Saturday Night Rafi Fever At Sion - It’s Part IV
This information is shared by Mr. Binu Nair, Rafi Foundation
MOHD RAFI centric singers will test their singing skills, singing gems from the store-house of two legendary composers of the hfm : Roshan and Laxmikant-Pyarelal. Rafi lovers are expected to attend in full strength and lap up the gems on offer "live" at the Naushad Hall in Mumbai’s central district - Sion on June 14, from 6.30 p.m. onwards. The Chief Guests expected to attend are: M/s. Sharada : playback singer and Mr.Padmakar Shivalkar the great Indian leg spin bowler - both of whom are dyed in the wool Mohd Rafi Lovers.
To select from a few thousand songs of Roshan and the L.P. Team was difficult and we will try to bring live the music range of these two stalwart composers who for close to fifty years gave us some extraordinary music to celebrate. In the coming months we look forward to reapeat these composers again as they have many many gems which we would not be able to take up this time around.
The singers this time would be Kakaji Naushad, Syed Mobin, Kumar Subu, Salim, Baraj, Hanif Mohd (from Mangalore - playback singer), Deven Verma, and Priyanshi.
Here are some of the Mohd Rafi Gems to be played Live : on June 14th…
| 1. Tu kahin aas paas hai | Kakaji Naushad |
| 2. Jo baath tujh mein hai teri | Kakaji Naushad |
| 3. Jab Jab Bahar aayee aur Phool | Kumar Subu |
| 4. Jhil Mil sitaron ka aangan hoga | Kumar/Priyanshi |
| 5. Jo waada kiya woh nibana padega | Srikkanth / Noorie |
| 6. Mile na phool to kaanto se dosti | Kakaji |
| 7. Aadmi Musafir hai… | Kakaji/Priyanshi |
| 8. Hum to chale Pardes… | Kakaji |
| 9. John Jaani Janardhan | Hanif Mohd |
| 10. Ab Kya Misal doo.. | Kakaji |
| 11. Roshan Tumhi se duniya | Syed Mobin |
| 12. Pathar ke sanam, tujhe humne | Syed Mobin |
| 13. Koi jab raah na paaye… | Deven Verma |
| 14. Koyal kyon gaaye.. | Deven Verma |
| 15. Teri shaadi mein doo tujhko.. | Salim |
| 16. Pav choo lene do phoolon ko | Kakaji/Noorie |
| 17. Rimzim ke geet saawan gaaye | Arun/Aruna |
| 18. Mana re tu kaahe na dheer dhare | Ashish |
| 19. Ek Banjaraa gaaye Jeevan ke geet | Syed Mobin |
| 20. Dil jo na keh sakha…. | Kumar |
| 21. Tarif teri nikhla hai dil se.. | Hanif Mohd |
| 22. Dil kahe ruk jaa re ruk jaa | Kumar |
| 23. Nafrat ki duniya ko chod kar pyar ki | Kakaji |
| 24. Hui shaam unka khayaal aa gaya | Kumar |
| 25. Saajan Saajan pukaru galiyon mein | Mr Barraj |
| 26. Dafliwaale, dafli baja | |
| 27. Mast Baharon ka mai hoon ashik | Kumar |
The song to be sung by Mr.Shivalkar has not come. Rafi lovers are invited to the live programme and it is informed that every SECOND SATURDAY OF THE MONTH , Rafi Foundation hold this live music event at Sion, Mumbai.
June 19th, 2008 at 7:45 pm
Sonu to sing Rafi with UK orchestra
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London, June 18: Western classically trained musicians from the famed City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (CBSO) will provide the backing in a challenging collaboration with Sonu Niigaam who will sing some of Mohammed Rafi’s best-loved songs in three concerts, Rafi Resurrected, in Birmingham, Manchester and London.
The project, which has been two years in the making, has been funded to the tune of £250,000 by Saregama, whose head of operations in Europe, Amarpal Gaind, said yesterday: “People will be taking a trip down memory lane with Sonu Niigaam, who is known as the voice of Rafi.”
Niigaam will be supported by a 75-piece CBSO, which has been practising from the score sheets written by its former librarian, Tim Pottier, who took the idea of the east-west collaboration to Saregama and was promptly recruited to be the arts producer for the ambitious project.
The CBSO’s association with the Indian film industry began in 2004 when it gave a joint concert with A.R. Rahman. Two years ago, it gave a Rafi concert but the singers were hired locally, mostly in Birmingham.
Having listened to several hundred Rafi songs (from the 26,000 the singer is said to have recorded), Pottier has whittled down the list to about 20 that Niigaam will sing — though many Indians will be distressed because he has not included Chaudhvin Ka Chand.
“Sonu Niigaam, who is a very busy man, will arrive in Birmingham on July 13 and will then rehearse with the CBSO for the first concert,” said Pottier.
He added that the CBSO would strive to recreate Indian sitar and flute sounds. However, when he had listened to the underlying scores to Rafi’s music, he had been impressed with how classically western so much of it had sounded.
Three halls with possibly the best acoustics in Britain have been selected and laser technology included to enhance sound quality to near perfection. The opening concert in the Symphony Hall in Birmingham on July 15 will be followed by the second in the Manchester Apollo on July 17 and the “grand finale” at the London Coliseum on July 20.
Sony TV is recording the last concert with the aim of broadcasting it to India on July 31, which will be the 28th anniversary of Rafi’s death.
Asked whether two days were sufficient for rehearsals, Pottier, who has travelled to India and worked with musicians from the Hindi film industry, said: “Sonu Niigaam knows the songs backwards.”
One of the musicians from the CBSO, Charles Wall, who plays the double bass, expressed confidence that Rafi’s magic would not be lost in translation. “If I had looked at just the notation, I would not have known it was from Bollywood,” Wall said.
Saregama is also issuing a double CD to mark its remarkable collaboration with the CBSO.
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June 17th, 2008 at 11:59 am
Dakshinaa a registered socio cultural organisation in Chennai is organising a “Mohd.Rafi Nite” titled “raagam sudarshanam” featuring popular singer Anil Bajpai and others as a fund raiser for charity. The program is at Kamaraj Hall, Teynampet, Chennai 600018 at 7 pm. Kindly inform your chennai based Rafi fans. Regards
rajani nair convenor.. dakshinaa..