The ladies got annoyed and went out because the original song did not have words Begum Para. In the end I extended - Begum Para, Begum Para He nodded in rejection but as he was of an innocence nature so on my insistence he started singing as per my plan: An idea struck my mind and I murmured in the ear of Mohammad Rafi. Once we two were rehearsing for a song in studio during that two young actresses, Protima Das Gupta and Begum Para passed through us. "Although we had not worked a lot but we spent hefty time together and had many memorable moments. Shakti – India (With Ram Prashad-It Was Released In Pakistan With Title Of Mussawir)Īs a co-singer of Mohammad Rafi he has wonderful memories. He used voices of Madam Noorjehann, Saleem Raza, Mala, Naseem begum, Mohammad Rafi, Zohra Bai and Suriya to name a few. He had done one film in India and about a dozen movies in Pakistan. He was awarded by the Asian Community as Sur Bhushan in 1985. He has done a ghazal album from India titled "JAAN-E-GHAZAL" and conducted many concerts in Pakistan as well as aboard. He remembers all of his tunes and wordings (lyrics) with all details. He sang before us all the songs sung by him during his career or sung by others under his baton. The singer was Kishor Kumar but Azam Baig does not regret on that decision because at that time according to Azam Baig his (Kishor's) voice was not as mature as the song demanded.Īn unusual fact is amazing for me that at the age of 82 he is as active and his singing is unbelievably and astonishingly strong and impressive as a young singer.
MUHAMMAD RAFI SINGER MOVIE
He narrated another interesting fact that during his film "Shakti" a new singer came to him for a song in that movie and was rejected by him because the singer had come with a Sifarish (reference). Such kind of respect and remembrance of indebt ness he has". On knowing that I also needed the studio shift he canceled his session and said that he (Pyareylal) was at that height of fame because of me and asked me to record my song. Some years back I was in Mahboob studio (Mumbai) to record songs for my album. Laxmikant has died and Pyareylal still remembers me. Laxmikant's father Ram Parsad was my co-music director in "Shakti". "Laxmikant used to play mandolin and Pyareylal violin for my compositions. Laxmikant Sharma and Pyarey Lal who were know as duo Laxmikant-Pyareylal. His crew of musicians comprised of two top music director of the future.