Rafisaab / Lataji Rift, Dil pukare Aare aare aare Options

[iqbal]

We have heard the rift between Rafisaab and Lataji for a numer of years and during this period Suman Kalyanpur coming out the winner, do we know of any male playbacks benefiting ?

This of course would have made the MD’s job very difficult if Rafi/Lata were their favourites for the tunes they had composed and having to choose one would mean dropping the other.

Were there any MD’s who only used Rafi or only Lata during this period showing a favouritism ?



Would Lata have pressurised Asha to not sing with Rafisaab also, would that be the upcoming of Sumanji ?

The first song I understand after the gap was Dil Pukare from Dev Anand’s Jewel Thief.

[princeali]

Wonderful post Unni ji !!.

It is true that during this rift, most of the lead composers of that time preferred Rafi saab over Lata ji for their duets. If the rift had continued, imagine how many amazing duets we would have lost, considering the amount that Rafi/Lata sang after they patched up. I don't think composers would have been able to put those awesome tunes into effect with other singers. It wouldn't have had the same effect . Imagine a "Mizaag-e-Garami" (Jaal) or a "Humne Aaj Se Tumhe" (Raja Saab) or a "Jhil Mil Sitaron Ka" (Jeevan Mrityu) in the voices of Mahendra-Suman

Thinking back, Rafi-sahab was truly un-rivalled in those days.

Absolutely Unni ji, he was un-rivalled throughout his whole career. To this day, no male singer has been able to dominate the scene like he did and I see no one doing that in the future as well.

Cheers