Mohammed Rafi – Amar Chand ka Amar Gayek
This article was provided by holyfamilydr at aim.com. This article in Urdu is written by: Dr. Khaja Aliuddin, Chicago, USA.
Kaun hai jo Mohd. Rafi ko filmi duniya ke hawale se nahi jantha? Mohd. Rafi na sirf Indo-Pak balke Indo-pak se baher hindustani gayeki ko pasand karne walon ke dilon me apna ek ooncha muqham rakhte hain. Mohd. Rafi ek aise lajawab gayek the jinhone apni khudadad awaz ke bal bote par karoron logon ko bahut jald apna chahne wala banaliya tha. Mohd. rafi ki awaz ek aisi awaz thi jiska mast bhara jadoo aaj bhi sunne walon ke sar chad kar boltha hai aur shayed rahti duniya tak boltha rahega.
Mohd. Rafi ki kahani hamari apni kahani hai. Mohd. Rafi ne apni madh bhari awaz ke zariye hamare zamane aur hamare mahol me ek aisa anokha rang ghola hai ke is rang ke beghairyeh zindagi phiki phiki si lagthi hai. Mohd.Rafi ki shakhsiat ek aisi infiradi shakhsiat thi jisko zaman saddiyon me paida kartha hai. Mohd.Rafi sabse alag, sabse juda apne khas andaz ke ek anokhe gayek the. Unki shakhsiat ek anokhi shakhsiat thi aur us anokhi shakhsiat ki zindagi ke hazaron pahlu the, jisko har samjhne wale ne apne andaz se samjha hai. Ek mukhtasar se mazmoon me Mohd. Rafi ki bharpoor, pahludar shakhsiat ka poora jayeza lene aur uska ehata karna bahut mushkil hai, magar yeh mumkin hai ke apni baath ko mukhtasar karke is ” Amar gayek ” ki amar kahani ko mukhtasar taur par dohradiya jaye.
1943 me woh gane shauqh aur filmi duniya ki umang ko apne dil me lekar Bombay chale aaye. Bombay ke fimi mahol me unka pahla duet Shaam Sundar ne “Gaoon ki Gori keliye record kiya. Aur phir jab MD Feroze Nizami ne Mohd.Rafi ka doosra duet “Yahan badla wafa ka“, Noor Jahan ke saath film “Jugnu” keliye record kiya to yeh gana sare Hindustan me mashoor hogaya aur iske saath hi Mohd. Rafi ki shohrat ka aaghaz hogaya. Iske baad Mohd.rafi kai ek geet gaaye jo unki shohrat ko char chand lagate rahe.
Hindustan ki aazadi ke baad 1948 me jab Mahathma Gandhi ji ka khatal hua aur Mohd.rafi ki awaz me “Sunu suno ai duniyawalo Bapuji ki amar kahani” wala geet record hua to Mohd.rafi ki jazbathi awaz na sirf Hindustan balke Hindustan ke baher bhi jagah jagah pahunch gai aur Gandhiji ke saath Mohd.Rafi ka naam bhi shohrat ke ek aise muqham par pahunch gayajo bahut kam logon ko khismath se haasil hota hai. 1952 me jab film “Baiju Bawra” bani aur iske liye Shakeel Badayuni ke likhe hui naghme Mohd.rafi ki awaz me MD Naushad Ali ne record kiye to Mohd.rafi ki shohrat aasman ki bulandiyon ko chune lagi. Aur phir jab Mohd.rafi ke gaano ki shohrat Pandit Nehro tak pahunchi to Panditji ki khwahesh par Rafi ne har saal Prime Minister House me apne gaano ka show shroo kardiya.
Filmi duniya me itni saari masroofiyaton ke bawajood Mohd.rafi ek seedhi saadhi aur ussol pasand zindagi guzarne ke aadi the. Apni din bhar ki masroofiyaton ke baad woh raat nau baje aaram karte aur phir subha chaar se saath baje tak unke riyaz ka silisila jari rahta.Iske ke alawa unko carrom board ya Badmonton khene ka ya pathang udane ka shauqh tha.
Mohd.rafi ki shohrat ek mashhoor gayek ki haisiath se hui magar is se hatkar woh ek bahut acche insaan bhi the.Unke seene me ek mohabbath bhara dil dhadkta tha. Woh apne mazhab ke mutabeqh chalte aur hamesha doston ke alawah dushmano ke saath bhi accha salook karte the.
July 31,1980, Ramazan ke mubarak mahine me , Mohd.Rafi acahanak , ham sabko chodkar doosri duniya ke safar par rawana ho gay.Apni filmi duniya ki 38 sala zindagi me Mohd.Rafi ne ek azeem gayek ke roop m apne sunne aur chahne walon ko woh sab kuch dediya jo koi aur fankar shayed hi saddiyon me de sake.
“Chand” ke unwan se Mohd.Rafi ne kai ek geet gayen hain jo bahut mash’hoor hue. Is mazmoon ke padhne waalon ke interest ke liye yahan Chand se muta’allaqh chand geeton ke mukhdon ki taraf ishara kiya jaraha hai, mulahiza farmaiye:
1. Chadwin ka chand ho ya aftab ho
2. Maine chand aur sitaron ki tamanna ki thi
3. Khoya khoya chand khula aasman
4. Yeh chand sa roshan chehra, zulfon ka rang sunehra
5. Woh chand sa chehra liye chath par tera aana
6. Maine poocha chand se
7. Mane chand dekha hai
8. Chand mera dil, chandni ho tum, chand se ho door chandni kahan
9. Chand kitni door tha ,sitare kitne door the
10. Husn se chand bhi sharmaya hai, teri soorat ne ghazab dhaya hai
11. Ae chand ke zebai
12. Chalo dilidar chalo chand ke paar chalo
Geeton ke in mukhron ppar agar ek nazar dali jaye to shayed bahoth sare dilon me guzre hui zamane ki haseen yaden ek baar phir taaza hojayen. Mohd.Rafi ki awaz me chand ki tareef sunkar sirf ek chand hi par nazar dali jaye to aisa lagtha hai ke Mohd.Rafi ek aise “Maha amar Gayek” the jo aaj bhi hamare saron par phaile hue oonche aasman ki bulandi par “Sundar amar Chand” ki soorath chamak kar apni halki halki thandi chandni se bhatke hue be chain dilon ko, chand ke haseen naghme sunakar, chain ka raasta bata rahe hain.
Long live Rafi Sahab.
With lot of respect and love to Rafi sahab and his family.
Dear H.A.K. Walijah Sahab, ASA,
Aapki izzath afzai ka bahut bahut shukriya. It is very difficult to translate this article in English. Yeh mere bas ki baath nahi. I did my high school in Urdu medium. I request you, why don’t you translate this article into English for the sake of Rafi lovers. I will not have any objection. Please do it. Thanks.
With reagards,
Dr. Khaja Aliuddin
Dear Dr. Khaja Aliuddin Sahab,
While I was reading old artilces and posts I find out your article which impressed me a lot and I request you to translate it in English and update the article for the sake of billion of rafians. I think it is little hard to read Roman Urdu, the real taste of urdu when it is in urdu script itself. Even some of our friends do not understand urdu, English is preferable to billion of rafi lovers.
With kind regards and salams
H.A.K. Walijah
I want to download Rafi sab baou ki amar kahani can u help me
Dear Dr. Khaja Aliuddin
I need few songs of Rafi Sahab.. I hope only you can help me. my email address is “khurram.imtiaz@gmail.com” . khurram.imtiaz at gmail.com
plz plz plz contact me thanks.
Dear Khaja Aliuddin saab,
Thanks for pointing me to this article: it was beautiful; I leanred much and am grateful to you for writing it!
Thank you.
Gan
Dear ATM Salim Sahab,
Thanks a lot. INSA, definitely I will try http://www.hamaracd.com.
By the way, to all Rafi lovers, Ramadan Mubarak. Please keep me and my family in your prayers.
With best regards,
Dr. Khaja Aliuddin
REF:POST-21
DEAR DR KHAJA ALIUDDIN SAHAB
THERE IS NO NEED TO SAY SORRY AT ALL !
IT IS A MATTER OF MENTIONING OF THE SAME SONG AND NOTHING WRONG IN IT. IN OTHER WORDS -IT IS A MATTER OF COINCIDENCE.
HERE IS ANOTHER SONG OF RAFI SAHAB ON ‘ CHAND’ :
( THIS IS ONE OF MY MOST FAVOURITE SONGS OF RAFI SAHAB )
†NA MAIN CHAND HOON KISI SHAM KA ,
NA CHIRAG HOON MAIN KISI BAAM KA,
MAIN TO RAASTE KA HOON EK DIYA ,
MUJHE AAP KISLIYE MIL GAYE ,
MUJHE DARD-E-DIL KA PATA NA THA ,
MUJHE AAP KISLIYE MIL GAYE ,
MAIN AKELE YUN HI MAZE MEIN THA
MUJHE AAP KISLIYE MIL GAYE…..â€
( 2ND STANZA OF THE SONG FROM THE FILM: AAKASH DEEP ; MUSIC BY CHITRAGUPTA )
BEST REGARDS/ A.T.M. SALIM.
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REF:POST-21
DEAR DR KHAJA ALIUDDIN SAHAB
THERE IS NO NEED TO SAY SORRY AT ALL !
IT IS A MATTER OF MENTIONING OF THE SAME SONG AND NOTHING WRONG IN IT. IN OTHER WORDS -IT IS A MATTER OF COINCIDENCE.
HERE IS ANOTHER SONG OF RAFI SAHAB ON ‘ CHAND’ :
( THIS IS ONE OF MY MOST FAVOURITE SONGS OF RAFI SAHAB )
” NA MAIN CHAND HOON KISI SHAM KA ,
NA CHIRAG HOON MAIN KISI BAAM KA,
MAIN TO RAASTE KA HOON EK DIYA ,
MUJHE AAP KISLIYE MIL GAYE ,
MUJHE DARD-E-DIL KA PATA NA THA ,
MUJHE AAP KISLIYE MIL GAYE ,
MAIN AKELE YUN HI MAZER MEIN
MUJHE AAP KISLIYE MIL GAYE…..”
( 2ND STANZA OF THE SONG FROM THE FILM: AAKASH DEEP ; MUSIC BY CHITRAGUPTA )
BEST REGARDS/ A.T.M. SALIM.
DEAR KHAJA ALIUDDIN SAHAB
AS I WAS OUT OF STATION , I COULD NOT COMMENT ON YOUR POST-19.
I HAVE CHECKED WITH MY SONG COLLECTIONS BUT I AM SORRY TO INFORM YOU THAT I DON’T POSSESS THE SONGS OF ‘RUSTOM-E-BAGHDAD’,
‘ CHAND MERE AAJA ‘ , ‘GEHRAH ZAKHAM’ , – THOUGH I HAVE LISTENED TO THESE SONGS ONCE OR TWICE.
DR. SAHAB AS YOU ARE EAGER TO COLLECT THESE SONGS ( IN CD FORMAT ) , I AM NOW GUIDING YOU SO THAT YOU CAN GET THESE SONGS I.E. PLEASE DO VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEB-SITE POSITIVELY :
http://www.hamaracd.com .
THIS IS A FANTASTIC SITE OF ‘ SAREGAMA CO. ‘-WHERE YOU CAN ORDER YOUR PERSONALISED CD . THE SONGS WHICH YOU ARE LOOKING FOR – ARE ALL AVAILABLE HERE BESIDE SOME OTHER RARE SONGS . I HAVE BOUGHT FROM THIS SITE SEVERAL CDS -CONSISTING OF MY PERSONAL CHOICE .
THUS , YOUR ORDERED CDS WILL BE DELIVERED AT YOUR DOORSTEPS !
HOPE YOU WILL LIKE & FOLLOW MY GUIDANCE/ SUGGESTION .
BEST REGARDS/ A.T.M. SALIM.
Dear A.T.M. Salim Sahab,
I am sorry, I did not realize that you already mentioned the song from Nausherwan-e-aadil.
With regards,
Dr. Khaja Aliuddin
Us Azeem Playback Singer Ke Baray May Main Kiya Kahon Chota Mo Bari Baat Hogi Magar Itna Zaroor Arz Karunga Ke Muhammad Rafi Jaisa Great Singer Na Un Se Pehlay Tha Na Un Ke Zamanay Main Tha Aur Na Un Ke Baad Aaya Aur Na Kabhi Aiye Ga . He is The One in Only God Gifted Voice .
Dear ATM Salim sahab,
You don’t have to feel sorry. If you can tape or burn the songs from the CDs and mail it to me, that will be wonderful. I will be glad to pay the mailing charges, if you don’t mind.
Here, I found three more beautiful duets of Rafi Sahab on “Chand”
1) “Taaron ki zuban par hai mohabbat ki kahani, ai chand ”
Film: Nausherwan-e-aadil with Lataji, MD C. ramachandra, lyrics Parvez Shamsi.
2)” Mai sooraj ki roshni, tu chanda ki chandni”
Film: Shaayad, with Ashaji, MD Manas Mukherji, lyrics V.B.Patel
3)”Kitna rangeen hai yeh chand sitaron ka sama”
Film” Film hi film with Ashaji, MD N.Dutta, lyrics by Saahir Ludhiyaanavi
With regards to all Rafi lovers,
Long live Rafi Sahab,
Dr. Khaja Aliuddin
REF:POST-17
DEAR DR KHAJA SAHAB
THANK YOU FOR YOUR APPRECIATION !
I FEEL LIKE SENDING YOU ALL THE SONGS OF RAFI SAHAB BUT UNFORTUNATELY I AM UNABLE TO DO SO – AS THESE SONGS ARE NOT SAVED IN MY COMPUTER IN MP3 FORMAT.
SECONDLY, ALL MY SONG COLLECTIONS ARE AVALIBALE TO ME IN CASSETTES & CDS FORM.
I FEEL SORRY FOR MY INABILITY IN NOT SENDING THESE SONGS TO YOU.
HOPE YOU WON’T MIND IT .
DR. KHAJA SAHAB ,
FOR YOUR INFORMATION, NOW I AM MENTIONING 1 MORE SONGS OF RAFI SAHAB HERE :
1) ” YE BADAL, YE KAJAL, YE CHANDA ….”
( FILM : DOUD DHOOP ; DUET WITH SULAKHSHANA PANDIT ;
MUSIC BY NARESH HANSRAJ)
THANKS & BEST REGARDS/ A.T.M. SALIM.
Janab ATM Salim Sahab,
Aapka shukriya ada karne ke liye mere pas alfaz nahi hain. If possible, can you please e-mail me all songs of post#16 and one song of Gehra Zakham.
I, really appreciate and wll be thankful to you.
With regards to all Rafi lovers,
Long live Rafi Sahab,
Dr. Khaja Aliuddin
DEAR DR KHAJA ALIUDDIN SAHAB
I AM MENTIONING 3 MORE SONGS OF RAFI SAHAB HERE :
1) ” CHAND JAISA BADAN …. ” ( FILM : RUSTOM-E-BAGHDAD ) ;
2) ” CHAND KO DEKHOJI …… ” ( WITH LATAJI ; FILM : CHAND MERE AAJA )
3) ” TERI TO CHAND SITARON …” ( NON-FILM ALBUM : GEET & GHAZAL )
BEST REGARDS/ A.T.M. SALIM.
DEAR RAFI FANS
I AM MENTIONING HERE ALSO A BENGALI MODERN SONG OF RAFI SAHAB .
IT IS ONE OF THE VERY BEAUTIFUL AND ENCHANTING BENGALI SONGS OF
RAFI SAHAB :
” AEKHONI BIDAI BOLO NA ,
AEKHONO AKASHE CHAND JEGE ACHHE ….”
( A BENGALI MODERN SONG ; MUSIC BY SATINATH MUKHOPADHYAY ).
REGARDS/ A.T.M. SALIM
DEAR DR KHAJA ALIUDDIN SAHAB
I AM ADDING 3 MORE SONGS OF RAFI SAHAB ON ‘ CHAND ‘ :
1) ” TARON KI ZUBAN PAR MOHABBAT KI KAHANI,
AE CHAND MUBARAK HO TUJHE RAAT SUHANI …..”
( FILM : NAUSHERWAN-E-ADIL ; MUSIC BY C. RAMCHANDRA )
2) ” CHAND KAR RAHA HAI, YUN HAMEN ISHARE ,
YE HAMARE NAINA , BAN GAYE HAIN TARE,
NEED NE NA ANE KI UTAHI HAI KASAM ,
NEED KAISE AYE MAN KE DWAR PE SANAM ,
PREET DIWANI JAAG RAHI HAI,
DHEERE DHEERE, CHUPKE CHUPKE, CHORI CHORI O ,
RAAT SUHANI JAAG RAHI HAI , DHEERE DHERE , CHUPKE CHUPKE,
CHORI CHORI O …….. ”
( 2ND STANZA OF THE SONG – ‘RAAT SUHANI ‘ FROM THE FILM : JIGRI
DOST ; MUSIC BY LAXMIKANT PYARELAL )
3) ” CHAND GAGAN SE JHANK RAHA THA,
YAAD KARO YE JAB TUMNE KAHA THA,
JAISE KE SACHH HAI KE YEH HAI SITARE,
WAISE KE SACHH HAI HUM HAI TUMHARE,
WOH DIN YAAD KARO,
YAAR JINHE TUM BHOOL GAYE HO,
WOH DIN YAAD KARO ….. ”
( 1ST STANZA OF THE SONG – ‘ WOH DIN YAAD KARO ‘ FROM THE FILM:
WOH DIN YAAD KARO ; MUSIC BY LAXMIKANT PYARELAL ).
I HOPE YOU WOULD LOVE TO LISTEN THESE SWEET SONGS OF OUR BELOVED RAFI SAHAB AGAIN & AGAIN .
BEST REGARDS/ A.T.M. SALIM.
REF-POST :11
DEAR DR.KHAJA ALIUDDIN SAHAB
I AM MENTIONING THE FOLLOWING SONGS OF RAFI SAHAB ON ” CHAND” :
1) ” CHAND TAKTA HAI IDHAR ….”
( FILM : DOOJ KA CHAND ; DUET WITH SUMAN KALYANPUR )
2) ” CHANDNI RAAT MEIN …..”
( FILM : EK SHRIMAN EK SHRIMATI )
3) ” CHANDSA CHEHRA …..”
(FILM: GEHRA ZAKHAM ; WITH ASHA BHONSLE & BHUPINDER )
4) ” CHANDA MAMA SE….”
( FILM : KARTAVYA ; WITH USHA MANGESHKAR )
5) ” PAGAL CHANDA ….. ”
( A GEET FROM AN ALBUM – A DRIVE THROUGH NEW & ENCHANTING
TWELVE TUNES )
BEST REGARDS/ A.T.M. SALIM.
Janab Aliuddin sahab, thanks for the information about the siasat daily of sunday next. While I cannot read urdu, i will certainly grab a copy on Sunday and ask some of my friends to read it out for me. i hope it will be on the 10th august (sunday).
Janab A.T.M. Salim Sahab,
Million thanks for your complements and encouragement.
I need to know more songs of Rafi Sahab on “Chnd”. I will appreciate.
With best regards,
Dr. Khaja Aliuddin
DEAR KHAJA ALIUDDIN SAHAB
YOUR ARTICLE ON OUR BELOVED RAFI SAHAB IS A ” LAJAWAB ” ONE !
I ENJOYED READING IT .
AS YOU AND HALDER BABU (REF:POST-4) HAVE MENTIONED SOME OF THE SWEET SONGS OF RAFI SAHAB ON ‘ CHAND’ , I AM ALSO MENTIONING ONE SUCH BEAUTIFUL SONG HERE :
” YE CHAND TO MRIDANG HAI , TARE BHI HAI MADIRE ,
YE KAUN GAA RAHA HAI, MERE MAN MEIN DHEERE DHEERE …..”
( FILM : SHRI KRISHNA ARJUN YUDDH ; MUSIC BY NANDU PYARE
DUET BY RAFI SAHAB & SHYAMA HEMADI ).
THANKS & BEST REGARDS/ A.T.M. SALIM.
To all Rafi lovers and particularly Janab Haldar Sahab, Janab Rajkumar Akela Sahab, Janab Hussein Sheikh Sahab, janab AS Murthy Sahab, Janab NG Ramaswamy Sahab and Janab Binu Nair Sahab for your encouraging words. I wrote this article for this great legend “Mohd. Rafi Sahab” from the bottom of my heart.
Janab AS Murthy Sahab, please don’t forget to read my article on Mohd. Rafi Sahab this sunday in “Siasat Daily”.
Long live Rafi Sahab,
Wit regards,
Dr. Khaja Aliuddin
Ramaswamy ji… pls. know that and be informed that my friend shabbir bhai from mumbai attended the show and the exact figure he quoted is : two lacs people waiting to hear rafi saaheb.
and the show started with the farmaish song of shabbir bhai – a hard core rafi fan : badi door se aaye hai,pyaar kia tohfa laaye hai, apna do ya thukra do,, pyaar ka tohfa laaye hai…..
binu nair, mumbai……….. binus2000@hotmail.com
Sorry, please read the record number of audience who had attended Rafi Saab’s concert in Sri Lanka in May 1980 as 1.2 million i.e. twelve lakhs and not one lakh as written earlier. Sorry for the error once again. Mr.Haldar please note the same.
Ramaswamy
Thanks to Dr.Khajaji for providing us with such a wonderful article. I agree with Mr.Haldar that Rafi sahab had given concert in Sri Lanka on the occasion of their independence day in May 1980 which was staged in a beach and was attended by a world record audience of more than one lakh people. I do have that cutting. Such information should be passed on and shared by since public memory is short and it should be revived. Many in younger generation like to know more and more of Rafi Saab. It is our duty to teach them. As usual, on 31st I attended a show by Golden Greats by Kaushik Kothari in Chembur Fine Arts which was overcrowded. Two singers were also from outside Mumbai who specially came to render Rafi Sahab’s golden melodies. As usual, Sanjay Sawant and Rana Chatterjee were superb.Well done, Mr.Kothari. Also we must thank Mr.Kaushik Kothari for having given 3/4 page advertisement in Times of India, Maharashtra Times, Hindustan Times etc. on the occasion of Rafi Saab’s 28th anniversary. Indeed a great work.
Ramaswamy
janab aliuddin sahab ko mera salaam. behad dilchasp baaten kahi hain aapne. rafi sahab ki gayiki toh gayiki, unka mijaaz bhi utna hi bemisaal tha. aise insaano ko agar farishta kahen toh koi galat baat nahi hogi. jiski is duniya mein aur koi misaal na ho, voh sadabahaar awaaz hamesha hamesha hum sabhi ke saath hai. thanks also to haldar sahab for providing the valuable information on the concert in colombo of may 1980.
Great article, Dr. Aliuddin. He was the moon among the stars. Here are a few more songs with “chand”:
Chand jaane kahan kho gaya (with Lata)
Dheere dheere chal chand gagan mein (Lata)
Aye chand zara chhup jaa (with Asha)
Chand sa mukhda kyun sharmaya (with Asha)
Chand zard zard hai (with Asha)
Har chehra yahan chand
Husn se chand bhi sharmaya hai
Dekha hai sabhi ne chand ko
And, in the darkness of the night, he crooned:
“andhera hai to rahne do
mujassim chandni ho tum
na jaye roshni tumse
ke aisi roshni ho tum…”
Here’s the farishta singing the first line of this song on stage along with usha khanna:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBLHlKLCXfc
Incidentally, in May 1980, two months before he passed away, he performed in a concert in Colombo with an estimated attendance of 1 lakh people. On stage with him that day was Usha Khanna.
My dear friends !
Today is 31st July…an inauspicious day for all the music lovers.
Today, in 1980, we lost our beloved singer Padmashree Mohammad
Rafi Sahab. He was not less than an angel.
Let us remember him on this day and pray for his divine soul !
May God bless his soul eternal peace in the heaven !!!
Thanks.
-Raajkumar Akela
ज़मी से फलक तक सà¤à¥€ आà¤à¤– नम है
सà¤à¥€ के दिलों मे बसा à¤à¤• गम है
कहाठखो गया वो सà¥à¤°à¥‹à¤‚ का सिकंदर
बिना जिसके संगीत का सूर à¤à¤• कम है
-राजकà¥à¤®à¤¾à¤° “अकेला”
Mohammed Rafi (Saheb), there’s a magic in this name. Whenever people talk about Rafi Saheb, his countless songs come in the mind. Was Rafi Saheb a better singer or a nice human? The answer is he was 100% perfect in both fields. He was God’s man. a true man, a true singer. No one has matched to his voice till date. God made only one Rafi Saheb. That’s it!
Rafi sahab we LOVE U