Dear Rafi lovers,as you know that,every body wants to know that,which is the first urdu/hindi song of Mohd.Rafi?.Today i am describing on that important topic.In this topic i am presenting three views:
1-According to great music director Naushad,he says that,he is the first man,who introduce Rafi in urdu/hindi cinema.(i am not agree with him)Naushad first gave a chance Rafi in film Pehele Aap 1944,directed by A R Kardar,lyrics by Dina Nath Madhok,starring:shamim,wasti,anwar hussain,jewan,dixit,laila,haider bai,shyam kumar,allauddin,ameer ali and raj kumari shukla.
In this film Rafi sang four songs:
1-Hindustan ke hum hain
with allauddin and shyam kumar
2-ek baar unhe mila de phir meri tuba
with allauddin,shyam and ghulam murtaza durrani
3-tum dili main aagree mere dil se nikle
with ghulam murtaza durrani
4-be khabar jaag zara be khabar
with shyam kumar
2-According to Rafi his first hindi/urdu song was recorded in 1943 in film Gaon Ki Gori(village girl).music
Shyam Sunder,directed by Nazeer,lyrics by Wali sahib,starring,noor jahan,nazeer,durga khote,sethi.
In this film Rafi sang three songs:
1-Aaj dil kaboo main ho tu dildar ki
with ghulam murtaza durrani
2-main kheto ka panchhi
with ghulam murtaza durrani and noor jahan
3-hindustan ki khatir hum
with gulam murtaza durrani
3-According to Feroze Nizami he was the first man who introduce Rafi in hindi urdu cinema. He recorded a song in 1943 for film Vishvas,Pyar karna hi ho ga ek din.......
Dear Rafi lovers pls give comments
with regards
abbas sadik masanvi