Remembering Rafi on his death anniversary

I would like to start with Naushad's quote on Rafi's death कहता है कोई दिल गया, दिलबर चला गया साहिल पुकारता है, समंदर चला गया लेकिन जो बात सच है वो कोई कहता नही दुनिया से मौसीक़ी का पायांबर चला गया Had he been alive, he would have been 90 years old now. I could keep on writing endlessly about Rafi but that would kill the point. I am not going to quantify how many songs he sang, or how good were his vocals or how humble he was as a person. Every Rafi fan, everyone knows everything about the greatness of the man. I am just jolting down 5 songs...

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6 Underrated Songs of Sonu Nigam

पूत के पाँव पालने में ही नज़र आ जाते हैं....  Although Mohd. Rafi is considered by many to be one of the greatest Indian playback singers of the Hindi film industry because of his ability to sing songs of different moods and varieties in a career spanning over 30 years, I am sure that if he would have seen the young Sonu Nigam performing at stage at the tender age of 4, he would himself have given his crown to him.  Technically, Sonu Nigam is said to be Gulshan Kumar’s discovery, who in the early 90s have started to re-create...

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Naseer Saa'b - The top 5 performances

They say him A Man of All Seasons. When he speaks, we all listen. He is a true master when it comes to acting. Naseeruddin Shah, unlike the rest of the Bolly Land, is honest, candid and qualified. Born in 1950, and educated in National School of Drama, Delhi, he has worked hard to cement his place as the iconic face of new Indian cinema (from 80s to till date). Indeed, he is arguably one of the finest actors of the world today.  Though his...

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