{"id":10265,"date":"2012-07-19T12:08:00","date_gmt":"2012-07-19T12:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/2012\/07\/unique-function-in-memory-of-mohd-rafi_19\/"},"modified":"2018-06-04T17:02:44","modified_gmt":"2018-06-04T17:02:44","slug":"unique-function-in-memory-of-mohd-rafi_19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/unique-function-in-memory-of-mohd-rafi_19\/","title":{"rendered":"UNIQUE FUNCTION IN MEMORY OF MOHD. RAFI"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nRich tributes were paid to legendary playback singer Mohd Rafi by leading experts, musicologists and writers in a Unique Function organized Wednesday, the 18th July at Epicentre, Gurgaon two weeks before his 32nd death anniversary which falls on July 31. On this occasion second edition of biography of Mohd Rafi entitled \u201cMeri Awaaz Suno\u201din Hindi written by journalist-writer Vinod Viplav and also a new Urdu version of book translated by Delhi University\u2019s Dr Syed Tanvir Hussain was released. The Function was organized jointly by Cultural Societies Sakha and Rafi Smriti in collaboration with Epicentre, Gurgaon.<\/p>\n
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Amarjit Kohli on Mike Shanti Hiranand With Sakha Rafi Smriti Awardees of Amritsar Capt Narinder Singh, Tarlochan Singh & Daljit Singh<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
\nOn this occasion an Audio CD of musical homage to Rafi entitled \u201cRafi Tu Hai Chanda\u201d was released which was sung by Tarlochan Singh and whose lyrics were written by Daljit Singh Arora, both of Mohd Rafi Memorial Society, Amritsar. Also Sakha-Rafi Smriti Awards were bestowed by Padmashree singer Shanti Hiranand to the team of Mohd Rafi Memorial Society, Amritsar comprising Capt Narinder Singh (founder), Tarlochan Singh (President), Daljit Singh Arora (Secy) and Dr Kirat Sandhu (Patron). Also Ahsan Qasim of Rafi Music Centre, Hapur and Choudhary Zia Imam, author of the biography on Mohammad Rafi (Payambar-e-Mausiki : Mohammad Rafi) and Naushad (Zarra Jo Aftab Bana) were awarded. <\/div>\n
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L to R Amarjit Kohli, Shanti Hiranand Author, Vinod Viplav & Dr Tanvir Hussain<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Discussing the contribution of Mohd Rafi to film industry, panel member & senior journalist Pankaj Vohra said that Rafi is the only singer of India whom no other singer could successfully replicate and whose stage performances show no loss of quality from his studio recordings. He said that a second Rafi may be never born. Writer journalist Vinod Viplav who has written a book on Rafi \u201cMeri Aawaz Suno\u201d said that hearing Rafi\u2019s sad, secular and melody songs was a spiritual experience and was a sure cure for relieving tensions, stress and strains of life. He felt that Rafi\u2019s ideal character, secularism, simplicity and blotless life make him the perfect \u201cIndian Idol\u201d. Musicologist R P Sinha who is a retired IAS officer, recalled the meeting of Rafi as a teenager who went to attend a concert of legendary singer K L Saigal in Lahore when the mike failed and Rafi kept the audience enthralled without microphone. Saigal was highly impressed by Rafi\u2019s voice and blessed him and later Rafi sang an independent line in a chorus led by Saigal \u2018Mere Sapno Ki Rani\u2019 in film Shahjahan (1946) under music director Naushad. After Saigal\u2019s death, Mohd Rafi filled in the top slot. <\/p>\n

\nSenior journalist BB Nagpal said that Rafi was the best versatile singer of India who could sing with equal ease all types of songs such as classical, comic, melancholic, boisterous, and whose songs were \u201ctailor-sung\u201d to portray the acting style of heroes on which it was picturised. From the audio itself of Rafi one could make out whether the song was picturised on Johny Walker or Shammi Kapoor or Dalip Kumar. Dr Syed Tanvir Hussain of Delhi University who had translated Rafi\u2019s biography in Urdu, said that Rafi\u2019s popularity spread deep across all corners of India amongst all sections of society, rich or poor, townsmen or villagers. Art promoter Amarjit Singh Kohli, Chairman of Sakha and Yaadgar- E- Rafi Society, said that the possibility of training young singers through a course of Rafi\u2019s songs (classical, light & other shades) selected by music researchers could be seriously explored. He said that we can pay a real tribute to Rafi\u2019s contributions during this \u201c100 years of Indian Cinema\u201d by starting an \u201cInstitute of Rafi Music.\u201d <\/p>\n

Playback singer Tarlochan Singh alias Tarlochan Tochi of Amritsar who has sung in many Punjabi Films sang Rafi\u2019s songs alongwith singers Lily P Singh, Col RC Chadha and Arun Goela to a thunderous applause. Glimpses of some of Rafi\u2019s rare songs and songs sung by him live during stage performances as also his interviews recorded decades ago were also shown. <\/p>\n

Rafi was born in Kotla Sultan Singh, a small village in Amritsar District on December 24, 1924 and he died on July 31, 1980 in Mumbai.<\/p>\n

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