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When there is mention of melodious songs and spiritual voices in the golden era of Hindi cinema, the name of legendary singer Mohammed Rafi, who is at the position of Swar Kokila, first comes to mind. Rafi Sahab, who has been ruling the hearts of music lovers with his magical voice since the 1940s, has sung many such immortal songs which created history. One of them was such a unique and old song, which in the 1950s used to resonate day and night i.e. 24 hours continuously in every corner of the country and on different radio stations. People became so crazy about this song that this melodious tune was talked about everywhere.
When even Khayyam Saheb was impressed by Rafi’s voice
This beautiful song from the film ‘Biwi’, released in the year 1950, was composed by the famous musician Khayyam Sahab. The film was directed by Kishore Sharma, starring Al Nasir, Mumtaz Shanti and Pran in lead roles. A classic song from this film was ‘Akele mein woh ghabarate to honge, mitake mujhko pachtate to honge’. Musician Khayyam himself had mentioned in an interview that this song recorded in the voice of Rafi Saheb had become the favorite of the entire country i.e. ‘Reach of the Nation’. The situation was such that the same song was being broadcast again and again from some corner or the other throughout the day on various radio channels and broadcasting stations.
Amar Sangeet and the golden journey of Rafi Sahab
The magic of Mohammed Rafi’s voice was such that he put his soul and emotion into every song, due to which the song went straight to the heart of the listener. In the journey from 1940s to 1970s, Rafi Sahab lent his voice to many unique songs, which include ‘Yeh Duniya Yeh Mehfil’, ‘Baharon Phool Barsao’ and the evergreen song ‘Kya Hua Tera Vaada’ from the film ‘Hum Kisi Se Kam Nahi’, for which he also received the first National Award. Even though decades have passed, that magical voice of Rafi Sahab and this 75 year old music are still alive with the same intensity in the hearts of music lovers.