Continuing the series on Rafi with a tribute to Kalyanji (30 June 1928-24 August 2000) and Anandji (2 March 1933-) on Kalyanji’s 96th birth anniversary.
When you think of Kalyanji-Anandji’s main playback singers, Mukesh comes to mind first. They seemed to be made for each other, and there is already a post on KA-Mukesh combination on this blog with this title. They composed the most songs for Mukesh, a little more than Shankar-Jaikishan. What was remarkable was that while SJ-Mukesh were generally regular for Raj Kapoor, KA had Raj Kapoor as the hero for only two films, their Mukesh songs were widely spread over many actors.
I was a little intrigued about their songs for Rafi; I did not count them under top music directors for sure as far as Rafi songs are concerned. But when I looked at the list of Rafi songs it was a revelation that they have given close to 190 songs for him, and some of them have long been great favourites.
The elder brother Kalyanji Virjee Shah debuted solo in 1958 with the film Samrat Chandragupta which had superb Rafi-Lata duet Chaahe paas ho chaahe door ho mere ankhiyon ki tum tasveer ho. He did a few more films solo, but the very next year his younger brother Anandji joined him to form he famed duo Kalyanji-Anandji and continued their musical journey with great success. K-A were not from a music family. They were born in a business family in Kutch, their father ran a grocery store in Girgam. A customer in their father’s shop introduced the brothers to basics of music. Deeply attracted to music Kalyanji made a music band and performed at different places. At the same time he continued his efforts to get a foothold in Bombay film music. He became assistant to Hemant Kumar. Kalyanji has entered the Hall of Fame as the person who created the been tune of Nagin (1954) on clavioline.
1970s was the era of Rajesh Khanna-Kishore Kumar and 80s of Amitabh-Bachchan-Kishore Kumar. KA adapted to the new requirements admirably and were counted in the Big Three along with RD Burman, Laxmikant-Pyarelal. From Mukesh’s Tumhein zindagi ke ujaale mubarak to Kishore Kumar’s Khaike paan Banaraswala is a massive transformation which shows the talent of Kalyanji-Anandji. Many great music directors could not negotiate the change. Alongside K-A continued composing excellent songs for their favourite Mukesh, and also other singers including Mahendra Kapoor, Manna Dey and Rafi.
Some readers have requested for a series on Kalyanji-Anandji, who were in any case next in line for greater coverage on SOY. I am celebrating Rafi’s centenary year. It is clear KA composed far more songs for Rafi than they did for Mukesh. In the continuing series on Rafi’s centenary celebrations I post his songs composed by Kalyanji-Anandji on Kalyanji’s 96th birth anniversary. I am not distinguishing between Kalyanji solo and Kalyanji-Anandji duo.
1. Chaahe paas ho chaahe door ho by Lata Mangeshkar and Rafi from Samrat Chandragupta (1958), lyrics Bharat Vyas, music Kalyanji Virjee Shah
In his very first film Kalyanji composes a superb Lata Mangeshkar-Rafi duet. Picturised on Bharat Bhushan and Nirupa Roy, it is in the mould of Chitragupta/SN Tripathi.
2. Main yahan tu kahan mera dil tujhe pukare by Rafi and Lata Mangeshkar from Bedard Zamana Kya Jaane (1959), lyrics Bharat Vyas, music Kalyanji Virjee Shah
Continuing solo Kalyanji composes another great Rafi-Lata Mangeshkar duet, now in a different mould.
3. Saaz-e-dil chhed de kya haseen raat hai by Rafi and Lata Mangeshkar from Passport (1961), lyrics Farooq Qaiser, music Kalyanji-Anandji
Now the brothers have joined to form a duet, and they continue their melody with another Rafi-Lata duet.
4. Govinda ala re zara matki sambhal brijbala by Rafi from Bluff Master (1963), lyrics Rajendra Krishna, music Kalyanji-Anandji
KA have composed a cult Rafi song, picturised on Shammi Kapoor, which is a must on every Dahi-handi (Janmashtami).
5. Himalay ki bulandi se suno awaz hai ayi..Watan pe jo fida hoga by Rafi from Phool Bane Angare (1963), lyrics Anand Bakshi, music Kalyanji-Anandji
Patriotic songs are synonymous with Rafi. KA have composed a superb song.
6. Dil beqaraar sa hai humko khumar sa hai by Rafi from Ishara (1964), lyrics Majrooh Sultanpuri, music Kalyanji-Anandji
One word to describe tis song is masti – Mausam nashi mein choor hai; Kuchh pee ke ayi hai ghata/…Ab maine jana pyar kya hai teri aankhon ki kasam. This song also has a twin version sung by Lata Mangeshkar, and my preference between a is well-known.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XD4GVCV7IUQ
7. Ae jaan-e tamanna ae jaan-e-baharan Rafi and Suman Kalyanpur from Ji Chahta Hai (1964), lyrics Hasrat Jaipuri, music Kalyanji-Anandji
On the one hand I find Mukesh’s Hum chhod chalein hain mehfil ko out of this world, on the other I am no less fond of this Suman Kalynapur-Rafi duet.
8. Ek tha gul aur ek thi bulbul by Rafi from Jab Jab Phool Khile (1965), lyrics Anand Bakhshi, music Kalyanji-Anandji
The video is self-explanatory. Nanda interjects from time to time with some words. But to my mind it retains the character of a solo. A superhit song from a superhit film of its time.
9. Aji aisi nazar ko kya kahiye jo yaar na apna pahchaane by Rafi and chorus from Johar Mahmood in Goa (1965), lyrics Farooq Qaiser, music Kalyanji-Anandji
Johar Mahmood In Goa had superb songs by Mukesh, such as Dheere re chalo meri baanki hiraniya, and also by Rafi. Here is an excellent song in qawwali style.
10. Nain milakar chain churana kiska hai ye kaam by Rafi from Aamne Saamne (1967), lyrics Anand Bakshi, music Kalyanji-Anandji
KA got to compose for many films of Shashi Kapoor for whom Rafi was a most suited singer. Many of these songs were chartbusters. Here is a superb club dance song.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDn_olsGqiQ
11. Akele hain chale aao jahan ho by Rafi from Raaz (1967), lyrics Shamim Jaipuri, music Kalyanji-Anandji
12. O dilbar jaaniye tere hain hum tere by Rafi from Haseena Maan Jayegi (1968), lyrics Prakash Mehra, music Kalyanji-Anandji
There was a short period when Shashi Kapoor meant the singer would be Rafi and music director Kalyanji-Anandji. Shashi Kapoor plays a typical naughty person whom Babita finds irritable. Rafi brings invests full energy in the song to bring out its fun.
13. Sukh ke sab sathi dukh mein na koi by Rafi from Gopi (1970), lyrics Rajendra Krishna, music Kalyanji-Anandji
In film world you are as good as your last hit. By this time Naushad-Dilip Kumar connection was broken. KA got to compose for some films of Dilip Kumar. In my anniversary post I had mentioned Rafi’s devotional songs. Here is a superb bhajan devoted to Ram.
Kalyanji-Anandji continued to compose for many years more for Rafi. Among later songs I particularly like is this street song from Zanzeer (1973). This superhit film created a new persona of ‘Angry Young Man’ for Amitabh Bachchan.
14. Deewane hain deewnon ko na ghar chahiye by Rafi and Lata Mangeshkar from Zanjeer (1973), lyrics Gulshan Bawra, music Kalyanji-Anandji
‘Angry Young Men’ do not sing. This street song is picturised on Gulshan Bawra himself and an extra Sanjana, but the lead actors watch it from the window. Quite a delight.
We have some interesting information, courtesy Sivanandamji, about this song: On the day of recording Rafi was suffering from high fever. Though he had come for recording, he was thinking of cancelling it. Gulshan Bawra was greatly disappointed to hear this. When he requested Rafi that the song was to be picturised on him, Rafi obliged and sang this beautiful song even with a high fever. Great man.
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It is true that even when KA have composed over 190songs with Mohammad Rafi, there remains a wide spread feeling that Rafi was not their first choice.
I present here a Shammi Kapoor song composed by KA, which is a very good variation of Shammi Kapoor- Rafi template
Teri Zulphen Pareshan Teri Nazren Pasheman – Preet Na Jaane Rit (1966)
https://youtu.be/kdV9kJr15tc?si=fYO1EITATigZGom3
Bekhudi mein sanam…
Yahan main ajnabi hoon…
Wada kar lo sajna tere bina main na rahoon…
Mere mitwa, mere meet re…
Samjhota gamon se kar le…
Chale the saath mil ke…
Main BAIRAGI nachoon , gaoon..
Yoon hi tum mujhse baat karti ho…
Main tumse milne aayee
Mandir jaane ke bahane..
Ashokji,
Yes, it is surprising we are conditioned to think that Rafi was not their preferred singer. KA-I had composed not only most songs for Rafi, these contain some really outstanding songs which we remember even today.
Teri zulfein pareshan is a very nice song. Thanks a lot.
Dr Shetty,
Songs tumbling down from memory in a torrent. Impressive.
AK ji
Good to see K- A in SOY..also eager to see further blogs on them. Many Rafi songs that came to my mind have been mentioned by Dr Shetty. I don’t know if others have observed this..I always felt K- A’ duets were outstanding. One superb Rafi – Lata duet is Kabhi raat din hum door they…based on Charukesi raag…it is similar to their own Mukesh – Lata duet..Kisi raah mein kisi mod par.
I think Samjhota gamonse karlo that Dr Shetty has mentioned is not by Rafi…there are two versions Kishore & Lata to the best of my knowledge
Ak ji
It is nice to see the senior most of the 70’s trio making their debut on SOY.
I think the reason why Rafi and KA do not register immediately is that Mukesh and KA combo have given more long lasting songs. Also in the early part of their career, Rafi-SJ and Rafi-OPN were more potent combinations and in the later part Rafi- LP held the sway.
For example, dheere re chalo from Johar Mehmood has a better recall than aji aisi najar ko ( which is also mentioned by you). However, from the same film Rafi- Manna Dey duet ye do diwane Dil ke was very popular.
https://youtu.be/_jPUQrxCkAM?si=0b8qse-9XTb_nfM-
Sivanandam ji is right about samjhauta gamo se kar lo. Perhaps Pradeep ji had badi dur se aaye hai sung by Rafi with Mukesh in his mind.
https://youtu.be/-uCD39N14M4?si=UurbEJcoYjjNTqGZ
KA-Rafi- Dev Anand is a rare combination here is a Qawwali filmed on Dev Anand from Mahal
Hum tujhe dhoond lenge
https://youtu.be/cuRSO6QJeeM?si=GT3mXFhbV8QkP0-Z
Sivanadamji,
I am also satisfied that I have fulfilled a wish of a reader. It was a discovery that they have composed so many excellent songs for Rafi. That fits nicely with Rafi’s centenary celebrations. Kabhi raat din hum door the is a very good song. I have already included my top favourites.
You are right on Samjhauta ghamon se kar lo.
Mr Muli @6,
You are so right. We can easily count KA among the top music directors for Mukesh. The 5 or 10 top music directors for Rafi would perhaps not include KA. But on deeper analysis we find they composed many great songs for Rafi.
Nice qawwali Hum tujhe dhoondh lenge. What is Abhi Bhatacharya doing here as the other guy? Does not look like an antagonist.
I am glad to find another post on KA by AK, a second one in SoY’s 14 years journey. And I am sure there would be more in future. Thank you AKji. I join you in paying my tributes to the eldest of the KA duo , Kalyanji Bhai, on his 96th birth anniversary.
Since, it is Kalyanji’s 96th birth anniversary, let me dwell on his solo films first. You have posted two songs, one each from Samrat Chandragupta (1958) and Bedard Zamaana Jane (1959), Kalyanji’s first and third film. No doubt, Kalyanji’s first film by itself caught the attention of Hindi Film music lovers. You have posted the ever popular duet, “Chaahe paas ho chaahe door ho”. Thank for the same. There was one more duet by the same pair, Rafi & Lata, in this film, “Bhar bhar aayee ankhiyaan”. I gather, this was the first song in his life that Kalyanji composed. It was composed and recorded for a Manmohan Desai ‘s movie that did not take off at all. Finally this duet found his way into Manmohan Desai’s brother Subhas Desai’s film, Samrat Chandragupta. Posting the duet, though Rafi interludes for hardly half a minute.
Bhar bhar aayee aankhiyaan ho mora chup chup roye re jiya, Rafi -Lata duet, lyrics Bharat Vyas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tH9akUvPQr4
This is the third post commemorating Md. Rafi Saheb on his birth centenary year. Once again I pay my respectful homage to Rafi Saheb on this occasion.
Here I would share an interesting faux pas. In one side of the 78 rpm record (N52547) was the song “Chaahe paas ho chaahe door ho” and on the other side was the beautiful Lata solo “Mujhe dekh chaand sharmaye” and the lyrics of this song was credited to Nirupa Roy in the record, whereas Indeevar was the song-writer.
You may remember, there were few more beautiful songs –
a Manna-Lata duet and three Lata Solos. That was indeed a grand breakthrough and a great debut. That was my tribute to Kalyanji in my small way.
Will be back with more when time permits.
Thanks once again.
Venkataramanji,
Thanks a lot for your appreciation and detailed comments. KA were overdue. They composed for more songs for Rafi than they did for Mukesh, and several of them were outstanding.
Samrat Chandragupta was a grand debut for Kalyanji. They showed a great variety in male songs. Mujhe dekh chaand sharmaye – Nirupa Roy is credited as lyricist in HFGK also. The mistake might have creeped into HFGK from the record. You seem to be sure about Indivar, but the lyricist of the film is mentioned as Bharat Vyas.
As indicated earlier by a number of writers , Rafi was not indeed the first choice of KA but for several heroes of the sixties he became their choice along with Mukesh who at least had one song in their films. Late fifties and sixties full (till the days of Aradhana ) Rafi was the preferred singer for all composers and for KA also who came out with excellent songs for Shashi Kapoor, Jeetendra, Joy Mukherjee, Sanjay and Dharmendra and even Mehmood. Very good selection of representative songs here. Our best wishes.
Venkataramanji @9,
PS. I was curious about the ‘faux pas’. I watched the credit titles, Nirupa Roy has been mentioned as a lyricist along with three other lyricists – Hasrat Jaipuri, Bharat Vyas and Indivar. Songs are not separately credited but it is obvious each lyricist must have written at least one song. Thus if the record and HFGK mention her name, it is logical to presume that it should be hers. If we take it as an error, how can we say for sure who among the other three wrote it? Secondly, if she didn’t write this song, which song she actually wrote to merit mention of her name in the credit titles?
KB @11,
Thanks a lot for your appreciation.
AKji @10 & 12,
Sorry for the inordinate delay in responding to your comments/queries on the “faux pas” alluded by me regarding the lyricist of the song “Mujhe dekh chaand sharmaye” . I got tied up with various issues for the past few days and hence the delay. I did some investigation so as to give you a satisfactory reply.
When I saw your first comment @10, my first reaction was to check the credit title of the film Samrat Chandragupta (1958). Based on the credit title, where we find the name of Nirupa Roy along with three other lyricist and the citing of her name in HFGK as the lyricist of the said song along with the record number ( N52547), you have raised a pertinent point and a strong argument too. Now let me explain.
I vaguely remembered reading this information somewhere and jotting it down in one of my several notebooks. But I could not locate the exact notebook then. Yet I went ahead with posting of the information without substantiating it. That was my first mistake. That leads to the question what was the source of my information.
In the meantime I looked up for the specific notebook again and with some effort I could locate it and the note marked with the letters RB. On reading the note I could instantly recollect RB stood for Raju Bharatan. Browsing the internet I could also find the article by Raju Bharatan written on 2nd September 2000. I am reproducing the relevant portion of the article, which I had copied verbatim in my note book.
“The crowning insult was this Mujhe dekh chaand sharmaye Indivar song-lyric being identified, on the N52547 78-rpm record, as written by ‘Nirupa Roy’!
Happily, the perennially popular Kalyanji duet on the other side of the same N52547 record, Chahe paas ho chahe door ho mere sapnon kee tum tasveer ho, was duly credited to the lyricist in question: Bharat Vyas. Kalyanji was to inform me later that the ‘misplaced’ ‘Nirupa Roy’ crediting (in the case of Mujhe dekh chaand sharmaye) had been cussedly carried out, following some internal quarrel in the Samrat Chandragupta camp towards the fag end of the movie’s shooting.”
Earlier, I did not give much thought to it. On reading it again now, the last part of the note seemed vague, silly and illogical. And we know that RB has the unique ability to be present at the place of happening and could extract information from the horse’s mouth, very often. I decided to probe further and could unearth facsimiles of two records. The first one was the copy of the 78 rpm record N52547 and the other one a copy of a 45 rpm Vinyl record TAE 1013. Both the records mention Indivar as the lyricist of the song “Mujhe dekh chaand sharmaye” and Bharat Vyas as the lyricist of the song “Chaahe paas ho chaahe door ho”.
https://newgramophonehouse.com/product/samrat-chandragupt-n-52547-78-rpm/
https://www.rootsvinylguide.com/ebay_items/tae-1013-indian-samrat-chandragupta-janam-ke-fere-ost-ep-angel-bollywood
Please drag down, you will find the zoomed copy of the record.
Thus my hunch was correct. Raju Bharatan had made a faux pas and depending upon the that info I too had made a faux pas. A double faux pas. That was my second mistake. However from the two records it appears with some amount of certainty that Indivar is the lyricist of the song “Mujhe dekh chaand sharmaye” . Thus HFGK too had made mistake and the mistake could not have crept from the record unless there was another first release of the music record credited Nirupa Roy and in the subsequent release Indivar was credited as the lyricist. I am not sure.
But that does not answer your second query – if she didn’t write this song, which song she actually wrote to merit mention of her name in the credit titles? My further search fetched me a copy of an old song booklet of this film, where the lyrics of all the eight songs are there. Interestingly there is no mention of the lyricist for the first two songs in the booklet, “Mujhe dekh chaand sharmaye” and “Heath se mere lele jaam”. That leaves room for speculation.
The lyrics of the third song “Ye shama hai mera dil jawan hai” , a duet was credited to Hasrat Jaipuri. The name Indivar appears against the songs “Kal kal chal chal bahti jaoon” and Rangeela more raja dip me Sama ja”. The other three duets were credited to Bharat Vyas.
https://ia902304.us.archive.org/0/items/scan0001_20210807_0733/scan0001.jpg
Though tediously long, hope I could provide some clarity and come up with a satisfactory explanation.
Venkataramanji,
I am awed by your perseverance and deep research. That gives adequate reasons for your earlier observation about the faux pas and Indivar as the lyricist. That still leaves the question about her name among the lyricists in the film’s credit titles, and my question – if not this one, which song she actually wrote.
To resolve this you have to give credence to what my another friend says. He is a bit of an insider to the old-film world and kind of know-all. He is one of my go-to persons. When I raised my doubt to him he first said she was close to Subhash Desai and she might have written one line and the rest was completed by Indivar. He also mentioned some more ghost writings/composing – not that I accept all that he said. This speculation fits in because I don’t think she is known to have written another song. After all this माथापच्ची we finally agreed that let us go by Nirupa Roy who has been officially credited in the film, HFGK and the record.
AK,
When I first saw this article, I immediately remembered your article ‘Rafi vs Kishore’ which you wrote in the first year of this blog. There, you had written ‘KA did not have much Rafi baggage’ which was totally contrary to facts. I read that article just about the time I made my first appearance here. I wanted to respond to this and some other points, but you had already closed the debate. Now you have yourself mentioned the high points of this combo. As usual it is a good article. I would like to say here that SJ have many more songs than KA, so far as Mukesh is concerned. As per my info SJ composed 125 songs while KA had 94 songs. For Rafi also there number is 170 upto 1982 after which they have no song for him.
On the song side, you have listed great songs showing a variety of which KA were capable. When I started going down the list, I thought ‘govinda ala’ should be there and it was there, then followed ‘watan pe’, ‘dil bekarar sa hai’, then came ‘akele hain’ a great haunting song at the time Rajesh Khanna was invisible like a ghost and then ‘sukh ke sab sathi’ was also there. About the song filmed on Gulshan Bawra, I have seen his interview where he mentioned the fact about high fever.
I will post some statistics in another post. But here I post a few songs.
Upar wale ne jaldi mein likhi meri taqdeer – Ghar Ghar Ki Baat – 1959
This comic song is filmed on Suresh who got Rafi gems like ‘suhani raat dhal chuki’ and ‘tasveer banata hoon teri’.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9loxvu5Q0A
Kya kehne masha alla najar teer aapki – Ji Chahta Hai
This was a very popular song and had a duet version too with Rafi and Suman Kalyanpur.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WucEs5kDDM
Main bewafa nahin hoon tere pyar ki kasam – Preet Na Jane Reet
See the contrast of composition with the song posted by Vaishnavji @ 1.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qD0w9nDgLpQ
Dekha hai sabhi ne chand ko – Dil Ne Pukara – 1967
This love triangle film had the Mukesh gem ‘waqt karta jo wafa’.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqzCiHZSZj4
Mohabbat ke suhane din – Maryada – 1971
Such a sweet song filmed on Raj Kumar in a film which had Mala Sinha in a double role with the other one tied up with Rajesh Khanna.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeCIWABe1t0
AK ji,
This is a wonderful tribute to a great musician pair and an outstanding singer. While Rafi did sing a sizeable number of songs for KA, I wonder how many films these were spread across. In many, he seems to have been one of the male playback singers. KA composed music for more than 200 films (perhaps around 250?).
Here is the Rafi version (also the sad one ) of the title song of Muqaddar Ka Sikandar.
https://youtu.be/c4hz152K8g8
Hans,
‘Rafi vs Kishore’ was in the context of 70s and 80s era of Kishore Kumar dominance. KA being one of the top three were naturally a part of some big projects which gave KK the pride of place. My comment was in that context. And though many of their Rafi songs I immensely liked, Mukesh with his much smaller number registered more in my mind. I had no occasion to look at their numbers. I had to close the discussion because many comments were getting toxic personally to the singers. I must grant that you had strong views that even in that era Rafi still dominated.
I don’t have Mukesh Geet Kosh, but on SH-KA-Mukesh I would accept your data.
Kya khane masha allah nazar teer aapki is a wonderful song. I had to choose between this and the Rafi-Suman Kalyanpur duet from the film. I have included the duet at #6.
Anita,
Thanks a lot for your appreciation. You are very right, KA had a wide diversity in their choice of male singers. In a few films Rafi was the lead playback male singer, but in most films he shared the honours with several singers.
AK, @ 18
Rafi-Kishore post is an old story. I only mentioned it for the categorical statement which should have been made after checking facts. You are right about Mukesh hogging the limelight in KA songs. I am a big fan of Mukesh and in my first post on SOY in ‘Mukesh and Dil’ I listed 21 ‘Dil’ songs of which 6 were by KA.
In the 70s too KA continued to give status of lead singer to Rafi. In two films Rakhwala and Lalkar Dharmendra (with Rajendra Kumar) was the hero. These two films and their music were hit. Rafi sang all songs for Raj Kumar in Maryada which had Rajesh Khanna as co hero. I give here the songs of Lalkar.
There was a song titled ‘aaj gaa lo muskura lo’ which had two versions. The first one was party song of the army men filmed on various army men including Dharmendra and Rajendra Kumar and the second a sad song on the news of the plane piloted by Rajendra Kumar gone missing, filmed on Dharmendra. Here are the links.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sl376im79Bw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QySHI7cLDyg
The third one, again on Dharmendra, is a teasing song with mukhda ‘jaate jaate jara mud ke to dekh kudiye’.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPSx4vI8K5o
The fourth one is a beautiful duet filmed on Rajendra Kumar and Mala Sinha ‘bol mere sathiya’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RY9yBs0tsIg
Ji Chahata Hai was a movie which had a strange lost and found story of hero and heroine who were married as kids and separated due to floods. Song picturisation was weird for most of the songs. Even the most famous song ‘hum chhod chale hain’ was not fitted for the situation as the hero never left the place. The most weird was a duet filmed on Rajendra Nath and Shyama. Shyama and Rajshree were brought up together, Rajendra Nath was the hero’s friend and also liked Shyama. The song is for a situation when Rajshree is abducted and these two are looking for her whereabouts. The song ‘meri zindagi tere pyar mein hum kahan kahan se gujar gaye’, is a sweet song and is given here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvjQGL3BzSw
Hans,
Thanks a lot for your detailed comment. I understand where you are coming from.
Don’t know if South Hero Gemini Ganeshan Gemini Ganeshan is TOP or OTHER hero in this discussion.
Miss Mary 1957 Rafi-Lata duet songs : –
=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtel91wtlHQ&t=118s
_https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66-vyH3dfqg&t=1s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66-vyH3dfqg&t=1s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtel91wtlHQ&t=3s
Manoj @22, 23,
This post focusses on the singer Rafi and music director Kalyanji-Anandji. The stature of the hero does not come into calculation. In any case Gemini Ganeshan was from South and he was not regarded as the top hero in Hindi films.
AK
Akji,
I am not that regular in SoY for quite some time. I will get bogged down again from the second week of December, but I will try my best to be present as much as possible. I did manage to post a few comments in the first two articles on KA posted this year. I started with a Rafi song from Samrat Chandragupt and digressed to a topic, relating to the lyricist of a particular song.
First of all, let me thank you for taking up the series on Kalyanji- Anandji. Since 30th June 2024 you have brought out five posts on them. The first three posts along with the post on KA-Mukesh, which appeared 10 years ago, covers pre-1970 singers of KA. And the remaining two post, which appeared last month covers the post-1970 male singers of KA. This is an interesting segregation and logical too. An excellent work once again. At the most I expect another article on the post 1970 female singers of KA. I revisited ‘Made for each other; Mukesh and Kalyanji-Anandji’.
Statistically, not only Rafi sang more songs (185-190) for KA, than Mukesh (95-100), even looking at figures decade wise Rafi surpasses Mukesh. Mukesh scores higher, when you take into account the ‘instant recall factor’. I did a test check. MY ‘instant recall factor’ of the Rafi-KA songs, posted by you here, is 50%. And the on songs of Mukesh, posted by you in the post on KA-Mukesh earlier, is 80%.
When saw this post the first two songs that came to my mind was Pardesiyon se na akhiyaan milana and Saaz-e-dil chhed de kya haseen raat hai. The second one was in your list, let me post the first one.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGcfzcrVVxc
Let me wind off with this song.
Yeh baat hoti hai paida janab barson mein, Majboor (1964), Anand Bakshi, KA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIKI0aKm2T0
Venkataramanji,
Thanks for your effort to make up for your absence. You have come up with solid comments. About Rafi-Mukesh instant recall, that was Mukesh’s niche for KA 1.0, hence my phrase without looking at the gross numbers. That is why in KA 2.0 the occupant of the throne was reshuffled. Your guess has some logic, but to my mind KA 2.0 were not at the top of the game as regards female singers. Therefore, I don’t intend to post another one on KA 2.0 for their female singers.
Ye baat hoti hai paida janab barson mein is a wonderful song. My ultimate praise for a Rafi song is whether it reaches Roshan’s heights. This song’s composition has traces of Roshan.