Mohammed Rafi

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Mohammed Rafi

Written by: Sujata Dev

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Born in 1924 at Kotla Sultan Singh, a village near Amritsar, Mohammed Rafi, nicknamed Pheeko, was the second youngest of Hajji Ali Mohammed and Allah Rakhi's six sons. He started singing early, deeply inspired by the songs of a wandering fakir in the village. In the 1920s, circumstances compelled Rafi's father to move to Lahore where he opened a small dhaba. Rafi's elder brother, Mohammed Deen, started a barber shop in Noor Mohalla, Bhatti Gate in the same city, with Rafi lending him a helping hand. Meanwhile, Mohammed Deen's friend, Abdul Hameed, recognised Rafi's talent and encouraged him to sing. Later, he convinced the reluctant family to allow him to take Rafi to Bombay. In 1944, the two arrived in an alien city from where Mohammed Rafi slowly won over the heart of an entire nation. Mohammed Rafi: Golden Voice of the Silver Screen is the authorised biography of one of India's most beloved singers.

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I’ve listened to this book because I am a Rafi fan. Initial stages of the book is gripping till he reaches Bombay and singing in mehfils for getting opportunities. But after that it out to be a bit like Wikipedia with lots of statistical information about how many songs Rafi sang for a composer, and how many duets with whom etc which in itself is not bad but gets tedious to listen after a while. It gives some interesting insights into Rafi-Lata standoff regarding royalties which is much publicised and a standoff between Nayyar and him for arriving late which many fans didn’t know. Not sure whether the narrator is a real person or AI as the pronouncing of names is repeatedly inconsistent and wrong. Overall ok sort of book if you can read/listen over 2-3 days because it could reduce the tediousness of listening to continuous episodes of praise of Rafi. Another disappointment is not much stories about how some of his greatest songs came into being.

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