Shammi Kapoor, Shankar Jaikishan and Rafi
Sunday, April 26th, 2009This article is written by Mr. Souvik Chatterji

Mohd Rafi with Shammi Kapoor, Hasrat, Jaikishan
When Shammi Kapoor was informed about Rafi’s death in 1980, he was told by the informer that he had lost his own voice. In other words it was said that Rafi’s voice had reached the soul of Shammi Kapoor, whose success in bollywood films was largely dependent on the golden voice of Rafi. Shankar Jaikishan had contributed in around 22 films of Shammi Kapoor and without the magical duo Rafi’s combination with Shammi Kapoor would not have fulfilled the popular demands of the musical audience. (more…)