.com which is of Mr. Saleem-ul-Haq for a detailed information on the book by him. Also, anyone else who requires may contact either directly Mr. Saleem-ul-Haq whose email ids are given on the abovewebsite or even me at asmurty2@rediffmail.com. I will be only too happy to be of service. thanks.
February 26th, 2008 at 3:42 pm
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February 26th, 2008 at 3:35 pm
MAIN RAFI SAHAB KA BAHUT FAN HU MERI AGE 38 YAERS HAI. JAB BHI MAIN
UDAS HOTA HUN TO RAFI KE GANE MUJHE OXIZEN DETE HAIN. RFI SAHAB EK BEST SINGER HI NAHI BALKI IK BAHUT BADE INSAN BHI THE. IK BAR RAFI SAHB SE IK NAYE MUSIC DIRECTOR KAHA KI RAFI MERA YEH PAHLA GANA KINTU MERE PASS PAISE NAHI HAI. TO RAFI NE JATE WAQT UNKO HI 51 RS. SAGUN KE TOR PAR DE DIYE .ESHE THE IK BHALE INSHAN RAFI SAHAB
February 25th, 2008 at 12:57 pm
I LOVE ALL THE SONGS OF MOHAMMED RAFI SAHAB VERY VERY MUCH.
HE HAD AN UNIQUE STYLE OF SINGING AND THE VOICE WAS THE SWEETEST VOICE IN THE UNIVERSE.
INDIAN FILM MUSIC HAS LOST IT`S SOUL.
I THINK HE IS THE KING OF THE PITCH.AS LONG AS MUSIC IS EXISTING IN THE WORLD MOHAMMED RAFI WILL REMAIN AS AN UNMATCHED SINGER.RAFISAHAB AMAR RAHE.
February 20th, 2008 at 8:26 pm
Sir, I am a new fan of Rafi sahab. I wud like to read his biography MERI AWAZ SUNO very badly.when will I get the English version of the buk. Plz reply.
February 16th, 2008 at 10:28 pm
plz read irrespective as instead in my previous post
regards
February 16th, 2008 at 10:25 pm
@ intiyaz bhai, i follow a principle of advising anyone thrice only. agar phir bhi samajh me na aaye to rasta apna apna ikhtiyar kar lete hain. I had most of the answers ready till i came to ur last few lines
sir, ur conclusion is what I m after . its a very good suggestion. we should enjoy irrespective of getting into saab vs sahab or saahab issue. I also am ending it here. let bygones be bygones.
Plz write ur posts in english so that non hindi\urdu speakers can also get the essence.
love u.
long live Rafi sahab
long live the unity of all rafians
February 16th, 2008 at 7:41 pm
I am glad to know that Vinodji have ready this book.
As I am running a web site www.SingerMukesh.com dedicated to great singer Mukeshji…we, music lover need more work about our Indian singes.
Regards,
Pankaj Dwivedi
www.SingerMukesh.com
February 16th, 2008 at 3:13 pm
Dear Aseer SAAHAB (OK, ab to aap khush hain?)
Baat jab urdu ki chali hai to phir mukhatibat bhi urdu mein hi honi chahiye.
Main yeh bilkul nahin soncha tha kay ek chhotay se lafz kay liye baat itni tool pakadlegi. Lagta hai aap dil par hi le liye.
1) Aap baat ko kaafi uljha rahe hain. Yahan pronounciation ki bahes nahin horahi hai, ek chhotay se lafz ko kis tarah sahi taur par doosri zubaan mein likha jasakta hai ya likhna chahiye dekha jaraha hai, naakay Bengali/Marathi accent ki baat horahi hai. Aadmi ka accent jaisa bhi ho, par likhte waqt woh bahut mohtaat rahta hai aur usi tarah nahin likhta jaisa uska accent hai. Spelling aur grammar ka mukammal lihaaz rakha jaata hai. Agar aap kisi padhay likhay Hyderabadi shaqs ki urdu ki likhai dekhenge to pata chalega kay woh kis tarah fasih urdu likhta hai, aur wahi jab baat karta hai to us se kis qadar muqtalif hoti hai. Beshak ek Bengali Rafi ko Rofi kahta ho par jab usko likhna hoga to sir RAFI hi lkhna hoga. ROFI nahin likh sakta.
2) Meri samajh mein nahin aaraha hai kay aap Rafi sahab, saahab or saheb (but not saab) kay gaanon ka maza kis tarah lete hain. Aap to urdu ko itni disturbing language samjhte hain jabke taqreeban gaane bilkul fasih urdu mein hotay hain. Strange.
3) Kya aap us sahab lafz ki spelling bata sakte hain (urdu mein) jis ka matlab cloud hota hai? Mere liye yeh naya lafz hai. Agar aap isi ﺏﺣﺎﺼ lafz kay maanay cloud kay nikalte hain kahrahe hain to please mujhe us dictionary ka naam bataiye. Main aap ka ihsaan mand rahoonga.
Waise aap jo “saahab“ likhe hain yeh ziyada close hai banisbat doosre spellings kay. (Pahle to single ‘a’ kay addition par eitraaz horaha tha aur ab double ‘aa’ ko recommend kar rahe hain, good).
4) Ab raha sawaal urdu kay gender ka:
“bajaye urdu ka meyaar giraane kay aap APNA, urda ka meyaar badhayeinge to faida hoga“. Is jumlay (sentence) mein urdu ki nahin balkay aap kay gender ki baat horahi hai aur mere khayaal se maine sahi gender likha hai.
Baherhaal Aseer Sir, mera koi intention (irada) aap ko ya kisi ko dictate karna ya apni kisi baat ko manwana bilkul nahin hai. Binu saahab kay mashware kay mutabiq hum log is baat ko bhool kar yahi waqt Rafi Saahab kay gaanon ka maza lene mein lagaatay hain aur is topic ko yahin khatam karte hain.
LONG LIVE RAFI SAAHAB
LONG LIVE RAFIANS
February 16th, 2008 at 2:59 pm
Binuji,
I feel we should have a video cds of rafisahab’s life isnt it. we have enough books/photos/cds, but have anyone have cd of rafisahab’s life. i have seen in youtube, but sometimes it dont work fast. so it is very difficult to watch in the youtube.
shashank_72@rediffmail.com
February 16th, 2008 at 2:20 pm
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February 13th, 2008 at 6:49 pm
Imtiyaz ji
apology accepted
plz be careful from next time
love u
February 13th, 2008 at 3:21 pm
Post 52…..
There is no word “urda” in post 48.
I apologize for typo. error in post 49.
February 13th, 2008 at 8:54 am
ref post 52 : since it’s clarified that ’saheb’ means clouds i will prefer
to use rafi ji or rafi saab …
some of the advisers who don the “role” of advisors may check
the meanings of words in the dictionaries before spilling their
intellect on others.
now , i am reminded of the song : saala mai to saab ban gaya from
dilip kumars sagina..
saab is only an innocent translation and in mumbai its used to
address the “boss”.
rafi saab is the boss and advisers please take note or else invent
a suitable, correct address to the boss : mohd rafi saab.
binu nair… rafifoundation@mail.com
February 12th, 2008 at 7:29 pm
sir, can i ge this book in Urdu as i am in Pakistan and can not read Hindi. please let me know if you have any Urdu or English version of the book. Peasze please please
February 12th, 2008 at 12:51 am
@ Imtiyaz bhai ref post 48 and 49
yes indeed sahab is spelled as swad alif he be. no doubt. but i dont think that is of great importance. it really matters much much less whether we call him Rafi saahab or Rafi saab or Rafi sir or even pronounce his name wrongly as Rofi, as per bengali standard. are u suggesting urdu speaking persons are more respectful by pronouncing his name correctly and his bengali followers are of second class as according to their native accent they pronounce it like Rofi? I simply dont understand.
coming to ur points in post 49,
the examples given by u is indeed favoring stance but when coming to pronounciation Urdu is the most disturbing language as while writing short vowels are skipped(which are to be guessed while reading) and long vowels are kept. tell me is it muhabbat or mohabbat? tilaaq or talaaq? U might point out one as u speak that version but i can point out persons who will most obstinately oppose ur pronunciation. But this discussion is not my motto here so i ll skip this. i dont know why u dragged this here.
about gustakhi(sorry i dont use urdu fonts) yes its not possible to type in english the deep throated kh or deep throated ga as in gham. but u understand it and I with my dimmed brain also do. so carry on.
I am very sorry if my post here gave u the impression of me encouraging saab instead of saahab. i merely posted that it really matters less, much less than some of the other issues raised here.
but yes I ll say chalta hai(altough i didnt use this phrase, Allah knows why u put it within a pair of inverted commas) as per my belief its ok.
now two points personally to u sir.
1. “sahab” as u prefer, write urself and asking others to adopt is not the word Mister or even similar. “sahab” means cloud in urdu. and altho I understand why people r using saab here I fail to understand why u call our beloved Rafi sahab as “Rafi the cloud”.!!!!! oh yes, there is a word called “saahab” in urdu which is often used to pay respect. BTW, what harm if you add “a” to sound correctly? Its looking very odd “Sahab”with the name of the greatest Rafi Saahab.
2. “Aseer Sahab”– plz dont call me cloud. I personally dont like it. in case u cant write “saahab” just forget adding anything with my name.
3.” bajaye urdu ka meyaar giraane kay aap apna urda ka meyaar badhayeinge to faida hoga.”– I think urdu itself is feminine word. so it shud be “apni urdu” and not “apna urdu”. so my earnest request to u “imtiyaz saahab, bajaye urdu ka meyaar giraane kay aap APNI urda ka meyaar badhayeinge to faida hoga.”
while writing this post i cant suppress my smile, being a bengali, born and brought up in a remote village of bengal, never learning urdu academically and yet here I am rectifying some silly mistakes committed by some rescuer of Urdu. lol sir. Here some idiotic bengali or south indian or marathi etc etc are trying to degrade urdu but plz u be an exaample and an exception plz. its my earnest request.
highest regards
Aseer
@ moderator, plz publish this one and delete my similar post.
February 11th, 2008 at 11:31 pm
POST 48……..
WHAT IS URDA SIR……..
BINU NAIR.