tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750181634821340791.post8542085453275458628..comments2023-10-16T17:30:28.945+05:30Comments on Station Hollywood: Rafi's relationship with Shankar Jaikishan had not been glorified in bollywood historyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750181634821340791.post-54745549230883314652008-11-05T18:21:00.000+05:302008-11-05T18:21:00.000+05:30Rafi probably faced the biggest competitio in the ...Rafi probably faced the biggest competitio in the early 70s with success of Kishore Kumar and coming up of new singers like Yesudas, Bhupinder Singh, Suresh Watkar, Shailendra Singh, etc. Had Jaikishan survived after 1971, it would not have mattered for Rafi, because Shankar Jaikishan not only composed quality music, their compositions for Rafi were extremely popular which helped Rafi to maintain his box-office demand during the 50s and 60s. SJ gave music in approximately 10 films per year and used Rafi in almost 9 of them. The result was history. It is unfortunate that inspite of having such an immortal relationshio SJ's name comes much later when Rafi's relationhip with legendary composers are mentioned where Naushad, Roshan, OP Nayyar, gets the predominance.<BR/>Souvik Chatterji.Souvik-indrajalikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01429106165528266736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750181634821340791.post-66252866554232607812008-11-04T11:55:00.000+05:302008-11-04T11:55:00.000+05:30The other reason why SJ's composition were importa...The other reason why SJ's composition were important for Rafi was because they had composed songs for majority of actors over 20 years including Raj Kapoor, Dilip Kumar, Rajender Kumar, Shammi Kapoor, Joy Mukherjee, Dev Anand, Shashi Kapoor, Biswajeet, Manoj Kumar, Dharmender, Jeetender and others. Rafi's voice was made suitable for all these actors by SJ and they had composed songs sung by Rafi and picturised on all these actors including "teri zulfon ki" picturised on Dev Anand, "o mere man" picturised on Manoj Kumar, "aji ruth kar ab" picturised on Rajender Kumar, "a gale lag ja" picturised on Biswajeet, "ajare aa zara aa" picturised on Joy Mukherjee, "rukh se zara naqab" picturised on Jeetender, to mention a few.<BR/><BR/>Souvik Chatterji.Souvik Chatterjihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14564221221604696325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750181634821340791.post-30594619681769027662008-10-28T11:52:00.000+05:302008-10-28T11:52:00.000+05:30The issue is not related to Shankar Jaikishan's an...The issue is not related to Shankar Jaikishan's analysis about Rafi. It is evident that they had given Rafi more songs than any other composer in the 50s and 60s. The issue is just because they were equally kind towards Mukesh, Talat Mehmood, Manna Dey, Kishore Kumar, whenever any discussion relating to Rafi is done, the names of Naushad, Roshan, OP Nayyar, Madanmohan, are used before Shankar Jaikishan. No other composer had used Rafi's westernised andaz like SJ and their compositions addressing the people at large had helped Rafi to maintain his immense popularity during the 50s and 60s.<BR/>Souvik Chatterji.Souvik-indrajalikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01429106165528266736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750181634821340791.post-907908864835511882008-09-24T17:15:00.000+05:302008-09-24T17:15:00.000+05:30There is no question of injustice to Kishore Kumar...There is no question of injustice to Kishore Kumar from 1952 onwards till 1965, by "any" music director. He did not want to sing for others or did not get time to sing.kcphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03229233291020552501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750181634821340791.post-21147290240003563062008-09-24T17:12:00.000+05:302008-09-24T17:12:00.000+05:30Shankar in his interview to Ameen Sayani has prais...Shankar in his interview to Ameen Sayani has praised Rafi a lot. Do try and get that one.kcphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03229233291020552501noreply@blogger.com