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Rafi Saab, never seen not smiling. A truly divine soul! From where did he borrow tears for these amazing songs?! Good humans may have more insight into the human plight, as they say!

One requires more time having to decide about Mohammed Rafi songs as against those from Kishoreda. Why so? Two reasons. Firstly, I’m not a proficient follower of Rafi’s legacy. Having listened KK more keenly since my teenage-hood only makes it easier classifying him as per varying moods. The same couldn’t be stated about Rafi though. Secondly and more significantly, Rafi’s era belonged to better poetry. I realize this more, the more I listen to his songs from the 50s and 60s these days. They require more time having to classify them. Kishoreda was a highly passionate singer, had better recording techniques and composers of RD Burman’s stature by his side, but not the same enchanting poetry that Rafi enjoyed only a decade earlier. Hindi cinema was vigorously looking forward to exploiting the newly imported cine methods such as Eastman color, cinema scope and displaying slow motion displays by the onset of the 70s, as opposed to good scripting and song writing they would otherwise in Rafi’s era.

The scenario worsened further after Kishore Kumar’s demise, as Hindi music seemed to have finally broken apart due to a lack of talent, intent and seriousness. Better poetry and scripting may be about to make a come back though, as movies have lucrative funds and settled techniques to rely on these days.

Listen to various sentimental moods of Mohammed Rafi through this collection now, all courtesy of Dishant.com, Songs.pk and a few other music resources.