The Lahore Connection: Muhammad Rafi

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thanx for a your post. Raf'ii saab is indeed a legend. he is my the favourite singer of Indo-Pak. :) i've committed hundreds of his songs to memory...jo gaanaa kaheN maiN sunaa saktaa huN apnii yaad daasht se! :)

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hamen aap ki yadasht pe koi shak nahin, lekin apni sama’aton ki boht fikr hai :hehe:

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How did he migrate to India then and when? As people from Punjab mostly took the journey eastwards to Pakistan.

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I think he transferred to Mumbai before partition and chose to live there after partition. @KKF can confirm that

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are janaab, rooii kis liye Allah ne paida kii hai? vaise, kaan meN rooii ThooNsne se aap ek “Ghereeb” aawaaz se maHroom rah jaayeNge. :smiley:

he was born in 1924 in Kotla Sultan Singh, a village near Amritsar. his father had moved to moved to Lahore in 1922. he used to follow a faqeer around the village whose singing he loved and imitated. Rafi’s singing talent was recognized by his future brother-in-law who convinced his his parents to let him move to Mumbai. his parents softened their stand against his singing and finally allowed him to move to Mumbai in 1944.

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aap ke talent per kisi ki nazr e karam nahin paRi?

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Rafi Sb ka konsa gana appko sab say ziyadah pasand hia?