Hi Vishwesh
Thank you for posting a bit of the interview. How old is this interview and
who interviwed ARR? I have always wondered how fantastic it would have been if
ARR would have worked with Rafi. However, we still have Manna Dey and Mohinder
Kapoor but they have not worked with him. Rafi would also have been nearly as
old or older and perhaps his voice may have changed by now but it is good to
know that ARR remembers Rafi.
To answer your question of whether I am a Rafi fan - the answer is YES MOST
DEFINITELY. I grew up listening to his songs and still do from time to time. I
don't think that he will ever be replaced. He had four sons (not sure) but
none of them followed in his foot steps and of what I heard recently was that
Rafi's bunglow in Bombay was also demolished instead of turning it into a place
to remember him like a meusem or visitors place. Personally we lost music
history. Very sad but true.
I am glad that ARR is making a music institution to keep alive his dream and
works.
Are you a Rafi fan too? Perhaps best to send a private message since a
discussion on Rafi is not one for this forum unless of course others in the
forum wish to continue this thread.
Neena
|| V i s h w e s h || <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi Neena,
Yeah, you are right, we can only wonder... maybe he composes the song keeping
rafi in mind & sonu is the closest voice he can find... only he knows... I
remember him saying in one interview that he misses rafi jee's voice the most...
Infact I googled for that interview n' here it is:
Q - Is there a lacuna in the music scene?
a r r - The lack of an extraordinary male voice.
Q - What is your definition of extraordinary?
a r r - Like Mohammed Rafi. Not that Shankar (Mahadevan) and Sonu (Nigam)
aren't good
but one looks for a timeless voice.
Btw, you a Rafi fan??
-Vishwesh.
neena kochhar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi Vishwesh
I found the same for this song and also for 'do kadam' from Meenaxi. May be
deep down in ARR's subconsious ARR and Mohd Rafi connect I don't expect ARR
to ask Sonu to sing in Rafi's style. It is also possible that Sonu who is/was
heavily influenced by Mohd Rafi (considered to be his clone) may subconsiously
be thinking of Mohd Rafi whilst singing these songs! Who knows? We can wonder
though.
For the next question about the combination of ARR and Mohd Rafi ... well
without doubt it would have been the best thing ever for bollywood soundtracks
composed by ARR and sung by Mohd Rafi. but alas.
Neena
|| V i s h w e s h || <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Mere khwaabon ke iss gulistaan mein,
Tumse hee toh bahaar chhaayi hai,
Phoolon mein rang mere the lekin,
Inn mein khushboo tumhee se aayi hai...
Everytime I listen Sonu reciting these lines, it reminds me so much of the
great Rafi saheb...
I sometimes try to imagine... what wonders a r r would have created with the
power of Rafi jee's voice...
" The search is more important than the destination "
- a r rahman -
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" The search is more important than the destination "
- a r rahman -
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