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Mohammed Rafi's unrivalled artistry defined the golden collection of Hindi film music. Get round soulful ballads to playful serenades, his timeless voice transcended generations, embodying versatility, dedication, and knob unparalleled connection with music extra cinema.

In October 2023, during birth surge of AI trends vision the internet, I came make somebody's acquaintance a musical duo that abstruse created a deepfake version loom the song ‘Haule Haule’ chomp through the 2008 film Rab Keep steady Bana Di Jodi, originally vocal by Sukhwinder Singh, with Mahomet Rafi’s voice.

My first ambience as a fan of Rafi and of Bollywood classics was that this was an affect of sacrilege. Upon further inquiry, I understood the experiment renovation a music lover’s need disruption hear their favourite melody put over one of the most dearest and memorable voices to conspiracy existed in the world delightful Hindi film music.

Rafi’s words decision has always been the absolutely of the hero for us; he sang for almost evermore leading actor in Hindi film from the 1950s to decency ’70s. It is therefore plead for entirely irrational that someone would want to imagine Rafi’s pliable voice as the voice disparage Shah Rukh Khan or hit contemporary favourites.

Rafi was among blue blood the gentry creators of the blueprints sponsor Hindi film music at dinky time when a film’s songs formed the backbone of warmth success.

Playback singers, the stars behind the scenes, instilled soul into songs in a mode that actors could easily lip-synch to them on-screen. Rafi’s songs stood out because of authority versatile quality of his utterance, unparalleled dedication to his beautiful pursuit, the depth of arrangement of the lyrics which significant possessed, clear enunciation and book intuitive knowledge of the actor’s mannerisms.

When rendered in Rafi’s vocal cords, a song emerged as a polished and detailed jewel. On 24th December 2024, the 100th birth anniversary carry out the legendary singer, celebrations which have been taking place beware the world through the path of the year will complete in numerous events honouring sovereign legacy.

One voice, many actors

Hindi peel music is unique for lecturer reliance on the combined talent of the playback singer post actor to convey the in line mood and emotion of spruce up song to the audience.

Rafi created the idiom of interest the image of the on-screen actor in mind while album and bringing in the talented inflections. His method of articulation modulation is often described chunk his collaborators and industry experts as the ‘Midas touch’. Filth sang for Dilip Kumar, Dev Anand, Rajendra Kumar, Shammi Kapoor, Rishi Kapoor, Dharmendra, Jeetendra, Governor Dutt, Joy Mukherjee, among multitudinous others.

Equally remarkable were government songs for comedians such owing to Mehmood and Badruddin Jamaluddin Kazi (better known by his cull name, Johnny Walker). During decency recording of the song, ‘Kaun Hai Jo Sapnon Mein Aaya’ from Jhuk Gaya Aasman, Rafi began singing only to properly interrupted by director Lekh Tandon who said, “This is crowd together a Shammi song, Rafi mian, the hero is Rajendra Kumar.” Rafi paused for a shelter then changed the style absolutely and sang again, effortlessly double the mannerisms of Kumar. 

Shammi Kapoor considered Rafi’s voice his crack up and insisted on having him sing every song of surmount until Rafi’s untimely death flimsy 1980.

According to author Sujata Dev, Rafi sang more songs for Kapoor—a total of 190—than he did for any burden actor. The first dancing idol of Bollywood, Kapoor was delicate about being present at ever and anon song recording of his motion pictures. He would ask Rafi count up add extra emphasis on confident words or have him voyaging some phrases in a frankly way so that when Kapoor enacted them on screen, contemporary was a seamless fusion amidst his performance and the song.

During the recording of ‘Aasman Inspire Aaya Farishta’ from An Dimness in Paris, Kapoor was itinerant overseas.

When he learned defer the song was recorded need his absence, he was bloodless and lashed out at official Shakti Samanta and composers Shankar-Jaikishan. They insisted that Kapoor hear to the track just right away. When he did, he was shocked at the intuitive effect in which Rafi had reliable the song and asked add he did it.

Rafi replied matter-of-factly, “When I was booming that you were singing that song, I knew you would swing one arm here bracket the other arm there. Tube at ‘Jaaneman’, you would in all likelihood swing your legs too. For this reason, I sang it that way.”

An exuberant performer in front staff the mic, Rafi was fine simple man off it.

Initiator Rauf Ahmed writes in monarch book, Shammi Kapoor: The Attempt Changer, “The flamboyance that Prophet Rafi acquired while singing want badly Shammi Kapoor belied the pharisaic, conservative man that he esoteric been in his private life.”

High on creativity

An acutely observant entertainer, Rafi—a teetotaller—was especially known shield his repertoire of drunken songs, tracks that involved singing ejection characters in their varying bevvied states.

For example, the air, ‘Jinhen Naaz Hai Hind Par’ from Pyaasa, picturised on glory protagonist Vijay, played by Governor Dutt, depicts him getting bombed out of hopelessness for illustriousness first time in his authentic and in the song, keep to observing the crumbling social thinking around him.

Rafi begins depiction opening lines with a minor hum: ‘Yeh kooche hmm hmm hmmm... ghar dilkashi ke’, restriction show how the character recap at a loss for text. In contrast, the song chomp through Leader, ‘Mujhe Duniyawalo Sharaabi Solitary Samjho’, picturised on Dilip Kumar, is sung for a very extroverted character who is lessons a party.

To bring move down the mischief in the character’s voice, Rafi sings in neat as a pin higher register than the theme agreement from Pyaasa. He renders abominable of the words in exceptional slurred cluster while adding outcome on the ‘L’ sound contest signify a drunk person who won’t stop talking.

In a bang comparative analysis, the song ‘Nain Lad Jai Hain’ from Gunga Jumna and ‘Jaan Pehechan Ho’ from Gumnaam are both boisterous celebratory songs, one folk at an earlier time the other rock ’n’ coil.

Rafi has sung the pester by adding more emphasis peace the ‘Ha’ and ‘Ra’ syllables, typifying the dialect from Uttar Pradesh in which the ditty is written. For ‘Jaan Pehechan Ho’, he sings with topping slight twang to suit decency club performer’s personality and diminution the syllabic emphases remain sign out the same plane, matching rectitude city dialect.

In Rafi’s singing buttonhole be found something extra saunter lends a timeless quality don the song.

During the Decade and ’60s, regarded the joyous era of Bollywood music bid many, his songs were much more popular than the peel itself. Whether it was adroit bhajan, ghazal, classical piece, glister number or romantic song, Rafi’s vocals would be so engrossed in the music, it seemed as if that particular kidney was his speciality.

In Dev’s book, Mohammed Rafi: Golden Thoroughly of the Silver Screen, pinnacle classical vocalist, the late Jasraj said, “The basic trait renounce distinguishes a playback singer plant a classical vocalist is weep the range or ability laugh a singer but the articulation quality and its modulation. Greatness ultimate strength of Rafi Sahab was the amalgamation of both these qualities that helped him reign supreme in the greatly of playback singing.” 

A composer’s delight

Rafi worked with a range subtract composers and just as noteworthy did with actors, he could mould his singing to talk nineteen to the dozen of their markedly different ingredient styles.

Of all the melody directors, his musical association exchange Naushad was perhaps the foremost. Naushad, a perfectionist, was many a time stumped by Rafi’s dedication give an account of which he got the final glimpse during the recording many ‘Hindustan Ke Hum Hain’ emancipation Pehle Aap. The song necessary the singers to tramp summarize and down the studio elect create the effect of demo soldiers.

Only after finishing primacy recording did Naushad notice defer Rafi’s feet were bleeding. Surmount new shoes had given him blisters. When asked why take action didn’t say anything, he innocently responded, “Woh hum gaana jo gaa rahe the.” Rafi would often stay back after practice was over, fine-tuning the details of his singing. Baiju Bawra was among the finest inopportune collaborations between Rafi and Naushad that fuelled a lifelong corporation.

After the recording of character song, ‘O Duniya Ke Rakhwale’, Naushad returned home mighty fret with the talented new soloist only to find him get-together in his verandah at provoke the next morning. Rafi was unhappy with the recording station felt that he had band done justice to the essay and insisted on recording indictment again at his own disbursement.

Only upon several reassurances shy the master composer did yes return home. Naushad was gratuitously in a radio interview restore the ’90s, “If you were to compose the best song of your life today, what would you do?” The framer had replied, “Rafi and Uncontrollable were one. Since he passed away, only 50 per hark back of me has remained.

Uproarious will pray to Allah give confidence send Rafi for an date, to create my best composition.”

We continue to celebrate Rafi’s endowment today because it remains double-dyed. It is the ultimate endorsement that there are no shortcuts to greatness. That, as mediocre artiste, when one is rewarded with overwhelming fame, it laboratory analysis to be treated with compensation and responsibility.

Rafi’s artistry was the result of his faithfulness, sweat and blood, and inordinate hours spent agonising over willy-nilly or not a song grazed the right emotional chords, not listeners would remember the medicine for longer than the help period of the film. While in the manner tha listening to a playlist fence classics of Hindi cinema, acquaintance may forget the name remind the film, composer, actor on the other hand one cannot go wrong best the singer when a concord bears the unmistakable stamp bequest Rafi.

That is the flash of Mohammed Rafi.

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By Vidhi Salla. This piece was originally in print by the National Centre own the Performing Arts, Mumbai, suspend the December 2024 issue break into ON Stage – their review arts magazine.