The legendary singer Mohammed Rafi’s daughter Nasreen Ahmad and son-in-law Meraj Ahmad were in city recently as guests of honour for ‘Adab Rafi-2’ organised by Rotary Ivory City Mysuru. The couple arrived at a Club in the evening in a car driven by a young lady. They were greeted and as the young lady came along, this writer casually asked her how she was connected to Rafi’s daughter and son-in-law. She casually mentioned that she was their daughter and lives in Mysuru! It hit me that one of the greatest singers’ grand-daughter had been living in our city leading a very low profile life, married to a charming young man, who has kept it a closely guarded secret.
In a tete-a-tete with Star of Mysore at a posh hotel in city, the highly articulate Nasreen, who spoke impeccable English, shared some private moments she had spent with her father Rafi, recollecting many memories, including the day the singer passed away, the Lataji controversy and the Bharat Ratna issue, even as Meraj also joined her in his own recollection with the singing maestro, as their daughter Firdaus and son-in-law Abdul Khalid Shariff listened attentively. She also surprisingly revealed that none in the family including the grand-children took to singing.
