An endless feud between the fans of Mohammed Rafi and Kishore Kumar..
Mohammed Rafi was born at Kotla Sultan Singh, near Amritsar . Rafi displayed his talent for singing at the tender age of 13. The lure of movies beckoned him to Bombay in 1944. His first hit was the Tera Khilona Toota Balak from Anmol Ghadi in 1946. India lost this jewel on July 31, 1980.
Abhas Kumar Ganguly, better known as Kishore Kumar was born on August 4, 1929 in Kandwa. Following the footsteps of his elder brother Ashok Kumar he too ventured into movies. But he soon realised that his heart was in singing. Under the patronage of RD Burman he soon flourished. He would at times compose and write songs himself. Sadly he passed away in October,1987.
The debate as to who was the greater singer carries on even today, even decades after their death. Both of them left an indelible mark in the world of Indian film music, a void that still cannot be filled today. No wonder that their fans are at constant feud with one another trying to prove that their hero was better.
It is a no secret that Mohammed Rafi was a trained classical singer and that Kishore Kumar had a natural talent. Hence Rafi’s fans feel that he was the more accomplished and skilful of the two. Kishoreda’s fans are of the opinion that though he may not have been trained, he had purity and sheer quality of voice. The fact that he wasn’t trained, and could still sing anything, both classical and non classical songs with equal magic rendered him more superior than Rafi.
Fans claim that Rafi was the most favoured singer for many veteran composers while Kishore Kumar was preferred by few and was a playback mainly for Dev Anand and later for Rajesh Khanna. Rafi on the other hand balanced his melodious voice for diverse stars like Dilip Kumar, Dev Anand, Guru Dutt, Rajendra Kumar and Shammi Kapoor.
In support of Rafi’s greatness, many of his fans say Rafi sang for Kishore Kumar in films that Kishore himself acted. They also draw the attention to Rafi’s song Darde Dil in Karz which was based on a single note and proved that he was indeed blessed with God-gifted melody. Mohammed Rafi’s fans also claim that Sonu Nigam and Udit Narayan who belong to the Rafi school are technically better than Kumar Sanu, Babul Supriyo etc.
On the other hand, Kishore Kumar’s fans remind people of songs which he sang by melodiously incorporating his inimitable yodelling. Those numbers are extremely popular even today. They further claim that in the 70’s and 80’s, it was he who sang for a number of heroes.
This debate can go on endlessly. However it must be stated that both were great singers of their times and each had his own distinctive style.
There was no feud between the two and the immense respect that Kishore Kumar had for Mohammed Rafi is clearly seen in the photo during Rafi’s funeral. A silent, sad and grief-struck Kishore in the newspapers portrayed very well that no one except him understood what an irreparable loss had taken place in Indian film music.
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May 9th, 2008 at 10:47 pm
Mr. Ashu (post 1083) and Mr. Vipul (Post 1091)
I have great regards and admirations on your true views on shri ghantasala. What you have said is absolutely true about the great ghantasala. I appreciate your keen sense of observation and your great hearts of recognising true music and accordingly great legends. As you rightly said, ghantasala is technically greater than kishore and rafi, this is due to his edge in carnatic music training coupled with his melodious and mellifluous voice.
Friends, such is the talent and voice of ghantasala and even many mohd. rafi fans (including Mr. MYK) have also agreed to it. Anybody, who hears ghantasala presents such views. Thank you very much.
In fact, my dear friends, mr. ashu and mr. vipul, i also agree to to your views that Mohd. rafi fans have less patience. They have a psycho fear of losing rafi’s greatness, when anybody has proved that a singer is better than rafi. They are not able to bear their dreams being shattered. In fact, they never imagined that singer such as ghantasala has ever existed. As Mr. raghavan says, rafi is a very great singer in bollywood, but only after ghantasala.
Mr. MYK - your myths explained here. (This article is specially meant only for sri MYK for his incomplete knowledge about sri ghantasala)
1. Rafi of south word (according to you) to ghantasala does not mean he is less than rafi. Ghantasala’s every song and rendering was a gem like mohd. rafi’s songs in hindi. Films may have failed, but all songs of ghantasala are hits and gems. In this context, So he is called he is like rafi and does not mean that rafi is greater. In fact, ghantasala should not be compared to rafi, as he is perfect in his own incomparable style. Since rafi is more famous (only due to his association with national scene as a greatest singer), he is only being adopted as a benchmark.
2. Ghantasala has composed his max. songs as music director in only half an hour (tuning a song). All are major hits with films running for 100’s of days. Such was his talent as music director and concentration in music. Did rafi possess such talent. Certainly no.
3. Hindi producer sunderlal nehta had produced many telugu films, he did only prefer ghantasala both as singer and music director for films produced by him.
4. Ghantasala has sung many songs in tamil, kannada (from 1950-65) and few in malayalam languages also. In kannada, he is equally regarded as greatest and in tamil, T M soundarrajan is referred to as tamil ghantasala, (TMS rose to fame only after ghantasala left tamil) for your kind information. P B srinivas was associated with ghantasala for as many as 20 years, and he states that voice of ghantasala is impregnable and he is a incomparable legend. Ghantasala’s max. contribution was in telugu with roughly 14000 plus songs and other renditions in sanskrit with complete perfection and great melody (e.g. bhagavad gita and other very great devotional private albums and other private albums all of which are stupendous hits) . So your view about only telugu scene is a myth. He continued in telugu leaving other languages after 1965, because he felt telugu to be great and he had complete command over telugu language. You have to brush up your knowledge. Thus, ghantasala is unique in south.
5. The great telugu film lava kusa, for which ghantasala was the music director, had run for 365 days, and was subsequently dubbed in hindi, with only lady songs dubbed. Ghantasala’s great songs in telugu picture were not sung by any male singer in hindi dubbed version ( there are no male songs in hindi) because there was no singer in hindi who could do justice akin to ghantasala in telugu. So the producer left the blank for male songs in hindi with a intention not to disturb the great ghantasala’s rendition in telugu. (however, ghantasala’s sanskrit sloka has been retained as it is, similarly one sanskrit sloka of ghantasala is retained in hindi suvarna sundari and also in hindi film khandaan)
6. Rafi since he is associated with hindi language was more famous and thus his voice was accessible to many people. This itself cannot make him great. As Mr. Raghavan and Mr. Vipul states, ghantasala is far superior to rafi in his command over music.
7. Sri Raghavan and Sri Vitthal have referred to padyams which are compositions of unique blend only in telugu language. None can deny that ghantasala is a master in these. Thus, rafi was only a great singer, whereas ghantasala was a great singer par excellence and more versatile than rafi. Ghantasala’s contribution in his own field was much much greater than rafi’s contribution in his own field.
8. Ghantasala never sang in hindi, because he had great regard for rafi, and he did not want to spoil the hindi language, as mr. raghavan states, and he confined to his own languages and not like rafi who sang in telugu to pronounce telugu language like the present singer udit narayan (unfortunate that telugu singing today has got access to such singers).
9. Lastly, arguably, sorry inarguably ghantasala is the greatest. Telugu people should not compare ghantasala with any singer, because such great cannot be compared, whatever may be the views of others.
10. Finally, ghantasala had invoked navarasas (all the 9 essential qualities prescribed for a rendition in music) in all his songs and renditions. There is no doubt in that.
My above views are only to contradict and enlighten people like Sri MYK who are arguing with very limited knowledge of shri ghantasala.
Kishore fans,
I fully appreciate your wonderful arguments about kishore kumar singing great against Mohd. rafi. In fact, my personal feeling is that kishore did definitely great in some songs than mohd. rafi. There is no doubt about it.
May 9th, 2008 at 9:03 pm
Ashu said ——-
“I think i have exposed u many times…..and it seems u r a person, who don’t learn from his mistake…Anyway….that is not my problem…”
Reply: I have always said that my music knowledge is very limited and I am here to enhance my knowledge. So if you feel you have exposed me, it is fine with me. But since there are many Rafi fans here whose views are similar to mine and exactly opposite than yours, I am in confused state whether to believe you or them.
You said KK took over Rafi in 69 where as numbers says Rafi was far ahead than KK in 69 and 70. You said KK threatend number 1 poistion in 67 where as numbers says he sang only in 2 movies in 1967 and in 3 movies in 68. It becomes very diffcult to believe you after this. Your comments and facts are so opposite that leads me not to believe you much. I am sorry for that.
Hoever I still respect you for youe ability to debate and divert topic conveniently when you are on the losing ground. I mean not many people have this quality. I have seen many astrologers, spiritual leaders doing the same thing when they are questioned specifically. Yuo are really dynamic and very clever. I admire those qualities about you.
I would also like to appriciate many Rafi fans here mainly Dhani Raam, Sudip, MYK, Vikram, Manish Kumar for their wonderful posts and few links they provided to some good Rafi songs.
Ajab hai dastaan teri song by Rafi on KK is very good and I think MD’s felt that since KK has no vocal capability to do justice to this song, it went to Rafi. I mean Rafi sang 11 times for kk. I think it is a very high number considering number of movies made those days and number of movies in which kk was acting!
May 9th, 2008 at 8:16 pm
I will limit this post to discussing patriotic songs only.
Ashu asked “what are the qualities required to sing such song?”
Reply: I am not a singer nor an MD and my musical knowledge is very limited. The only way I am connected to music is through my passion and nothing else.
So with my very very limited knowledge, I think you need a depth in the voice and you should be able to stay on high pitch for a longer time to sing such songs. (kk lacked this) and hence you find many patriotic songs in Rafi and Mahendra Kappor’s voice. I mean most of the MD’s felt the same.
I already gave my list for Rafi and I know we can add few more to it. KK has almost nothing in the same category.
Even in today’s world, I think KK clones have hardly sang such songs as they lack the same vocal quality and you find that most of such songs have gone to others. I will give few examples…
Zindgi maut na ban jaye (Sonu Nigam)
Paghdai sambhal jatta (I think Sukhwinder)
Mera rang de basanti chola (Sonu Nigam)
Mere dushman mere bhai (Hariharan) . This song won some national award and it is excellent in terms of lyrics. Hats off Javed Akhtar.
Yeh jo desh hai tera (A R Rehman)
I remember one patriotic song by Kumar Sanu (nasal kk clone) and he really screwed that song. I will try to find out on internet that song will provide the link if possible. But any Sanu fans here, could help me finding that one.
In summary, I think I have made my position clear that Rafi is far far ahead than KK in this category and we will move to the next category (Bhajans) later.
May 9th, 2008 at 8:04 pm
Raghavan,
Thanks for the link you provided. Ghantasala was excellent.
Please also note that I had no intension of comparing Rafi and Ghantasala.
Ghantasala was brought into equation by KK fan (Raj) and Ashu conveniently accused Rafi fans for comparing him with Rafi. I know Ashu is smart in playing with words.
I will try to listen to Ghantasala more and more and will provide my feedback. But the link you provided, was awesome! Thanks again…
Here we are only comparing Rafi and kk and you already agree that Rafi is miles ahead of KK.
You mentioned that Rafi was not able to do justice to Telugu songs. Well, I can’t comment on that but it could be due to lack of understanding of the language. I mean you can’t put right emotion unless you know what the song is in terms of lyrics.
I am a great fan of SP and he has sung lots of hits in Hindi movies. But somehow I felt that in few songs , he was putting something extra or he was over singing!
Example - Bahut Pyar karte hai tumko sanam song from Sajan. He sang lines “Hume har ghadi aaaaaaarzo hai tumhari” . According to me he stretched a bit too much on that word (aarzo) and ruined it!
Again, I am not a music expert, so I could be wrong but that is what I feel when I hear SPB in that song.
Anyways, I loved your detailed post and I promise to listen to more and more of Ghantasala in future.
May 9th, 2008 at 5:30 pm
can some one tell me where i can find this bgm lists.
May 9th, 2008 at 5:25 pm
heyy..i dont know why people here are bragging about the same thing again and again.. no body would get anything by running round and round.. rafi ruled bollywood till late 60’s .. kishore managed to dethrone him not only dethroned him but score over him in number of hits during 70’s.. y dont all rafians talk about the ban that was put by congress on kishore in 78 and 79 because of which kishore couldnt win the best singer award in 1979 despite having two nominations for aanewala pal and ek raasta hai zindagi.. kishore remained there till his death where he belonged on the top of the music world..why people idealize kk and rafi because they have ruled..so without creating more fuss that both r greats and it was kishore who survived the fierce competition of 70’s and became the most celebrated singer of indian history..no matter what u rafians say..it is obvious that u guys have this somewhere in your heart that it was kk who dethroned rafi and no body else could do it..he was different and he is still considered the most versatile by many. so guys chill..dont eat out realities and try to swallow the truth.
May 9th, 2008 at 12:48 pm
sorry for my last blog,
I uploaded my analysis in tabular form, but i think there was some problem in table rendering….
Actually it was like this:
Movie Name Kishore Rafi
for e.g.
Abdullah Kishore Rafi
Red Rose Kishore
Pls. bear with me. i reserve my comment for next blog…I would like u guy to send comment on this analysis….
May 9th, 2008 at 12:44 pm
Here is analysis on 1980 movie:
aakrosh
aanchal
kishore
aap ke deeane
Kishore
Rafi
Aasha
Rafi
Abdulla
Kishore
Rafi
Alibabaaur chalis chor
Kishore
Apne Paraye
Kishore
Banbai ka Maharaj
Kishore
Behke Kadam
Rafi
Beraham
Rafi
Chambal Ki Kasam
Rafi
Chehre Pe Chehra
Rafi
Dhan Daulat
Kishore
Do aur Do Paanch
Kishore
Do Premee
Kishore
Rafi
Dostana
Kishore
Rafi
Hum Pannch
Kishore
Rafi
Juddai
Kishore
Rafi
Karz
Kishore
Rafi
khoobsurat
NO
NO
Maang Bharo Sajana
Kishore
Paayal KI jhankar
Kishore
Qurbani
Kishore
Rafi
Raam Balram
Kishore
Rafi
Red Rose
Kishore
Saboot
Kishore
Shaan
Kishore
Rafi
The Burning Train
Kishore
Rafi
Thodi si Bewafa
Kishore
Uneed Bees
Rafi
Yaari Dushmini
Kishore
Rafi
May 9th, 2008 at 12:24 pm
Thanks Vikram,
For posting Soham’s interview link: If you go back few blog of mine, you can find i posted 2 link where Vishal(Vishal-Shekhar fame) said “He is die-hard fan of Kishore” and KK also said the same abt Kishore.
Soham likes Rafi as u like Rafi, vishal likes Kishore as i like Kishore. So, it is very subjective.
I’ve gone through link and i found him (Soham) mentioning “K for Kishore” in interview. Have u observed one thing…U can be fan of Rafi, but u can’t ignore Kishore….
U wrote:
See carefully. Kishore looks so angry with himself for not having been allowed to sing even for himself. What an irony! He is so upset that he can’t even lip synch properly.
My reply:
I can just laugh on this….U mean to say…..director paagal tha jo kishore ka emotion dekh nahi paaya…THis is another illusion from ur side…..
May 9th, 2008 at 12:11 pm
Vipul..
I am not playing with words…I am telling u a truth..I have already presented evidence on Kishore’s popularity in 2008.
I have question for you and other rafians:
Pls. go through this link and let me know if there are any movie missed in the list:
http://filmyduniya.in/bollywood/movies/1980/
Dear friend Sudip,
I am sure…Not only u can sing “Thumri”, “Yoodelling” but also u can compose, write lyrics, act.
May 9th, 2008 at 11:40 am
Ashu:
You got it!!! I am learning Thumri. Your example of Kishore’s Thumri gave me the confidence that I can also sing it…Thanks mate for the pointer..
After all, you know what Manna said about copying Kishore’s songs
May 9th, 2008 at 9:20 am
VIpul…
I think i have exposed u many times…..and it seems u r a person, who don’t learn from his mistake…Anyway….that is not my problem…
Let me explain you abt Kishore, Ghantsala and Rafi.
I heard Ghantasala…He is great in his own style, technically he might be greater than Kishore and Rafi.
I know what i am discussing here…I am not confused like you..
I am discussing Hindi film music, and i am discussing hindi playback singers.
Personlly i believe there is no match for Kishore, and i am not shy to accept that Rafi and Mukesh were another great singers we had, though they have different styles. But still there is room for comparison between Rafi and Kishore, because they both belong to Hindi film music, and they both were playback singer, first was not true in case of Ghantsala….So i don’t waste my time in comaparing them, again u people compare ghantsala with Rafi, because u still don’t know where Rafi stands….
Personally i don;t feel to compare them(Rafi n Kishore), but it was you rafians alwyas start this thread, because you are not sure abt Rafi’s position…
[Check Mohdrafi.com website….People start abusing when they lost debate]
Vipul, During debate People like you, has very limited knowledge(~negligible) abt music, talk abt patriotic, qawaali, and blah.
Can you answer my few questions:?
1. What are the qualities require to sing Patriotic songs?
2. What are the qualities require to sing Qawaali songs?
3. What are the qualities require to sing sad songs?
4. What are the qualities require to sing happy songs?
Above questions are in the context of SUR and TAAL. Pls. don’t try to divert the topic….
Waiting for reply.
I am missing Sudip here…..I think he is learning “Thumri”
May 9th, 2008 at 9:03 am
Dear myk….
My analysis are completely original……
Here is list of BMG 80:
In top 5….There was only one solo in male voice, and that is from Kishore…
- Meri umar ke naozawanoo…
Rest are duets from Sargam, and Mr. Natwarlal
Is it not enough to open ur eyes…..??????
I will repeat again…Rafi never regained his lost position after 69…..
May 9th, 2008 at 8:59 am
myk,
I never said Sargam was released in after 80. Pls. check the blog.
Here is list of BMG 79:
Top 5 songs:
1. khike Paan Banara wala.. Kishore
2. O Saathi Re …kishore version, not Asha
3. AAja re…Lata from Noorie
4. badalatey Rishtey….Kishore for Roshi and Rafi for Jeetendra, suman for Reena Roy
5. Hum Bewafa….kishore in shalimar
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binaca_Geetmala_annual_list_1979
Kishore: 3 solos…..There were no solo from Lata or Rafi in top 5…
I am sure it will not open ur eyes, but i feel it is my duty to make u aware of truth…
May 9th, 2008 at 7:53 am
Mr. Vipul - your post 1075 & Mr. MYK -post 960 and other posts.
I request you to kindly give a patient reading to my post 1065.
I am well versed in 12 languages including telugu and hindi and my knowledge says that, though i am a tamilian, telugu is the best and greatest among all the indian languages. This was stated by late prime minister p v narasimha rao, who was adept in 18 languages, and also by the 15th century vijayanagara emperor, sri krishna deva raya, who was well versed in all the national languages. The emperor had 9 jewels in his court, who were all great and preferably genuises in telugu language and composing and rendering of padyams (which sri vitthal ji referred) The emperor spent most of his time listening to the telugu compositions. To be adept in telugu language is simply a fortune to be inherited by birth.
As vitthal ji observed, ghantasala had sung innumerable padyams in films in telugu, and he was a master incomparable in that. Leave Mohd. rafi, no other southern singer could match ghantasala in that, leave his songs. Ghantasala had no formal education, he was a freedom fighter who was jailed for 18 months for his participation in quit india movement, yet by virtue of his god gifted talent he achieved pinnacle heights in the south indian cine field. His telugu command is completely perfect. Not only telugu, hear his sanskrit slokas and other renderings, they are completely perfect. He was a music director par excellence. The combination of ghantasala and NTR in the mythological movies in telugu, where NTR has achieved the status of being seen as god by his so called believing fans, cannot be seen or perceived anywhere in India in any language leave Hindi. Mythological movies are the best in only telugu language, whether in terms of music, singing, acting or screeplay etc. and ghantasala and NTR and another great actor from the south SVR simply excel. Such combination has never been in India in any language. Padyams, as referred by sri vitthal ji, are a unique genre of dramatic verses, which have been mainly sung in dramas. Ghantasala had the unique distintion of bringing padyams to films and giving them a blend of the greatest style and rendering to the absolute perfection in films, mostly mythological. padyams singing require different musical training, called as padya sangeetham, and ghantasala was adept in that. Despite ghantasala’s training, ghantasala himself adapted his own technique of rendering padyams in a mellifluous and original way, thus making them unique in his style of singing and thus making them incomparable. There are 100’s of padyams sung by sri ghantasala in telugu. To sing padyams, one has to have a great command in telugu language, and it is not so easy. I have heard 100’s of songs of mohd. rafi and ghantasala. Rafi had only sung songs and ghazals, whereas ghantasala has sung not only 1000’s of songsof all moods and genres, but many sanskrit slokas, padyams, classical compositions, besides being great music director. Ghantasala possessed a voice which was more metallic than kishore kumar and more melodious and majestic and flexibility than mohd. rafi in rendering different types of songs. His edge in carnatic music than mohd. rafi in his hindusthani, has created further edge to his melodious voice. Ghantasala is a trained carnatic musician par excellence. Rafi has sung in telugu also, i have heard him, but he is no where near ghantasala. Moreover, he spoiled the telugu language. NTR did introduce rafi in telugu, to see rafi’s talent, but had to bid goodbye to rafi, due to the wave of ghantasala in telugu. Ghantasala did not sing in hindi, because he did not know hindi, and was aware of the fact that if he sang, he would have also spoiled hindi language like rafi in telugu.
Mr. Vipul
I consider mohd. rafi as the greatest singer in bollywood, but he cannot be compared to the incomparable ghantasala of the south. If rafi is rafi, ghantasala is ghantasala. Truly speaking, a carnatic playback legend and hindusthani legend should not be compared. Both are greatest masters in their own fields. But i had to write about shri ghantasala, and his talent, since he was compared to rafi, the greatest in bollywood. Rafi is definitely the greatest in bollywood.
As Mr. MYK states in post 960, kishore kumar is miles behind mohd. rafi, and of course the great ghantasala. If you have not heard, shri ghantasala, i produce here under one of the greatest songs (siva sankari) sung by him. I request you to give a careful hearing to the entire song. This song has nothing to do with telugu language, but is completely classical and sanskritised version mixed with telugu blend and is simply a classical and incomparable composition in itself and perhaps none other than ghantasala could do justice to it. Here is the link for the great song.
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=M3hCRAQ2yJg
All the other readers can hear the above song. I assure, after hearing, friends will know what ghantasala is and what his range is and how easily his voice moves in singing greatest songs and his command over music.
I have seen rafi fans bringing some jhanak jhanak of manna dey as similar to above song of ghantasala, but sorry to state the song is not even 20%to the one rendered by ghantasala. Moreover, Mr. Vipul, Pl. go to mohd. rafi. com and analyse the views presented therein, by well trained musicians, namely mr. khan, mr. vasu, mr. ramakrishna etc. who have unequivocally agreed for ghantasala to be the greatest than mohd. rafi. All those are rafi fans, but they came to the conclusion of ghantasala being greater than rafi, only after carefully hearing sri ghantasala.
I Conclulde, Ghantasala, and Mohd. rafi, are the two greatest playback singers gifted by god almighty to the earth. May all friends enjoy the music of these great legends to their heartful content & be happy always. I close my issue. Good bye.
May 9th, 2008 at 7:38 am
somebody mentioned that Rafi was singing flat.
Now please listen to this one.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SonO9TrHO1A
Here kk is live and he is flat and out of sur. Please tell me if m obeservation is correc or not.
May 9th, 2008 at 6:18 am
Mr. Raghavan,
I respect your views about Ghantasala, as I do for Mr. Vitthal as well, but Rafi’s repertoire has much more variety than Ghantasala’s, his songs were tougher, and he had a better voice and range (in my view). The two can never be compared, because Rafi not only ruled his own mother tounge language, but the National Scene as well, whereas Ghantasala was confined to just Telegu. I have heard so many songs of Ghantasala and I have yet to find songs rendered by him that come anywhere near countless Rafi songs. The comparison is not fair, Rafi is miles ahead, its like comparing apples and oranges. I have read the comments on the Rafi site about the debate on Rafi and Ghantasala, and I doubt Rafi fans have changed their mind and said Ghantasala is better. Rafi fans have acknowledged that Ghantasala is a great singer, but he can never be a Rafi or come close to Rafi in any way possible. It’s not a fair comparison by any means. Why bring up the Bhagvad Gita renditon, when it doesn’t have anything to do with our discussion ?. It may be excellent, but there are countless Rafi songs that will make one forget where they are (using your words), and transport one into another world.
You are saying Ghantasala ruled the SI music scene, but are not mentioning TMS or PBS who also ruled their particular language, so to say Ghantasala ruled the whole scene is not correct, there were others there. Rafi on the other hand ruled the National scene, not a particular language, and he ruled a scene where there was much more competition compared to the South. Ghantasala, TMS, PBS etc. did not face as much competition in their respective languages, Rafi faced a challenge from many singers and came out on top and was able to rule for that long. The Telegu scene is confined to a smaller scale, you can’t compare this with the National Scene which is on a much bigger and grand scale in terms of everything.
The majority of musicans, MD’s, singers etc. North, South, East, and West as well as world-wide all consider Rafi to be the greatest of all time. Ghantasala is not mentioned in the same breath even though he was a great singer, but Rafi is in his own league and class.
Atleast you agree that Rafi was better than KK which is the obvious truth. Its a joke to compare KK or anyone to a giant like Rafi.
May 9th, 2008 at 1:52 am
Ashu said
“Bhai mere…Rafi ko yaad kiya jaata hai….kyunki log bhool gae hai. Kishore ko bhulaya nahi ja sakata…..”
Reply: Why do u play wth words? Why do not you debate on facts? I want to learn more factual things from you and everyone here rather than fantasy.
By the way, What is your profession? Are you some religious guru? You seem to be very good in playing with words and creating delusion (that is what all religious gurus do) and ignore real comparison?
I am sure that you will reply to this message but do not give me information on kk’s patriotic songs and there by avoid discussing versatility of both singers. keep it up! I am enjoying anyways!
May 9th, 2008 at 12:04 am
Ashu Ji,
Please do not turn a blind eye to the Youtube evidence that I presented to you in one of my previous posts. See carefully. Kishore looks so angry with himself for not having been allowed to sing even for himself. What an irony! He is so upset that he can’t even lip synch properly. My dear friend it’s hard to hide the truth in the modern world of technology. The following link will always serve you as a reminder about Rafi being the greatest. I hope better sense prevails this time.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOUw8AnSBPo&NR=1
Here is another link to Soham’s (In Dino fame from Life In a Metro) interview published in “The Hindustan Times”. His favourite is Rafi. He calls himself a die hard fan of Mohd. Rafi.
Rafi.http://hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=27943d59-1c05-404c-a8d7-01522293d331&&Headline=I+will+sing+in+my+own+voice%3a+Soham