The listeners of music all over the world remember the all-time great singer Mohammad Rafi on 31st July, 2013. The noble soul had left his admirers 33 years ago. Yet he is alive in numerous everlasting hit songs which are heard and cherished for generations. Read More »

The 33rd Anniversary of Mohd. Rafi, The Great Singer of this Earth planet falls on 31st July. 33 Years means two generations and certainly Rafi sahib is still impressing the coming generations also. The mass have always been with Mohd. Rafi, though he has never been judiciously recognized by the India Govt. He was never given any civilian award of the country higher than ‘Padamshri.’ We must say and it is a fact that the highest awards like ‘Bharat Ratan’ are just dwarves before Rafi Sahib. Read More »

Mohd Rafi and Mahendra Kapoor

His Guru Rafi Sahab
Mahendra was around 13 when he heard the Mohammed Rafi number Yahan badla wafa ka (Jugnu, 1947) and was totally mesmerized by the singer. “Dad somehow found out Rafi saab’s house in Bhendi Bazaar and reached there even though it was a riot-affected area post-Partition,” recalls Ruhan. Read More »

Sanjeev Dixit has compiled a list of 32 statements done by various stalwarts in Industry about pious Rafi Sahab. They are listed below. Read More »

Mohd Rafi with Ashok Kumar

Every Rafi fan remembers many melodious songs of Rafi, rendered under the baton of Great Music Directors like Naushad, Shankar Jaikishan, S D Burman, Madan Mohan, Roshan, O P Nayyar, Ravi, Usha Khanna and the long list goes upto Bappi Lahiri. It will be very much interesting for us to take a deep dive into the ocean of Rafi’s songs to collect the gems produced by less remembered Music Directors or those who produced sparkling songs in their small career and disappeared like a firefly. Read More »

Mohd Rafi with Geeta Dutt

The man who became a Radio Repairer in his early days only to hear the HEAVENLY VOICE OF RAFI SAAB from Radio Cylon and Vividh Bharati is Radio Koya. I met him last week at his residence in Calicut, Kerala. The sit out where “Rafi Mehfil” is being conducted on every Sunday evenings with two big portraits of Rafi Saab welcoming us while entering the home. Calicut is the ‘City of Music Lovers’ and Rafi Saab is their favorite than any other singer – local or other languages. Read More »

I have made a list of Rafi sahab 25 different songs, with different letters, with different actors, and different movies. Help me list a song starting with letter ‘X’. Read More »

Recently Indian cinema completed 100 years and on this occasion, the BBC Asian Network online listed about 100 songs and asked the readers to choose the favorite song from the list. The readers selected Baharon Phool Barasavo, the romantic song from 1966 film, Suraj, starring Rajendra Kumar and Vyajayntimala Bali. Read More »