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Shankar Jaikishan & Mohd. Rafi, A Golden Era

princeali	Oct 18 2005, 10:01 AM Post #1
Dedicated Member Group: Members Posts: 2441 Joined: 1-December 03 From: Toronto, Canada Member No.: 134	Friends, I am starting this thread to share gems from the Shankar Jaikishan - Mohd. Rafi combo which was truly one of the most outstanding and special combinations ever in the history of HFM. Along with the songs, I will also upload bits and pieces of info from interviews, articles etc. about this great partnership. If any of you have any SJ-Rafi gems that you would like to share, or any other info, thoughts, opinions, requests etc. on SJ-Rafi, please feel free to share them here as well. Rafi saab and SJ both started their careers around the same time and both reached the greatest heights of success together. The combination produced so many wonderful melodies and a mind boggling variety for over two decades. First gem is one of the earliest Lata-Rafi duets composed by SJ. There is another version sung separately by Lata. Nai Zindagi Se Pyar - (with Lata Mangeshkar) Film: Shikast Year: 1953 Lyrics: Shailendra Attached image(s) Prince Ali

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princeali	Jan 30 2006, 05:54 AM Post #2
Dedicated Member Group: Members Posts: 2441 Joined: 1-December 03 From: Toronto, Canada Member No.: 134	My pleasure folks ! Here is an interesting bit of trivia: Rafi Saab's Debut with SJ If you look at a chronology of their films together, you will see that this partnership started out quite slowly before it really took off. The reason for this is the tradition of mostly female based songs in movies of those years and in SJ's case a whole lot of songs for Lata as well as their earlier preference for Mukesh and Talat Mahmood. Nevertheless, earlier SJ films had great Rafi songs as well. The following is a list of SJ's earlier films from Barsaat in 1949 and the number of Rafi songs in each film: Barsaat : 1 Awara : 2 Badal : 0 Kali Ghata : 1 Nagina : 2 Daag : 0 Parbat : 1 Poonam : 0 Aah : 0 Aas : 0 Aurat : 0 Naya Ghar : 0 Patita : 0 Shikast : 2 Badshah : 0 Boot Polish : 2 Mayur Pankh : 0 Pooja : 5 (first time Rafi sings 3 or more songs for SJ in a film) Total songs from 1949-1954 (18 films): 16 After Pooja, Rafi's presence in SJ's music is still here and there: Seema : 2 Shree 420: 1 Basant Bahar: 2 Chori Chori: 2 Halaku: 2 Kismat Ka Khel: 0 New Delhi : 0 Patrani : 0 Rajhat : 1 Begunah : 0 Kathputli : 0 Baghi Sipahi : 0 Yahudi : 1 Anari : 0 Choti Behan : 1 Kanhaiya : 0 Love Marriage : 5 Total songs from 1954-1959 (17 films): 17 Total Songs from 1949-1959 (35 films): 33 Looking ahead: Main Nashe Main Hoon : 1 Shararat : 2 Ujala : 1 Then in Shammi Kapoor's College Girl (1960) we have 6 Rafi songs and the rest as they say is history. So looking at the whole picture, it was nearly 40 films and a full decade before the ultimate combination of Mohd. Rafi and Shankar Jaikishan took off !. Prince Ali

orbitor13	Jan 30 2006, 08:08 AM Post #3
Dedicated Member Group: Members Posts: 1059 Joined: 20-December 04 From: TORONTO,,CANADA. Member No.: 1392	wow....nice reading YOU CAN KILL ME BUT YOU CANT JUDGE ME...

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princeali Shankar Jaikishan & Mohd. Rafi Oct 18 2005, 10:01 AM

princeali Next song is a rare one, composed by Shankar for a... Oct 18 2005, 10:11 AM

princeali Next song is a masterpiece, one of the early class... Oct 18 2005, 10:31 AM

princeali Here is a lively Rafi-Asha duet from one of Shammi... Oct 18 2005, 11:00 AM

orbitor13 alibhai.........thank u very much for starting suc... Oct 18 2005, 11:16 AM

princeali My pleasure Irfan bhai :) Next is a sweet duet by... Oct 18 2005, 11:26 AM

princeali A nice duet by Rafi & Lata from a Rajendra Kum... Oct 18 2005, 11:44 AM

princeali Here is an excerpt from an interview by Shankar in... Oct 18 2005, 11:50 AM

akbaralibhai Thank you very much for sharing these lovely songs... Oct 18 2005, 11:56 AM

qhabibi Thanks Prince Bhai Jaan For Sharing These Songs Of... Oct 18 2005, 03:16 PM

roy_bachnoe Indeed...nice songs..thanks for sharing... Oct 18 2005, 03:39 PM

SAJJAD :wub: Very nice collection :wub: Thank U for sh... Oct 18 2005, 09:06 PM

princeali No thanks my friends, its my pleasure ! Next ... Oct 20 2005, 07:45 AM

akbaralibhai No thanks my friends, its my pleasure ! Next... Oct 20 2005, 08:37 AM

princeali [quote name='princeali' post='175338' date='Oct 2... Oct 20 2005, 09:15 AM

princeali This title song is from a film that starred Rajend... Oct 20 2005, 08:05 AM

princeali Vishwas Nerurkar's excellent book on S-J has s... Oct 20 2005, 08:33 AM

princeali Another excerpt from the book: Dil Ke Jharoke Mei... Oct 20 2005, 08:42 AM

princeali Another excerpt: For Pyar Hi Pyar, Jaikishan comp... Oct 20 2005, 09:26 AM

ANT6 Thanx Princeali bhai It's been interesting rea... Oct 21 2005, 01:32 AM

princeali Thanx Princeali bhai It's been interesting re... Oct 21 2005, 05:23 AM

princeali Mohsin Bhai's request: A classic duet with a ... Oct 21 2005, 06:13 AM

princeali The next song is a nice classical-based romantic g... Oct 23 2005, 02:29 AM

princeali This song is one of my favourites, from a Rajendra... Oct 23 2005, 02:51 AM

princeali In personal life, he was not merely a man but a go... Oct 23 2005, 03:04 AM

princeali In many respects they have been trendsetters. I th... Oct 23 2005, 05:26 AM

princeali A nice song from a Shashi Kapoor/Hema Malini starr... Oct 24 2005, 06:08 AM

princeali Next is a nice breezy song from a film known for R... Oct 24 2005, 06:19 AM

princeali This next song is inspired from the Beatles hit Wi... Oct 24 2005, 06:48 AM

princeali Akbaralibhai's request: A Meena Kumari and Gu... Oct 24 2005, 07:21 AM

princeali Trivia: * Director Prayag Raaj yelled Yahoo in Ch... Oct 24 2005, 08:53 AM

Jay * Unusual lyricist pairings: Prem Dhawan - Aman (... Jan 10 2006, 07:40 AM

mohd2004 Thanks Ali Bhai for the songs and articles on SJ. ... Oct 24 2005, 10:31 AM

usrafian Ali Bhai :clap1: :clap1: Beautiful thread. Be... Oct 24 2005, 10:45 AM

Akhtar Ali yaar !! Excellent thread man ! Es... Oct 24 2005, 02:45 PM

princeali Next is a beautiful song from a Raj Kapoor film th... Oct 26 2005, 06:55 AM

princeali On request: One of the many great songs from this... Oct 28 2005, 08:16 AM

akbaralibhai Princeali: Can you please add the following gems ... Oct 28 2005, 11:49 AM

princeali Princeali: Can you please add the following gems... Oct 28 2005, 05:01 PM

Bhirgu Ali Bhai I would also like to add my appreciation... Oct 28 2005, 01:51 PM

princeali Next is a beautiful song, one of my absolute favou... Oct 28 2005, 05:23 PM

qhabibi Next is a beautiful song, one of my absolute favo... Oct 28 2005, 05:42 PM

zippoo princeali Ji, This is in the top ten of the best ... Oct 28 2005, 09:14 PM

princeali Khobi ji's request: Title song of Dil Ek Mand... Oct 30 2005, 01:11 AM

princeali A very emotional song sung movingly by Rafi saab f... Nov 15 2005, 07:52 AM

SHAZARD BHAI very good work i love the sachaa oneand the extra ... Nov 15 2005, 03:34 PM

princeali Track's request: A nice song from a Shashi Ka... Dec 9 2005, 05:37 AM

princeali Trivia - Part 2: * Neeraj acted in Rafi saab... Dec 9 2005, 10:16 AM

Akhtar Thanks for the insightful and interesting trivia b... Dec 9 2005, 12:17 PM

myawan quite interesting.......specially the last ones...... Dec 10 2005, 07:49 AM

princeali Shahrukh bhai's request: Rafi saab's voic... Dec 12 2005, 02:22 AM

princeali Faruk Qaiser writes the lyrics to this song which ... Dec 17 2005, 12:28 PM

princeali A very nice duet by Rafi saab and Asha Bhosle from... Dec 17 2005, 12:46 PM

princeali Rafi saab with Shankar and others at one of their ... Dec 17 2005, 01:13 PM

princeali We never overlooked Rafi Miyan's advice. This ... Dec 17 2005, 01:44 PM

sri princeali - nice snippet from music director shank... Dec 17 2005, 03:39 PM

princeali HAPPY BIRTHDAY RAFI SAAB [size=3][font=Arial]Rafi... Dec 23 2005, 07:49 AM

princeali Recently, about three months back, I had gone with... Dec 23 2005, 07:54 AM

princeali A small audio clip in which Lata Mangeshkar talks ... Dec 29 2005, 03:44 AM

princeali The title song from this Dev Anand film of the six... Jan 8 2006, 08:29 AM

princeali A song that describes Mother India, from one of Sh... Jan 8 2006, 08:53 AM

Jay A song that describes Mother India, from one of S... Jan 10 2006, 07:45 AM

princeali A fast-paced song, from one of SJ's films that... Jan 8 2006, 09:04 AM

Sharad great stuff ali i always liked the fast chehra te... Jan 9 2006, 03:19 AM

Saj1974 Prince-Bhai Brilliant thread, great songs and gre... Jan 9 2006, 02:09 PM

princeali Thank You everyone for your appreciation, it reall... Jan 10 2006, 07:50 PM

princeali [font=Arial]Ameen Sayani Presents Shankar Jaikisha... Jan 13 2006, 09:37 AM

princeali A catchy song with a nice tune from one of Prasad ... Jan 13 2006, 11:12 AM

princeali SJ made a variety of fantastic duets for our King ... Jan 13 2006, 11:25 AM

princeali When you have many good songs in an album, there i... Jan 13 2006, 11:59 AM

mmuk2004 When you have many good songs in an album, there ... Jan 13 2006, 11:29 PM

Jay When you have many good songs in an album, there ... Jan 16 2006, 03:01 AM

Saj1974 Prince Bhai Thanks for the Ameen Sayani presentat... Jan 16 2006, 02:43 AM

princeali Shammi Kapoor films always had fun-filled teasing ... Jan 24 2006, 06:59 AM

princeali Next we have Shankar composing solo for this Dharm... Jan 24 2006, 07:12 AM

SAJDAH [quote name='princeali' date='Jan 24 2... Jan 24 2006, 08:06 AM

princeali Before SJ arrived on the scene, Background Music ... Jan 26 2006, 02:50 AM

mmuk2004 Before SJ arrived on the scene, Background Music ... Jan 26 2006, 09:43 AM

myawan your topic is interesting to read.....very good... Jan 28 2006, 06:05 AM

bawlachintu I think u just forgot Anil Biswas :smile: Just s... Jan 29 2006, 05:55 AM

princeali My pleasure folks ! :) Here is an interesting... Jan 30 2006, 05:54 AM

orbitor13 wow....nice reading Jan 30 2006, 08:08 AM

princeali Irfan bhai's request: One of the many great R... Jan 31 2006, 12:54 AM

maheshks Upload the other hasrat-sj from yaar mera..solo by... Jan 31 2006, 01:22 AM

princeali Upload the other hasrat-sj from yaar mera..solo b... Jan 31 2006, 01:39 AM

mohd2004 Upload the other hasrat-sj from yaar mera..solo b... Jan 31 2006, 10:46 AM

princeali A Rafi saab and Asha ji duet written by S.H. Bihar... Jan 31 2006, 02:02 AM

humble_rafi Thank you very much for these songs. plz keep it ... Jan 31 2006, 01:09 PM

Shahrukh3000 can someone pls upload these songs The Songs In [... Jan 31 2006, 07:06 PM

princeali can someone pls upload these songs The Songs In ... Jan 31 2006, 08:14 PM

Akhtar Ali bro here is one of your requests: Duniya Na B... Jan 31 2006, 10:07 PM

princeali Thank You Akhtar bro for the Basant Bahar gem :D ... Feb 1 2006, 01:00 AM

princeali Rafi saab sang some GREAT songs for Raj Kumar. Thi... Feb 1 2006, 01:10 AM

princeali Rafi saab and Aarti Mukherjee in a lively duet. Ly... Feb 1 2006, 01:28 AM

princeali SJ were second to none when it came to creating pa... Feb 1 2006, 01:41 AM

princeali One of the very last Rafi-Lata duets that SJ made,... Feb 1 2006, 02:02 AM

princeali Notice the interesting use of rhythm in this song,... Feb 1 2006, 05:15 PM

princeali SJ never left their classical base. In fact, if th... Feb 1 2006, 05:23 PM

princeali Three songs from this M.C Ramamurthy film starring... Feb 2 2006, 09:13 AM

princeali Another tailor-made Shammi Kapoor number, Rafi saa... Feb 2 2006, 09:24 AM

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