Meri Awaaz Suno ~ Mohammed Rafi AT|*Centenary Countdown P.11 - Page 6

Perhaps BwF would be a better place for this thread? Since it's about actors and not musicians?

Originally posted by: average-student

please make a thread for forgotten actors of bollywood :/ those who were at top but totally forgotten with time.

what do you say? Can we have this thread on forgotten actors? They can be from any cinema... Hollywood/ Bollywood/ Regional films....

Originally posted by: LizzieBennet

Sorry forgot to tag you Madhu..

what do you say? Can we have this thread on forgotten actors? They can be from any cinema... Hollywood/ Bollywood/ Regional films....

Hum Aur tum Aur Ye Sama from 1959 Dil Deke Dekho.

Compositions like these prove again and again the kind of melody we have lost,

Rafi is in his element as usual. DDD was Usha Khanna's first film as a Composer.

17 year old Asha Parekh looks like a million bucks.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqVVa4UFjGA

Originally posted by: surajhere

Hum Aur tum Aur Ye Sama from 1959 Dil Deke Dekho.

Compositions like these prove again and again the kind of melody we have lost,

Rafi is in his element as usual. DDD was Usha Khanna's first film as a Composer.

17 year old Asha Parekh looks like a million bucks.

You say Asha Parekh, I say Shammi Kapoor. She didn't stand a chance against the dual assault of Rafi's voice and Shammi's looks!

Originally posted by: LizzieBennet

This song! AHHHH! Rafi's voice is like makhmal and makkhan

You say Asha Parekh, I say Shammi Kapoor. She didn't stand a chance against the dual assault of Rafi's voice and Shammi's looks!

Nahhh, she is pretty but in DDD she looked prettier, Shammi Kapoor should count his stars she debuted with him. Any way she had a crush on Nasir Khan, the director of her debut film.

Originally posted by: surajhere

Nahhh, she is pretty but in DDD she looked prettier, Shammi Kapoor should count his stars she debuted with him. Any way she had a crush on Nasir Khan, the director of her debut film.

You mean Nasir Hussain. Yep, she never married because of her feelings for him and the fact that he couldn't leave his family.

Originally posted by: LizzieBennet

Bro..Shammi was a huge star when Asha debuted in DDD! Tumsa Nahi Dekha was supposed to be Ameeta's launch vehicle but Shammi walked away with all the accolades. No question about who the lucky one is here Even Asha will agree

You mean Nasir Hussain. Yep, she never married because of her feelings for him and the fact that he couldn't leave his family.

I am not disputing Shammi Kapoor was a bigger star, I am saying Asha Parekh was just too pretty in DDD. Shammi Kapoor was fortunate to be star of the debut vehicle of such a beautiful woman.

Dec 24th was Mohammed Rafi's 99th Birth Anniversary.

Can you imagine the Golden Era - 40s to 60s (even the 70s to an extent) - without Rafi? I cannot. And though it was the best period for music and playback singers in Hindi films (imo), his name stands tall above the rest. His simple persona coupled with his sincerity and dedication to his craft remains unparalleled to this day. As does how he would embody every actor's on-screen and off-screen persona in his voice when he sang for them.

https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/mohammed-rafis-birth-anniversary-saira-banu-recalls-his-mystical-bond-with-dilip-kumar-4733844

The five songs listed here are only the tip of the iceberg in what is a vast ocean of musicality.

https://www.deccanherald.com/features/remembering-mohammed-rafi-on-his-99th-birth-anniversary-2823541

What are your favorite Rafi songs?

I'm going to try and make a Rafi Top 10 list with different music directors and a different hero on screen.

Will try and pick lesser known names. The bolded names indicate the actor and Music Director in that order.

1. Raaj Kumar/ C. Ramchandra

Song: Ye Hasrat thi ke iss duniya mein

Film: Nausherwan-e-Adil (1957)

Lyricist: Parvez Shamsi

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5t9zzhAPDQM

2. Rehman/ Husnlal-Bhagatram

Song: Ek dil ke tukde hazaar huye

Film: Pyar ki jeet (1948)

Lyricist: Qamar Jalalabadi

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcJg5LCo4a8

3. Mehmood/ Usha Khanna

Song: Maine rakha hai mohabbat

Film: Shabnam (1964)

Lyricist: Javed Anwar

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpNBRUkEAm4