LAHORE: Rafi, is indeed the best singer of all times. Today, 30 years after his death, he lives on eternally. His songs today are just as popular as they were during his lifetime. The listeners of music all over the world wished a happy birthday to this legendary singer on 24th December. Very significantly he was associated with all the leading actors of Bollywood industry in the 40s, 50s, 60s and 70s, and all of them are indebted to the maestro for his modification of the voice in favour of them which entertained the audience to a big extent.
Rafi sung immortal ghazals in his everlasting career. In fact Rafi won the Filmfare award for the best male playback singer in 1960 for the ghazal “chaudavi ka chand ho” in the film ‘Chaudavi Ka Chand’. He sang other brilliant ghazals like “tumhari zul ke sayeme sham karlunga”, “mere mehboob tujhe”, “jane wo kaun hai” and “unke khayal aye to”. Rafi also made listeners spellbound with his rendition of landmark qawallies like “yeh ishq ishq” in the film ‘Barsaat Ki Raat’, “parda hai parda” in the film ‘Amar Akbar Anthony’ and “hum kisi se kum nahi” in the film ‘Hum Kisi Se Kum Nahi’ Rafi was phenomenal in the western songs “dil ke jharoke me”, “nazneen bara rangeen hai wada tera” and “dil tarpe tarpaye” Rafi also sung classical songs with excellence including “madhuban me radhika nachere”, “aajahu na aye” and “phir tere shahar me”.
Rafi has been cherished in the minds of music lovers all across the world. The singers of the present generation should learn from Rafi and improve their own style of singing.
Mohammad Rafi’s 86th birth anniversary
