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Saturday, December 1, 2007

MUHAMMAD RAFI hits madhuara geeth















Rafi was born on December 24, 1924 in a small village in Punjab state (now in Pakistan) near Amritsar city and later shifted to Lahore city when he was 14 years old. There he studied music under Khan Abdul Waheed Khan, Jeevanlal Matto and Ghulam Ali Khan. At the age of 7 years old, Rafi learnt Hindustani Classical music under the famous Ustaad Bade Gulam Ali Khan. Rafi came from a family where humility was equated with worshiping the divine. He had a lovable nature, no enemies and perennial humility.


He started career with his first song in 1944 for a Punjabi film Gul Baloch with music director Shyam Sunder. Not many people know that had acted in couple of films, Laila Majnu (1945) and Jugnu (1947). Rafi made his mark with Tera Khilona Toota Balak in Anmol Ghari (1946).His first turning point was Naushad in Pehle Aap which came out in 1944. Rafi's first super hit was in Jugnu released in 1947 in which he sang the duet 'Yahaan Badla Wafaa ka Bewafaee ke Siva Kya Hai' with Noorjehan under Feroz Nizami.


In 1948, after the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi, the team of Husanlal Bhagatram-Rajendra Krishan-Rafi had overnight created the immortal song ‘Suno suno ae duniyawalon, Bapuji ki amar kahani…’, which became a national rage. Mohammad Rafi became a household name.His career took off with the all-time hit Suhani Raat Dhal Chuki from Dulari in 1949. There was no looking back aftermath and Rafi ruled as the undisputed king of playback singing till the early 70s. From 1960-1970 Rafi was unchallenged at the top. In spite of his super-stardom he remained humble and soft-spoken. Even though Rafi was displaced by Kishore Kumar in the early seventies hr made a grand comeback with the Nasir Hussain musical Hum Kissi se Kum Nahin (1977) and Amar Akbar Anthony the same year even winning the National Award for Kya Hua Tera Vaadaa for the former.In the 1960s Rafi sang for popular heros like Dilip Kumar, Dev Anand, Shammi Kapoor, Rajendra Kumar, Johnny Walker, Sunil Dutt, Biswajeet, Joy Mukherjee, Dharmendra, Shashi Kapoor and Raaj Kumar!

His last song was Tu kahin aas paas hai dost for Laxmikant Pyarelal in the film Aas Paas. The Great singer Md Rafi passed away on July 31, 1980. His immortality is vouched for by the fact that even almost two decades after his death, his popularity remains intact. Mohammad Rafi has sung more than 26,000 superhit songs.Mohammad Rafi has sung songs in telugu also which were hit. Rafi Sahab was honored by the Indian Government in 1965 with the prestigious Padma Shree AwardA singer par excellence and a paragon of humility and piety, Rafi strode the musical landscape like a meteor, enchanting generations of music lovers and transcending geographical borders. The melody and vocals Mohammad Rafi created, crafted and pioneered during his reign have withstood the test of Time. The mellifluous vocals rise like a glorious tide, caressing the soul with songs for every mood and occasion.A teetotaler and family man to the core, Rafi is the shining example of a singer who lit the way and blazed the trail for numerous aspiring singers from Mahendra Kapoor to Anwar and Shabbir Kumar down to Sonu Nigam.Even though Rafi left the world on July 31, 1980 for his eternal reward, his divine voice and soul will never fade from this earth. He was, and remains, a major force in film music, the music of love, despair, hope, humor ...


AWARDS:


1960 - Filmfare Awards (Chaudvin Ka Chand - Chaudvin Ka Chand),


1961 - Filmfare Awards (Chasme Baddor - Sasuraal),


1964 - Filmfare Awards (Chahunga Main Tujhe – Dosti),


1965 - Padmasree Award,


1966 - Filmfare Awards (Baharon Phool Barsaao - Suraj),


1967 - Filmfare Awards (Neele Gagan Ke - Humraaz),


1968 - Filmfare Awards (Dil Ke Jharoke Mein Tujko Bithakar – Brahmachari)









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