Rafi vs Kishore a never ending saga..!! - Page 2

^^ Rafi could not sing all the songs that were composed those days.. 😛

Originally posted by: gengarjetty

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http://www.hamaraphotos.com/mohd_rafi_346_91.html

Originally posted by: Indradhanush

Rafi saab may be very taiyyar but I wonder why in those days composition like ketki ghulab daal (Basant Bahar) went to Bhimsen Joshi.

Originally posted by: gengarjetty

he could except for a VERY small selection like ek hasina thi, is mod se jaate hai,etc.. But kishore couldn't sing songs like ni sultana re, teri pyari pyari surat ko, etc thats what gave them separate identities.

Originally posted by: chal_phek_mat

Are you trying to compare Rafi saab and Pt Bhimsen Joshi there😆?

Rafisaab is perhaps the best singer Hindi Film Industry produced till date, but he wasnt even the best classical (male)singer in the Hindi Film Industry, he was the best package that was there, but in classical he was always second choice to Manna Da, and Manna da is also not close to Pt Bhimsen Joshi. Even by Mannada's own admissions he was very reluctant to sing along with Pt ji in Ketaki Gulab and that too in a lead singer role, since the limitations in classical singing are exposed very easily when you are singing next to the best.

Having said that I feel Rafisaab was perhaps the best singer that was there in Hindi film industry, much better than Kishoreda, no disrespect, except for the yoddling anything that Kishoreda could do Rafisaab could do better and could sing even a wider variety of songs. When you talk about singers of that calibre, you tend to get into versatality and that is where Rafisaab was better and the classical knowledge gave him the edge there(Of course IMO). The only reason we can even compare them is b'cos of Panchamda