Pheeko aur Hari Bhai
Written by Dr. Khaja Aliuddin
Mohd Rafi and Sanjeev Kumar
Hari Bhai (Sanjeev Kumar) was my favourite actor. His association with our maestro Pheeko (Rafi Sahab) was great and unforgettable. Pheeko gave innumerable and mind blowing songs to this prominent Indian actor. Hari Bhai, ( Harihar Jariwala ), who was born in Surat, Gujrat on July 9, 1938 and died at a very tender age of 47, on November 6, 1985.
In the early part of 80’s, I remembered reading in “India Tribune” from Chicago, that Hari Bhai had coronary bypass surgery at Baylor’s Heart Institute, in Houston, Texas, USA.
Hari Bhai started his career in 1960 , in the film “Hum Hindustani”. His first film as a hero was “NISHAN” in 1965 . Pheeko sang a romantic and dazzling song for him.
“Hai tabassum tera, dhoop khil gai raat me”, composed by Usha Khanna and beautifully penned by Javed Akhtar.
In 1966, another hit song for Hari Bhai, beautifully sung by Maestro from the movie “Husn Aur Ishq”, composed by Ganesh and written by Noor Devassi. “Jinki Tasveer Nigahon me Liye Phirta Hoon”.
In 1967, another hit number, “Khuli wadiyon ka safar hai, Haseen manzilon pe nazar hai”. What a song, beautifully composed by sapan Jagmohan and lyrics by well known poet Naqsh Laayalpuri. In the same year, another mind blowing song of Pheeko Sahab for Hari Bhai for the movie “ Naunihal”. Look at the romantic lyrics by Kaifi Azmi, music by Madan Mohan and spell bound voice of our maestro. ‘Tumhari zulf ke saaye me shaam karloonga”.
1968: O’ phirki wali tu kal phir aana – Raja Aur Runk – MD L.P. and lyrics by Anand Bakshi.
1969: Shair to nahi, lekin Shair ki nazar pai hai – A master piece by our maestro for the movie “ Insaaf Ka Mandir “, composed by sapan Jagmohan and penned by Naqsh Laayalpuri. In the same year two another melodious songs from the movie “Tere Milne Ke Baad “, again produced by the Combo of Sapan Jagmohan and Naqsh Laayalpuri. “ Soja sanam teri jawan palkon tale sapne sajadoon mai” The other song is “ Dil kabhi tum ne diya tha, yeh tumhe yaad rahe” These two songs could mesmerize any body. “IN NAGHMO ME PHEEKO KI GAYEKI APNE UROOJ PAR HAI”.
1970: Shaadi ke liye raza mand karli, main eek ladki pasand karli from the movie “Devi”, music by L.P. and lyrics by Anand Bakshi. Same year,Block Buster movie
“ Khilona” was released with two hit numbers of our Maestro for Hari Bhai, composed by L.P. and penned by Anand Bakhshi.
“ Khush rahe too sada, dua hai meri “ and “ Khilona jaankar tum to mera dil tod jaate ho”. Hari Bhai’s heroin in this movie was beautiful and chanchal “Mumtaz” and Hari Bhai’s role as a paagal was unforgettable in this movie. Again in the same year, another beautiful number of our Maestro from the movie “Night in Calcutta “.
Composed by Usha Khanna and penned by Asad Bhopali,
“Main hazaron haseeno ka mahboob hoon”.
In the same year, another super hit song of our Maestro from the movie “ Dastak “, composed by Madan Mohan and written by our great poet Majrooh Sultanpuri. Pheeko’s gayeki in this Ghazal is beyond anybody’s imagination. “Superb”.
1971: “Ai jaane baharan rooh-e-chaman, another romantic number, beautifully composed by Bhooshan and lyrics by Naqsh Laayalpuri for the movie “ Purani Pehchan “.
1972 : “Meri biwi jahan se nirali hai “- A fun song for Hari Bhai from the movie “ Subha-o-Shaam “, music by L.P. and lyrics by Anand Bakshi.
1973 : There were several songs from the following movies. All songs were very popular and hit numbers.
1) Soora Aur Chanda : “Gaoon me peepal”, “Tu mujhe thaam le “, “ Tere naam ka diwana”
Composed by Laxmikant Pyaarelal and lyrics by Anand Bakshi.
2) Archana : A mind blowing song, composed by Shankar Jaikishan and written by famous poet Hasrath Jaipuri. “ Jaane kis roop ki jaadu bhari parchaayi ho “.
3) Door Nahin Manzil : “ Ajeeb zindagi hai yeh, kabhi khusi kabhi hai gham “. Another hit song, composed by Shankar Jaikishan, penned by Anjaan.
1974: There were three movies of Hari Bhai released this year with our Maestro’s God gifted voice.
1) “ Ek ladki Bhooli bhali si “ – Chowkidaar, composed by Madan Mohan with lyrics by Rajinder Krishan
2) Naya Din Nai Raat – “ Mai wohi wohi baath, mere liye to har din naya din “ again composed by L.P. lyrics by Rajinder Krishna.
3) Shaandar – “ Main aisa ek khilona ghoom jaoon, jhoom jaoon “ and the other song “ Zindagi ab to tere naam se dar lagtha hai “. Both songs were composed by L.P. and written by Rajinder Krishna.
1975 – “ Ankhiyon se tum ne nindiya looti “ – Angaare, composed by the superb MD, Chitra Gupt with lyrics by Anand Bakshi.
1976 – “ Is dil me rah chuke hain who armaanon ki tarah “- Another hit number of our Maestro for Hari Bhai in the movie “ Do Ladkiyan “, misic by L.P. and penned by Anand Bakshi.
1977 – “ Jode me gajra mat baandho mera geet mahak jayega “ – When you listen to this song, you feel as Hari Bhai is singing . Yeh Pheeko ka hi kamal hai. This song is from the movie “ Dhhop Chaoon “, composed by Shankar Jaikishan and written by Virendra Mishra. The same year, another hit song of our Maestro for Hari Bhai is from the movie “ Dil Aur Patthar “, composed by, Iqbal Qureshi and penned by Kaifi Azmi. “ Mera pyar jawan dildar jawan “.
1980 – “ Dheere chal zara oh paagal purwaiyya “ – A beautiful rendition of our Maestro for Hari Bhai in the movie “ Hum Paanch “, composed by L.P. and written by Anand Bakshi. When you listen to this song , you actually feel a breez is touching to you. This is the kamaal of our beloved Maestro. There are three more songs rendered by our Maestro for Hari Bhai in this movie.
1) “Are kya kahiye insaan se, are kya kahiye Bhagwan se”
2)”Yeh Soye insaan jag uthe”
3) “ Are apne se munh modke, apne man ko todke “
1981 _ “ Ab yeh jana kise kahte hain aana dil ka “ – Music by L.P., lyrics by Majrooh and the movie “ Ladies Taylor “.
Mohd Rafi and Sanjeev Kumar
1986 _ K. Asif’s movie, which was released , one year after Hari Bhai’s death.There were four wonderful and mind blowing songs of our Maestro in this movie for Hari Bhai. Naushad Saheb ne mausiqhi se sanwara aur Khumaar Baarabankvi ne khalamband kya.
1) “ Assalam Assalam jane tamanna”
2) “ Yeh nadanon ki duniya hai, yeh deewanon ki mahfil hai “
3) “ Idhar dhoondta hoon, udhar dhoondta hoon “
4) “ Kahun kya mohabbath me kya maine paya”
I would like to mention the achievments, interesting and notable facts of this talented personality of Hari Bhai:
1) National Film Awards:
1971 – For the movie Dastak
1973 – For the movie Koshish
2) Filmfare Awards :
1968 – Best supporting actor for the movie “Shikar”
1975 – Best actor for the movie “Aandhi”
1976 – Best actor for the movie “Arjun Pandit”
3) No one will forget his acting and marvelous roles in the movies like:
Block Buster movie “Sholay” as Thakur Baldev Singh
Trishul
Satyajit Ray’s classic movie, “Shatranj ke Khiladi”,
Koshish as a deaf and mute person,
Silsila , Khilona etc.
4) He was never married. Although, he was very closed to the actress and singer Sulakshana Pandit.
5) After his death, K. Asif’s movie “ Love and God”, starred with Nimmi was a memorable release.
6) In the movie “ Naya Din Nayi Raat “, Hari Bhai played nine roles. Our Maestro sang a beautiful and melodious song for Hari Bhai. “ Mai wohi wohi baat, mere liye to har din naya din “
7) It was very admirable and interesting to see Hari Bhai as a “DOCTOR” in the following successful movies:
Silsila – Dr. V.K. Anand
Chere pe Chehra – Dr. Wilson
Kaala Patthar – Dr. Romesh
Mausam – Dr. Amarnath Gill
Kunwara Baap
Devi – Dr. Shekhar
Aashirwad – Dr. Biren
Besides solo songs, there are number of duets of our Maestro with female singers for Hari Bhai. The combo of Pheeko and Hari Bhai was unforgertable. Our Maestro’s gayeki, melody, modulation and effects for Hari Bhai’s personality was superb and unbelievable.
One of my dearest friend and die hard fan of Rafi sahab, praised our Maestro, I quote:
IK TIM-TIMAATA DIYE KO SURAJ SE NA MILAAO
ISS AWAAZ KO SURO’N KE SAMRAAT SE NA MILAAO
MAI AASHIQ HOON, PARASTAAR HOON RAFI SAHAB KA
MAI KHAAK HOON, MUJHE KHAAK HI MEIN REHNE DO
Whole heartedly, I deidicate this “ Khususi Tahreer” of mine to hard-core Rafi – lovers like; Hussein sheikh, M.Saleem-ul-Haq, Utthara Bahen, Priya Bahen, Dr. Vasudha, AS Murthy, Guru Murthy, Vitthal, Binu Nair, Javid Raza, Haldar sahib, Sivanandam, Venkatadri , Sovik Chatterji, Bina Bahen, Nasreen Bahen, Saifullah, Rameshkurpad, Sashank. Anwar-ul-Haque, Ali Rashid, Achal, Anmol Singh, R. Akela, Anil Cherian, Rafi Foundation of my hometown Hyderabad, Rafi Foundation, Banglore , Mohd. Parvez, ATM Saleem, Sanjeev Dixit, our beloved late Sandeep Nadkarni and all “ Rafi Sahab ke Chahne Walon ko”.
AAWAZ KI EK SHAMA HAWAAON ME JAGAKAR
KHAMOOSH RAFI HOGAYE DIL APNA DIKHAKAR
(Yousuf Quadri, Chicago)
Long live Rafi Sahab.
hari bhai u r in my heart for forever
post = 36
the song i had in mind is chadi re chadi kaise gale mien padi from ‘ mausam ‘ . but it seems i was mistaken about it the composer is not rdb but madan mohan. i regret the oversight, i was confused because of the gulzar lyrics.
There is another good song from ‘raja our rank’ which goes like “Rang basanti Rang basant chha gayaa “. hope i am right about this
Post #35
Somehow I am not able to recollect the song, which you are talking about. If it is duet, then I am not good in duets. I apreciate, if you let us know the song. Thanks.
With regards,
Dr. Khaja Aliuddin
I did not know Rafi sahab was also known as pheeku. The knowledgeable writer has missed one very beautiful song sung by rafi sahab composed by the inimitable RDB for Sanjeev Kumar. Any guesses ? Only rafi song (Duet) in the typical RDB score.
I am a rafi fan since child hood. Been there, done that, received flak for stating to other hindi film music lovers ” Rafi ko nahin suna to kya suna “. Some knowledgebale people have closed minds about somethings. Its their choice and their loss. I seriously feel both RDB and SDB while composing songs for Kishore, somhow compromised on their art, specially SDB, during the later years (Usually for Navketan films). I dont know, I could be wrong in this.
And I am not talking about the qawalli in Aandhi. Lets wait and see if there r any answers to this.
Not only Harji Bhai Zariwala aka Late Great Sanjeev Kumarji but all the actors whom Rafi Saheb lend his voice became superhit. It was the voice of this legendry singer who became the voice of Dev Sahab, Shammi Kappor Sahab, Dilip Kumar Sahab, Late Rajendra Kumar Sahab, Dharmendra, Jitendra, Rishi Kapoor and many more. Truely yours Rafi Sahab
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Dear ALL, Please listen to this tribute by Sanjeev Kumar
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vW17jbNukKE
Dear Saleem-ul-Haq and Javid Raza,
Thanks. Both of you are the hard core fans of Rafi Sahab. Saleem, you are great, you wrote the biography of the legend, compiled all his songs (Filmi and non-filmi), plus two CDs and one DVD of our maestro’s rare songs and live programs. I admire you for this great effort.
Javid, You always pay tribute to this great legend, by singing all his songs in every “Mehfil”. I saw some of your songs on Youtube, they are awsome. Bahut khoob,
With regards,
Dr. Khaja Aliuddin
SAK Aliuddin Bhai,
Very beautifully written. Just a little correction (gustaaqi-muaaf).
The romantic song, “Hai tabassum tera” was written by Javed Anwar.
Regards,
Javid
Dear Doctor sahab,
Great article and also a great piece of Info. Undoubtedly hari bhai was one of the greatest actors that Hindi cinema has ever produced and Rafi sahab had rendered some of the classiest songs as mentioned by you in this article.Keep writing as it really helps in increasing info.
rgds
Utthara Bahen: “your article is a collector’s item”. Yeh aapki izzath afzai hai.
Shukria.
Nasreen Bahen: Like you, i am also listening rafi sahab, when I was in 5th grade.His first song, which attracted me was “yahoo, Chahe mujhe koi junglee kahe”. I went to see the movie with my sister and I thought that Shammi Kapoor sang this song. My sister said, “Bewakoof, Shammi Kapoor nahi, Mohd. Rafi Sahab ne gaya hai.
Lt.Col.Javed saheb: ” The combination has been unique, complimentary and wealth of wide range of songs is for us to treasure”. You are absolutely right.
Rajesh k. Ranga saheb: “This quality of rafi is unmatvhed, no one has reached near Rafi so for and probably no one would ever”. You are 100% right.
Mohamed Parvez Saheb: Wa Alaikum-us-Salam, of course, you are a die-hard fan of rafi sahab. I enjoy Rafi sahab’s blog. Bahut khoob.
Sukhjeet singh Makkar Sahib: Thank you for pointing out the beautiful number of “Ali Baba aur 40 chor. Shukriya.
Sanjeev Dixit saheb: Rafi sahab ke daulath khane par jakar, saabith kardiya ke, waaqhai aap rafi sahab ke bahut bade fan hain. Mubarak.
Binu Nair Saheb: “A Rafi family is in place”. Yes Binu Bhai, we are Rafi’s family.
Madan Saheb: You are right, “Dastak” song is very softly sung by our Maestro. Like Haldar Saheb said, “it knocks the bails off”.
Anmol Singh Sahib: Shukriya, Looking forward to read your “Tahreer” on Rafi sahab.
Ramesh Narain Kurpad saheb: Mere tarf se bhi pyar bhar salam aur namaskar. “Aapne do behtereen insanon ke bare mein likha hai”. Aapki hammath afzai ka bahut bahut shukriya.
Haldar Saheb: You are right. both Rafi sahab and Hari Bhai were very fond of food. I was told by some one that Rafi Sahab was very fond of Hyderabadi Biryani.
Jasbir singh Zando: Shukriya. “Jitna likhen utna hi kam hai”. This is the truth.
Shirish kulkarni saheb: Shukriya. This is my ignorance. The romantic song “hai tabassum tera” is penned by Javed Anwar not Javed Akhtar.
Siva saheb: Shukriya, aapki hammath afzai ka.
Narayan Saheb: Mubarak baadi ka bahut bahut shukriya aur meharbani.
Anwar-ul-haq saheb: Bahut bahut shukriya aapki pasand ka. I e-mailed you the information you wanted about Mr. Saleem-ul-Haq’s biography book on rafi sab. I did not get any response from you.Please respond me.
My e-mail address is holyfamilydr@aol.com
H.A.K.Walijah Saheb: Wa Alaikum-us Salam, Bahut bahut shukriya, aapki izzath afzai ka. Aapto chupe rustum nikle. With referance to post # 26, Bahut khoob. I am proud to be an Indian first then Hyderabadi.
Jagan Naath Azad ne kiya khoob kaha hai:
” Faasle ki to khair baath hai aur
Hyderabad, dil se door nahi “.
A.S.Murthy Saheb”: Bahut bahut Shukriya aapki izzath afzai ka.
Murthy Saheb, aap ke liye ek sher,jisko likha hai hyderabadi poet Taj Qureshi ne, suniye:
“Hyderabad woh jiski hai sahar bhagmati
Jiski har shaam me hai saunli ke rukh ka nikhar”.
A.T.M.Saleem Saheb, Bahut bahut Shukriya. Always pleasure to read your comments. Thanks for the songs.
One of my friend reminded me one more song of our maestro on Hari Bhai from the movie “insaan aur shaitan”, year 1970, music by Usha Khanna, lyrics by Indeever. “Chalte chalo chalta hua saahil hai zindagi”. Mind blowing song. This song is available on you tube.
Harikishan Rao saheb” Shukriya for reading my article. You are right that Rafi sahab’s songs are so emotional and soothing. You can forget the surroundings.
Shukriya to all Rafi lovers and particularly to the adminstrator of mohdrafi.com.
Long live rafi sahab,
Dr. Khaja Aliuddin
Long live rafi sahab
DEAR DR KHAJA ALIUDDIN SAHAB
THANKS A LOT FOR REMEMBERING ME AS A ” HARD-CORE RAFI LOVER ” !
AT THE SAME TIME I AM THANKING YOU FOR YOUR FANTASTIC ARTICLE ON OUR BELOVED RAFI SAHAB ( THE MELODY KING ) AND SANJEEV KUMARJI (AN ACTOR PAR EXCELLENCE ) !!
I AM REALLY DELIGHTED TO NOTE SO MANY ‘RARE SONGS’ OF RAFI SAHAB YOU HAVE MENTIONED IN YOUR ARTICLE ,PARTICULARLY THE SONGS UNDER MUSIC DIRECTION OF SAPAN JAGMOHAN .
IN VIEW OF YOUR ARTICLE , I AM ALSO MENTIONING HERE SOME MORE SONGS :
1) ” CHADI RE CHADI ….” ( FILM : MAUSAM , MUSIC: MADAN MOHAN );
2) ” GULSHAN GULSHAN PYAR KI BATEN …” ( FILM : DO LADKIYAN ,
MUSIC :LAXMIKANT PYARELAL);
3)” MAKHAN CHOR NANDKISHORE,MANMOHAN GHANSHAM RE…( FILM:
TAKKAR ) ;
4) ” TERI HASEEN NIGHAN…..” ( FILM: DEVI , MUSIC : LAXMIKANT
PYARELAL);
5) ” MERI MORNI SACH KEHTA HOON …. ” ( FILM : NIGHT IN CALCUTTA);
6) ” JAB EK KAZA SE GUZRO….” ( BACKGROUND SONG FOR FILM : DEVTA,
MUSIC BY R.D. BURMAN ) ;
7) ” PYAR HAI EK NISHAN KADMON KA… ” ( BACKGROUND SONG FOR
FILM : MUKTI, MUSIC BY R.D.
BURMAN );
BEST REGARDS/ A.T.M. SALIM
THANKS A LOT FOR REMEMBERING ME AS A ” HARD-CORE RAFI LOVER ” !
Dr. Khaja Aliuddeen Saab,
your write up is fantastic and amazing with superb writing skills. As you mentioned , I remember one famous song of Rafi Saab from “ Suraj Aur Chanda” (1973) where Rafi Saab sang for our Hari Bhai, very sweet song – Tere Naam ka Diwaanaa…..
The video clipping is here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WC3ONDQuYGo
I just try to compare this song with today’s time and people –
Rafi sings
“tere naam kaa diiwaanaa tere ghar ko Dhuu.nDhataa hai
jis nazar pe dil fidaa hai us nazar ko Dhuu.nDhataa hai”
what Zamana searching
“Tere naam kay deewaane tere ghar ko dhundhtey hain
Tere Ghar kay raaston ko, dagar ko dhundhtey hain”
Then Rafi sings
“Aawaz dil ki pahachan le
Main kaun hoon tu ye jaan le
ek raat kaa sitaaraa ek sahar ko Dhuu.nDhataa hai”
Zamana
“Awaz apni tu jaan le
Hum kaun hain pehchaan le
Kya milega tere ghar se uss hunr ko dhuundhtey hain”
Then again Rafi sings
“jaan\-e\-wafaa o jaan\-e\-jigar
ye zindagi to hai ek safar
is safar me.n ek musaafir hamsafar ko Dhuu.nDhataa hai”
Zamana
“Duniya se hai tu bekhabar
Kuch bhi nahi hai tujh ko fikar
Tere naam ki badaulat saaman/-e/ dar ko dhuundhtey hain”
And finally Rafi sings
Phoolon main jaise hai rang o buu
Mujh ko chupha le aankhon main tuu
Mera dil tadap tadap ke dilbar ko Dhuu.nDhataa hai”
Zamana
Dil main hamare hai tuu hi tuu
Hum ko lagi teri hi justaajuu
Tasveeron ko teri net peh umr bhar dhuundhtey hain
Dedicated to the fun loving people.
Regards
H.A.K. Walijah
Dear Waliuddin Saab
The incident narrated by you exemplary. Mohd Rafi Saab’s songs are so smotional and soothing that one really forgets the world around. Indeed a good experience worth remembering .
Harikishan
standing ovation to you Aliuddin Sahab. This is one of the greatest write-ups which is the true hallmark of a great Rafi Bhakt like you. I particularly liked, towards the end “Rafi Foundation of my hometown – Hyderabad”. We are indebted Sir. Rafi Sahab suited Sanjeev Kumar to the hilt. Raja Aur Rank, Suraj Aur Chanda, Khilona (all Anand Bakshi/LP combinations though) produced some of the most enchanting musical scores and simply outstanding renditions by Rafi Sahab. Aapki shayari bhi behad khoobsoorat aur bemisal hai jiske liye main aapko tahe dil se mubarakbaad dena chahunga.
Thanks Shirish for enlightening us on Manohar Khanna and thanks to Walijah saab for highlighting the heat incidence.
Yes it is very true that if you love Rafi sahab’s songs then life mein koi tension nahi aa sakti..
Narayan
Dear Rafians,
I would like to share my personal experience with you all. As it happened with me on Monday – 21 June, 2010 on that special day it was recorded the highest temperature of 56 °C near the surroundings of Dammam (Saudi Arabia). As usual I was going for my lunch at about 1:00 pm and from the morning I was humming the song of “ Khushbu Hoon Main Phool Nahin Hoon Jo Murjhaoonga” a song from the movie “Shayaad” (1978). When I came out from my office to go for lunch that song was on my lips and I was deeply immersed and humming while walking towards the restaurant (I was all alone) where I take my meals every day afternoon. All along the way I never felt any temperature (heat); and felt no heat waves nothing at all. When I return to my office, there was a big discussion on the temperature of the day. My colleagues asked me how I felt outside, it is like Hell out there. I told them I felt nothing as you mentioned. It is like a normal day for me. But later on I noticed it was really a hot day indeed compare to other normal days.
With this incidence I do not know what the song makes me to immerse myself, as the song and the lyrics were made me crazy and did not allow me to feel the heat of the day in those thirty minutes of walk. It just happened to be a healer song for me.
Later I came to the conclusion that some songs of Rafi Saab are really wonderful and worked like healers to the fans who love Rafi Saab and his songs too, and I think am sure one among those lucky people.
H.A.K. Walijah
Dammam (Saudi Arabia)
Dear Dr. Khaja Aliuddin,
A very beautifully narrated comprehensive article on this great combo. You have left nothing and included each and every possible bit in this piece. Great work Sir!!!
Many thanks for introducing few songs which were not known to me earlier. Really a great work!
Thanks and best regards.
Anwar-ul-Haque
anwarhq25@yahoo.com
Well done !Mubarak baath kabool kijie Doctor saheb..
Infact some of the best n melodious songs of our Farista was picturised on the veteran Sanjeev Kumar…..
Kindly enlighten us with more such knowledgable articles…
Rafi Sahab tusi great ho aur tumhare poojariyaan bhi vakayi great hai…
Aap sabka dost ur Rafi Sahab ka bakt
Narayan
Bangalore
i am very sorry not to add ..not …after would…..it should be read as i would not forget rafisaab n haribhai classics fr khilona n naunihal……
kudos for giving us such a splendid,well crafted and informative write up on rafisaab with haribhai as my favourite actor too….i would forget his songs like….khilona jaankar tum toh…meri awaaz suno pyar ka raag suno….and another background song fr film chowkidar…yeh duniya nahi jagir kissi ki..touching as well as sentimentally sung my god..rafisaab….wah wah
Dr Khaja Aliuddin sahab,
Nice article on two great personalities-one a great actor and the other -“emperor of music”. Also thanks for including my name in the hard core rafi fans list.
Dear Dr. Khaja Aliuddin sahab,
A nice write up on this great combination.
This is with reference to that great song “Hai tabassum tera…”, this song was written by Javed Anwar and not Javed Akthar. Incidentally and interestingly, Javed Anwar is thye pen name of Manohar Khanna, father of usha khanna!He also wrote for the film Shabnam ” Maine rakha hai muhabat” & “yeh teri sadagi, yeh tera baankpan”, again composed by his daughter usha khanna not filmed on Hari bhai of course).
Regards to all Rafi Sahab fans
Shirish Kulkarni
098204 52562
thanx for giving us such a splendid writeup on rafisaab-sanjeevbhai combination,i would like to add one film..swayamwar…rajesh roshan composition….he had shared duets with shashi kapoor….ek mahal mon chham karti…rafisaab-kishoreda….jitna likhen utna hi kum hain…..wah rafisaab
Dr. Khaja Aliuddin Sahab,
Thanks for reminding us of the great songs of Rafi saab for Hari bhai. Hari bhai was one of my favourite actors. There is one thing that both actor and singer shared — love of food — and as a doctor, you know better than anyone else how dangerous that could be. Most of the songs you’ve chronicled are great, but the two Madan Mohan compositions in Naunihal and Dastak have always been very, very special to me. Whenever I think of ghazals, the Naunihal song (“tumhari zulf ke saaye me sham kar loonga”) comes to mind. Of course, the other classic from the film is sung in the background for Pandit ji’s funeral procession. Like Pandit ji, Hari bhai was a great fan of rafi saab. The song from Dastak (“tum se kahun ek baat”) is one of the best low-pitched deliveries in hfm — what voice modulation! “Halki halki halki…” and it knocks the bails off.
Regards,
P. Haldar
Dr.Khwaja Aliuddin Sahab ko mera pyaar bharaa namashkaar.
aapney do behtereen insaanon key bareymein likhaa hai.
u have done ample justice to the teaming of these great personalities and in their life times they have made some wonderful songs and they with us as all time hits.
haribhai is my favourite actor and he along with dadamoni never acted or enacted – they were just natural performers.
now our own rafi sahab’s link with haribhai professionally was like ” sone pe suhagaa “.
sahab i dont have words to express after having read your article – jismey ek ajeebsaa vazan hai – jokee donon hastiyonko aur bulandiyon pe bitaatee hai.
congrats on a great effort from you sahab – aisey hee likhtey rahiyegaa.
ramesh narain kurpad.
rameshkurpad@gmail.com
Dr Sahab,
Adaab,
Thanks for writing such an informative article. In fact I was not aware there are so many songs sung by Rafi picturized on Sanjeev Kumar.
I would like add one song from the film Be Reham, “Taqdeer Ke Kalam Se Tu Bhach Naa Payegaa”. The song is in background based on the character played by Sanjeev Kumar. He plays a role of a Police Commissioner going through a troubled relationship.
Regards,
Anmol Singh.
dear khaja sahab,
thanks for the article on the combination of rafiji and one of the finest actor-Hari bhai.
2 songs i would like to add to the list-
film Dastak- Tumse kahoon ik baat paron se halki- the Sanjeev kumar and rehana sultan are out in mumbai- walking on the marine drive, probably, late in the night. He sings to her, very close to her ears, this song. Sung softly, with clarity- by rafiji.
Film- Bachpan- AAya re khilonewala khel khilone leke aaya re aaya re- the song tugs at your heart- superbly enacted as well as sung.
I have observed that there are so many out there, who have so much knowledge and the zeal to share it with others. congrats to each one of you.
FINE AND CRISP ARTICLE DOCTOR KHAJA SAAHEB…
ONE POINT : HARI BHAI SANJEEV KUMAR AND VINOD KHANNA – BOTH WERE THE actors to watch in the eighties. vinod khanna migrated to OSHO RAJNEESH ASHRAM AND FATE took away our hari bhai from us.
Haribhai house stands next to meena kumaris house at pali hill. we remember our hari bhai whenever we go to meet kaman amrohi’s son shandar amrohi saaheb.
DOCTOR SAAHEB NICE TO DEDICATE THIS ARTICLE TO RAFI LOVERS. A RAFI FAMILY IS IN PLACE – IF I AM NOT TOO WRONG..
LIKHTE RAHIYE…. DOCTOR SAAHEB AUR HUM PADHTE RAHENGE….
khaja aliuddin saab,
A very nice write up on the combination of “RAFI SAHAB & SANJEEV KUMAR”.
I am grateful to you and feel honoured to be included in your list of ‘hard-core Rafi lovers.
Thanks a lot again
Regards,
SANJEEV DIXIT
LUCKNOW
Ali Bhai – Assalam Alaikum
I am very pleased to read your write up on the combo of Rafi – Sanjeev. I am happy again to know that you too are from my hometown, Hyderabad and one of the die hard fans of Rafi Saab.
Bas aur kya kahoon…
Taarif us Khuda ki jis ne jahan banaya
hum ko sami aur rafi ko muganni banaya
Waqt tham jaye, zamana ruk jaaya
Hum Rafi ke geeton main doob jayen..
Thanks
H.A.K.Walijah
a wonderful philosophical number was in alibaba40 chor ” banaye ja bigade ja bigade jaa banaye ja , ke ham tere chirag hain, jalaye ja bujhaye jaa “.
when rafi saab says ” banaye jaa” to end the mukhda, the way he takes off is just worth listening to. probably one of the first movies of hari bhai asa hero, music byusha khanna, another devotee of rafi saab.
asalamu alaikum dr khaja aliuddin saab thanx for great article on great hari bhai and our beloved rafi saab also thanx for including my name in the list of die heart fan of rafi saab, also i would like to inform every body that i have posted pictures of the event organised by rafi foundation from all over the country ,kindly visit all the pages of rafi saabs blog,for kind information of visitors of rafi saabs blog ,to go to next page kindly click older posts ,you will find bottom of every page,there are over 300 pages are there,kindly visit this link take care
http://www.rafifanblog.blogspot.com
The Great Rafi had a god gift to mould his voice and he did it very comfortably for sanjeev kumar too..This quality of Rafi is unmatched.No one has reached near Rafi so far and probably no one would..ever..
Dear Dr Khaja sahab,
Nice flow of admirable information. Very lucidly you have enumerated the relation of our beloved rafi sahab with sanjeev kumar. As is the forte with rafi sahab, he has excelled in his playback for sanjeev kumar too in all the songs with immense scope for bringing out the best fron this talented actor. The combination has been unique & complementary & the wealth of wide range of songs is for us to treasure.
Keep up the good work in refreshing our souls.
I wrote a comment earlier but don’t think it got submitted properly, so am writing agian. Khaja Aliuddin Bhai, thanks for this nice article about Rafi Saab’s songs for Sanjeev Kumar. I am so glad you wrote about this, Sanjeev is one of my favourite actors and it’s a pity he died so young. He was an excellent actor.
I don’t even know some of the songs you have mentioned (shows my ignorance) – it would be so great if some them could be uploaded here?
Thank you so much for including my name among your list of hard-core Rafi fans. I am honoured and grateful for that. How could I not be an ardent fan? Have heard his songs from a young age, and am so grateful to God that we have these songs. No burden can be too heavy if we just listen to a song of the great Rafi Saab.
Dear Khaja Aliuddin Sahab
It is so good to see someone write about the maestro’s songs for Sanjeev Kumar, who seems to have become forgotten these days. He was also one of my favourites. An excellent actor. Rafi Saheb did justice to all the songs he has sung for him (but what is surprising about that? He has not sung a single song with which one can find any imperfection).
I am grateful to you and feel honoured to be included in your list of ‘hard-core Rafi lovers’. How can anyone who has heard his songs from childhood not be his ardent fan?
Thank you for mentioning songs which are not always to be heard. (It would be wonderful if someone could upload them here too).
Aliuddinji, wah, kya kehna! You hve chosen a great actor and of course the greatest singer. Your article chronicles Sanjeev Kumar’s musical career..an exhaustive list of his films and songs. So much information. I enjoyed reading it..humming the songs you have listed. I am a great fan of Sanjeev.
Bahut shukriya,
your article is a collector’s item.
regards
Utthara