PrinceAli@HF had contributed this on HF. Mr. Vishwas Nerurkar’s excellent book on Shanker Jaikishan, which has some great articles on the duo. Here is an extract from one such article written by reputed film producer, and one of Jaikishan’s best friends, Sateesh Wagle:

During the making of Pyar Hi Pyar the government had bestowed the Padmashree on Shankar Jaikishan. We were, ofcourse, thrilled with the news. I accompanied Jaikishan to Delhi for the award ceremony and stayed at the Oberoi. One morning, (more…)

A poem by a person who wishes to remain Anonymous.

He enters like a new blossomed jasmine
Filling the room with radiance
A person so shy when he speaks (more…)

This is written by naveen@HF

A few days ago I was watching Home Delivery, a movie starring Vivek Oberio. Tiku (famous comedian) was playing a neighbour who would be singing alaps all the time, thus irritating neighbours. (more…)

This article is written by Anmol Singh.

I remember long ago it was 25th June 1983 when the Cricket World Cup final between India & West Indies was being telecast. As the match was progressing there was a failure in telecast of the match in Mumbai Doordarshan. (more…)

Article by mohdrafi.com

The beauty of this song is simply outstanding. Music by Iqbal and lyrics by Neeraj is prominent. Its with a quality that thrusts itself into attention. The salient projection of feelings in the vocals of Rafi Sahab is simply adroit and artful. (more…)

This article is by Sajdah@HF

Mohd Rafi. The very name transports you immediately to the vintage era of Hindi film music. The thought crosses your mind; what would the world of Hindi music, have been like, had there been no Rafi? Imagine living in a world without colour? That’s how it would it would have been! (more…)

An article by mohdrafi.com

I want to be a blend of Mohd Rafi and Kishore Kumar says 29 year old SaReGaMa finalist, Debojit, who is an Assamese and an engineer in a govt. job. Its so fascinating to listen to all the budding talents from all across India and from all walks of life. (more…)

This article is edited reproduction from Sunday Magazine; August 17 1980. It is sent to us by Mohan Flora. It was published by the Telegraph, Kolkatta. When the great Rafi Sahib left this world all of a sudden, he was enjoying a great surgence and was reigning the music charts as this article will illustrate. Furthermore, songs sung by Rafi which did not enjoy much popularity initially (due to the movies faring poorly) are more remembered than songs sung by other singers, especially in the 1977 and 1983 phase, even though Rafi Sahib left us in 1980. – Mohan Flora

This Sunday will be 25 years since we lost the voice of Mohd Rafi. But lost, says who? By Anil Grover. Since 1966, the world of Indian film music has been losing its stalwarts one by one though music has its own way of evading the sound of silence. (more…)

An article by mohdrafi.com

Sa Re Ga Ma Finalist, Vineet says his role model is Mohd Rafi and the singing senation of today’s playback Sonu Nigam. Vineet is 16 year old and a Sa Re Ga Ma finalist. He is known as the guy with a cap. He says its his lucky cap and he always prefers to wear it on when he is out there singing. (more…)

This article is written by Sajdah @ HF

Mohd Rafi is a name to reckon with in Hindi film music, both now as well as before. That’s hardly surprising, when a good number of today’s playback singers owe their inspiration as well as their career, to this gentle giant of the music world. (more…)