"MUBARAK" ho ABADRAFI

FIRST OF ALL HEARTY CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL MEMBERS OF ABADRAFI.

ABADRAFI KE SABHI SAATHIYON KO BOHAT BOHAT "MUBARAK-BAD".

THE DATE 05.07.2008, THE VENUE : A.V.COLLEGE AUDITORIUM, THE TIME : 6.00 P.M.
HAS BEEN ENSHRINED IN GOLDEN LETTERS.

ON THE MORNING OF 5TH JULY 2008, MUBARAK BEGUMJI THOUGHT HARD. SHE WANTED HER SHOW IN THE EVENING TO BE A SPECIAL ONE. AND SHE KNEW HOW SHE COULD MAKE IT HAPPEN. SHE HAS ACES UP HER SLEEVE AND SHE THREW ONE AT THE HOSTS - The Ramchandra Reddy's. SAMARJIT WAS THERE TOO. BEGUM SAHIBA SAID SHE WOULD LIKE TO MEET 'J A M U N A', the actress of the most talked about song from her stable (Mujhko Apne Gale Lagalo from HUMRAHI). The hosts did not have any telephone number of the yesteryear actress and they tried to get the contact numbers. Alas nothing worked. Then Samarjit remembered having seen the name on the nameplate of a house in the vicinity and wondered if it could belong to the same lady. There was no way of knowing it, unless they visited the house. And they did exactly that.

Jamuna, when informed by an attendant that a certain "Mubarak Begum" was at her doorstep, was simply stunned. Was it a dream? Or was it some kind of a joke. She decided to check this out herself. In her own words, she got the shock of her lifetime and she had not still recovered some 8 hours later when she arrived in her majestic gait at the A.V. College Auditorium (in fact earlier than Begum Sahiba herself).

The programme was a stupendous success as was repeatedly echoed by cross section of the audience. So much so that we got a spate of phone calls the next day also, some with assurance that any programme by us in future would be supported whole-heartedly.

I am writing a detailed report of the programme for publication in SARGAM magazine of the Rafi Foundation and also on the pages of www.mohdrafi.com and elsewhere. I shall forward a copy of the same as soon as the same is ready.

Meanwhile, let me personally thank each and every member for showing utmost enthusiasm and zeal towards making the maiden programme a huge SUCCESS.

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Samarjit, in response to the above, wrote the following :

Thanks to everyone for their support in the programme. And the singing by all in our group was indeed very well, even Mubarak Begum Ji told me this.

There's just a factual error - Prof Ramachandra Reddy had given us Jamuna Ji's address.

Thanks,
Samarjit.
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