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silly govt giving the drunkard bhimsen joshi the prize and not mohammed rafi!!
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Originally posted by: oldblackjoe
silly govt giving bhimsen joshi the prize and not mohammed rafi!!
thooooooooooo.
| Bhimsen Joshi | |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Bhimsen Gururaj Joshi |
| Born | February 4, 1922 (1922-02-04) (age 86) |
| Origin | Gadag, Karnataka, India |
| Genre(s) | Hindustani Classical Music - Khayal and light forms |
| Occupation(s) | Hindustani classical vocalist |
| Years active | 1941–present |
Pandit Bhimsen Gururaj Joshi (Kannada: ????? ?????? ??????? ????, born February 4, 1922) is a renowned Hindustani classical vocalist. A descendant of the Kirana Gharana (stream), he is particularly renowned for the khayal form of singing, and for his bhajans. He was chosen for the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian honour, on November 4, 2008[1]
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Pandit Bhimsen Joshi was born in a Kannadiga family in the small town of Gadag in Gadag district in the state of Karnataka.[2][3][1] His father was a conservative school-master.
Until the first half of the 20th century, khayal was principally taught in the Guru Shishya (master-disciple) tradition. Bhimsen's guru Sawai Gandharva was the chief disciple of Abdul Karim Khan, who along with his cousin Abdul Waheed Khan was the founder of the Kirana Gharana school of Hindustani music.
In 1933, the 11-year-old Bhimsen left his home on his own to learn singing through the Guru-Shishya tradition. He spent three years in Gwalior, Lucknow and Rampur in North India trying to find a good guru. His father succeeded in tracking him down and brought young Bhimsen back home.
In 1936, Rambhau Kundgolkar (a native of Dharwad district, Karnataka), popularly known as Sawai Gandharva, agreed to be his guru. Bhimsen Joshi stayed with him from 1936 to 1940. He then left his guru and set out on his own.
Bhimsen Joshi first performed live at the age 19. His debut album, containing a few devotional songs in Kannada and Hindi, was released when he was 20.
He has started an annual classical musical festival called the Sawai Gandharva Music Festival in the memory of his guru. This festival is held in Pune every December.
His son Srinivas is also a vocalist and a composer.
Let us see the history of Rafi Shaab as well in Wikipedia
| Mohammed Rafi | |
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Mohammed Rafi | |
| Background information | |
| Born | December 24, 1924 |
| Origin | Kotla Sultan Singh, Punjab, British India |
| Died | July 31, 1980 (aged 55) |
| Genre(s) | Hindi and Regional Playback |
| Occupation(s) | Singer |
| Instrument(s) | Vocalist |
| Years active | 1944–1980 |
Mohammed Rafi (Hindi: ??????? ????, Urdu: ???? ????, December 24, 1924 – July 31, 1980) was a popular Indian playback singer. A versatile singer,[1] Rafi sang in many Indian languages including Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi, Bengali, Marathi, Kannada and Telugu. He is primarily remembered, however, for his Hindi songs, which still remain very popular in the Indian subcontinent and also among the Indian diaspora. Along with Mukesh and Kishore Kumar, he was one of the leading male Bollywood playback singers from the 1950s to the 1970s. He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1965.
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Mohammed Rafi was born the youngest of six sons of Hajji Ali Mohammad at Kotla Sultan Singh (or Kotla Sultanpur), a town near Amritsar in Punjab (India).[2] Rafi, whose nickname was Pheeko, started singing by imitating chants of a fakir in his village.[2] In 1935-36, Rafi's father shifted to Lahore, and the rest of the family followed later. Rafi's family managed a men's salon in Lahore's Noor Mohalla.[3] It was his brother-in-law Mohammed Hameed who spotted the talent in Rafi and encouraged him. Rafi learnt Hindustani classical music from maestros Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan, Ustad Abdul Wahid Khan, Pandit Jiwanlal Matto and Firoze Nizami.[4][5]
Rafi's first public performance came at the age of 13, when he was allowed to sing at a concert featuring the legendary K. L. Saigal.[4] Rafi, under Shyam Sunder, made his debut in playback singing with the duet Soniye nee, Heeriye nee with Zeenat Begum in a Punjabi film Gul Baloch in 1942 (the film was released in 1944).[6] Soon after, Rafi was invited by the Lahore radio station to sing for them.[7]
In 1944, Rafi shifted to Bombay (now Mumbai). He was introduced to some of the leading film producers of the time such as Abdul Rashid Kardar, Mehboob Khan and actor-director Nazeer by Tanvir Naqvi.[3] Rafi contacted the famous music director Naushad, who initially used him as part of the chorus. Rafi's first song with Naushad was Hindustan ke hum hain with Shyam Kumar, Alauddin and others, from A. R. Kardar's Pehle Aap (1944). Around the same time, Rafi recorded another song for the film Gaon ki Gori (1944) for Shyam Sunder, Aji dil ho kaaboo mein with G. M. Durrani and chorus. He considered this song as his first Hindi language song.[7] In 1945, Rafi got married to his cousin Bashira, nicknamed "Majhi", in his village.[2]
In 1945, Rafi appeared on the screen for the song "Tera Jalwa Jis Ne Dekha" in the film Laila Majnu.[7] He sang a number of songs for Naushad as part of the chorus, including "Mere sapnon ki rani, Roohi Roohi" with K. L. Saigal from the film Shahjahan (1946). Rafi was first noted for the song Tera Khilona Toota Balak from Mehboob Khan's Anmol Ghadi (1946). His duet with Noor Jehan in the film Jugnu 1947, Yahan Badla Wafa Ka became a hit. Following partition, Rafi decided to stay back in India and had his family flown to Bombay.
In 1948, Rafi sang "Suno Suno Aye Duniya Walon Bapuji Ki Amar Kahani, written by Rajendra Krishan, which became a huge hit. He was invited by the Indian Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, to sing at the latter's house. In 1948, Rafi received a silver medal from Nehru on the Indian Independence Day. In 1949, Rafi was given solo songs by music directors such as Naushad (Chandni Raat, Dillagi and Dulari), Shyam Sunder (Bazaar) and Husnalal Bhagatram (Meena Bazaar).
Rafi's association with Naushad helped the former establish himself as the number one playback singer in Bollywood.[7] Songs from Baiju Bawra (1952) like O duniya ke rakhwale and Man tarpat Hari darshan ko aaj furthered Rafi's credentials.[6] Naushad who had been using Talat Mahmood for his songs began favoring Rafi as the male voice in almost every song composed by him. Rafi would sing a total of 149 songs (81 of them solo) for Naushad.[8]
In the late 1950s and 1960s, Rafi found favor with other notable composers of the era such as O. P. Nayyar, Shankar Jaikishan and S.D. Burman. Burman patronized Rafi as the singing voice of Dev Anand.[9] Rafi worked with Burman in movies like Tere Ghar ke Saamne (1957), Pyaasa (1957), Kaagaz Ke Phool (1959), Guide (1965), Aradhana (1969), and Abhimaan (1973). O. P. Nayyar was so impressed with Rafi that he got Rafi to sing a song Man mora baawara for singer-actor Kishore Kumar, in the movie Raagini. Later, Rafi would sing for Kishore Kumar in movies such as Baaghi, Shehzaada and Shararat.[10] O. P. Nayyar employed Rafi and Asha Bhosle for most of his songs. The team created many hit songs in early 1950s and 1960s for movies such as Naya Daur (1957), Tumsa Nahin Dekha (1957) and Kashmir Ki Kali (1964). Rafi sang a total of 197 numbers (56 solo) for O P Nayyar.[11] The combination of Shankar Jaikishan and Rafi is noted for the songs picturized on Rajendra Kumar. Rafi sang a total of 341 numbers (216 solo) for Shankar-Jaikishan.[8]
Rafi got his first Filmfare Award for the title song of Chaudhvin Ka Chand (1960), composed by Ravi. He got his first National Award for the song Babul Ki Duaen Leti Ja from the film Neel Kamal (1968), also composed by Ravi. Ravi and Rafi produced several other hit songs, in the films such as China Town (1962), Kaajal (1965), and Do Badan (1966). Madan Mohan was another composer whose favorite singer was Rafi. Rafi's first solo with Madan Mohan in Ankhen (1950) "Hum ishq mein barbad hain barbad rahenge" was a great hit.[7] They teamed up to produce many hit songs including Teri Aankhon ke Siva, "rang aur noor ki baraat", Yeh Duniya Yeh Mehfil and Tum Jo Mil Gaye Ho. The composer duo Laxmikant-Pyarelal ("L-P") also patronized Rafi as one of their leading singers from their very first film, Parasmani (1963). Both Rafi and L-P won the Filmfare Awards for the song Chahoonga main tujhe saanjh savere from Dosti. Rafi sang a total of 369 numbers (186 solo) for LP.[8] Rafi sang for many lesser-known composers as well. Once, when a minor composer, Nisar Bazmi (who migrated to Pakistan in early 1960s), did not have enough money to pay him, Rafi charged a fee of one rupee and sang for him.
1960s witnessed the straining of relations between Rafi and Lata Mangeshkar.[12] [13] [14] [14] Later, though at the insistence of S.D.Burman the two decided to make up and sing duets, on a personal level there was tension till the end. During his last years Rafi was involved in a controversy over Lata Mangeshkar's introduction in to the Guinness Book of World Records.
Between 1950 and 1970, Rafi was the most sought after singer in Bollywood. [15] He sang for all the major male stars in Hindi films.[16] In 1965, he was honoured by the Government of India with the Padma Sri award. Rafi recorded two hindi songs in English on 7" release in 1968. He also sang a song in Creole language, while on his visit to Mauritius in the late 1960s.[4] Rafi recorded two English albums as well. One of them is Pop Hits. In Bollywood, yodeling is generally associated with Kishore Kumar. But Rafi also used yodeling in some of old songs, such as Hello sweety seventeen (duet with Asha Bhosle), O Chale ho kaha, Dilke Aine main, Unse Rippy Tippy Ho gayee (duet with Geeta Dutt).
The 1970s saw the rise of Kishore Kumar, whose popularity increased due to the songs he sang for the film Aradhana (1969).[13][17] The music for Aradhana was composed by S. D. Burman, and he had used Rafi as the male playback voice for the first two recorded duets, Baaghon Mein Bahaar Hai and Gunguna Rahen Hain Bhanwre.[9] After these two recordings, S. D. Burman fell ill and his son and assistant, R. D. Burman, took over the recordings. R. D. Burman got Kishore Kumar to sing the solos Roop Tera Mastana and Mere Sapnon Ki Rani, which led to Kishore Kumar's popularity. Kishore Kumar's rise and R D Burman's patronage of him sidelined Rafi's career in the early 1970s. During 1971-1976, Rafi's output was less; however he did deliver several hits.[18]. Some of Rafi's popular songs of the early 1970s were with music directors like Laxmikant Pyarelal, Madan Mohan, R. D. Burman and S. D. Burman. These include Yeh Duniya Yeh Mehfil from Heer Ranjha (1970), Chura Liya Hain Tumne from Yaadon Ki Baarat (1973), Yeh Jo Chilman Hain and Itna to Yaad Hain Mujhe from Mehboob Ki Mehndi (1971), Tum Jo Mil Gaye Ho from Hanste Zakhm (1973), Gulabi Aankhen from The Train, Aaj Mausam bada Beimaan hai from Loafer (1973), and Jhilmil Sitaron ka from Jeevan Mrityu (a duet with Lata Mangeshkar, 1974).
Rafi made a comeback in the mid-1970s. In 1974, he won the Film World magazine Best Singer Award for the song Teree Galiyon Mein Na Rakhenge Qadam Aaj Ke Baad (Hawas) composed by Usha Khanna.[8] In 1977, he won both Filmfare Award and the National Award for the song Kya Hua Tera Wada from the movie Hum Kisi Se Kum Nahin, composed by R. D. Burman.[9] Rafi sang for Rishi Kapoor in films like Amar Akbar Anthony (1977), Sargam (1979) and Karz (1980). The qawwali Pardah Hai Pardah from Amar Akbar Anthony (1977) was a superhit. Rafi notable renderings in the late 1970s and early 80s include Laila Majnu (1976), Apnapan (1978), Qurbani, Dostana (1980) The Burning Train (1980) Naseeb (1981) Abdullah (1980) Shaan (1980) and Asha (1980)
On Thursday, July 31, 1980, Rafi died following a massive heart attack[19]. The Padma Shri Mohammed Rafi Chowk in the Bandra suburb of Mumbai is named after Rafi.[20]
Mohammed Rafi had 4 sons (Saeed Rafi, Khalid Rafi, Hamid Rafi, Shahid Rafi) and 3 daughters (Parveen, Nasreen, Yasmin) residing in London, UK and Mumbai, India. He was a grandfather to 18 grandchildren.
2001 - Voice of the millennium award by Stardust & hero Honda. Rafi's song from the film Gumnaam (1966), Jaan Pehechaan Ho, was used on the soundtrack of Ghost World (2001). The film opens with the lead character dancing around in her bedroom to a video of Gumnaam.[21] Several of Rafi's unreleased songs will be used for an upcoming film titled Sorry Madam.[22]
In the summer of 2008, the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra is due to release a double CD entitled "Rafi Resurrected" comprising 16 legendary songs by Rafi. Bollywood star Sonu Nigam has provided the vocals for this project and is expected to tour with the CBSO in July 2008 at venues including the world famous English National Opera in London, Manchester's Apollo Theatre and Symphony Hall, Birmingham[23] On Saturday 22 September 2007, a shrine to Rafi designed by artist Tasawar Bashir was unveiled in Birmingham. Bashir is hoping that Rafi will attain sainthood as a result.[24]
Both Rafi and Lata Mangeshkar are mentioned in Cornershop's homage to Indian playback musicians, "Brimful of Asha."
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Originally posted by: gin_ger_ale
Here is the list.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bharat_Ratna
I only see two or three(politicians) of them not worthy of such honor in this long list. Since it is given to people from all walks of life, people are bound to feel that injustice has been meted out to some. Though It is disheartening to see that Rajiv gandhi was awarded the Ratna much before some of the freedom fighters and great thinkers.
But I do feel the ones from the music/entertainment industry are deserving though many more have been left out. Ustad Bismillah Khan should have been given the award way before.
OBJ I wonder if they have an Award called the Mohd Rafi Music Award.
I will not be surprised if there is one.If not, it is high time they started one now.
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