By Achal Rangaswamy

Every year, on the 31^st of July, the entire world comes to a standstill to pay homage to someone who has gone down in history not just as one of the greatest singers of all time but also one of the greatest human beings to have walked on earth.

By: Dr Souvik Chatterji (Associate Professor in Law and Head of Department, JIS University, Kolkata)

Rafi Sahab is remembered all over the world on his death anniversary on 31^st July 2022. Every music director and composer between 1940s to 1970s rose to fame due to their association with Rafi Sahab.

By Anmol Singh

In films we have songs that represent a certain situation in the story line. The situation can be of solitude, expressing sadness or conveying a strong message through a powerful poetry presented with a bare minimum use of musical instruments. 

By Achal Rangaswamy

A handsome hero sings and woos his lady love. An indifferent looking man sings about the lady who has besotted him. A wooden-faced middle aged man croons about the one who has stolen his heart. And a matinee idol belts out a romantic number.

By: Dr Souvik Chatterji (Associate Professor in Law and Head of Department, JIS University, Kolkata)

Rafi Sahab is remembered all over the world on his birth anniversary on 24th December, 2021. He had remained an inspiration for numerous singers all over the world. While he received filmfare for best male playback singer 6 times, there were many more songs in which he deserved the filmfare award.

By Achal Rangaswamy

Dev Saab sang these words in a movie called ASLI NAQLI.  The lines were Pyaar Ka Saaz Bhi Hai….Dil ki Aawaaz bhi hai……And I actually thought that it was that tall, not so dark but very  handsome and charming young man in a dark suit with a champagne glass in his hand, smiling and flirting away as he sang these lines to further say Chheda mere dil ne taraane tere pyaar ka in the film Asli Naqli. (more…)

By Achal Rangaswamy

This was perhaps one of those oft- recurring dreams…..

I sat, thinking to myself – “Lagta nahin hai dil mera Ujade dayar mein”.  I was missing my idol, my God, the great soul whose voice had taken total possession of me from the evening that I slipped on the rain drenched patch of road outside a theatre in Chennai, as I came out after watching a tall and handsome young man call out “Khoya Khoya chaand”.
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By: Dr Souvik Chatterji (Associate Professor in Law and Head of Department, JIS University, Kolkata)

Rafi Sahab is remembered all over the world on his birth anniversary on 24th December, 2020. He had remained an inspiration for numerous singers all over the world. While he received filmfare for best male playback singer 6 times, there were many more songs in which he deserved the filmfare award. (more…)

By KS Ramachandran (Chandan)

Many singers have come and gone. Many have tried to emulate the voice of Rafi Saab. No one could match his softness, depth, range, emotion, feel, modulation and many other parameters in singing…and he sang so naturally. (more…)

By Jagdish K. Bhagchandani

India is a land of immense multiplicity with rich and wonderful cultural heritage. It is a country of many religious/ ethnic groups, multi-linguistic population. Various poets, artists, musicians have contributed immensely to depict the nation’s heritage and diversity through their art. (more…)