The Micro View of the Best Songs of 1949 @ SoY – (Male Female) Duets – Mohammad Rafi with Geeta Roy and other female playback singers

Mohammad Rafi’s duets seem to manifest a classic oligoploic distribution. The duets with Lata Mangeshkar peaked in numbers, and if the ones with Shamshad Begum were quite respectable, those with Suraiya showed a marked corresponding reduction.

We just can locate only two duets with Geeta Roy and with several others it does not even cross the single number.

In the overall analysis, all of Mohammad Rafi duets do outclass all other male-female duet combination(s) by quite a wide margin. Interestingly, the distance, both in number and in qualitative comparison narrows down drastically when we add ‘popularity’ of the song as an additional filter.

+Geeta Roy

Kante Banegi Kaliyan – Hamari Manzil – Husnlal Bhagatram – Rajendra Krishna

Gaya Andhera, Hua Saveram Jaag Utha Insaan – Karwat – Hans Raj Behl – Saraswati Kumar ‘Deepak’

+ Shyama, Chorus

Fariyaad Na Karana, Kahin Fariyaad Na Karana – Gharana – Muhammad Shafi – ?

+Ameerbai Karnataki

Main Kaise Kah Doon – Jeevan Saathi – S Mohinder – ?

+ Johrabai Ambalewali

Na Kah Sake, Na Tadap Sake – The Last Message  – Abid Hussain  – Shareen Bhopali

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+ Binapani Mukherjee

O Lachchhi, O Lachchhi, Tu Man ko Lage Achcchhi – Roomal – Hans Raj Behl – mulkraj Bhakri

+ Asha Bhosle, Chorus

Lo Dum Dabakar Bhage, Ham Sab Ke Sab Hoshiyaar– Roomal – Hans Raj Behl – Naazim Panipati

+ Hamida Banu

Mehamaan Ban Ke Aaye The – Shoharat – Aziz (Hindvi)  -?

The song has one version as Mohammad Rafi solo. Her we have both versions.

+ Mohantara

Sandesh Mera Pa Ke, Mujhe Daras Dikhana – Veer Ghatotkach – S N Tripathi – Anjum Rehmani

We will take up Duets of Mukesh with other female playback singers in our next episode(s).

Author: ASHOK M VAISHNAV

In July 2011, I opted to retire from my active career as a practicing management professional. In the 38 years that I pursued this career, I had opportunity to work in diverse capacities, in small-to-medium-to-large engineering companies. Whether I was setting up Greenfield projects or Brownfield projects, nurturing the new start-ups or accelerating the stabilized unit to a next phase growth, I had many more occasions to take the paths uncharted. The life then was so challenging! One of the biggest casualty in that phase was my disregards towards my hobbies - Be with The Family, Enjoy Music form Films of 1940s to mid-1970s period, write on whatever I liked to read, pursue amateur photography and indulge in solving the chess problems. So I commenced my Second Innings to focus on this area of my life as the primary occupation. At the end of four years, I am now quite a regular blogger. I have been able to build a few very strong pen-relationships. I maintain contact with 38-years of my First Innings as freelance trainer and process facilitator. And yet, The woods are lovely, dark and deep. But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep.

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