This article is written by Mr. Unni Menon.

Timeless . One word that encapsulates the singing of Mohd. Rafi. (more…)

This article is featured on Rediff.

What does one write about the great Mohammed Rafi? I run the risk of penning meaningless platitudes in an attempt to do so. His mellifluous voice worked wonders for many songs and for more than 30 years. His playback singing enhanced the careers of many a star like Shammi Kapoor, Rajendra Kumar, and Biswajeet, to name only a few. (more…)

This article is by Mr. Robin Bhat

Attached a fascinating spreadsheet on the subject, with thanks to all the anthology experts (primarily Mr. Ghanam’s book) for their unasked-for permission to replicate. (more…)

Read the complete interview at http://www.chennaionline.com/chennaicitizen/2004/02kjyesudas.asp

South Indian singing sensation, Yesudas in one of his interviews posted on chennaionline.com today declared that: (more…)

This article is translated by Ms. Chitralekha

Hi all, I finally managed to translate part of that Gujarati article about Rafi sahab. Posting it on here for everyone to read. (more…)

After much afterthought, the Government has finally taken the move to release the commemorative stamps to honour the great four legendary singers of Hindi Film music. The efforts of Mr.Rajeev Shrivastava have finally yielded fruits and we owe our thanks to him for this. Along with Mohommad Rafi, the other three legendary singers, Kishore Kumar, […]

After much afterthought, the Government has finally taken the move to release the commemorative stamps to honour the great four legendary singers of Hindi Film music. The efforts of Mr.Rajeev Shrivastava have finally yielded fruits and we owe our thanks to him for this. Along with Mohommad Rafi, the other three legendary singers, Kishore Kumar, Mukesh and singer-composer, Hemant Kumar have been honoured. (more…)

The following article was brought to my notice when Sharad posted it on MAS. The article has been trimmed down a bit keeping afloat Rafi details. However, anyone interested can go visit the source at http://tfmpage.com/forum/4980.6302.04.57.19.html

I am Swaminatha Iyer and I am 78 years old. I hail from Tiruchi and I am a part of music associations in Tiruchi, M’as as well as in West Bengal and Maharashtra.

I think it is wrong to condemn music or artists on either side of Vindhyas. Our Indian music is one of the few which has not been cleaned off by the western music though there has always been a influence. It speaks a lot of the richness of our music. Sometime back director of MTV had said that MTV westernized the music wherever it went but in India , MTV had to be Indianized for it to be accepted. A lot of this credit goes to the Indian film music. (more…)

This article is by Mr. Rajinder Bhatia

MOHAMMAD RAFI ON TO HAJ PILGRIMAGE (more…)

This article is by Mr. Rajinder Bhatia

Friends, While going through a box of some old books, I found a treasure – a couple of “Film Sangeet” magazines from 1970. This magazine used to be published by “Sangeet Karyalaya” from Hathras in UP and was actually run by Shri Prabhu Lal Garg, very famous for his humorous poetry under the name “Kaka Hathrasi.” (more…)

This article is written by Mr. Robin Bhat

July 31st is always a sad day for Hindi film music listeners. And again on this July 31, the pain of not hearing the living voice of Mohammed Rafi for 22 long years is as unbearable as it was in 1980. (more…)