Happy Birthday Rafi Saab & Naushad Saab
This news is shared by Mr. Binu Nair, The Rafi Foundation, Bombay.
December 24 – 1924 a singing legend is born. He attains immortality for his singing prowess. Mohammed Rafi is his name but his admirers remember him as Rafi Saab – in utmost veneration.
DECEMBER 25 – 1919 AT LUCKNOW:
A music maestro is born. He is Naushad Ali, India’s foremost and formidable composer whose works and compositions has entered the “hall of fameâ€. Naushad Saab’s compositions and Rafi Saab’s vocals have become treasures for music connoisseurs to cherish and celebrate – for it also mirrors India’s greatest traditions of love, compassion, brotherhood and amity.
Birthday celebration of Rafi and Naushad
Savour some of the pearls this pair has put together :
a. Insaaf ka Mandir hai
b. Tu Ganga ki Mauj
c. Madhuban Mai Radhika
d. Mere Mehboob Tujhe Meri Mohabat Ki Kasam
e. O Door ke Musaphir, Hamko Bhi
f. Do Sitaron Ka Zamin Par
g. Suhani Rat Dhal Chuki
h. Meri Kahani Bhool Ne Wale
i. Tasweer Banata Hoon Teri
j. Koi Sagar Dil Ko Behlata Nahi
k. Kaisi Haseen Ab Baharon Ki Raat Hai (With Talat)
l. Mujhe Duniya Walon, Sharabi Na Samjho
m. Maan Mera Ehsan Are Nadan
and many more……………
Naushad and Dilip Kumar
John Ruskin had said, when love and skills work together “expect a masterpieceâ€.
The works of Naushad – Rafi combine are unparallel and such numbers will never be recorded again. More, Rafi Saab regarded Naushadji as his Guru.
Music lovers do join us – for “two†birthday celebrations of legends on Dec. 24th at 10.00 a.m. – Rafi Mansion at a cake cutting ceremony on Rafi Saab’s 83rd Birthday.
and on
Dec. 25th at Mysore Association, 393, Bhaudaji Road, Matunga – 400 016 at 7.00 p.m. (Naushad Birthday).
Birthday Celebrations
A feast of Naushad – Rafi Songs will be follow by dinner. The families of Naushad & Majrooh Sultanpuri will be present and a team of singers led by J. P. Kakaji will lead the musical treat.
RSVP : The Rafi Foundation – Cell : 9833250701
Naushan Academy : 9821615945
a silky smoothed voice there will never be………rafisaab”s demise, 30 years on, has left an irreplaceable void in the industry… sonu nigam’s re-creation of rafi’s past numbers is about the only memory lefty of teh crooner..” mujhko mere baad zamaana dhundhe gaa…………..” ———-so aptly sung by him.
what a pity that his son muhammad aziz, who was a close second to his style, did not continue in the same manner.
:koi bhi aur kalaakaar dil ko bahlaataa nahi”
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can u plz send me rafi sahib’s full song- TERE AANE KI AAS HAI DOST …… PLZ PLZ PLZ IT’S URGNT 🙁
MR MOHD RAFI SHAHB,WAS A LEGEND SIGER OF OUR GREAT INDIA.HE BORN 24, DECMEBER, 1924 IN KOTLA SULTAN SINGH AMIRTSIR.IN AGE ONLY 7 HE LREANT HINDUSTANI CLASSICAL MUSIC UNDER THE USTAAD WAHID ALI KHAN AND GHULAM ALI KHAN.RAFI SHAHB STARTED HIS CAREER IN 1944.MUSIC DIRCTER SHAYMSUNDER GAVE THE FIRST BREAKTHREW OF PUNJABI FILM GLU BLOCH.’SONIYE HIRIYE TERI YAAD NE BHAUT STAYA’ WAS THE FIRST SONG OF RAFI SAHAB.THAN HE STARTED HIS BIGGEST AND LONG CAREER.1944 BETWEEN 1980 HE SUNG GREAT SONG FROM US.HIS VOICE CALL A ‘SOULFULL VIOCE’. IN HI CAREER HE SUNG 26,000 SONG.WAS A RECORD IN FILM HISTORY.IN HIS CAREER HE WON THE 6 FILMFARE AWARD.THE FIRST WAS CHODAVI KA CHAND HO .2 TERI PYAARI-2 SOORAT KO KISKI.3 CHAHUGA MAIN THUJE.4 BHARO PHOOL BERSAYO. 5 DIL KE JHROKE ME THUJKO. 6 KYA HUA TERA VAADA. IN 1965 THE PADMASHREE AWERD GIVEN BY PERSIDENT MR ZAKIRHUSAIN.NAUSHAD’ MUSIC SHAKEEL LYRIC AND RAFI SHAHB VOICE GIVEN THE SUPER DUPER SONG FOR US.1960 BETWEEN 1970 WAS A LEGEND YEARS FOR HIM.HIS LAST SONG WAS OF FILM ‘AAS PASS’ .TERE AANE KI AAS HAI DOST SHAYM PHIR KYO UDHAAS HAI DOST.HIS LAST WORD SAID OF LAXMIKANT PYARELAL ‘OK NOW I WILL LIVE’ IN 31 JULY 1980, HE LEFT THIS WORLD.RAFI SHAHB IS NOT WITH US BUT HIS SONG LWAYS WITH OUR HEART.
I was 4 years old and went with my elder sister to see Junglee in a Talkies in Pretoria South Africa. ever since that day I \am locked in mind and matter on the doings of the team of Rafi saab and Naushad saab.
When the King came here in South Africa and sang in the Film Trust Arena I used to worked 400 Km From there but travelled for the two show which were sung by him.
And on both occassions met his wife and Rafi Saab.
WHAT A SINGER A CALIBRE SECOND TO NONE.
THIS WAS INDIAS GREATEST SON EVER BORN>
Tum bahoot acha funkar heh aur tumarie zindagi bahoot choyi si hogee.
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Moosa Hassim
no doubt we miss both GREAT Rafi saheb and Naushad saheb. no doubt the songs composed by Naushad saheb and the songs of Rafe saheb have no match even today. What I miss most is that we do not have many video clips of him.I wish he could have lived more years.
may allah keep them in peace
‘tum mujhe u bhula na paoge’
I recall the song “Ye Zindagi Ke Mele Duniya Mein Kam Na Honge, Afsoos Hum Na honge”. Indead today neither Rafi Saab, Naushad and Shakil Saab the one who has penned these incredible lyrics are no more. But their works will be remembered for years to come.
To the Rafi FANS all over the globe,
I wished these two legends happy birthday, on their anniversary. Rafi saheb was my singing idol. With all the memories of those great music combination, they leave behind fans from all over the globe.
R. Ali,
Trinidad.
Good article,
I wish both Naushad and Rafi had survived for many more years and contributed to the outstanding music they had created. Neither their songs have lost their relevance today nor the films have lost significance.
I have mentioned their contribution in my article in http://stationhollywood.blogspot.com
In fact when Mughal-i-azam got reprinted as a coloured film, I again heard the notable songs composed by Naushad which are still colourful.
Souvik Chatterji.
rafilover is better
Rafi saab lovers: Can we refrain from calling ourselves
r a f i a n – as the legend was never a rough person.
He was sublime, passionate of his art and a perfect personality hence
the word ‘rafian’ does’nt seem to be appropriate.
can we all call ourselves : as rafi …yaar/s
binu nair .. the rafi foundation…. mumbai.
hope u enjoyed
my dad mohanflora is a die hard rafi fan-or as he wants to be called a rafian.
whenever i ask him who was better from rafi and kishore,he always says rafi by far.
here i made a video where i made him say
“I wish i could say kishore kumar was better than rafi but rafi was better.”
but then i sliced the video into parts and made a video where he says
“kishore kumar was better than rafi.”
now i tease him all the time by showing him this video.
here is the link on you tube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nai0xs9p2Ts
happy birthday rafi saab and naushad saab.
Very fondly remember you though not seen you in person but you both live in my heart and rafisaab you are like an angel. Not a single day goes by without hearing to your songs.
Today I saw the channel sony tv which is about to start a singing show based on kishore kumar.This is the blatant partiallity going on since the time of rafi saab.
I feel very sad.
I still belive justice will prevail and rafi saab will be given Bharat Ratna which rightfully belongs to him
rafi saheb ek awaz ,ek tassbur ,ek ehsas hi jinhe bina ruh k mehsoos nahi kiya ja sakta,unk ek,ek geet me sari Qaynat samayi hui hai.
I LOVE RAFI SAHEB
( RADHEY)
” bar bar yeh din aaye aur bar bar yeh dil gaye” . happy birthday to Rafi saheb and Naushad saheb and many many happy returns of the day.
wishing all a happy idd, christmas and new year,2008.
best regards
biman baruah, sivasagar,assam
YESTERDAY we were passing by a mosque and mr. Kakaji Joginder pal
the naushad and rafi saab ‘sevak’ stopped his car in front of the mosque
and prayed for a minute.
I was not surprised but thought for a while about the humanly
traits of a singer and a musician. exactly the way : naushad saab
and rafi saab saw humanity and the religions.
the song and picturisation of : Man tadpat hari darshan ko…
from baiju bawra came to my mind…..
I wish my muslim brothers : a happy id and prosperous times ahead
As i said in this world we all celebrate cristmas eve on 24th dec and cristmas day on 25th dec we all know that on other hand 24th dec mohd rafi Saab.s birthday and 25th dec Naushad Saab.s birthdaywe all miss mohd rafi Saab & Naushad Saab
after all this,mohd rafi saab given his voice to all of us each song with meaning full songs ,with no boady can forget till now.The voice sayes “mujh ko mere baad zamana dhoonde ga” so we know 24th dec & 31st july mohd rafi Saab.s two days
Credits…
Picture no 1 : Joginder kaka being introduced to dilip saab by
legend naushad.
Picture no.2 : Joginder kaka performing Naushad saabs songs
on the occassion on naushad saabs birthday….
Mr. Joginder kaka has done ‘seva’ of naushad saaheb for 14 years
as a sevak can only do. He is a trained singer and performs
majestically on stage and he is a great rafi singer in mumbai.
He has converted his terrace about 800 square feet in to a
music hall – for the benefit of music lovers – for free…
Joginder Kakaji is a rare kind of a person, very humble and
willing to go the extra mile – for the love of music.
He will sing some great naushad saab numbers on 25th and on
24th dec in the above programmes.
Binu Nair///the rafi foundation////
if we speak when music born in Bollywood we will say from late 40’s was child in 50’s was young 60’s that all because of Nausand and Mohd Rafi as I think..
Kudos to Binu Nair and his team for celebrating the birthday of two of the best legends Rafi sahab and Naushad sahab.
I have heard Joginder Kaka’s rendering of soulful melodies and wish him all the best
in this world we all celebrate cristmas eve on 24th dec and cristmas day on 25th dec we all know that on other hand 24th dec mohd rafi Saab.s birthday and 25th dec Naushad Saab.s birthdaywe all miss mohd rafi Saab & Naushad Saab
One of the most wonderful occasions perhaps that on consequent days the birthdays of two great legends – RAFI SAHAB and NAUSHAD SAHAB – are being celebrated. I got the information today in the afternoon from an unexpected source from Mumbai, my akka Mrs. Savitri Babulkar (and I had thought she may not have been visiting this site). I immediately check in to find all the details. Naushad Sahab and Rafi sahab complimented one another so beautifully that rare masterpieces were created by them. Most of the movies happen to star dilip kumar and lyrics by shakeel badayuni and majrooh sultanpuri. it was as though the pair of rafi sahab and naushad sahab were ‘made for each other’. i wish the programmes on the two days all success and greetings to the organisors of the show, the rafi foundation and to the families of naushad sahab, majrooh sultanpuri sahab and rafi sahab. please report further details after the programme too. asmurty2@rediffmail.com
Rafi Saheb and Naushad Saheb both were made for each other. They gave us unforgettable songs which are remembered even today. I wish both of them a very very happy birthday. We miss you.