Rafi helped kick-s(t)a(a)(r)t(h) Rajendra’s K(um)areer

Rajendra Kumar’s stupendous run at the box office between 1959 and 1966 would have been impossible without the now-iconic songs picturised on him.

And, of course, it would be unfair to deny the fact that Mohammed Rafi was instrumental in giving his careeRafillip.

Or should I say, he was vocal in doing so, as was evidenced by tracks like Jeevan Mein Piya Tera Saath Rahe from Goonj Uthi Shehnai?

While Bharat V(y)as the man who penned the duet, the La(ta)dy who rendered it was none other than Ms Mangeshkar.

It was composed by Vasant Desai.