One Voice, Many Faces = All Hits

Qwest dada's thread --"Your Voice, My Face = Our Hits" inspired me to come out with this topic. While certain voices where commonly associated with certain faces in the golden and the current era, there was one voice in golden era that gave many hits to many many faces... and that voice belong to none other than the great Rafi saab. He gave so many superhits songs to so many different faces -- stone faced Bharat Bhushan, tragedy king Dilip Kumar, evergreen Dev Anand, jubilee star Rajendra Kumar, handsome Sunil Dutt, yahoo Shammi Kapoor, garam Dharam, superstar Rajesh Khanna, jumping jack Jitendra... all the way to chocolate hero Rishi Kapoor. His voice fitted to well to many faces and one voice/many faces gave us some of the greatest hits that we will remember for many generations to come. Below is the list of supert hit songs in one voice - Mohmmed Rafi-- that gave some of the most memorable hits to many faces:

Dilip Kumar - Mohd Rafi

- Tute huye khwabon ne humko yeh sikhaya hai (madhumati)
- koi sagar dil ko behelata nahi (dil diya dard liya)
- aaj ki raat mere dil ki salami lele (ram aur shyam)
- madhuban mein radhika nache re (kohinoor)
- nain lad jai re to manva ma kasak hoi bekari (ganga jamuna)
- o door ke musaafir hamko bhi saath le le re (udan khatola)
- sukh ke sab saathi dukh mein na koi (gopi)
- ude jab jab zulfe teri (naya daur)
- tere husn ki kya tarif karun (leader)

Dev Anand - Mohd Rafi

- tu kahan yeh bata is nashili raat mein (tere ghar ke samane)
- din dhal jaye haye raat na jaay (guide)
- khoya khoya chand, khula aasaman (kaala bazaar)
- aise to na dekho, ke humko nasha ho jaye (teen deviyan)
- hum bhekhudi mein tumko pukare chale gaye (kaala paani)
- main zindagi ka saath nibhat achala gaya (hum dono)

Bharat Bhushan - Mohd Rafi

- zindagi bhar nahi bhulegi woh barasat ki raat (barasat ki raat)
- o duniya ke rakhawale, sun dard bahre mere nale (baiju bawara)
- man tadpat hari darshan ko aaj (baiju bawara)
- duniya na bhaaye mohe ab to bulaale (basant bahar)
- ek pardesi mera dil le gaya (phagun)

Rajendra Kumar - Mohd. Rafi

- baharo phool barsao mere mehboob aaya hai (suraj)
- teri pyra pyaari surat ko kisiki nazr na lage (sasural)
- ae phoolon ki raani bahaaron ki malka tera muskuraana gazab ho gaya (aarzoo)
- mere mehboob tujhe meri mohabbat ki kasam (mere mehboob)
- yeh mera prem patra padhakar (sangam)
- yaad na jayen bite dinon ki (dil ek mandir)

Salil, brilliant great topics.
Your Voice, My Face = Our Hits

Raaj Kumar - Mohd Rafi

- chhu lene de do najook hothonse (kaajal)
- chalo dildar chalo chand ke paar chalo (paakiza)
- yeh duniya yeh mehfil mere kaam ki nahin (heer ranza)
- yeh zulf agar khul ke bikhar jaye to achha (kajal)

Johny Walker - Mohd Rafi

- jugle mein mor nacha (madhumati)
- ae dil hain mushkil jina yahan (c. i. d.)
- sar jo tera chakraye (pyaasa)

Sunil Dutt - Mohd Rafi

- teri ankhon ke siva duniya mein rakha kya hai (chirag)
- aap ke pehlu mein aa kar ro diye (mera saaya)
- rang aur noor ki baarat kise pesh karun (ghazal)
- yeh waadiya yeh fizae bula rahi hai tumhe (kal aur aaj

</> Balraj Sahani - Mohd Rafi - raat bhar ka yeh mehman andhera (sone ki chidiya) - babul ki duwaye leti jaa (neel kamal) - chal ud jaa re panchhi ki ab yeh desh hua begaana (bhabi) - kahaan jaa raha hai tu ae jaanewaale kahaan jaa raha hai (seema)

Wow.. Salil Ji what a thread.. Thanks for sharing 😊 😊

Salilji, nice thread. If we are talking about one voice many faces , then not just Rafi Saab, yet another name comes to mind- its none other than our ever so versatile – Kishore Kumar !!!!

He has sung numerous super-hit songs for Dev Anand, Rajesh Khanna, Amitabh Bachchan, Dharmendra, Shashi Kapoor, Sanjeev Kumar, Rishi Kapoor, Vinod Khanna , Anil Kapoor and many other popular heroes including for himself. But he has sung some evergreen songs for not so famous names as well.Let me list out some of his best melodies for these not so as popular heroes in Hindi films:

Dil Aisa Kisi Ne Mera Toda – Film : Amanush – Actor: Uttam Kumar Raat Kali Ek Khwab Mein Aayee – Film: Buddha Mil Gaya – Actor :Naveen Nischol Tum Bin Jaaoon Kahan – Film: Pyar Ka Mausam – Actor: Bharat Bhushan Aye Khuda Har Faisla Tera Mujhe Manzoor Hai – Film: Abdullah – Actor : Sanjay Khan Phir Wohi Raat Hai – Film: Ghar – Actor: Vinod Mehra Pyar Maanga Hai Tumhi Se – Film: College Girl – Actor: Sachin Haan Pehli Baar Ek Ladki Mera Haath Pakad Ke Boli Haan Re Haan – Film: Aur Kaun – Actor: Sachin Pyar Hi Jeene Ki Soorat Hai – Film: Armaan – Actor : Raj Babbar Teri Duniya Se Hoke Majboor Chala – Film: Pavitra Papi – Actor: Parikshit Sahni Yeh Jeevan Hai Is Jeevan Ka – Film: Piya Ka Ghar – Actor: Anil Dhawan Samjhauta Ghamon Se Kar Lo – Film: Samjhauta – Actor: Anil Dhawan Neele Neele Ambar Par – Film: Kalakaar – Actor: Kunal Goswami Tum Kitni Khoobsoorat Ho Yeh Mere Dil Se Puchho – Film: Jangal Mein Mangal – Actor: Kiran Kumar Dil Kya Kare Jab Kisi Se – Film: Julie – Actor: Vikram Har Koi Chahta Hai Ek Mutthi Aasman – Film: Ek Mutthi Aasman – Actor :Vijay Arora Sama hain suhana suhan Film: Ghar Ghar ki Kahani Actor : Jalal Agha Aanewala pal jaane wala hain - Film: Golmaal Actor : Amol Palekar
1. Bhavre ke gunjan hain mera dil Film: Kal Aaj aur Kal Actor : Randhir Kapoor

There are so many more songs here too to list out..Still haven't mentioned songs for Rakesh Roshan

Adi agree with most of your post above but I dont agree with some of the names being put under category of 'Not Popular Heroes'. They would be Bharat Bhushan since he was the original jubilee man with all his films being hits. Also Amol Palekar was a popular Hero with majority of his movies also being hits like Golmaal, choti si baat, Chit chor, Meri Bewi ki shaadi,Rang Birangi. Sachin in that list is also debatable. The rest I certainly would say were not popular heroes.

I would play devils advocate and say that no doubt Rafi saab and Kishor da were the best singers of all times and have sung for all the heroes. Have many hits with all top heroes and even the not so popular ones. Thus rightly being called One Voice - Many faces.
However in the 70's & 80's (early part) the field of playback was far less conjested as compared to today. There were not many playback singers then and so there was a case of most heroes having a common voice. The same was the case in the female playback singing with only Lata and Asha ruling the roost in the 70's & 80's.
The music directors then did not have many choices available and the 2 greats at that time were Kishor Da and Rafi who were miles ahead of the rest of the pack same was with the mangeshkar sisters. There was no one to compete with them and hence they ended up singing in every movie released during those times.
Similar was the case in early 90's when there was only Kumar Sanu & Udit Narayan and hence if you see movies released from 1988 to 1995 most movies had only these 2 singers for all heroes (SPB was present in a small dose).
However today the times have changed there is lot more competition among singers and also the South singers have invaded the hindi movie scene in a big way plus there are many accross the border and even london based singers hence the MD's have a huge choice/options - KK / Shaan / Sonu / Udit / Sukhwinder / Paki Band singers / Abhijeet/ Adnan Sami etc etc.
Hence its more difficult to have a One Voice many Face scenario in today's time to the extent as in the past.
However Sonu Nigam is one singer who could be the modern answer to One Voice many faces since he has multiple hits for all heroes.

Reema

agree with u,reema.there was less competition those days.Nowadays,becoz of better communication and media exposure(reality shows etc),MD s have a lot of singers to choose from.And,i too think that the modern answer for One Voice many faces is Sonu.In my opinion,his versatility is unparalleled in today's scenario..... he has rendered songs of various moods & his voice has suited most of today's modern heroes.....

Shahrukh-Sonu
Dil deewana (Pardes)
kal ho na ho (kal ho na ho)
tumhi dekho na (kabhi alvida na kehna)
gumshuda (chalte chalte)
dhere jalna (paheli)
tumse milke dil ka hai jo haal(main hoon na)
aaj ki raat(don)
satrangi re (dil se)
suraj hua madham (kabhi khushi kabhi gham)
main hoon na(main hoon na)

Salman khan -Sonu nigam
jeene ke hain char din (mujhse shaadi karogi)
dil mangda hai..aaja soniye (mujhse shaadi karogi)
aisa pehli baar hua hai (har dil jo pyar karega)
humko maloom hai (jaanemann)
sau dard hai(no lip sync) - (jaanemann)
heeriye sehra baandh ke (salaam-e-ishq)
chori chori chupke se (lucky)
sun zara soniye (lucky)

Aamir Khan-Sonu Nigam
Mere haath mein (fanaa)
Dekho na (fanaa)
tanhayee(no lip sync) - (dil chahta hai)

Hrithik Roshan -Sonu Nigam
aao sunaoon pyar ki ek kahani (krrish)
koi tumsa nahin (krrish)
u r my sonia (kabhi khushi kabhi gham)
deewana hai dekho bekarar (kabhi khushi kabhi gham)

Akshay kumar – Sonu nigam
aankhon pe mohabbat likh de (hey babyy)
ada hai hai ada(no lip sync) -(garam masala)
ajnabi sheher hai (jaanemann)
falak dekhun -(garam masala)
ek bewafa hai (bewafaa)
dil dooba (khakee)

Saif Ali Khan-Sonu Nigam
Yeh hawaein gungunaen (parineeta)
Piyu bole (parineeta)
Chake de saare gham (hum tum)

Abhishek bachchan-Sonu Nigam
Tera jadoo chal gaya (Tera jadoo chal gaya)
Ae chand teri chandni ki kasam (Tera jadoo chal gaya)
Aisa lagta hai (refugee)
Panchi nadiya pawan ke jhonke (refugee)
Kachi kaliyan mat todo (laaga chuanri mein daag)
Chup chup ke chup chup ke (bunty aur babli)
Dil mein jo baat hai keh doon (Run)

Some other hits
Pal pal har pal (lage raho)
Bande mein tha dum(lage raho)
Mera rang de basanti chola (legend of bhagat singh)
Saathiya (saathiya)
Halka halka sa yeh nasha (chocolate)
Gustakh dil (dil maange more)
Do pal ruka (veer zaara)
Fiza (fiza)

rock&roll - thanks for your post. That was a good information. Sonu certainly has achieved the same status as what Rafi saab achieved in 50s and 60s and Kishore da in 70s and 80s.

Shammi Kapoor - Mohd Rafi

- yun to humane lakha hansi dekhe hai (tumsa nahi dekha)
- ae gulbadan, ae gulbadan, phoolonki mehek, katonki chubhan (professor)
- yeh chandsa roshan chehra, yeh zeel si geheri ankhe (kasshmir ki kali)
- yahoo! chahe koi mujhe jungli kahe (jungli)

Dharmendra - Mohd Rafi

- aaj mausam bada beimaan hai (loafer)
- aapke haseen rukh pe aaj naya noor hai (baharein phir bhi aayengi)
- hui shaam unka khayaal aa gaya (mere humdum mere dost)
- main jat yamla pagla deewaana ho rabba ittisi baat na jaana (pratigya)

Jeetendra - Mohd Rafi

- rukh e jara naqab uthao, mere huzur (mere huzur)
- aane se usake aye bahar (jine ki rah)
- are ho goriya kahan tera desh re (karwan)
- mast baharonka mein ashiq (farz)

Rajesh Khanna - Mohd Rafi

- yeh reshmi zulfe, yeh sharbati ankhe (do raaste)
- akele hai chale aao jahan ho (raaz)
- gulabi ankhe, jo teri dekhe (the train)
- gunguna rahe hai banware (aaradhana)

Shashi Kapoor - Mohd Rafi

- nilsultana re pyar ka mausam aaya (pyar ka mausam)
- pradesiose na akhiya milana (jab jab phool khile)
- likhe jo khat tujhe woh teri yaad mein (kanya dan)