A great event happened during the 70s here in Los Angeles. Later on when I moved to Los Angeles, California it became a tradition among the India-Pakistani community here to have my songs in every evening party for a few years. I played the SITAR album of Ravi Shanker and then I sang a song of Muhammad Rafi….AYE NA BALAM WADA KAR KE. When I moved to the United States for higher studies during the 60s, I presented the music of India in an international student gathering at YALE University. Who could forget his song EK DIL KE TUKDE HAZAR HUWAY… with the beat of Hasan Lal Bhagathram? Who could forget his song CHOUDWEEN KA CHAND HO… All through my college, I sang his songs in the college functions and won awards. Of course his classical based songs of Shabaab and Baiju Bawra are also quite remarkable. In my opinion some of his best songs were done with music directors Hasan Lal Bhaghat Ram, O.P. It was impossible to find any other singer who had such multiple singing talents. He could solve their problems by singing any type of song….happy, sad, high pitch, tragedy, children’s songs, comedy, religious, and so on. Rafi became the SUPERMAN to all the music directors of the Bombay Film Industry. His song in BARSAAT MAIN ZINDAGI ME HUR DAM ROTA HI … was a remarkable song. NASEEB DAR PE TERE… These songs gave a new dimension to his talent ….they were high pitch songs and no other singer could match his voice. While I was in High School, I heard his songs in DEEDAR. This song was played over the radio every day during the month of Ramadan for decades and once again Rafi became the most beloved singer. Then came another great song about the Holy month of RAMADAN….the story of a young boy who fasted during the month of Ramadan. This song swept the entire nation and Rafi became the household name in India. SUNO SUNO AIY DUNIYA WALON, BAPU JI KI AMAR KAHANI. Soon after the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi, Rafi sang a great song about the Mahatma…. In this song, Rafi exactly depicted the feelings of the poor boy whose toy broke when his playmate girl was leaving for Bombay. #MUHAMMAD RAFI SAHEB FULL#His voice was a magic voice full of emotions and feelings. I began to hum his songs and also sing them. Next I heard him in ANMOL GHADI … TERA KHILONA TOOTA…. I was perhaps 10 years old when I first heard Rafi’s voice….it was a song from the film JUGNU ……YAHAN BADLA WAFA KA…….
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