True Voice – Mohd Rafi
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.
I have been fortunate to have close personal association with Rafi, Sirkali, TMS, Dr. BMK, Kishore, SPB & KJY, PS, Mannadey and the one and only Lata Mangeshkar.
Comparisons are bound to come, but almost every artist or I have met considers Lata to be beyond comparison. Her talents are beyond anyone’s reach. Even Sirkazi used to talk of her singing like a die-hard fan as do countless others.
Now coming to the Rafi-SPB discussion. It might be difficult to convince an South Indian to believe Rafi is the better and at the same time Rafi crowd will never believe any other male singer comes anywhere nearer. There is one more mobile crowd, which is well conversant with Hindi and some south Indian language. Majority of them tilt to either Rafi or Kishore.
During one of my stays in M’as I had stayed with SPB. While talking of true voices he said, I don’t feel like half a singer when listening to Rafi. True voice is not a tech term but many in circle use it. Perfect example would be lata, but to understand consider our own PS who within her range is superb. People who do not have such true voices can never do justice to original. They generally underplay many parts of the song or fake it with bass/superficial singing. True voices make people like Sirkazi, Nusrat Fateh Ali khan, Lata… Inimitable. However since Sirkazi and Nusrat did not have the filmy voices their “real” following is limited to their local arena.
In addition to the true voice if the singer has a very good voice then in “most” cases he/she can better songs of others. It is this combination which makes Rafi stand out among the other male singers. There are many here who seem to have mistaken notions on a good bass and also on high pitch.
Bryan Adams does not require a monster bass in “Summer of 69” to sound real manly. It is the punch which gives that feel and that is decided only by the comfort level in most ranges (that is by what your throat can support). This you CAN never disguise with bass. Since people have talked about lack of manly voice viz. a viz. Rafi it was necessary to bring this point out. I have had the fortune of listening to most singers in studio and some times without a mike, practicing with MD’s.When Lata or Rafi do, the level is so high that people hesitate to even hum. It felt silly to sing in their presence (and it feels silly when someone says his voice isn’t manly).
In RD’s tribute when SPB sang “Aaja Aaja mein hoon” or “Chaand mera dil” it sounded only sweet and lacked punch if you compare with Rafi’s original.
Yesu once told me God has been partial to Rafi. He said “god gift term anavasyamaa romba common aa ippo use aardu”.. but idu Rafi kee thaan 100% porundu”. This person could sing “as intricately as a lady without sounding thin”, “cover any mood”, “versatility odey perfect example Rafi”. Yesu said most important is the comfort level over ranges which makes you feel God has been partial to Rafi. (But Of course in Rafi’s early career (1950’s) the voice was relatively feeble).
To people exposed to Rafi’s talent, these or any amount of praise can only seem less. I just wish he was alive and you people could get a live chance to hear him. Probably you can get hold of the DD album for the Geet Gaata Chal series where the first four episodes were dedicated to Rafi. Rafi is on camera singing “O Duniya Ke Rakwaaley” and many other songs. If you see and hear the last part you will realize why SPB said “impossible”. I think particularly those people who have talked about scales w.r.t Rafi should see this album. Its a known fact in industry that Rafi ruled high pitch and there is no male singer better in switching notes so easily. There are artists who can go beyond but then they sound strained or they don’t have pleasant voices when they venture into those territories.
Many singers of today are his compulsive followers. But they end up inheriting only part of his quality. Md. Aziz ended up with a sad voice. Mahendra Kapoor with a thick nasal voice. Anwar with a nasal voice. Sonu Nigam with a feminine voice. Rafi neither had a soft voice nor a heavy (bass) voice he had a good voice. Importantly did not strain at high notes, and voice if at all only became better at higher notes. If you see him singing it will remind you of Janaki. However diff the song is or the note is he will be smiling and singing. It is unthinkable that he cannot sing something.
There seems to be lot of talk about “Shankara Bharanamo” song. SPB has sung many a great numbers and things being said about this song in this forum are rather amusing, particularly b’cos 3 out of 4 people who can be called as singers will be able sing it and at least one out of 10 will sing it with the same effect. There are lot of other songs of SPB where this great singer has played with songs in total control. You will find most south Indian singers who have had a good exposure say that it is beneficial to learn Hindustani as it gives better breath control and improves expression.
Rafi was not only able to glide over a song, the important thing was that he could express each word/sound when singing. It is one thing to hold your breath, start and reach a crescendo (high note), as like in “Shankara”, “Anbey (Yennai kaan villaye)” it is different ballgame if you have to do it from low notes or suddenly switch notes. With practice the former can be done, latter requires a special gift. Rafi had a natural ability to do the latter. In “Tum joh mil gaye ho” there is such a transition in the “karwaan mil gaya” part. I have never seen anyone do justice to most of his songs in my life time. In “parda hai parda” quawaali the similar part is “kar doon to, Akbar mera naam”. In fact most of his songs will have these specialty as it was his natural ability to sing freely in a wide range at the same time giving that extra expression.
Whereas SPB takes us to heavens with “Idu oru pon maali”,”Ilaya nila” “bisiladarenu”(kannada), when he sings Rafi’s song it lacks the punch or expression, though it has the bass. But at least most agree that SPB does some justice to original, whereas most others murder the original.
One trivial point I would like to add is that singing in Hindi is harder. There are more “JHA”,”CHA”,”HA”,”THA”, “KHA”,”JA”,”FA”. These take away the breath faster. The more expressive you are the more air you are using up. Just singing from Nabhi will not help, your throat also needs to do a lot, for singing in Hindi, Bengali etc. SPB makes you fall in love with his south Indian songs but same cannot be said about his Hindi songs. If you just glide through words having these sounds, you will never be expressive. Doing this as well as reaching high notes is not easy. Rafi had this gift and that’s why it is difficult to imagine anyone else in his shoes. Song “Chalkaaye jaam” has so much expression that it is unthinkable how anyone can sing it. When Rafi switches to a high note with “Mitwaa” in the song “Chaahunga mein tughey” you cannot replicate it with bass. Most others will sound as if they are shouting in such cases. That man’s throat had the ability to freely sing at such levels.
Versatility is not just the ability to sing in various styles, more important is how good you are singing in those styles. You have lot of Ghazal singers today but when Rafi sings a Ghazal you will sit up and take notice. You don’t have to be part of the Ghazal listeners crowd. This is one important aspect. Whatever style you sing you should be able to pull the common man to listen and not just a particular crowd. Pick “parda hai parda” or any qawalli and it will stand tall among other qawalli’s.
Variety is amazing :
songs of Guru Dutt’s Khagaz key phool or songs like abhi naa jao chod key, Aaja teri yaad aayi, Aaj kal mein dhal gaya, Aaj kal terey merey pyaar, Aasmaan sey aaya farishta, Dil ney pyaar kiya hai, Deewana mujh saa nahi, Din dhal jaaye, Duniya paagal hai, Jaane walon jara, Dil joh na kaha saka, Dil key jharokon mein, Dil kaa bhavar, Chalkey teri aakkhon sey, Kar chaley hum fida, khilona jaan kar tum, Woh jab yaad aay, Woh hain jara khafa, Vaadian mera daaman, Pathar key sanam, Chaand mera dil, Main zindagi kaa saath, Mainey poocha chaand sey, sun sun jaalima, Koi jab raah na paay, hum to chaley pardes, badan pey sitaarey, laal chadi maidaan, Tum jo mil gaye, O meri shaahey, Sau baar janam lengey, Tum mujhey yoon bhula, Tumney mujhey dekha, Terey merey sapney, Tumny pukaara hum chaley aay
Name a situation/mood and Rafi’s song will be there on the top.
Swami
My two important posts are under moderation more than two hours, God only knows when it will be cleared publish here. If such things happenning now and then there is no way rafi fans have to quit one by one from this site and handover this site to anti-rafians to rule and insult our idol rafi saab. It is high time the fellow rafians do take strong steps to curb this un-necessary and meaningless moderation.
moderator ji ,
you irking rafi fans with your meaningless moderation
The moderation of this site is senseless and meaningless
Friends and music lovers
One last and final word, ” Rafi is incomparable” nobody’s voice match his classic status.
It is a challenge to compare rafi songs to any singer living or dead, all must accept rafi’s voice is sweeter than the honey and softer than the velvet.
Accept this truth or be adamant you ghantaslans and KK fans) and stick to your foolish, stupid, insipid comments. No one cares for your comments.
oh i forgot to give my comments to the song you mentioned, yes here the voice is different from mannaday.
Moreover, this song sounds sweeter than the previous one, nice addition. i thoroughly enjoyed the song. thanks for linking.
brother bhushan!
post 3336
dear brother,
i am very happy that at last a good sense eventually prevailed among us, in a very cordial and friendly atmosphere.
actually discussing songs here, i have no problem in that. but once comparison are being made between legends, the problems creeps in. We must refrain ourselves from comparing each, others favorites, i think.
regarding ghantasala, i would say that he has got a unique voice, which not many singers commonly have. permit me to say that he has a voice like we have mukesh’s voice, which was altogether different from other singers, or that of talat mehmood. these people have such a distinctive voices that copying them or have their clones is quite difficult. the voice of ghantasala is deep, distinctive, very matured, expressive and his classical training give him more strength.
if you have a taste for such a voice, you will also like the voice of a ghazal singer in pakistan, mr habib wali muhammad.
just hear his song,
“kab mera nasheman ahley chaman”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hr3DpHhmFk
but the hindi or urdu speaking people has a taste altogether different. despite being legends less number of people listens to mukesh and talat mehmood and these singers have lesser fan following than rafi.
i am not writing this to say ” you scratch my back, i’ll scratch yours.
imho, when i hear a classical duet of rafi and mannaday, i like rafi voice more than manna’s despite the fact that mannaday is more classically trained, but rafi is gifted with such an immense talent and melodious voice that his voice overpowers everybody’s else.
i am not sure whether i am able to convey my point or not.
we rafi lovers have a great taste for the voice and singing style of rafi sahab, and this necessarily does not only relates to his voice quality only. the way rafi sing a song is out of this world. even if you do not like the music composition, but one surely enjoy each and every song sung by rafi, this being the magic of his voice.
hence if you like ghantasala, or kishore kumar or if somebody likes the style of himesh rishamya, every body has their own taste for music, no problem. but if somebody say that himesh rishamya sings better than tansen, then there is definitely a great problem,
ram krishna bharti
Moderator ji,
In the name of moderation, the posts are withheld for more than days which loose the esseance of the post and meaningless after the time bar out. So publish the post of rafi fans without moderation. The posts are immediate link to the corresponding posts.
You have to look into this matter and find out the problem maybe I think technical problem most of times. Even the regular rafi fans posts are put under moderation which is meaningless!!!!!!!!!!!
Mr. Bhushan and others.
What is your point in arguing here, do you want show always that G.sala is greater singer than Mohd. Rafi. No way, G.sala is local singer and he will appreciate locals only, whereas Rafi is world class singer and admired world wide. Do not bring your boring songs and mindless arguments on this site if you really a music lover. Go propogate about your singer in your telugu circle where you can get some sympathies. The Rafi fans have no way to appreciate a regional singer at any cost. So do not waste your time in bringing out some stupid songs of G sala.
Bharti brother, listen this one, does the voice resemble manna dey ?
http://www.chitramala.com/audio-songs/pop_new.php?sid=8205&wid=1228
Bharti brother,
Thanks for your post, you are honest in your views and I believe you. I will come back with melodious songs when time permits as I am little busy now.
bhushan post 3331(contd…)
“meney socha thaa”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8h64uf4c8n8
the particular song sung by rafi is quite a difficult song, effortlessly rendered by the legendry singer in contray to
the song sung by ghantasAla
“Paadutha Theeyaga Challaga”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtji3oza23k
Bhushan POST 3331.
I HEREBY PRESENT MY HEARTFELT NOTES HERE WITHOUT BEING SUBJECTIVE. DO NOT DOUBT ON THE HONESTY WITH WHICH I WILL PRESENT MY OBSERVATIONS HERE.
1. GHANTASALA VOICE RESEMBLES MANNADAY, WITH NOTICEABLY LOT MORE EXPRESSIONS, AND PATHOS.
2. I AM SORRY BROTHER BHUSHAN, THE PLEASANTNESS WHICH MOHD.RAFI HAS HAD IN HIS VOICE IS GOD-GIFTED & NATURAL. HE IS OBVIOUSLY UNMATCHABLE IN THIS REGARD.
3. THE SONG IS QUITE A SIMPLE SONG, AND ANY SINGER CAN SING THIS WITH EASE, HOWEVER I DOUBT THAT ANYBODY ELSE CAN BETTER THE ULTIMATE EXPRESSIONS AND PATHOS OF GHANTASALA RENDERED IN THIS PARTICULAR ONE.
THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT THE SONG IS BEAUTIFULLY DELIVERED.
YOU TOO BE IMPARTIAL TO ADMIT THIS FACT.
RAM KRISHNA BHARTI
Shors and salans are totally defeated, they can not present the songs in competition to which we present.
they just keep on talking in thin air.
their strategy is to keep quite for a while, then present their old jokes here and to run away immediately.
they are destined to be defeated whenever they try to prove that breathlessness, shor (noise) and yoodliyuing is some sort of singing which only lowest music taste persons like those who propagate this, can listen to.
ki? shor (means what a noise) and sala (i don’t want to give the meanings, you must have heard, aabey saley chup karke beth naheen to…!) are no singers.
3322 post… ek aur anek’
to take “muck” from mohd rafi lovers – is also an art essayed by “shor-salans”.
jai ho jai ho jai ho – sala’ns and shor’s – (forgive them Oh lord for “they” know not what they are doing.)
don’ t you have some shame. some respect for your hero’s? u degraded salan and shor fan?
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Mr. Bharti, here is a song, be open minded and properly understand the expressions, pathos, emotions and sweetness
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtJi3OZA23k
Maha Devika didi, Post-3300.
Thank you for providing me the link to such a devotional song of Mohammed Rafi. May God bless you. You shall always remain in my prayers.
Your proposal for analyzing Rafi Sahab’s songs has been very timely and has a lot of merit. You have rightly said that it will educate ourselves.And not only that, it will save us lot of time that is otherwise being spent arguing with fans of other singers.
regards
Musharraf bhaiya
mAHA DEVIKA 3312
EVER SINCE YOU DISCOVERED THIS MOST MELODIOUS SONG OF KING RAFI, I HAVE HEARD THIS SONG FOR SOME 20 TIMES, WITHIN THE LAST 24 HRS.
YOUR CHOICE AND SELECTION OF SONGS, MUSIC SENSE AND THE WAY YOU EXPLAIN THE MINOR DETAILS IN A SONG IS MARVELOUS. AS I KNOW YOU ARE IN YOUR TEENS BUT YOU HAVE KNOWLEDGE MORE THAN US, THE OLD-TIMERS
hERE IS ONE CHULBULA SONG OF RAFI SAHAB AND SUMAN KULYANPUR, YOU WILL SURELY ENJOY
‘GORE GOREY MUKHRE WALI’
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EeAyprBZi-g&feature=related
MAHA DEVIKA 3311
WHAT A MESMERIZING SONG BY RAFI.
ITS TRUE THAT WHEN RAFI SINGS, OTHERS SHOULD STOP SINGING AND START HEARING COZ ONLY RAFI-ROCKS
CONTD FROM 3325.
AND MY CHALLENGE IS SIMPLE,
BRING THOSE WORTHLESS SONGS OF SALA AND KIE? SHOR AND WE’LL SHOW YOU WHAT SINGING REALLY MEAN.
ABHISHEK/BHUSHAN IN DISGUISE OF RAFI FAN1, RAFI FAN CAN NEVER DISGRACE MOHD.RAFI BY COMPARING HIM WITH A REGIONAL FREAK
poor shor ‘s and salans.
they ARE FANS OF WORTHLESS SINGERS.
KK GOT FAME ONCE GOOD MUSIC DIED IN 70’S, STILL RAFI WAS SELECTED FOR THE BEST SONGS.
THE OTHER ONE WAS SUFFERING FROM ‘ASTHMA’, WHOSE BREATH IS EASILY HEARD IN ALL OF HIS SONGS. HE ALSO SINGS IN SHORTEST INTERVALS TO CONCEAL HIS SHORT-COMINGS WHICH WERE FAR TOO MANY.
WHEN NOBODY KNEW HIM, HE WAS TRIED TO BE GIVEN SOME RECOGNITION BY HIS COMPARISON WITH THE GREATEST OF ALL-TIMES SINGERS, RAFI SAHIB.
SALA WAS EXPOSED, AS HE USE TO CRY IN EVERY SONG, MAY IT BE A GEET, OR CLASSICAL ONE. HE USED TO SING ALL SONGS LIKE CLASSICAL ONES.
EVEN IN CLASSICAL, HE WAS FAR BACKWARD A SINGER AND COULD NOT COMPETE WITH MANADAY, WHAT TO TALK OF RAFI.
HIS VOICE WAS THE BLEND OF SAIGAL AND MANNADAY.
HIS JOB WAS TO STEAL SONGS FROM HFM AND SING IN TELUGU. CHAL UD JA REY PANCHI WAS STOLEN AND SUNG AS IF IT WAS SOME KIND OF BHAJAN. THE SOUL OF THE SONG WAS ABSENT AND MELODY WAS MISSING ALTOGETHER.
Dear friends,
Please watch rafi sahab live singing yet another immortal non-filmy ghazal “main kab gata mere swar mein, pyar kisi ka gata hai”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlvHWIhh3Eg&feature=related
Regards
Sandeepshrivastav
good, name has been changed now, accept my challenge or just buzz off to your barren sites where you people truly belong to, you people just keep on coming to this site to bitter our tastes, because you know that your regional/local stuffs are as worthless as you are.
your comments are a source of comedy for us when you try to compare rafi who is a true legend with a local singer whose faults when exposed, his fans started trying to protect him by saying he had some respiratory disease.
if he had been breathless then why sing, there are lot good talented singers around than sala sahab.
you are saying that a breathless singer is better than the “singer of the millenium”, what a joke, on which one can cry only.
Abhishek/bhushan(Same Person, different names)
So it means you have accepted your defeat, because you know that gsala has no such great songs
again, just give a link to such a slow song as mentioned in my above post, i promise you, i’ll analyse it with an open mind, but the song must be of the same type which i have mentioned.
lets not fight and be gentlemen, we all are educated and there no harm in analysing and discussing within a good atmosphere keeping the dignity of the forum and decorum intact, so i’ll be waiting for your response,
brother
Ghantasala and Ki_shore Kumar can not be compared to Mohd. Rafi, he is synonymous for singing. why you fans of g.sala and KK stubborn to get insults to their idols with your useless arguments.
Jao apna kaam karo g sala fans and Kk fans, rafi lovers ko un ki halat par chod do wo to rafi sahab ke baare main baat karna pasand karte hain aur hona bhi yehi chahiye.
Ramkrishna bharti ji,
If the arguments are not with a open mind and on fair lines, any amount of links for ghantasala or other singers songs will be of no use, as a person who does not want to listen with open mind will simply criticise that even if that songs is better rendered, so there is no purpose in bringing any ghantasala songs here, as you are not prepared to listen to them with an open mind. What is the use of your challenging Mr. bhushan to bring a song of ghantasala ?
Dear rafi lovers, Mr. Bharti
Our comments are being moderated, how can you expect us to argue with you, is it a fair deal. You people very well know you cannot win on fair arguments hence, binu nair and others are resorting to such game. If you have real guts, see that Let each of our comment be published and all your chapter will be closed.
Mr.Binu Nair
it is “shor’ means ‘lot of noise’
kk was nick-named as “shor-kumar” by musical circles, of that time.
he was not considered even a singer, as mentioned by mannaday, and ghanta sala was a local, regional singer.
Bharti ji – if you listen with a open mind, just hear this song, unsurpassable in pathos, emotions, melody and expressions
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtJi3OZA23k
Why the fans of Shors and Salans invite the choicest words for their gurus i am unable to understand.
the thick skinned salans and shors invite trouble from rafi lovers . and, they get in good measure.
the show must go on . lage raho rafi bhakto……………
Bhushan and Abhishikh
tum sirf yahan pur akey ik phul jadi chod jatey ho, aur phir ghayab, tumhari baton mey koi wazan naheen hota
Bhushan!
regional stuffs can’t not better than legends.
these are only street singers
OK ABHISHEK/BHUSHAN LETS HAVE A FAIR BOUT
BRING GHANTASALA SONG AGAIINST RAFI SONG LINKED HERE BY MAHA DEVIKA,
“MENEY SOCHA THAA”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8h64Uf4C8n8
just don’t talk in thin air, prove your point with concrete evidence.
Bring 1 song of ghantasala better than I present here
if you can not, just buzz of from here
said a bank general manager yesterday: mohd rafi is the “ultimate” in singing. i would love to attend “any” musical where rafi songs are presented.
another personality from mumbai who does only class shows with zakir hussein, raees khan, hariprasad chaurasia, bupinder singh and elite musicians told us, : for rafi i am always there. we have to plan a program where 30,000 people attend the show in a stadium.
last year, bupinder attended a rafi show in chandigarh not charging a rupee from the organisers – for the love of rafi sahib.
the jokers coming here are free to die of jealousy and music lovers are nourishing their ears with the greatest songs made by great composers, lyricists in the voice of mohd rafi sahib.
Bollywood has got lot of politics. A commemorative stamp was released on ghantasala in feb. 2003 by govt. Immediately in may, 2003 stamps were released for rafi, kishore, mukesh and hemant, citing that when a southern singer gets recognition, what about hindi singers.
3309 – ram krishna bharati – you are 50% correct, like p suseela and ghantasala, in hindi rafi and lata are the combination. To be very clear, agreeing with you, p suseela is greater than lata and similarly ghantasala than rafi (in overall terms). In their respective industries they are individually great on their own.
i am speechless after hearing this non-filmi ghazal of this exceptional singer.
i listened to this song trying to find even one mistake in this lengthy song, but i failed as always while listening to this greatest singer of hindustan.
people thought, even me that rafi sahab is known for his high pitched songs and he is ultimate in this genre of music, but look at this song, one of the most difficult song to be sung, and rafi sahab has delivered it with an utmost ease. hats off to this ultimate singer. it is these types of songs which can expose the weaknesses of singers, as these are extemely hard to sing.
let me say here that people who think or want to prove that any other singer can match the utmost varieties in which rafi sahab has sung, are wrong and allegations are baseless, if they think they are right, they must bring a song against this one song of rafi sahab, may it be ghantasala, kishore kumar, mukesh, talat mehmood, kl saigal, mannaday, lata mangeshkar, noor jahan or anybody else.
nobody can ever match the peerless singer mohd. rafi saab.
dear bothers & sister, all rafi sahab fans
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kindly comment on this slow, soulful song of legendary rafi sahab
“mey nay sochaa thaa”
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UosK5Bx1r7A
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regards,
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maha devika
Dear Bothers & sister, all rafi sahab fans
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kindly comment on this slow, soulful song of legendary rafi sahab
“Mey Nay Sochaa Thaa”
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regards,
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mahadevika
i my above 2,3 posts i am referring to, kishorefan/abhishek/bhushan or whatever post 3298.
kk only knew yyyuuudddllliiiyyyuuuuuu, and anybody thinking this is singing, is an aghhhhh
one more singer i know is better than lata, it is p.susheela. just listen to her voice depth and range.
hence when you want to hear rafi sahib, put these prejudices of yours aside.
kishorefan
the ethnic and religious prejudice against rafi saab is quite obvious from your comments, otherwise it is an established facts that almost in all the duets rafi always has subdued lata, and i can quote you lot of examples in this regard.
any impartial person having adequate music sense, knowledge and above all understanding of surr, tall, modulations, voice throw, deptrh of voice, changing of notes, sweeteness in highest notes etc etc will always say that rafi has been always far ahead in each and every aspect of the singing capabilities.
with all due respect and not intending to hurt her millions of fans, i am certain that rafi was the better of the two singers.
listen to these 3 songs only and you will understand what do i mean to say.
1. ‘aja key intizaar mey, jaane ko hey bahaar bhi’.
2. ”tere bin sooney, nayan humarey’
3. ‘yey hawa ye mastana mausam, dil ko phir qarrar ayya’
rafi clealy and noticingly dominates in these duets and (almost) all with the nightingale.
madam noor jehan was much better singer than lata, she could never matched noor jehan and rafi’s range.
J.K. Bhagchandani ji
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thanks for the appreciation which has always been a source of great encouragement for a merely minor student of rafiology, such as myself. specially if this comes renowned commentators like your kindself.
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i have an idea, why not analyse rafi sahab’s songs, one after the other, asking for the comments from all rafi sahab fans, .
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this will educate students like myself about the beauty of the song, how rafi sahab has sung that particular song, each and every aspect of the song should be analysed. the song may be selected by people like you, hansji, musharafji, binus ji ,andrea correa ji and other big names.
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all rafi fans to kindly give their comments on this idea of mine.,
regards,
maha devika
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Dear maha devikaji,
you can send the article to legend@mohdrafi.com
i want to send an article written by myself to this site on rafi sahab. May anybody guide me in this regards,
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maha devika
ghantasala make filmi songs sound like some bhajans or classical song, killing the soul and purpose of the song.
ghantasala make filmi songs sound like some bhajans or classical song, killing the soul and purpose of the song.
rafi sahib, on the contrary would sing expressing the full essence of the songs most brilliantly and it is here where rafi glamorizes and shines in the horizons of word of music.
no accomplished singer can match the heights where rafi stands, what to talk of a local singer who was known to few people only.
kishorefan 3298.
We accept that ghanta is the best sala, and no other singer is better in shorr, than shor-kumar.
when kk got aradhna songs by politics, in happiness he sang for sala,
“sala mey to sahab bun gaya, hpppp atten shunn!
yuddliyyyooooooooooooo
Kishorefan 3298!—
THE ONLY PROPER RESPONSE TO YOUR YET ANOTHER JOKE IS
HA, HA, HA……………..
JOKER JOKE NAHIN KAREGA AUR BHAAND TOB NAHIN KAREGA, TO KHAYE GA KAHAN SEY?
JUB KK HAR GIA TO GS KI KIA MAJAL HEY JO YAHAN TEHER SAKE
GHANTASALA, A MERE LOCAL “FREAK”