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Originally posted by: oldblackjoe
o duniya rakhwaale is YOUR favourite by him? 😕
shocking..
anyway i forgot to add that song.. it should be entitled "devotion at its best"
This appeal is from all Rafi fans and members of The Rafi Foundation.
But have we been fair to the genial giant whose voice soothes many a body and soul day unfailingly every day? The answer, unfortunately is a 'no'. He swamped our lives for four decades, made his peerless voice an integral part of our psyche, rose above all petty human barriers and set a glorious example of impeccable dignity and honour in a strife-torn world. Rafisaab, as the world knew him, was an epitome of excellence and paragon of virtues in an industry notorious for its crass commercial values.
We as the people and government, have done precious little to perpetuate his memory. If this jewel lives on, it is because of his uniquely mind-boggling, 24-carat achievements that spanned an entire eon and swept generations. It must be the only instance of its kind where one personality has dominated the profession so comprehensively — four decades in a life that was cruelly cut short at just 56.
AMONG THE GREATEST INDAN BORN
Mohd Rafi
It is an acknowledge fact. In his lifetime, the greatest singer of this country became a legend by sheer dint of his virtuosity. A man singing a marathon 25,000 songs in a career that spanned for four relentlessly melodious decades is an example unheard of in the annals of any profession. No other personality has dominated any profession in this manner. He made this priceless contribution to art and music which perhaps no one can replicate. His peer, Lata Mangeshkar, who has similar achievements to her credit has already been conferred with the prestigious award. Most social, cultural and political organizations have conceded in black and white that Mohommed Rafi is undoubtedly among the greatest 100 Indians ever born. Now it is for the Indian Government to honour this people's verdict and ser right a historic wrong.
TRUE AMBASSADOR OF THE COUNTRY
Mohammad Rafi is a jewel in India's crown. His devotees have conferred their own Bharat Ratna on him. Still, it would be doing yeoman's service to this shining light if the government gets its act together and confers this highest civilian award on him, although late in the day. Indeed, the title Bharat Ratna would feel honoured to be bestowed on this truly great son of the soil.
Mohd Rafi
Mohammad Rafi was the true ambassador of this country - an iconic symbol who persona and career can be succinctly euologised as cultural heritage. There is not a lexicon made that can encompass his astonishing feats. The respect, love and adoration the country has for him is phenomenal by all standards even today where tomorrow becomes yesterday in no time. He was past-perfect, and will remain future-perfect because time has very rarely shown the courtesy to stand still for mortals whose reputation also comes with a short shelf life.
His ageless voice brought India closer to the world. Indeed he was by far the most popular, respect and admired singer.
It is hardly necessary to list the legendary exploits of this Great. To have provided unmatched brilliance to thousands of compositions, to have provided sparkle to the works of innumerable lyricists and composers is a feat unheard of in the annals of music. It could be only God's own voice that could survive in a profession of cut-throats and with such a flourish. The sublime divinity in his voice tuned with his charitable disposition. To him, the song came first, rewards and remuneration later.
A ONE-MAN INSTITUTION
Mohommed Rafi was a man of tall character and tall achievements. Such was his profound influence that he became the eternal banyan tree of the film fraternity, this one-man music institution gave bread and butter to thousands of people. Today, twenty-seven years after his passing away, he is still a one-man 'Gharana'. To be a Mohommed Rafi clone is actually considered to be a compliment by many upcoming singers.
Even today, all young and budding singers make no bones that they want to grow up to be another Rafisaab. It is amazing that twenty eight years after his death Mohommed Rafi continues to hold the same sway and charisma that he held during his incomparable career.
Mohd Rafi
It is a sad commentary that while we as people sing paens to him, we as government fail to recognize the greatness of this titan who was secularism personified. A formal Padma Shri and one busy throughfare in Mumbai's suburban Bandra in his name is all that we have done for this wonderful singer who sang Bhajans with the same depth and gusto as the patriotic songs. When the country lapsed into its first worst riots in 1948 after Mahatma Gandhi's assassination, Mohammed Rafi's was the only sane voice that soothed our nerves with "Suno suno ae duniyawalon Bapu ki yeh amar kahani." When the nation went through anxious times in the wake of Chinese aggression in 1962, his voice gave us the strength to guard our fronts with a soul-stirring "Kar chale hum fida jaan-o-tan saathiyon." During the wars with Pakistan, his diminutive presence and Pahadi voice fired the Indian soldiers, for whom he specially sang in war zones.
GLITTERING CAREER
Mohommed Rafi sang for 41 years. In this marathon span, his voice captured every human emotion, every note, every range and every mood. He was a man for all seasons. The mind boggling 25,000 songs of myriad hues that he song are an unimpeachable testimony to a career that will remain one-off in the history of playback singing. He lent his unique voice to the compositions of over 175 composers, brought out the sparkle in the lyrics of over 275 lyricists and sang for virtually every actor of the Indian cinema, spanning generations.
GREAT BINDING FORCE, ABOVE RELIGION
Mohommed Rafi was far ahead of his times, a man who was above any religion. Indeed his only dharma was to sing and which he did with such merit. A Muslim he may have been by birth, but he sang the maximum bhajans and with so much feelings. One has to only soak in the Bhakti Rasa to know that here was a performer whose brilliance crossed all human barriers and was a great binding force for all religions, which unfortunately are mired in petty issues. Today, if the country desperately needs any messiah, it has to be Mohommed Rafi hands down.
Mohammad Rafi deserves Bharat Ratna for more reasons than one. He was one simple soul who was above factional and religious politics. The government would be sending right signals to all right-thinking people of this country by conferring Bharat Ratna on Mohammad Rafi posthumously. The precedent to bestow this coveted award posthumously has already been set.
Mohd Rafi
We earnestly feel that giving Mohammad Rafi this long-awaited due, will serve as a great binding force for the distanced Hindu-Muslims. For, here was a personality, who despite his lack of formal education, had the courage of conviction and the cultural resilience to bring these two religions together. The love for Rafisaab transcends religion, caste, creed, gender and nationalities.
IDEAL CITIZEN AND A BEACON LIGHT
We passionately appeal to the committee that names the civilian awards that he be honoured aptly with the Bharat Ratna - befitting of the 26th January occasion. Rafisaab, as we all know, will never fade away from human memory. Such is his glittering career. An ideal citizen and an ideal professional, he was an embodiment of all virtues. He will remain a beacon light for not only music lovers, but also to all those who are blessed to be born in this country.
We at the Rafi Foundation feel it is a privilege to run this campaign for a path-breaker maverick who brings an unrequited joy to millions across the world. The humanity would be that much poorer not to acknowledge and appreciate his class act - stuff folklores are made of. For, honouring Mohammad Rafi is honouring humanity itself.
Mohd Rafi
May we again ardently appeal to you to confer the country's highest award on him and do justice that he so eminently deserves. While the Government of Maharashtra has agreed in principle for the same, it will be creditable if the government in Delhi announces his name at the earliest.
We hope this time round the government corrects this wrong true to the dictum "Der aaye, durust aaye."
Long live Mohammad Rafi.
😆😆😆...actually i went to google to find out the best song by Rafi sahaab...and this song was at the top of the list!!! LOL😆....but anyways...i'm sure Rafi fans are gonna like it!!!! here is another one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50YSlkzT9Bg&feature=related
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This article is written by Mr. Bhargav P Vasavada.
'Usi ne ha lootaa, mazaa zindagi ka, mohabbat me jo ho gaya ho kisika'. When it comes to the 'lootaa…' part, an engrossed listener would feel as if there is a sudden spurt of intoxication after all the intensely peaceful imbibing that has been going on till then. We know the shift in gears that Rafi Sahib was uniquely capable of doing, yet we wonder how come there is still that bit extra every time he paired up with Shamsher Singh Kapoor, better known as Shammi Kapoor, the icon almost singularly responsible for changing the image of the lead actor to a rebellious lover brimming with confidence and charisma. It's that era that we are going to focus on today.Of course there are some other very important pieces to this jigsaw, namely O P Nayyar, Shankar Jaikishan, Majrooh, Shailendra and so on. The very fact that when we close our eyes and think of the Shammi era, the term 'music' brings up the name 'OP', goes on to show the heights achieved by the master in the good old days of Kapoor's kinly association with Shankar Jaikishan.
With due lack of respect to the storylines and directions, it would be an understatement to remark that some of the flicks around then were made worth remembering purely because of the genius of Rafi-Shammi Siamese duo. It almost seemed they had the music ready to go, but somehow they had to knit a story and some side cast around it for packaging purpose. Whether it was the royally inglorious 'Prince' or the princely mediocre 'Rajkumar' or the equally average 'Kashmir ki Kali' - all of them were fortunate enough to carve a place in the annals of Hindi music, purely because of individual brilliances of SK, RS, OP and SJ.
Mohd Rafi with Shammi Kapoor, Shankar, Datta Ram, Hasrat Jaipuri and others
Which lesser mortal, if not already aware of it, would be able to claim its a dubbing when Shammi approaches Sadhana crawling on all fours acting out 'vo dekho mujhse rooth kar meri jaan ja rahi hai'. Rafi sahib is the best mimic of all time, having mimicked with finesse to give voice to a galaxy of actors. Though somehow, perhaps just by design, it seems even the mimic didn't have to be anything but at his natural most, when it came to singing for Shammi. Of course great credit to the actor as well, else who would believe the way he fools the audience in 'hai duniya usiki…' into believing for a moment that a second Rafi was born - or was it that Rafi tried this number in a spiritually uplifted state as well? It never happened with Shammi-Manna combo somehow, although the music was melodious as ever. You never feel the same onscreen chemistry in 'jhoomta mausam mast mahina..' although Manna da is bright as ever in the foot tapping classic.
It is not surprising thus, that SK himself was quite good at appreciating music. He played an active role in the selection, creation, recording and concept of his music and the final filming of his songs. In fact few know that it was Shammi-Rafi who had decided in consultation with OP that every 'taarif' in 'taarif karun mai kya uski' would be rendered differently by RS and would be differently enacted each time by SK. Such were the days of versatile artistry and teamwork. SK once recalled that when OP was zeroed on for Kashmir ki kali, he was ready with 52 tunes, from which the bosses RS and SK selected 9 of the best!
Mohd Rafi with Shammi Kapoor
Talent can sometimes be a quality for lifetime! After Geeta Bali's death, ironically associated so much now with the real life like acting in 'Tumne mujhe dekha..' by SK, he was to lose interest and cut down on his work. However flashes of SK-RS brilliance did keep coming as in the pahadi based 'dil ke jharokhe me…' I sometimes try to sing this number out of sheer disregard to greatness, only to realize my lesser mortal stature very soon.
From the chocolate like, almost childlike 'hum aur tum aur ye saman…' to one of the best lullabies in 'mai gaon tum so jao…' over the years, this pair has given us a reason - reason to smile, reason to be ourselves, reason to just forget our self importance in presence of something supremely sublime.
Originally posted by: oldblackjoe
yeh reshmi zulfein is one of my faves, but it is udit narayan's favourite song of all time.
Originally posted by: oldblackjoe
MOHAMMED RAFI - GOD OF VERSATILITY: click on the links to see the master in action:
Qawwali at its best
Romance at its best
High Pitch at its best
low pitch at its best
Sadness at its best
Happy Romance at its best
Melancholic love at its best
Comedy at its best
Great Thread in memory of the most versatile male singer in the Universe.👏👏👏It is almost impossible to find another singer who is equally accomplishedin so many genres from classicals, to ghazals, to qwallis, modern songs etc.
Mannat Har Khushi Paane Ki
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