Re: wasnt he a muslim
by NITIN RAJ on Dec 25, 2014 08:55 AM
he was human first. he helped lot of musicians financially. if he liked a composition very much , he would distribute his pay among the musicians. thats was the great rafi saab.
Most versatile playback singer India ever had. I am sure that India will not have one like him in centuries to come. He was at ease with any actor from Shammi Kapoor to Dilip Kumar, he sang for every music composer starting from the class of Naushad, Shanker Jaikishan, OPN, RDB to Swapan Jagmohan. Music companies are raking in pots of money even today (after 34 years of his death) by selling his songs!
there are two male singers who are just above anything - Rafi saab , Ghantasala from Telugu films - they are are notches above rest .Yes there are many greats like Mannadey .These two are just above rest .
Re: AMAZING RANGE
by xxx yyy on Dec 24, 2014 09:13 PM
Ghantasala? He had a very flat voice that only the Telugus liked. SPB and PBS, both Telugus, had a better range, and so did Mukesh and Kishore. Even Yesudas was better than Ghantasala. And nobody can beat Bhimsen Joshi.
Re: Re: AMAZING RANGE
by xxx yyy on Dec 24, 2014 09:15 PM
Ghantasala's pronunciation, unlike SPB and PBS, was wrong in many places. For instance, he could not differentiate properly between "sa" and "sha", he would pronounce "Susheela" as "Suseela".
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by Seenu Subbu on Dec 24, 2014 10:47 PM
Sheela. A Sanskrit word for "modesty". There is no Seela. Having said that, Ghantasala was anything but flat. His rendition of "Shivashankari", could not have been performed by anybody else. To compare him with PBS or Yesudas would be ridiculous. However, other than Shivashankari, I was not a great fan of Ghantasala.
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by Igger Glanc on Dec 25, 2014 01:33 AM
"Ghantasala"!!!!!! Really???? with a name like that how was he not ridiculed!!
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by giveanid on Dec 25, 2014 07:02 AM
I think sheela means character. That's what it means in Malayalam anyway. susheela means good character. Good conduct etc.
Re: Re: AMAZING RANGE
by giveanid on Dec 25, 2014 07:00 AM
Rafi, then yesudas. The rest are few notches behind. To me it's ridiculous dragging yesudas in to compare with spb or pbs. Different planets!
Re: 34000
by Sunita Ramnani on Dec 25, 2014 11:56 AM
Both are greats in their own fields why compare ? Btw Rafi saab was several notches above SRT. You cannot equate one song of Rafi with one run of SRT. One song is equal to one century of sachin