By Dr Souvik Chatterji

The audience of film music in India remembered dignified composer Naushad Ali on his birth anniversary on 26^th December, 2017. He was a genius composer and shaped Indian film music with his classical gharana in the 40s from where it just grew with variety and innovation. (more…)

By Dr Souvik Chatterji

Music lovers all over the world remember the God of music Mohammad Rafi on his birth anniversary on 24^th December, 2017. The listeners of music all over the world remembered the all-time great singer Mohammad Rafi on 31^st July, 2013. The noble soul had left his admirers 33 years ago. Yet he is alive in numerous everlasting hit songs which are heard and cherished for generations. (more…)

By Chandan (KS Ramachandran)

Music is my lifetime companion. It is always in me. When I was 5 years old, I was taken along by my family to watch a Hindi movie “Bhabhi”. I was, like many, a playful child, unmindful of what was going on in the movie. All of a sudden, I hear a voice in the movie “Chal Udja Re Panchi”. I was floored and was literally consumed by this voice. I was then told that it was the voice of Mohammad Rafi Saab! (more…)

By Onika Setia

अमर गायक स्व. मुहम्मद रफ़ी साहब  के जन्मदिवस पर विशेष: इंसान या फ़रिश्ता

इंसान था वोह या फ़रिश्ता था कोई ,
देखते ही सजदे में यूँ सर झुक जाये . (more…)

By Meena Budhiraja

बीसवीं सदी के विश्वप्रसिद्ध महान कवि ‘फेदेरिको गार्सिया लोर्का’  की कविता की पंक्तिया हैं –

आवाज़, चाहे कुछ बाकी ना रहे आवाज़ के सिवा । (more…)

By Abdul Sattar

Mere dost chand sitare 
ik do nahi Sare k sare
in sab ka Badshah Suraj hai
Wo hai Rafi Sb Hamare  (more…)

Written by Sarah Modi

Tukde hain mere dil ke
Yeh Rafi ke anmol geet
Chaahe saathi ho na koi manzil
Hain Rafi ke nagme hi mere meet (more…)

By Soni Bedasie

Hello to all you devoted devotees, namaste, hi, buenos dias, ni hao ma, assalam-a-lai kum and all other expressions of greetings.  Well well, it has been a while now that I did not say anything, but over the time, I have noticed some things, I mean a lot of ‘some things’. I want to share with you my keen observations and most of them happened before our very eyes and we really did not pay attention to most of them because they were a bit subtle, but you must know that these existed over the years. (more…)

By Achal Rangaswamy

It has been 37 years now that the legendary Mohd Rafi Sahab breathed his last and left us all grieving his departure and missing him. But show me a day or even half a day when you don’t hear someone talk about him, his life, his songs and the impact he left not only in the HFM domain but also on our lives. (more…)

By Onika Setia – Anu

दिल    से   भुलाने   की   कोशिश    की   बहुत   मगर ,
Dil Se Bhulane Ki Koshish Ki Bahut Magar

तब भी   हटी    तेरी   तस्वीर   मेरी   निगाहों   से.
Tab Bhee Hatee Teri Tasveer Meri Nigaahon se

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