No doubt Kishore was a great singer (big fan myself) and I agree with you he could capture the mood & emotions within the story of the song which can touch you deep down.

But to say no one else but Kishore could have captured those emotional moods in his time, is simply not a fact at all. We all have our preferences and we will tend to be a bit biased at times but it seems to me you have not really listen to many Rafi songs, if you did you will then understand what I mean that Kishore was not the only one to capture you deep down.

Remember the film “Amar Deep” - As the star was Rajesh Khanna there was naturally all Kishore songs - but right at the end when Rajesh was on his death bed, just a few lines from Rafi had ended the film, Why not Kishore?

“Muqqadar Ki Skandar” Amitabh was just about to breath his last, then a few lines of Rafi had ended the film, Why not Kishore, after all it was Kishore’s full happy version!

Did you know that Kishore said “That he was Rafi’s number one fan” Kishore would often pay tributes by singing a Rafi number on stage.

I am sure you aware that Rafi had playbacked for Kishore in his acting days even there were songs by Kishore in the same film. In one such film “Sharahaat”, the saddest song was sung by Rafi for Kishore.

So when you hear Rafi was one of the greats - there is some reasoning behind that!.

i agree with you. what a voice kishore has! please don’t bring rafi into this discussion - i’m getting bored of the rafi vs kishore discussion. i’d rather talk about other things and enjoy the other sings the great singers have to offer. thanks!

kishore’s voice was extra special in (1) rhim jhim gire sawan (2) achcha to hum chalte hain (3) chai pe bulaya (4) chal chal mere saathi (5) humse bhool hogaya (6) inteha hogay (sharabi) the list can go on and on…these are the reason why those songs were superhits - kishore had a “cool voice”.

the best display of voice by kishore - for me- was with sd burman’s “ek ladki bheegi bagi se mile ek ajnabi” and the song from childhood i’d always hum was “manna janab ne pukara nahin” - because of kishore’s voice, even if i didn’t understand what the lyrics meant. add the song from sharmilee “khilte huye”. the best mds for kishore kumar were (1) rd burman (2) sd burman. ok some won’t be happy with this but sd burman limited kishore kumar too much because kishore was underestimate in 60s. rd burman put no bounds for kishore (3) laxmikant pyarelal.

even after all these years… i still cry when i hear his songs… o majhi re… musafir ho yaaroon…. both of those songs touches me deep down in… and it can melt any heart….

aap sob subhi mere baat say saimaat haai sayed…