Article By Pallavi Srivastava. Source: http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=60006

New Delhi, August 8: As a schoolkid, he boarded a goods train and travelled in the guard’s compartment to watch Mohammed Rafi sing at a concert in Bareilly. Decades later, G.B. Mathur has made it his mission to see the late playback singer honoured with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award or the Bharat Ratna. (more…)

This article was featured on Tribune News Service. Source: Mr. Sajjad Qadir.

Suddenly the city has found favour with legends in the field of music. While yesterday, the harmony was weaved by ghazal maestro Mehdi Hassan, today it was the legendary singer Manna Dey sharing his moods at a local hotel. (more…)

This article is by Mr. Vishal Verma. Source: Mr. Sajjad Qadir

MOHAMMED RAFI was one of the most versatile and talented singers Indian film industry has ever produced. Though he passed away 19 years ago on July 31, 1980, he continues to live in the hearts of millions of his fans in India and abroad. Mohammed Rafi had an immortal, melodious voice. He was trained in classical music and had an unparalleled range. (more…)

By Ramesh Babu for Hindustan Times. Source : Mohammed, Sheik & Ashok Harkara

Hero worshipper: Kunjli Soppy

P.M. KUNJLI Soppy’s life revolves around the legendary Hindi playback singer Mohammed Rafi. Soppy’s home is named Rafi Manzil. His son is named Mohammed Rafi. Soppy’s instruction to the teenaged Mohammed Rafi is: “At my funeral, you must play Janewalle kabhi nahin ate … my all-time Rafi favourite.” (more…)

How right he was! They don’t make singers like Mohammed Rafi any more. And there was no one quite in the same class even before. It was on a gloomy, evil, rain-drenched July 31, 1980 that Rafi achieved immortality. Two decades later, I would like to recall the monarch of playbackdom through 20 of his […]

How right he was! They don’t make singers like Mohammed Rafi any more. And there was no one quite in the same class even before. It was on a gloomy, evil, rain-drenched July 31, 1980 that Rafi achieved immortality. Two decades later, I would like to recall the monarch of playbackdom through 20 of his less-celebrated solos that are in no way inferior to his hundreds of acclaimed triumphs. (more…)

A tribute to the musical genius on his 22nd death anniversary by Quamar Ashraf

Mohammad Rafi was one of the most versatile and talented singers that the world of music has ever produced . He is heard in different tones in a wide range of romantic, classical and devotional songs and ghazals, in genres as diverse as qawwalis and bhajans. (more…)

Source: Mr. Sajjad Qadir

Mohammed Rafi

Virtually the voice of India, Mohammed Rafi articulated the joys and sorrows of millions of Indians through his songs. One of the three most popular Hindi film playback singers, ever with Kishore Kumar and Mukesh, Rafi made his debut in 1944 in the film Pehle Aap. (more…)

By Afsana Ahmed

Every evening normally when all other kids reluctantly sat by the study table, a seven-year-old kid chose to be different. Enchanted by the soothing music of the Ektara which wafted in the air, and ignoring the regular reprimands of his parents, the young boy religiously followed a fakir to the latter’s abode – a huge tree. Observation by the fakir led to a friendship which gradually stimulated the dormant interest of the boy. (more…)