{"id":2031,"date":"2017-12-24T00:00:22","date_gmt":"2017-12-23T18:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/learningandcreativity.com\/silhouette\/?p=2031"},"modified":"2024-12-24T10:06:12","modified_gmt":"2024-12-24T04:36:12","slug":"ten-songs-of-mohd-rafi-we-could-not-include-in-gaata-rahe-mera-dil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/learningandcreativity.com\/silhouette\/ten-songs-of-mohd-rafi-we-could-not-include-in-gaata-rahe-mera-dil\/","title":{"rendered":"Ten Songs of Mohd. Rafi We Could Not Include in ‘Gaata Rahe Mera Dil’<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In none of his old photographs does his countenance bear any strain of the heavy crown of the busiest male playback singer over two decades. (Pic courtesy: mohdrafi.com<\/a>)<\/p><\/div>\n

At first glance Mohammed Rafi looked like a humble middle-class Mumbai office goer on the way back from a 9 am \u2013 5 pm work routine. In none of his old photographs does his countenance bear any strain of the heavy crown of the busiest male playback singer over two decades. One has never remotely heard of Rafi sahib losing his temper. While his talent sought him out and elevated him to the #1 slot among male playbacks, his geniality endeared him to ALL.<\/p>\n

He may have let go of the Number 1 slot at the fag end of the 1960s. But nobody could remove Mohd. Rafi from their hearts. Here is a list of 10 songs of Rafi sahib that we would have loved to include in our book Gaata Rahe Mera Dil \u2013 50 Classic Hindi films Songs<\/a><\/em>, published by Harper Collins this month.<\/p>\n

1. Wadiyan mera daman<\/em><\/strong><\/h1>\n

Tandem song with someone with whom Rafi had had a professional fall out over royalties. One of his less celebrated melodies but opens up a vertigo of sadness at an impending separation of two people.<\/p>\n

In this film (Abhilasha<\/em>, 1968) RD Burman<\/a> experimented with an array of male voices ranging from Kishore, Rafi, Manna, the rarely used Bhupinder and Marutirao Keer, RD\u2019s chief rhythm assistant. The tune of the mukhra of Wadiyan mere daman <\/em>he used, with subtle modifications, for the antara<\/em> of the raga Nand<\/em> based Asha Bhosle solo, Jete dao amaye deko na.<\/em><\/p>\n