Rajendra Kumar with Mohammed Rafi during a Stage-Show.
Tribute to Rafi sahaab by Rajendra Kumar:
Rafi sahaab ke baare
meN kyaa baat kareN.... un kee taareef meN kuchh kehna chaaheN toh lafz mushkil
se milte haiN. Ek Tansen theh Shahenshah
Akbar ke zamaane meN. Usee taraah
hamaaree film industry meN ek jo Tansen paida huwe, voh theh Rafi Sahaab. Voh itnaa achchaa gaate theh, aap log achchee
taraah jaante haiN. hazaaroN gaane gaaye
unhone. Har film artiste ke liye gaane
gaaye aur Khoobee yeh theeh ke voh jab bhee kisee ke liye gaanaa gaate theh,
aisaa lagtaa thaah parde pe, ke Rafi Sahaab naheeN, voh artiste Khud gaa rahaa
hai.
ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF THE ABOVE:
WHAT TO SAY ABOUT RAFI SAHAAB! IT'S DIFFICULT TO FIND WORDS FIT FOR HIS PRAISE. THERE WAS TANSEN DURING THE REIGN OF EMPEROR AKBAR. LIKEWISE, THE ONE PERSON WHO WAS BORN AS THE TANSEN IN OUR FILM INDUSTRY, HE WAS RAFI SAHAAB! HOW WELL HE USED TO SING, YOU KNOW THAT VERY WELL. HE SANG THOUSANDS OF SONGS. HE SANG FOR EVERY FILM ARTISTE, AND HIS EXCELLENCE WAS SUCH THAT WHENEVER HE SANG FOR SOMEONE IT LOOKED ON THE SCREEN AS IF IT WAS NOT RAFI SAHAAB BUT THE ARTISTE HIMSELF WAS RENDERING THE SONG!
NASIR.
Like Shammi Kapoor admitted that the secret of his success lied in the songs sung by Rafi, so too is with Rajendra Kumar. He owes his popularity and success to Rafi, without any doubt
ReplyDeleteVery well analysed, Dilip. In fact, as you know, there is a whole bunch of cine-stars who reaped the benefit of Rafi Sahaab's songs which enabled them to play long innings in the field of stardom.
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