Mumbai, July 2 -- The going was great for Mohd Aziz in the 1980s. The great Mohd Rafi and Kishore Kumar were no more. And the only competition that Aziz, affectionately know as Munna, had was Shabbir Kumar.
Shabbir sang offkey. He had a vast range. He could sing at a staggering pitch. It was a pleasure to hear him hold his own in his duets with the indomitable Lata Mangeshkar and Asha Bhosle.
Lataji and Aziz sang a number of duets in the 1980s and early 1990s including the timeless 'Patjhad sawan basant bahaar' (film Sindoor) and 'Bali umar ne mara haal yun kiya' (Awaargi).
Lataji once said of Aziz: "I recall him as a very kindhearted softspoken man with a good mastery over the seven notes. 'Woh sur achcha lagate tha' (he pitched his voi...