Comments on: The Rafi Foundation at Hyderabad

by: Lata Bhonsale

Sat, 14 Jun 2008 08:59:49 +0000

Rafi was a fine artiste, and a finer human being. Many a time, we have someone who excels in his/her field., but as a person he/she is rotten to the core. Take Latabai for example. She was a successful playback singer, but was a horrible human being. She was a disgrace to humanity itself. She ruined many careers… did many bad things.. but time is the greatest leveller. She got the Bharat Ratna due to her political connections., but ever since she received that award., while her cheap ego might have got a boost., the value of the Bharat Ratan came down.

To be a great human being is the finest accomplishment of all… and Rafi had that qualtiy.

by: sanjay deshpande

Sun, 25 May 2008 19:21:11 +0000

top duets of rafi lata.the most elegant combination of legends.

1.dil todne wale tujhe dil dhoondh raha hai(son of india)

2.do sitaro ka zameen par hai milan aaj ki raat(kohinoor)

3.teri duniya se door chale hooke majboor(jabak)

4.jo wada kiya vo nibhana padega(taj mahal)

5.pao chulenedo phulo ko inayat hoogi inayat hoogi(taj mahal)

6.chand jane kaha kho gaya,tumko chehere se parda hatana na tha(main chup rahoongi)

7.koi bata de dil hai kaha,kyo hota hai dard waha(main chup rahoongi)

8.sau sal pehele mujhe tumse pyaar tha(jab pyar kisi se hota hai)

9.dekho rootha na karo baat nazro ki suno(tere ghar ke samne)

10.aawaz deke hume tum bulao,mohobat mein itna na humko satao(professor)

11.tujhe jeevan ki door se band liya hai(asli naqli)

12.tasveer teri dil mein jis din se utari hai(maya)

13.husn chala kuch aisi chaal diwane ka pooch na haal(bluff master)

14.tumhari nazar kyo khafa ho gayi(do kaliya)

15.aap ne yaad dilaya to mujhe yaad aaya(aarti)

16.tum to pyar ho sajna,mujhe tum se pyaara aur na koi(sehera)

17.main chali main chali peeche peeche jahan,ye na poocho kidhar ye na poocho kaha(professor)

18.mujhe kitna pyar hai tumse apne hi dil se poocho tum
(dil tera diwana)

19.wo jab yaad aye bhaut yaad aye,gham zindagi ke andhere mein hamne charage mohobat jalaye bhujaye(parasmani)

20.ek shehenshah ne banvake hasi taj mahal(leader)

21.tere husn ki kya tarif karoo(leader)

22.tere ghar ke samne ek ghar banaoonga,duniya basaoonga tere ghar ke samne(tere ghar ke samne)

23.ye aankhe uf yuma ye soorat uf yuma(jab pyar kisi se hota hai)

24.dhere dhere chal chand gagan mein(love marrige)

25.o jane wale sun zara ye dil ka majara(preet na jane reet)

26.yuhi tum mujhse baat karti ho ya koi pyaar ka irada hai(sacha jhuta)

27.tum hi tum ho mere jeevan mein phool hi phool hai jaise gagan mein
(ek dil sau afsane)

28.chup gaye taare nazare oye kya baat ho gayi(do raaste)

29.jhil mil sitaro ka aangan hooga(jeevan mrityu)

30.dil tera diwana hai sanam,jaante ho tum kuch na kaheenge hum
(dil tera diwana)

31.din saara guzare tore angana,ab jaane de mujhe mere sajana,mere jaar shabha khair(junglee)

32.o sanam tere ho gaye hum pyar mein tere kho gaye hum
(aye milan ki bela)

33.tu hai saakhi main hu sharabi sharabi(ram aur sham)

34.baar baar tohe kya samjaye payal ki jhanakar(aarti)

35.ye parbato ke daayre ye sham ka dhua,aise mein kyo na cheed de dilo ki daasta(vaasna)

36.mujhe teri mohobat ka sahara mil gaya hota(aap aye bhahar aye)

37.teri bindiya re re aye hai teri bindiya re(abhiman)

38.yaad mein teri jag jag ke hum raat bhar karvate badal te hai
(mere mehboob)

39.dil pukare a re a re a re abhi na ja mere saathi(jewel thief)

40.kitna pyaara wada hai in matwali aankho ka(carvan)

41.kabhi raat din hum door the din raat ka ab saath hai(aamne samne)

42.gun guna rahe hai bhavre khil rahi hai kali kali(aaradhana)

43.itna to yaad hai mujhe na jane kya baat huve(mehboob ki mehindi)

44.aaj ki raat badi shokh badi natkhat hai aaj to tere bina neend nahi aayegi(nayi umar ki nayi fasal)

45.wada kar le sajana tere bina main na rahu mere bina tu na rahe na hoonge juda(haath ki safai)

46.palko ke peeche se kya tumne kar daala phir se to pharmana(talash)

47.bekhudi mein sanam ut gaye jo kadam(hasena maan jayegi)

48.sathiya nahi jaana ke ji na lage(aaya sawan jhoom ke)

49.ruth hai milan ki saathi mere a re mohe kahi le chal baho ke sahare
(mela)

50.ke chand aur taare kisne churaye hai tune to nahi tune to nahi
(night in london)

51.rangat teri surat si kisi mein nahi nahi(tumse aacha kaun hai)

by: sanjaya srivastava

Thu, 03 Apr 2008 05:18:05 +0000

My compliments and respectful regards to ashish who worships Rafi. We all, even today live with Rafi - moonlight in throat!! -Sanjaya Srivastava,!PS, Commandant, 28th Bn. PAC Etawah, UP

by: A S MURTY

Sat, 22 Mar 2008 13:46:06 +0000

great work m.saleem bhai. great work indeed. i have noted down your email id and i will first mail to you all the details about the hyderabad chapter. here too our good friends mr gopal sunder rajan is spreading the word around and through him we have already got two more new members. friends from riyadh can form a separate association at your end which in turn can be affiliated to the rafi foundation. i will also inform mr binu nair and mr p narayanan about this. if your friends in riyadh are interested, they may subscribe to the sargam magazine too which is likely to come out in a month’s time for its second issue. my email ids are : asmurty2@rediffmail.com, rafimurty@gmail.com thanks again.

by: Imtiyaz A. Sharif

Sat, 22 Mar 2008 10:55:29 +0000

Dear Saleem Sahab,
Assalamu Alaikum:

I am also belong to Hyd. and currently stationed in Jeddah. I too will be very glad see you in Hyd. Kindly let me know your vacation plan so that I can plan my vacation accordingly.

With kind regards,

Imtiyaz A. Sharif

by: Imtiyaz A. Sharif

Sat, 22 Mar 2008 10:26:31 +0000

I would like to share with Rafians, my visit with Mr. Anwar (Playback singer). There was a great concert of Mr. Anwar on this weekend at Holiday Inn, Jeddah. I had a privilege to perform a duet (Zindagi imtihan leti hai) alogwith Mr. Anwar. It was a very successful show and public liked him very much. He performed his own numbers and Rafi Sahabs’ numbers as well.
When we asked about Rafi sahab, he said a lot about his humanity, which is not new for us, but one thing he told that “Rafi Sahab aksar kaha karte the kay log unkay marne kay baad unko ek achche insaan ki haisiyat say yaad kiya karein. Allah ne unki yeh khahish bhi poori kardi. Aaj saari dunya unko na sirf ek azeem singer maanti hai balke is se kahin ziyada ek achche insaan ki haisiyat se yaad karti hai”.
Hum tamaam Rafians ki duwa hai kay Rafi sahab ka yeh naam aur yeh izzat Allah rahti dunya tak qayem rakhe.
It was very good to see aroung 40 - 50% young chaps attended and enjoyed the show.

by: M.Saleem

Fri, 21 Mar 2008 19:54:34 +0000

Murthy Sir.

It’s really good of you. I will work assidously to enroll atleast 20 people from Riyadh, which in turn each one of the 20 will produce another 20 and the network will go on. I shall be calling you up on your directline IA soon.

Regard

by: A S MURTY

Thu, 20 Mar 2008 17:04:36 +0000

thanks m.saleem bhai and let us hope your trip to hyderabad will be in the near future. we would love to meet you here in person. we appreciate the efforts of ravinder jain and yesudas to revive the glory of rafi sahab. while it is true that there will never be another ‘rafi’, all that is being done to propagate rafi sahab’s legacy will go a long way in reconstructing the magic that was woven by the legendary phenomenon since the late 1940s and right upto the early 1980s. do also explore the possibility of extending news of our hyderabad chapter to your known friends/relatives here in hyderabad and i would be only too glad to talk to them personally and meet them. my contact numbers are 040-24097279 and mobile number is 93912 67272 (with a prefix 0 for those living outside andhra pradesh). rafimurty@gmail.com, asmurty2@rediffmail.com thanks.

by: M.Saleem

Tue, 18 Mar 2008 13:52:33 +0000

That is really nice of you Murthy Sir, Why not, I shall definitely try to meet you folks in person. In fact back here in Riyadh, there are so many cluster cultural organisations, which ponder on nostalgic renditions of Rafi Sahab and others, unfortunately the group cannot go anywhere near as there is less time available for anyone to do Riyaaz and also the comlexities of the place.

There was a plan recently by Ravindar Jain and Yesudas to reproduce Rafi. One in the form of a biography and the other in context to his melodies. I bet if there is any one who could come to close to this gentle giant it is SP and none other. Yesudas has a meliflous voice, but it does not lift up for a pahadi type of tunes.

Have you ever watched the song Tere bin Soone - in Meri Soorath Teri Ankhen? With Ashok Kumar’s histrionics, Rafi’s melody and SD’s composition. A gem. or Roshans’ Aese tho na dekho ke bahak jaayen kaheen hum, aakhir ko tho insaan hai farishta tho naheen hum. I listned to this song may hundreds of times but yet it is a fragrant as a fresh flower.

by: A S MURTY

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 17:01:14 +0000

Dear Mr. m. saleem sahab. thanks for the information that you have posted with regard to spb and usha khanna, the srilanka story and so forth. for the others who may not have followed atleast one word “andi”, let me explain. it is used to give respect to the listener just like ’sahab’ or ’sir’. just connect it to the reference mr m saleem sahab was making of s p balasubrahmanyam and the compere asking the former how he would rate rafi sahab and spb replied “not just great sir (andi in telugu)”. saleem sahab when on a holiday to hyderabad, please do get in touch and also keep posting your thoughts. thanks again.