Mohammed Rafi Rules

A few years ago my friend David the Psychonaut gave me an mp3 file with the greatest song, "Jan Pehechan-Ho" by Mohammed Rafi. And now another friend, Tanya the Cosmopolite, links to the song's over-the top Bollywood dance number, straight from the 1965 film Gumnaam. Awesome! (As per standard Bollywood procedure, Rafi himself isn't in the film.)

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What are they ON?!

As seen in Ghost World!

It's the TWIST! I haven't seen anybody do that since I was knee-high to a duck!

By DianaGainer (not verified) on 24 Jan 2009 #permalink

I saw this first in ghost world too. It appears only in part in the movie but you can watch the whole clip as an extra in the dvd.

So strange! A meld of sixties surf guitar with thirties musical movie Astair/Rogers dance and production style. All that with a bit of Latin beat thrown in... quite a melange!

Rafi is Rafi, Kishore is Kishore.

Why do the Kishore fans have to degrade Rafi; it is beyond my understanding.

How is the greatness of one proved by degrading the other?

Rafi may rule, but Kishore is the king!

Posted by: Ramesh | January 23, 2009 11:00 AM

Yes Ramesh - That is why Rafi got voted the Artist of the Millenium and Kishore did not. Grow Up!

By Homepsych (not verified) on 27 Jan 2009 #permalink

Kishore kumar is nowhere near Mohammed Rafi saahab... kishore kumar is a devotee of rafi himself

those people who have sense of music believes that mohaamad rafi is best &vice versa take e.g. of all legendary singers opinion