By Souvik Chatterjee
Music lovers all across the world remember, the unforgettable musical maestro Mohd Rafi, on his birth anniversary on 24th December, 2015. He had died in 1980 and 35 years passed after his death. Yet he had created an everlasting appeal during his 35 years illustrious career which has not faded away at all. (more…)
By Swaminathan Rajan
As a kid I used to be fascinated by the title credits in movies (still am, though a tad irritated that it comes in the end, when everyone is walking out, blocking the view). Well, many title credits had tunes of the songs of the film. And I guess in some cases, the producer and/or director were so enamored with the songs, that the whole song used to be played in the title credits. (more…)
By Mr. Biman Baruah
(Wishing Happy Birthday to Rishi Kapoor Sahab with voice of Rafi Sahab)
Mohammed Rafi is the only singer peers of Hindi Cinema and Kapoor ancestors play a very significant role in Indian Cinema for last four generations starting from their commandant Prithviraj Kapoor to present heartthrob Ranbir Kapoor. Mohammed Rafi Sahab shaped intelligence of legitimate playback singing in Hindi Film Music with his widespread voice and great transforming quality in his voice. He is the first ever singer who eliminated the distance between acting and playback singing in Hindi Film. (more…)
By Dr Souvik Chatterji
Chitragupt gave very melodious tunes in the 50s and 60s and as most of his songs were sung by legend of legends Rafisahab, the songs became immortal after creation. Just because the world of music in 1960s was dominated by giants like Naushad Ali, Shankar Jaikishan, Roshanlal Nagrath, Madanmohan Kohli, less known composers like Chitragupt did not receive the recognition he deserved. (more…)
By Col Harish Puri (Retd). This article is originally published here.
Had the man lived, he would have turned 90 today. As it turned out, he died at the relatively young age of 56. Hell, today I myself am a full six years older than he was when he died.
But wait, I’m getting ahead of myself. (more…)
By Achal Rangaswamy
Today is Guru Purnima. The day we bow before our Gurus and offer our obeisance in total humility and gratitude.
Today is also the day we recall each and every lesson taught to us directly or indirectly by these Gurus. (more…)
By Chandan (KS Ramachandran)
It is undeniably true, unanimously..!
In the words of music composer duo, Shankar Jaikishen, Rafi had “Aatma” in his voice. In the words of SP Balasubramanyam, the noted playback singer and living legend, “Rafi is the ultimate playback singer”. (more…)
By MEHTAB-UD-DIN
A Scientific research has again proved that our Mohd. Rafi sahib is really the Greatest singer ever of India. Ms. Guneet, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Punjab University, Chandigarh and her team have completed a research work on ‘Rash Driving’ and ‘Traffic Rules Defiances’ on the roads. The results of the Research are really amazing. (more…)
By: Dr Souvik Chatterji
On HIS death anniversary on 31st July, 2015, great Rafi Sahab is remembered all across the world. He is considered one of the greatest singers of all times. (more…)
By Sanjeev Kumar Dixit
सभी रफ़ी साहब के भक्तों को जानकर ख़ुशी होगी क़ि, “रफ़ी साहब को भारत रत्न” राष्ट्रीय अभियान के अतर्गत दिनाँक 23.05.2015, दिन शनिवार को, दिल्ली पुलिस से जन्तर-मंतर पर शांतिपूर्वक प्रदर्शन की अनुमति मिल गयी है।
आप सभी “रफ़ी साहब के भक्तों” से अनुरोध है कि, दिनाँक 23.05.2015 को सुबह 9 बजे दिल्ली के प्रसिद्द जंतर-मंतर पर भारी संख्या में उपस्थित हों। वहाँ पर रफ़ी साहब के नाम पर एक मंच बनाने का ऑर्डर दे दिया गया है। (more…)