Sunday, December 10, 2023

Rafi's solo was Todi(e) for

Before I added the subject of this post to my collection, it had eight tracks from Baiju Bawra, which released in 1952.

The ninth song from the film in my collection was, in fact, the most succinctly-put message in the history of Hindi film music – Insaan Bano (translated to, “Be a human”).

It was a solo. Aptly, the man who lent his voice to it was the one and only Mohammed Rafi.

It was based on Raga Todi.

No prizes for guessing that the song, which was penned by Shakeel Badayuni, was composed by Naushad.

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