FOREVER MOHD RAFI:
The daughter of Rafisaab remembers him:
Nasreen: I liked most of his sad numbers and Yasmin prefers the happy, peppy numbers. Even today she switches on the radio in the morning to listen to dad’s songs. But the impact of his greatness hit me when I accompanied him to a Shankar-Jaikishan Nite in 1969 in Mumbai. I was pleasantly surprised to see my father in a very different mood. He was so chulbula on stage, he whistled to the song Thoda ruk jaayegi to and Badan pe sitare lapete hue. It was a breathtaking experience for me to see the love and adulation that my father was showered upon. I felt very proud that day that I was his daughter.
Of his hobbies, he loved flying kites and we kids enjoyed holding the manjha for him. He was very good at the game and whenever he found time, he would take us to the terrace of our house. When there was a black kite flying in the sky, everyone in the vicinity knew that Rafi saab was flying kites on his terrace. Strangely he wanted only black kites.