Today 24^th December, 2013 is a very special day for Rafi Lovers as 89^th birthday of voice of God: Mohammed Rafi. He was born on 24^th December 1924 at Kotla Sultanpur, a town near Amritsar in undivided Punjab. In childhood, he started singing by imitating chants of a Fakir in his village. He started his career at the age of 20, as singer in a Punjabi film GUL BALOCH (1944) and then moved to Bombay. In Bombay he started his career as a chorus singer in PEHLE AAP (1944) and film BAIJU BAWRA (1952) established him as the number one playback singer of Hindi Cinema. Thus, he was the crown playback singer of Hindi Film Music from AAN (1952) se SHAAN (1980) tak. He is the only singer of generations as well as millennium. Read More »

These are the first two lines of one of my top favourite songs.

Do you know why?

Because Dev Saab sang these words. Yes, I actually thought that it was that tall, not so dark but very handsome and charming young man in a dark suit with a champagne glass in his hand, smiling and flirting away as he sang these lines to further say Chheda mere dil ne taraane tere pyaar ka in the film Asli Naqli. Read More »

Tribute Portrait for Rafi sahib’s Birthday by Ahmadabad based Painter, Mr. Aejaz Saiyed

The Rafi Foundation will celebrate the 89th Birth Anniversary of Singing Legend Mohammad Rafi with a Musical Show on Tuesday, Dec 24 at the Fine Art Auditorium, Chembur.

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Salaams to you all. On this 89th birth anniversary of Rafi Saheb, I decided to pen a few lines in dedication. I wil be a simple write up as I don’t have that much talent in writing nor do I have any real musical knowledge. Read More »

89th birth anniversary of Rafi Saab falls on Tuesday, the 24th December 2013 and all of us, without exception, are still mesmerized with his renditions and are never tired of listening to them. Read More »

Krissh-3 released on 1^st November, 2013 is declared blockbuster for record breaking collection of more than 100 crores in the Indian Box Office in 10 days which crossed now 300 crores worldwide. I was very fortunate to see the movie on demand from my kids on 3^rd November, 2013 in a city multiplex. Till date it is the paramount Indian special effect, science fiction and superhero movie like Superman, Batman, and Spiderman of Hollywood. A 60 plus director Rakesh Roshan made a break-through with this film. The film will be definitely nominated for Filmfare Awards for categories like Best Film, Best Director, Best Music Director, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress and Best Villain. Read More »

Sunil Dutt – Mohd Rafi

Greetings to the Rafi community.

Keeping in mind the need for a proper introduction, I’ve decided to begin this article with a brief overview of… well, myself!

My name is Maaz Shaikh and this is my very FIRST article since the emergence of this fantastic site. Over the past 4 years now (2009-2013… and running), I’ve been diligently reading all of the brilliant pieces of literary praise, appreciation and approval that have been bestowed upon this noble soul and his amazing body of work… both, inside the recording studio and outside it. Read More »