
More famous as the TEIL MALISH song.ģ) ROUDRA RASA, this is anger, fright, and this can be for many reasons, love failure, some body angry with their life, angry with god etc. Expressing or making others laugh thro songs or on screen is a great task and this aspect has been most commonly used by our film makers from ages, to ease the proceedings on the screen, or the comedians were so popular that there had to be songs picturisied on them, Rafi has sung for many of them be it, Mehmood, in Gumnaam ( Hum Kale yeh To kya Dilwale Hai) Om Prakash in Jalli Note ( Churi Ban, Kannta Bun ) and of course how can we forget, Johny Walker and Rafi association, be it CID, Mr and Mrs 55 and most famous of them from PYASA, A intense film but still Guru Dutt had space for this immortal song, composed by SD Burman, written by Sahir, Sar Jo Tere Takare Jayee, Jo dil. This was also the one of first hits for Indeevar as Lyricsist, Aap He Haseen Rukh, Aaj Naya Noor Hai, Mera Dil Machal Gaya, To Mera Kya kasor haiĢ) HASYA RASA, this is fun or Laughter. But what we will listen today is perhaps one of his best, a OP Nayyar composition, from Film Baharen Phir Bhi Ayegi, ( last film from Guru Dutt Productions), starring Dharam, Tanuja Mala Sinha. Rafi Saab was has sung so many songs in this, to give some examples, Sau Baar Janam Lenge ( Ustadon Se Ustaad), Yeh Mera Prem Patra Pad Kar ( Sangam), Abhi Na Jao Chod Kar ( Hum Dono), Ek Haseen Shaym Ko ( Dulhan Ek Raat Ki) etc.

So here we go.ġ) SHRINAGARA RASA, this is Love, Romance, and can say most commonly used in any of our songs. This Blog is an attempt to just give some examples of songs which can fall into each of these category.


Mohammed Rafi, the most versatile Singer this country has seen, has for sure sang in all these Nava rasas. The Greatest Singer and His Songs in " NAVA RASAS" - Mohd Rafi at his BestĪs we all known, there are nine different Moods or Emotions under which any song can be classified, this is more commonly Called as "NAVARASAS", these Nine are, Shringara, Hasya, Karuna, Raudra, Veera, Bibhatsa,Adbhuta, Shantha.
