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During those times, professional rivalries did not always translate into personal acrimony. Mukesh had once joked that if Rafi ran out of recordings, others like him would get a chance (the same Mukesh who often called Rafi at odd hours to express his appreciation and who encouraged his own son, Nitin Mukesh, to sing Rafi’s songs!). However, those musically informed would perhaps opine that, if there was any one singer, who through his sheer versatility, perfect emoting, sublime voice and marvellous octave range actually marginalized a number of male singers of that era, it was undoubtedly Mohammed Rafi. It is a fact that the Mangeshkar sisters and especially Lata have been held to greater scrutiny (unfairly so) about their possible manoeuvrings that prevented talented young female singers from making a mark in Hindi cinema.
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His generosity is legendary and included singing free of charge for his friends who turned producers, accepting lower fees on many occasions, raising money for temples, contributing zakat, singing at religious festivals, financial help to those who needed it and even getting medical equipment for local hospitals from his tours abroad. Not watching films meant he would very often not know who the song was filmed on. He remained in awe of Amitabh Bachchan, the ‘superstar’. The man whose songs popularized many heroes onscreen, hardly ever watched films himself, much to the annoyance of his family, till Deewar hit the theaters. There are heart-warming stories of an extremely humble, mild-mannered, soft-spoken and religious Rafi who was popular throughout the cinema world and beyond. In 1944, he moved to Bombay, first singing in the chorus (for a mere 10 rupees) and then moving onto solo songs under the tutelage of legendary music director Naushad Ali. Mohammed Rafi was born in 1924 in Punjab, but his family moved to Lahore where he received formal music training from the Ustads, not without opposition from his strictly religious Muslim family. Mohammed Rafi sang over 7000 songs in several Indian as well as foreign languages. As we mark his 40th death anniversary today, we pay tribute to an artiste who sang over 7000 songs in several Indian as well as foreign languages and has inspired many singers including south Indian greats such as Yesudas and SP Balasubrahmanyam.
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The fine nuances of Rafi’s repertoire have dominated many conversations across time and space. It is hard to put in words the joyful discoveries of Rafi singing in Maithili, Bhojpuri, Bengali, Tamil, Telugu or Punjabi. Such is the love and adulation for the legendary Rafi sa’ab, who during his lifetime, delivered live performances in West Indies, Fiji, US, UK, East Africa and other parts of the world, apart from his incredible playback songs. A Ugandan-Indian colleague reminisces about Rafi and Lata’s incredible duet Jo wada kiya and a new Facebook friend from Trinidad often shares Rafi’s songs. Suhani raat dhal chuki still remains a favourite among some Sri Lankan friends, and an Iranian student breaks into Aye mohabbat zindabad every now and then. When Rajendra Kumar serenaded Asha Parekh with Husn wale, tera jawab nahin, my flatmates wanted to know if the ‘handsome’ actor was still alive and even though they could not grasp Hindi so well, they were in love with the voice of Mohammed Rafi. In 2004 while on a visit to Israel, I shared an apartment in Tel Aviv, with two young Jewish women from New York who watched Bollywood films on the Bombay channel, every evening. Since 2004, I started travelling out of India and have met many people of Indian origin, besides Africans and other Asians, who have been listening to Mohammed Rafi for at least three generations now.
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Growing up with Mohammed Rafi songs was the norm for my generation, although Kishore-RD mania had reached a crescendo in the 70s. Jmarks Mohammed Rafi’s 40 death anniversary.