Mohammad Rafi is the Gandharva Kishorekumar of film music and Mastikhor Saran!

- Budding singer, music director Ankit Tiwari explains the ups and downs of Bollywood music

If one wants to pay tribute to Mohammad Rafi, it can only be said that he was incarnated on earth in the form of a heavenly Gandharva. On the other hand, Kishore Kumar delighted film music buffs and film lovers with his nutty, innocent, mesmerizing vocals.

Mo Hammad Rafi Sahib is the Gandharva of the Hindi film world. A flowing salt spring. A fun juggling act of melody and rhythm. Silken with a hill-high voice. A rainbow-hued expanse of endless sky. Mind-heart chords. A quality singer who creates a vignette with just his sweet voice. A handsome gentleman as much as a fist-raised singer.

Kishore Kumar, on the other hand, is the innocent fun of a child. Through his singing, he created a rangoli of humor, fun, enthusiasm, thanganat, dance, love. A young Haiyan's love affair. Sometimes serious, sensitive and sometimes funny.

That's true. The period of seventies to seventies is considered the golden age of Hindi film music. Music emperor Naushad Ali, Hushnalal-Bhagat Ram, Jaydev, Shankar-Jaikishan, Sachin Dev Burman, Khayyam, Ravi, Hemant Kumar, Madan Mohan, Kalyanji-Anandji, Omkar Prasad Nayyar (OP Nayyar) ), melodious music directors like Laxmikant-Pyarelal etc. immortalized musical melodies like the gushing spring and the cuckoo's karnamanjul tahuka.

Like the scent of gold, the poignant tunes of all these music directors have been immortalized by Mohammad Rafi, Manna Dey, Mukesh, Kishore Kumar, Talat Mehmood, Noor Jahan, Suraiya, Geeta Dutt, Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhonsle, Suman Kalyanpur etc. with their poignant voices. .

However, with the flow of time, a new era in Hindi film production and song-music began. The era of movies with themes such as love, dance, Thanganat, mystery, comedy, young man fighting against social injustice (Bollywood calls it Angry Young Man) etc. started.

Mohammad Rafi's voice has been the sweetest and most popular for the on-screen songs of heroes like Dev Anand, Shammi Kapoor, Rajendra Kumar, Dharmendra, Shashi Kapoor, Joy Mukherjee, Vishwajit to Rajesh Khanna, especially in romantic films. Dilip Kumar's songs have also been sung by Rafi Sahib in some romantic films.

Originally born in a village called Kotla Sultan Singh in Punjab, India, Nature filled the voice of Mohammed Rafi with the sweetness of all seven tones. Trained in classical music at a young age, Mohammed Rafi moved to Mumbai and became the sweet songstress and most successful singer of Hindi films. Say that Mohammad Rafi's singing sky was very very wide. To put it bluntly, Rafi Sahib proved his talent as a singer by singing bhajans, ghazals, classical music songs, love songs, mastisbhar songs, virah songs, qawwali, patriotic songs. Here are some memorable examples.

* Bhajans ( Man Tadpat Hari Darsan Ko Aa Aa : Baiju Bawra, Sukh Ke Sab Sathi, Dukh Mein Na Koi : Gopi), Ghazals ( Na Kisi Ki Aankh Ka Noor Me : Lal Killa), Love Songs ( Jo Vada Kiya Vah Nibhana Padega : Paav Chhoo Lene Do, Jo Baat Tuz Mein Hai (Taj Mahal). In these three songs Mohammad Rafi pours out his melodious voice. Yeh Mera Prem Patra Padkar : Sangam, Dil Pukare Aare Aare : Jewelthief, Dil Ka Bhanwar Kare Pukar : Tere ghar ke samane, nigahon nigahon mein jadoo chalana : Kashmir ki kali, baharo phool barsao : Suraj, ai phoolon ki rani baharoon ki Malika : Arzoo, Zeel Meel Sitaron Ka Angan Hoga : Life is dying :), Mastisbhar songs( Ya.. .Hoo ... Chahe Koi Muze Jungali Kahe : Jungali, Asmaan Se Aya Ferista : An Evening in Paris, Badan Pe Sitare Lapete Hue : Prince, Classical Music (Madhuban Mein Radhika Nache Re : Kohinoor, Kuhu Kuhu Bole Koylia : Swarna Sundari, Radhike Tune Bansari Churai : Betibete, Man Re Tu Kahe Na Dheer Dhere : Chitralekha) Virah Songs (Yaad Na Jaye Beete Dinon Ki : Dil Ek Mandir, Din Dhal Jaye : Guide, Yah Duniya Yah Mahefeel : Heer Ranza, Babul Ki Duaen Leti Ja : Neel Kamal , Qawwali (Neither Karwan Ki Talash Hai : Barsat Ki Raat, Raaz Ki Baat Kahe Dun : Dharma, Parda Hai Parda Hai : Amar, Akbar, Anthani).

That is to say, the biggest surprise of Mohammad Rafie's singing was that he had imbibed the voices of Shammi Kapoor, Dilip Kumar, Rajendra Kumar, Dev Anand and the audience felt that the artist himself was singing the song on screen. Also, at the end of the bhajan, Man tadpat hari darsan ko aa aa, Rafi sahib has introduced the natural power and range of his voice by singing in a high pitch. At the end of the song Babul Ki Duaen Leti Ja, Rafi Sahib makes his voice cry in a manner. Badan Pe Sitare Lapete Hu has introduced full love fun, umang, thanganat in the song. Zeel Mill Sitaroon Ka Angan Hoga song reveals the gushing fountain of love. Parda Hai Parda Hai Qawwali has brought out the height of his voice. Madhuban has become a maestro of classical music in the song Mein Radhika Nache Re.

Such a wide and yet poignant range in Hindi film songs can indeed be the result of natural gifts, deep training in classical music, disciplined and regular practice. If Muhammad Rafi is to be truly praised, it can only be said that he was incarnated on earth in the form of a heavenly Gandharva. Mohammad Rafi Sahib might not have been the singer of Hindi films, but he must have been the Muththi Unchera and Karmanjul singer of Hindustani classical music.

Kishore Kumar, on the other hand, delighted film music lovers and film buffs with his playful, innocent, mesmerizing singing. As an artist, Kishore Kumar was a multi-talented artist as a singer, music director, actor, director, producer. According to the talented music directors of the Hindi film world, Kishore Kumar's voice was expressive. Kishore Kumar thrives in emotional songs, especially humor, bounce, thanganat, umang, enthusiasm, dance, etc.

Here's a fun example.

* Chill chill chilla ke kajari sunay, zoom zoom koua bhi dholak bajaye, yes wah wah... from the film Half Ticket, Kishore Kumar has really made a lot of noise in a speeding train. Say two hours of fun. Also, from the same film, Kishore Kumar has really done a great job by singing in the female voice in the first part of the song Aa Ke Dhi Lagi Dil Pe Jaise Kataria and in the male voice in the part of Le Gye Mera Dil O Gujria (Pran). Only Kishore Kumar can do such an experiment.

* All time funniest song from the film Padosan: Ek Chatur Nar Badi Hosiar, in the song, Kishore Kumar has done very funny experiments with his voice in different comical situations.

* The same Kishore Kumar Film Karz : Na Geet -- Meri Udara Ke Nav Jawana, Dil Na Lagana O Diwano, Om.... Shanti Om .... Om... Shanti ... Om. A fun atmosphere of rock dance has been created.

* In the film Aaradhana - Na Mitha Madhura Song: Kora Kagaz Tha Yeh Maan Mera ...., Kishore Kumar has a luscious love interest. The love Ganga of two lovers has flowed in his dark voice. This sweet melodious song is becoming a memorable song of Kishore Kumar's career as a singer. After the superhit success of this song, Kishore Kumar became the voice of the first future superstar Rajesh Khanna of the Hindi film world.

* In the film Safar's song: Zindagi Ka Safar, Hai Yah Kaisa Safar, the same Kishore Kumar has conveyed the pain and emotions of actor Rajesh Khanna's life in his deep serious voice. In another Manbhavan song from the same film -- Jeevan Se Bhali Teri Aanke, Majboor Kare Gene Ke Lee...., he praises his lover's beautiful, soulful, loving eyes with equally beautiful similes and embellishments.

* In the equally superhit song from Amitabh Bachchan's superhit film Mukdar Ka Sikandar: O Sathi Re ... Tere Bina Bhi Kya Jeena ...., Kishore Kumar has poured out the deep, deep pain of his love for his beloved.

* From the film Mehbooba : Mere Naina Sawan Bhadon Phir Bhi Mera Mann Pyasa .... In the song, the same Kishore Kumar made a very unique experiment as a film singer by singing a song based on a classical music raga-Shivaranjani, perhaps for the first time in his singing career. In this song, the sweetness of Kishore Kumar's voice is also maintained.

* The same Kishore Kumar over time contributed to Rajesh Khanna's golden success by singing the songs for Superstar Rajesh Khanna in the songs 'Akhya Mein Humne Aap Ke Sapne Sajaye Hain and Hazar Rahe Mudke Dekhi'...(Film : A Little See Bewafai).

Rising singers, multi-instrumentalists, music director Ankit Tiwari says, Mohammad Rafi and Kishore Kumar are the shining stars of Hindi film music. The uniqueness of Mohammad Rafi Sahib's singing is that as he has deep training in classical music, one can feel the fun juggling of melody and rhythm in his songs with the sweetness of voice. With this specialty, Rafi Sahib could sing bhajan, ghazal, qawwali, classical music, love song, mastisbhar song, virah song very easily. Mohammad Rafi's greatest strength has been his ability to bring every actor's voice to life on screen. Only Mohammad Rafi Saheb can do such magic of voice. Today there is no such sweetness or magic in the voice of the new singers of Bollywood. Also, since new singers rarely have classical music training, their voices do not have the base they should have. As a result even today's music directors would be hesitant to experiment with these singers in a new, unique way.

Ankit Tiwari, the singer of Dekh Lena, Galiyaan, Sanam Teri Kasam etc., presents a very important point and says, in the seventies-seventies, actors like Mohammad Rafi Shammi Kapoor, Rajendra Kumar, Dilip Kumar etc., Kishore Kumar Dev Anand and Rajesh Khanna, Mukesh (singer Mukesh Surname is Mathur) voiced by Raj Kapoor. Today this kind of tradition seems to have disappeared. Either today's singers do not have such magic in their voices. The surprising thing is that in today's music programs and music competitions only immortal songs of great singers like Mohammad Rafi, Kishore Kumar, Mannade, Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle etc are sung.

Whatever you say, Mohammed Rafi is the gandharva of Hindi film music, while Kishore Kumar is the panchamrit of humor, fun, enthusiasm, thanganat, dance.