25th Anniversary Tribute

Hello Friends,

Please visit mohdrafi.com to see our tribute to the great indian legend, Mohd Rafi on his 25th Death Anniversary. I would like to thank Mr. Yunus for his contribution for this day.

http://www.mohdrafi.com/25deathann/index.html

The tribute is a 40 minute video presentation. Two modes available:

1. Stream: A real player sure stream. Realplayer can be downloaded from http://www.real.com
2. Download: A zip download of 121 MB. Video in optimized DiVX format. DiVX player can be downloaded from http://www.divx.com.

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The web version is optimized for streaming and download. If any one is interested in getting a VCD or a clear DVD of this tribute please contact me.

Here are the various articles thats hit the Internet this morning:

Rafi: A tribute to the legend

Source: Hindustan Times, Pankaj Vohra

It is not something which happens too often anywhere in the world when a singer who passed away 25 years ago continues to dominate nearly all radio programmes. It is exactly 25 years since Mohammad Rafi, arguably India's greatest and most versatile playback singer left for his heavenly abode, leaving behind thousands of songs which made him a legend in his life time and the rich legacy of his golden voice.

Composer Naushad under whose baton Rafi sang some of his most memorable numbers regards Rafi as one of the greatest singers of all times whose sincerity and dedication should serve as a lesson for all new comers.

Leaving a void

Rafi died on July 31, 1980 when he was 55 years old and left a void which no singer after him has been able to fill. A large number of his clones - Shabbir Kumar, Anwar, Jaspal Singh and several others - have tried to recreate his magic without any success.

After all Rafi was a perfect singer and a thorough gentleman whose versatility can be recognised from the fact that he even provided his voice to another greater singer of his times - Kishore Kumar in more than two films. Kishore Kumar had once written a letter in Filmfare proclaiming that he was also a Rafi fan. Rafi had sung "Man mora bawara" for him under O.P. Nayyar's baton in Ragini and "Ajab hai dastaan teri hai zindagi" composed by Shankar Jaikishen in Shararat.

It was a quirk of fate that Kishore Kumar displaced Rafi as a number one singer in the early seventies during the era when Rajesh Khanna became a phenomenon. But Rafi's fan following never went down and it is a testimony to his immense talent that even today, 25 years after his death when more than 45 per cent people were not even born, he is the most heard male voice in our Radio programmes.

Versatility was second nature

Such was Rafi's perfection that when Filmfare used to have a single award for the best singer, he won it more times than the legendary Lata Mangeshkar. Dev Anand, for whom Kishore Kumar gave the playback in many immortal songs, always regarded Rafi as a better ghazal singer and preferred Kishore for lighter songs. No wonder Rafi sang "Hum bekhudi se tum ko pukare chale gaye" in Kala Pani and "Tere mere sapne ab ek sangh hai" in Guide for the silver screen's first superstar.

There was hardly a hero or for that matter anyone in films for whom Rafi did not sing. Shammi Kapoor's yahoo image was as much due to Rafi as it was because of O.P.Nayyar and Shankar Jaikishen. Dilip Kumar's great performances were highlighted by Rafi's voice which became synonymous with the thespian. "O door ke musafir'' in Uran Khatola and "Madhuban mein radhika nache re'' in Kohinoor were among the best songs where Rafi provided the soul.

Rajendra Kumar's jubilee star image was inspired by the singer's "Teri pyari pyari soorat ko" in Sasural and "Yeh mera prem patra padh kar" in Sangam. While singing "Tel maalish Champi" for Johnny Walker in Pyaasa, Rafi made it hard to tell whether he was singing the song or was it the comedian's own voice.

Humble beginnings

Rafi was born in Kotla Sultan Singh (now in Pakistan) on December 24, 1924 and though his music talent was noticed by his friends and relatives, it was late K.L.Saigal who on a visit to Lahore heard him singing on the roadside and recognised his potential. However, Rafi got his first break in a Punjabi film Gul Baloch in the early forties but he was first noticed when he sang a duet with the legendary Noor Jahan in Jugnu under the baton of Feroze Nizami.

The song, "Yahan badla wafaa ka bewafaee ke siva kya hai'' became an instant hit and the young Rafi was flooded wth offers. When every other singer was modelling himself on Saigal, Rafi initially was inspired by a lesser known singer GM Durrani (many years later the two later sang a duet, "Hum ko Hanste dekh zamana jalta hai" for Hum Sabh Chor Hain) and later developed his own style.

Saigal, who was number one died in 1948, and Talat Mehmood replaced him. But Rafi was already making waves with "Yeh zindagi ke mele duniya mein kam na hoongein'', "mein zindagi mein hardam rota hi raha hoon'', "suhani raat dhal chuki''

and "suno suno ae duniya walon, bapu ki yeh amar kahani''. The story goes that Talat went for his Haj pilgrimage which used to take three months at that time and when he returned Rafi had become number one. There was no looking back and with Naushad's Baiju Bawra score, Rafi left everyone far behind. "Man tarpat hari darshan ko aaj'' and "duniya ke rakhwale'' became instant hits.

Melodious partners

Although Rafi paired with almost all top singers for memorable duets, his songs with Geeta Dutt especially under OP Nayyar's baton brought a whiff of fresh air and perfect chemistry between the two singers.

Rafi was also at ease with singing with Shamshad Begum and there was a time when his voice became an essential ingredient for any box office formula. Very few people know that in the early sixties when there was small tiff between Rafi and Lata, the entire film industry came to a stand still. Shankar Jaikishen, the top composers of that time used Mubarak Begum in Humrahi and also Suman Kalyanpur. Fortunately, the two made up shortly afterwards and gave Hindi film music some of the greatest hits.

Rafi was a simple god fearing man who loved to play badminton and had no bad habits. He was equally at ease while singing classical, light, ghazals, humourous and romantic numbers. He was on the verge of regaining his top spot when he died and his last big hit song "Kya hua tera wada" was a precursor for a lot of things which would have followed.

But it was not to be and as the Nation pays homage to this great singer, his evergreen song, "dekhi zamane ki yaari, bichade sabhi bari bari" sums up the saga of the golden voice of one and only Mohammad Rafi.

Some composers Rafi worked with:

Roshan "Zindagi bhar nahin bhoole gi yeh barsaat ki raat"
Madan Mohan "Sawan ke mahine mein, ek aag si"
N Dutta "Maine chand aur sitaron ki tammana ki thi"
Ravi "Chaudhvi ka chand ho"
Laxmikant Pyarelal "Chahoonga mein tujhe sanjh savere"
Hansraj Behl "Mohabbat zinda rahti hai"
RD Burman "Diwana mujh sa nahin is ambar ke niche"
SN Tripathi "Zara samnee to aa o chaliye"
Naushad "Bhoola nahin dena ji bhoola nahin dena"
Salil Chaudhury "Toote hue khawabo nein"
C Ramchandran "Yeh hasrat thi ke is duniya mein"
C Arjun "Paas baitho tabiyat behal jayegi"
Jaidev "Abhi na jao chhod ke"
Vasant Desai "Kehdo koi na kare yahan pyar"
Kalyanji Anandji "Yeh do diwane dil ke".

A voice never forgotten

Source: hindu.com, R. Krithika

Mohammed Rafi died 25 years ago but his voice continues to charm listeners of another generation.

Tum mujhe yun bhoola na paoge/jab kabhi bhi sunoge geet mere/sung sung tum bhi gun gunaoge.

(You will not be able to forget me/whenever you hear my song/you will sing along with me)

NOT one of Mohammed Rafi's best songs, but it perhaps best expresses his enduring appeal. An appeal that continues 25 years after the man died on July 31, 1980.

Growing up in the 1970s with only a radio for entertainment, it was hard not to miss Rafi's voice. As you begin to search the Rafi repertoire, it is hard not to be amazed by the singer's range.

Versatile

Just two films give one an idea of his versatility. Naushad's score for "Baiju Bawra" (1952) was strictly classical. The peppy Tu Ganga ki mauj was offset by the brooding Man tarpat. The breezily romantic Jhoole me pawan gave way to anguished O Duniya ke rakhwale.

Similarly in "Pyasa" (music by S.D. Burman), Rafi songs were all huge hits — from the comic Sar jo tera chakraye to that ode to a dysfunctional society Ye duniya agar mil bhi jaye; from love (Hum aap ki ankhon mein) to despair (Jinhe naaz hai hind par). As the mood changes from despair to anger in Ye duniya agar mil bhi jaye, the listener can't help but be moved by the pain and tears in the singer's voice.

It was S.D. Burman again who chose Rafi for the three crucial songs in "Guide" at a time when the Kishore Kumar wave was sweeping everyone off its path. Rafi got Tere mere sapne; Kya se kya ho gaya and Din dhal jaaye to Kishore's one Gata rahe mera dil.

Shammi Kapoor's image as the "Junglee"-"Jaanwar"-"Budtameez" of Hindi cinema owed its very existence to Rafi's voice. Even while "yahooing" across the silver screen, melody was never very far away — Hum aur tum aur ye sama ("Dil Dekhe deko"); Is rang badalti duniya mein ("Rajkumar").

Beginnings

Rafi was born in Kotla Sultansingh (now in Pakistan) and landed in Bombay via the Lahore film industry. After Partition, he stayed on in India convinced that his future was here. How right he was! In a few years his career had soared and he had sung for all the major heroes — and some not so major ones.

Whether it was Rajendra Kumar, Bharat Bhushan, Dilip Kumar, Dev Anand, Biswajeet to the latter day Jeetendra, Rajesh Khanna, and even Rishi Kapoor, all lip synced to Rafi's voice.

Rafi's love songs traversed the highs and lows of that fickle emotion — Suhani raat dhal chuki ("Dulari"); Akele hain chale ao ("Raaz"); Baharon phool barsao ("Suraj"); Ae husn zara jaag ("Mere Mehboob"); Jaag dil e deewana (Unche Log); Main yeh sochkar ("Haqeeqat").

Some were absolute godsends to roadside Romeos all over the country — Chupnewale samne aa ("Tumsa Nahin Dekha"); Deewane ka naam to poocho ("An Evening in Paris"); Badan pe sitare ("Prince"), Lal chadi maidan khadi ("Janwar").

It was Rafi who sang what is perhaps the least inoffensive of double entendres in Hindi film songs — Apni to har aah ek toofan hai ("Kala Bazaar"). Listen to the mischievous emphasis on "uparwala jaan kar anjaan hai" as a debonair Dev Anand serenaded Waheeda Rahman.

When he entered the field, singers like Talat Mehmood and Mukesh, though great in their own way, had been typecast. Along came Rafi who could sing at any pitch or mood that the composer wanted.

At the height of the Kishore wave, O.P. Nayyar is reputed to have said, "Just give me one song and I'll put an end to this nonsense they're saying about Rafi." Listen to Tumse kahoon ek baat ("Dastak") or the Tumhari zulf ke saye ("Naunihal"), Tum jo mil gaye ho ("Hanste Zakhm") to understand the composer's unshaken belief in the singer, though Madan Mohan tuned these songs. Rafi's various songs for Nayar include the flirtatious Sun sun sun zalima ("Aar Paar"); Taarif karoon kya uski ("Kashmir ki Kali"); Aeji dil par hua aisa jadoo ("Mr. And Mrs. 55"); Aap ke haseen rukh par ("Baharen phir bhi ayengi").

Many moods

Rafi's voice evokes myriad emotions in the listener — Dekhi zamaane ki yaari ("Kagaz ke Phool"); Na kisi ki aankh ka noor hoon ("Lal Qila"); Duniya na bhaye ("Basant Bahar") may leave you down in the dumps but Khoya khoya chand ("Kala Bazaar"); Jawaniyan ye ("Tumsa Nahin Dekha") can lift the depression.

Feeling patriotic? Then listen to Ab tumhare hawale watan ("Haqeeqat"); Aye watan ("Shaheed") or Jahan daal daal par ("Sikander-e-azam"). A philosophical mood pervades Man re tu kahe na ("Chitralekha").

While Rafi is well known for his film songs, his non-film songs too are equally melodious. The best known are probably Paanv padu tore shyaam and Gazab kiya tere waade, but others like Shaam ke deepak jale; Do ghadi baitho and Kya yaad tumhe hum aayenge are as captivating.

Rafi would have been a great singer at any point of time but he was fortunate to enter Hindi films when music reigned supreme, when films ran on the strength of their music, when great composers and lyricists were falling over each other to make music.

Sunehri Yadein pays tributes to Rafi

Source: The Peninsula

DOHA: A thrilling musical concert titled, Sunehri Yadein, was held at Indian Community Recreation Centre on Thursday to mark the death anniversary of the legendry Indian singer, Mohammad Rafi.

The event was organised by Punjab Musical Group and jointly sponsored by Oman Air and Doha Bank.


Mohammad Siddiq (right) presenting a duet with Aishwarya Murali during Sunehri Yadein at the ICRC on Thursday. PMG President Shahid Rasheed (left) is playing dholak (drum).

The highlight of the event was the scintillating performance by Rafi's Lahore-based younger brother, Mohammad Siddiq. PMG president, Shahid Rasheed, welcomed the guests and thanked sponsors for supporting the event.

Siddiq opened the concert with a brilliant rendition of hamd who sar kabhe and later presented all-time favourites of Rafi such as bari door se aiya hoon, pata pata boota boota, sau saal pahle, jo wada kiya and ae duniya ke rakhwale, much to the enjoyment of the audience.

Local artistes and singers who performed during the concert included Sirshar Khan, Mujeebur Rehman, Imtiaz Khan, Javed Bajwa, Jamshed Bajwa, Nizhan Abdullah, Aishwarya Murali, Prakash Dasand and Abdul Jabbar. Tabla was provided by PMG chief organiser, Nazakat Ali Khan.

PARDEEP ji
Namskar,
Aap jo dil dil RAFI ji sewaa kar rehe hai. GOD give you long life .mere paas word nahi hai aap ke liye.
very very THANKS from my family and Music lover.

surinder dhall

Pradeep,

Very nice video and a great tribute ..

Yunus-bhai's rendition at the end brought me to tears ..

Regards,
Vivek

Padeepji
Very touching, this is indeed agreat tribute.Thaks for includig my humble rendition in this clip
Dr.Yunus

Pradeep bhai, i dont have words to say thanks this is the best article i have ever read. god bless u Pradeep sir, we all salute u. thanks u a lottttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt

Recently bbc hindi published a good article on Rafi sahab and some audio clip as well. i am uploading this interview's audio clips of rafi sahab hope u will like it.
thanks

Dear Pradeep ji,
We Rafians are observing 25th anniversary of great Rafi Sahib. Vividh Bharti has slated day long programmes specially dedicated to the memmory of RAFI. But you will notice none of TV Channels have bothered to telecast any programme in his memory. Even no film having Rafi songs has been telecast on this occasion.What a pity, they are busy in churning out action dramas. The press/ newspapers have also brought out special reports/supplements. In most of the published articles/write-ups, the writers have conviniently mentioned the place of birth of Rafi Sahib as Kotla Sultan Singh (now in Pakistan). But it is a fact the village is in Amritsar distt. (India) and photographs of Rafi's house were uploaded in some of the HF posts. We should try to put the records straight so that the factual position is known to all. I have also made a call for establishing a befitting memorial at this sacred place.


brgarg

Aap ka bhut sukreya bhai, very very Thanks today 25 D A 2005
un ki awaz soon dil ke aasoo ruk nahi sake bhai.

Thanks
surinder dhall

May allah bless his sole, and long live the legend that is mohammad rafi.

He is really the greatest ever singer and will be remebered till the end of this world....Inshallah

Bye
N@j@m

may god bless his soul

excellent video what a tribute

thank you very much

Can u believe that 25 yrs have passed !!!!

Pradeepji aur Dr. Yunusji, aap dono ka mann se dhanyavaad.

Woh jab yaad aayeiN, bahut yaad aayeiN
Gham-e-zindagi ke andhero me humne
Charaag-e-mohabbat jalaayeiN, bujhaayeiN...

Pradeep Bhai

Top work. Keep it up. I particulary like it when you say that when Rafisab used to sing he also used to act, direct, produce, write.

Excellent stuff.

Thank you all for your kind words. Yunus bhai ki awaaz mein kya dard hai. Thank you Yunus once again

Yesterday on DD1 (national) channel, 8.30 to 9.00 a program in tribute to Rafi Sahab was aired. I came to know about it around 8.35. Few glimpses of Rafi were shown and an artist (I forgot his name) who has been singing only Rafi songs for the past 30 years rendered couple of non filmi songs.

I've captured the program. Will upload in couple of days. The transmission was very bad; something better then nothing.

I know simply expressing our gratituide is not enough for the hard work you put in to organize such a tribute.I get a feeling that we people are not really Rafi fans as we are not doing anything other than hearing his songs.So I request you Pradipji to assign some works related Rafi saab/HF for us.By the way the tribuite was simply excellent .I am seeing as all the song in the tribute very first time though I heared those songs a lot of times.Thanks Pradipji and pls consider my request.

After watching this Clip IM4Pradeep & IM4DrYunus

And as always IM4AFI

Pradeep Babu,

As usual, ur tribute was excellent! Right now, i am listening to ur tribute! 25 or 50 years - i will continue to listen to rafi saab's songs! Rafi saab occupies a special place in my heart.

Sajjad.

Superb WORK Pradeep Bhai, You are a real good host.

First of all let me say that it was an excellent time I had, watching the video 9in great resolution).....

I think that this presentation is so much better in quality than any such types of program on TV etc. as Dil kaa asaar dekha hamne aap ke.....

Thanks for not cutting out the songs after two or three lines!!!

Last but not the least I loved (being an ardent guru Dutt fan), I appreciate the part of Suhagaan in the clip as well as at the end the bare singing of Dekhi Zamane......It was simply SUBLIME!!!

Good & Sincere Job....Keep it up!!!

Bappa

PS: When was the end song recorded....extremely curious!!!

Thanks Pradeep-ji for the excellent tribute to Rafi Saheb.


Mohd.

Thanks Pradeep-ji for the excellent tribute to Rafi Saheb.And at end an excellent voice of Dr. Yunus Sumra, Dekhi zamaane ki yaari,bhichde subhi baari baari, indeed everybody associated with that song and the film left us one by one including our beloved singer Rafisaab.


Rafi's Magic Endures 25 Years After His Death

TU KAHIN AAS PAAS HAI DOST-the last song sung by Mohamed Rafi sums up what millions of music lovers feel about the legendary playback singer even 25 years after his death.

Rafi ,among the most imitated singer of Indian cinema,passed away on July 31,1980 at the age of 56.

Such has been the singer's talent that even some of the other legendary singers like Mahendra Kapoor and the southern playback singer K J Yesudas have said that 'Rafisaab'-as he was fondly called- was the one artist by whom they were inspired.

Much has been written about his versatility- his ability to sing peppy tunes to the most romance-soaked numbers- that he rendered in his life time.

"There will never be another singer like him.I challenge any singer today to do a repeat of anything that Rafisaab did", said yesteryears music director Ravi.

Ravi had brought out some of the most popular and melodious hits with Rafi like CHAUDAVIN KA CHAND HO(Chaudavin Ka Chand,1960) CHOO LENE DO NAAZUK HOTHON KO(Kajal,1965) and BHARI DUNIYA MEIN AAKHIR DIL (Do Badan,1966).

Rafi began his career with a Punjabi film, but his strong command of Urdu as well as Hindi endeared him to most music directors of the 1940-70s like Naushad Ali,O.P. Nayyar,Madan Mohan and S.D.Burman.

Perhaps the only music director who did not make full use of Rafi was the Anil Biswas.He is known to be responsible for the basic structure of Hindi film songs that we know today with its MUKHRA (opening that recurs as a refrain)-interlude-antara(main body of the song)format.

The only other controversy Rafi was involved in apart from the spat with Lata Mangeshkar was Anil Biswas, after working with Rafi in a few projects,reportedly said,"Rafi is not my kind of a singer at all," and a media report- inadvertently or otherwise- deleted the "my kind of" part from the quote.

Known to be soft-spoken,Rafi was one of the most humble members of the film fraternity of that era.

"He was the most generous and most human of people I have ever met. He was a great friend.When he died I lost 50% of myself," Naushad Ali said. "I do not want to say much about his singing because his talent was above debates and discussion."

A glimpseof Rafi's humility was seen during his long spat with Lata Mangeshkar over the issue of royality to singers.

While Lata contended that singers should also receive royality on songs they have sung throughout their lives, Rafi took the stand that when singers do not share the losses of music companies, they should not look to share the profits either.

"Basically Rafi's point was that a singer should just sing for the love of singing and not be motivated by monetary benefits," said Manohar Iyyer of KEEP ALIVE, a Mumbai based organisation working to maintain the interest of the public in vintage Bollywoods' legendary musical contribution.

"The love for the singer was visible when Shanmukhananda Hall(Mumbai's biggest public concert hall) was packed for a concert held on the eve of Rafi's 25th death anniversary despite the city just recovering from the last week's flash-floods."

To be crowned greatest by music directors and fans is one thing. But to be given the same status by Manna Dey-a contemporary of Rafi and perhaps the only artist who posed any competition to the former- proves the point.

"Many may disagree with me. But I know for a fact that Rafi was not very well trained classically. Yet he was the greatest and there can be none like him," Manna Dey had said.

No one else could have sung songs like MADHUBAN MEIN RADHIKA NAACHE REY (Kohinoor, 1960) and MAN TADAPAT HARI DARSHANA KO AAJ (Baiju Bawra, 1955) which are seeped in classical intonations.

Manna Dey claimed that Rafi had even sung under him when he was an assistant music director at the begining of both their careers.

Though Rafi survived the dominance of another singer Kishore Kumar in post ARADHANA (1969) era with some memorable numbers like TUM JO MIL GAYE HO (Hanste Zakhm, 1970), TERI GALIYON MEIN NA (Hawas, 1974) and KIYA HUWA TERA WADA (Hum Kisi Se Kam Nahin, 1977), the musical language had changed beyond recognition by the late 1970's

The song that perhaps would have suited his mood best at the end of his career and life was CHAL UD JAA REY PANCHI KE AB YEH DES HUA BEGAANA from the 1957 film Bhabhi.-



BB

Naushad Ali said. "I do not want to say much about his singing because his talent was above debates and discussion."

A REMINDER FOR ALL RAFIANS. DO NOT EVER WASTE YOUR TIME AND ENERGY ON THIS ISSUE. LETS TRY TO FIND SOME MORE SONGS OF OUR BELOVED RAFISAAB.

Thank you all for your kind words of appreciation. Many marked singers have claimed that Rafi Sahab was their inspiration. Few names would be S.P.B, Yesudas etc., Rafi Sahab can be an inspiration in all the work that one can do. Not just limiting oneself to singing.

Ashraf, I wanted most of the members to be a part in the anniversary program. I had given a weeks time for them to come up with something that they do best. Only Yunus and SS showed interest.

Probably next year...

Downloaded 25DA.avi.zip file (size=113119KB)

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Oops.. I understand your frustration. Used to happen a lot to me on dialup. PM me your postal address, I'll mail you a VCD.

Tribute To Rafisaab

I wrote something abouy Rafi few days back,but I but thought it's not worth to post it here,but last night I got some more inspiraton and complted this small poetry on paying a little tribute to Rafisaab.In this poetry you will find JHALAK of some of the famous songs sung by Rafisaab from where I got the inspiration to write this poetry in paying the tribute.


Bahaaro phool barsaao, mera mahboob aaya hai
Zaraa tum mujh ko batlaao ,yeh gaana kis ne gaya hai

Bhri duniya may akhir dil ko, sumjhanay kaha-n jaata
Gujab ka soz tha dil may,ajub oos ka hi gaana tha

Woh tha ek mauj Ganga ki,oosay Jumna say milna tha
Tubhi to chod di duniya,kiya oos ko aisay jaana tha

Kahani oos ki koi bhool saktaa hai zamaanay may
Rahay gi jub talak duniya, rahay ga naam duniya may

Woh tha ek chaudhavien ka chand,kirnay her truf bikhri
Gaya too is trah kaisay,na haalet aaj tuk sanbhli

Milli thi khaak may ulfat,jalaa tha dil ka paimaana
Samajh saktay ho to samjho yehi is ka tha afsaana

Woh tha barsat ka mausam,chalaa tha jub woh duniya se
Ke qudrat ko bhi oos ki maut pay aansoo bahaana tha

Tere pahlay bhi kitnay log aaye is zamaanay may
Na koi tujh say pahlay tha na koi baad aaya hai

I hope the HF members will like this small and humble tribut I paid to Rafisaab on his 25th death anniversary


BadaBhai

Wow great BadaBhai!!!!!

Yes indeed it was a rainy day when Rafi saab died on 31st,july 1980.It was raining very heavily when rafisaab died.As if the God was also crying on rafisaab's death.And it is reflected in your poetry as well as

Woh tha barsat ka mausam,chalaa tha jub woh duniya say
Kat qudrat ko bhi oos ki maut pay aansoo bahaana tha

Keep it up

BadaBhai

I am glad you posted your tribute to Rafi Saheb.

I liked it and read it with considerable interest.


Anil

Thanks Im4afi and Bhirgu. Actually I did some experiment in writting this poetry in such a way so that we can remember our beloved singer Rafiisaab and also remember some of his famous songs.O.K i will write those songs from wich I got the inspiration to write this poetry.may be you will enjoy more if I write those songs.

1:-Bahaaro phool barsao mera mahboob aaya hai

2:-Bhari duniya may aakhir dil ko sumjhanay kahaa-n jaa-en

3:-Too Gunga ki mauj mai Jumna ka dhara

4:-Zindagi bher nahi boolay gi woh barsat ki raat

5:-Chaudhavin ka chand ho ya aftaab ho

6:-Milli khaak may mohabat,jalaa dil ka aashiyaana

7:-Meri kahaani bhoolnay waale tera jahaa-n aabad rahey

8:-Khuda bhi aasma-n say jub zamee-n per dekhtaa ho gaa

The last song which will be difficult for the members to identify because ,I got inspiration from the ANTRAA


Thanks once again and still waiting for any positive or any nigative comments from the very active members like Paradeep jee,Suhanasafar, dryunussunra and many more

BadaBhai

BBG
Good Piece of work,Keep it up
I m also getting inspiration to write in this trend
Cheers

Very nicely written BB

Pradeepji,

Heartily thanks for your very kind offer.

This time I used video stream and enjoyed a lot. Though programme was of 39 min.29 secs but I enjoyed it for more than a hour due to step back & re-listining the clips, side by side I also downloaded the divx format file, this time it was a success & for me, a gem among the collections.

Amazingly your voice attracts the heart very much & I recalled those golden old days(may be in 1966/67) of Radio Cylon's programme with heart throbbing annoucment saying' Bhaiyo Aur Behno, Bincaca Geetmala mein Aap Sab Ko Ameen sayani Ka Adaab', AND
'Binaca Geetmala Ki Agli Paayedaan par Hai Har Dil Aziz Rafi Sahab Ki Awaaz mein , Film............. Ka Geet '.
During those days, I use to imagine 'Kya Kabhi Radio Ke programe Ko Sunne Ke Saath Dekh Bhi Sakenge ?'

Now that imagination has turned into reality.

BUT 'Us Waqt Ki Adhoori Aas Aapka Anouncment sunkar Phir Chatpataa Uthi. Kam Se Kam Apna Aur Aapke Ke Saath Mouzood members (HF) ka Ek Adha Video Clip Bhi Add Kar Dete'.

BTW please accept my heartily congrates for your very very very nice presentation & selection of clips'.

During the display of the name of Dr.Yunus Sahab on screen, my eys were closed I was dumped in thoughts of previous clip so I could not read the name but when I heard ' Dekhi Zamaane Ki Yaari', for me it was as usual, 'Dard Mein Doobii Rafi's voice, but when I heard no orchestra & next stanza , I wondered & stepped back & then I read Dr'Yunus Sahab's Name. WOW!! Un Takk Mera Salaam Pahunche'. No words to describe my feelings for Dr. Sahab.

Pradeepji, many many thanks for such a nice programme.

Usrafian ji,

Thank you for your genial and cordial words

Tribute To Rafisaab

Thanka Praradeep Jee and Dr.Yunus Sumra
Yesterday I was listening to some of the Rafisaab's old songs Like, NAIN LADE JAIYHAY TO MANWAA MAA KASAK HOIBAY KARI, OH DOOR KAY MUSAFIR HUM KO BHI SAATH LAY LAY, MAI GAOO-N TUM SO JAAO, AAP AAYE BAhAAR AAYI, KOI PHOOL NA KHILTAA, DIL SOONA SAAZ TARAANA DHOONDAY GA and many others. This forced me to write something more and pay tribute to Rafisaab. So I wrote some more lines.I hope that HF members will like it same as before. Thsi will definetly complete my poetry wich I wrote to pay tribute to legendary singer Rafisaab.

Lada ker nain DHUN-NOO say,gaya woh chode ker hum ko
Tadaptaa chode ker hum ko, bilaktaa chode ker hum ko

Soolaata tha bhi woh buch-chon ko, meethi loriyaa-n ga ker
Suhaani raat may gaata tha woh, ungadaai-yaan lay ker

Too jub aaya bahaaray saath hi aati thi gulshan may
Bhlaa phir phool kiyoo-n khiltaa, teray jaanay ki uljhan may

Ager too ab bhi aa jaaye,Bithaa lay tujh ko aankhon per
Musafir door ka tha woh,oosay jaana tha manzil per

Kabhi mai sochtaa hoon yeh, RAFI ger hum may naa hotaa
To gaanay kis kay hum soontay, gujer phir kaisay din hotaa


Thanks once again to all.

BB

Great effort as always Pradeep ji.....Excellent Stuff!

I came across some articles on Rafi-saabs 25th death anniversary on the web.

Don't know if they were uploaded before.

Here are the links:

http://movies.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1187536.cms

http://www.musicindiaonline.com/n/i/top_stories/1405/

http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/hindi/article/15957.html

http://web.mid-day.com/metro/vashi/2005/august/117190.htm

http://www.tribuneindia.com/2005/20050801/cth2.htm

http://www.telegraphindia.com/1050729/asp/...ory_5049709.asp

http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/a...75422200584.asp

http://www.kkma.net/

http://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/Display_n...05073132524.xml

Harold

Thanks Harold!

Thankyou <<((harlod))>>

Pradeep bhai rafi sahab ke tribute mein rafi sahab ko madhuban mein radhika naache song gaate hue dikhaya hai kia aapke paas yeh full video song hai agar hai to plz mujhe dain

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