Mohammed Rafi has been dead for more than three decades now,Even as I record on paper
this seemingly simple,incontrovertible and irreversible decision of fate ,a
sense of incredulity sizes me.The heart wnts to scoff at the what the mind
knows.Just wait some resolution of thisimpasse will emerge,it says.But of
course there won’t.Though many singers attempt to imitate Rafi,the likes of
Mohammed Rafi are not easy to emulate.What made him the artist he was? What did
he have that forced maestros like Shyam Sundar,Firoz Nizami,Naushad
Ali,Saijad,Husnalal Bhagat
ram,S.D.Burman,Shankar-JaiKishan,Khatyyam,O.P.Nayyar,Madan Mohan,Roshan,etc to
not only take notice of him,but to sign him to sing a large number their
compositions? What was the secret of his universal appeal to listeners of all
levels and grades of musical perception? How did he manage to reach a position
of preeminence amongst his professional contemporaries?
These are the
questions that come to my mind ,rather than the statistical queries concerning
his first film,the number of songs he has sung, the number of languages he sang in,the number of
awards he bagged, whether he was given the due credit in the Guinnes s Book of
World Rcords or not,etc. For an artiste should not be judged by numbers,but by
art,quality and aesthetics.l
Rafi was an
extremely versatile singer.He `was at ease while singing any type of
composition,regardless of it’s range or complexity.Be it a classical
music(oh1duniyake rakh wale,Madhuban mein Radhika anbhiyan sang) thumris (
Ajahuna aaye baalmaa,Aye na baalam,Gori tere nainwa),folk songs(Tan trang lo ji
aaj man ranglo,Holay Holay ghoonghat pat khole,nain lad jaihen,ramayya
vastaavayya,ajab tori duniya) ,bhajans (duniya
na bhaye mohe,aanaa hai to aa,jai Raghunandan Jai siya RamMujhe to
shivashankar mil gaye)muslim devotional songs(parvaddigar-e –alam,) geet or
nazm (Suhaani raat dhal chuki,abhi na jaao chodkar,O mere shah-e-khubaan,Mai ye
sochkar tere dar se) ghzals( tere hooch se armaaon ki ,kisiki yaad main
duniyako,Teri julphonse,Zindagibhar bhoolegi,Husn wale teraa jawaab
nahin)lullabies( mai gaaun tum sojaavo,,)Patritic songs (vatank raah mein,jah
daal daalkar,Pyarki raah dikaha duniy mein)tragic songs (toote huye
khwabone,Yaad na aye beete dinoki,Tukde hai mere dilke) Romantic songs (Aazaare
aajaraah,Aa gale lagjaa)light music (sar jo tere chakraye,aidil hai mushkil hai
jeena yahan)s low paced songs( Lagta nahin hai dil mera,Baabul ki duaan pei,Na
kisiki aankhaka nor hoon,) fast songs (,kahi koyi mujhe jungle kahe,aaaaj kal
ere mere payaar mein,Ai aisa mauka phir
kahan milegaa,Nache man mora mogan) low paced songs( Lagta nahin hai dil
mera,Baabul ki duaan pei maikisiki aankhaka nor hoon)low paced songs0songs for
children(Chakke pe chakka,chun chun kart aaye chidiyaan,remama remama er) taar
saptak songs (Main apne aap se ghar gaya hoon,Zindabaad zindaa baad)
Quawwali-s( Meri tasweer lekar kyaa karoge,Ye ishq ishq hai,hai mere dushman
dushman,Phir tumhaari yaad aayi,Jis pyaar mein ye haal lo) and God knows what
else,Md.Rafi was a complete master of the medium.
It may be recollected that Sur-singar Samsad's award commitee picked Naushad1s
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