17 Responses to "Meri aawaaz suno"
August 1, 2010 at 3:17 pm
What a beautiful song this is! Lyrics by Kaifi Azmi saab are just outstanding – and for the rendition by Rafi saab, I can only say “subhanallah!”. If you close your eyes and just listen to the lyrics, you get immersed into the song.
One of my favourite Rafi saab songs.
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August 1, 2010 at 8:13 pm
He has indeed sung this song with feeling. It is not always that a singer gets to sing for Jawaharlal Nehru.
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August 1, 2010 at 3:28 pm
Isn’t that is Balraj Sahni at around t=1:19. What do you think?
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August 1, 2010 at 5:16 pm
yes that was balraj sahni with Indrani Mukherjee
and every time i see this song it gives me goose pimples.
i remember this used to be a favourite of door darshan for May27th Nehru death anniversary and later for July 31st also
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August 1, 2010 at 11:37 pm
What a wonderful collection of songs for Rafi special!
I actually remember what I was doing when the news of Pt. Nehru’s passing away was broadcast on the radio. My cousins and I were listening to Vividh Bharti, it was about 2:35 p.m, and the song was the qawwali from Taj Mahal – Chandi ka badan …! The news came as a big shock to the whole nation and my uncle went and got the local Tamil daily in the evening, and this was the headline. Yes, the whole country practically came to a standstill, and I do not remember any violence. In fact, there was no violence when Shastriji passed away, either. That trend started later, I think. This song is the perfect tribute, both to Nehruji and to Rafi himself. Thanks, Atul!
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August 2, 2010 at 8:26 pm
I mentioned this song to my mother and she says she was right there in front near the body. And my uncle, who was then serving in the army, was one of the army guys with the body. But they were on rotation so maybe not when the clip was taken–I can’t see him.
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November 14, 2011 at 10:19 am
It’s a background song. This song was prepared on special recommendation of late Jawaharlal Nehru ,to be picturised in film on his life ,he had heard this song live by Rafi. The song is written by Kaifi Azmi for Jawaherlal Nehru. After listening to the song Pandit Nehru made a rose of pure gold and presented it to Kaifi Azmi.
Rafi sang it from the depth of his heart. Later it was included in a movie. Rafi is singing as what Pandit Nehru wanted to tell us when he was leaving us.
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November 14, 2011 at 11:06 am
A befitting song written by a great poet for a great person sung by a great singer.
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December 30, 2011 at 8:22 am
Very touching song. I miss Rafi ji so much…He had God’s gift in his voice.
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March 12, 2013 at 1:18 pm
Beautiful song ! Rafi saab has sung it so beautifully and i like this song very much !
Beautiful presentation and write up too !!! i remember we have that black and white photos of leaders on one side, then followed by our great Saint’s photos and photos of Gods in our ancestral home and that was maintained till early eighties i think. After that with every renovation time to time slowly they get disappearing.
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September 22, 2013 at 4:41 pm
Failed to get English translation of the song. Can somebody do it?
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August 17, 2014 at 8:02 pm
P.S.: Also last stanza 6th line: “kadam” should be “qadam”. Now absolutely nothing more remains to be corrected. Sorry again.
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July 20, 2018 at 10:12 pm
Superb write up on the background to the song . Being a 67 yr old senior citizen, I agree with what you said . In the 50s and 60 s, Nehru was a revered figure. I love your site.
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August 1, 2010 at 3:17 pm
Beautiful beautiful song that I hadn’t heard before.
Nice footage too–the long lines at Teen Murti Bhawan–you can’t pay people to do this, it comes from the heart. I was just reading Gurcharan Das’ “India Unbound” and he describes a little the reaction at Nehru’s passing. The movies have scenes from the Independence movement but this might be the only place where Nehru’s funeral is shown.
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August 1, 2010 at 8:11 pm
Yes, I believe that this is perhaps one of the very few sources of this event.
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