Mohd Rafis son wants Lata Mangeshkar to apologise publicly

It seems that the Lata Mangeshkar-Mohammed Rafi controversy is far from dying any time soon as the late singer’s son Shahid Rafi has reportedly demanded a public apology from the Singing Queen for “lying” that his father had sent an apology letter to her. He also threatened to take legal action if his demand is not met. Recently Lataji had claimed that she was not in good terms with Rafi and she had also refused to work with him once but she reconciled later when the legendary singer sent her an apology letter. However, Shahid said that his father never sent an apology letter to her and also demanded a public apology from Lataji for spreading “baseless” rumours. Lataji had told Mirror: "At a meeting attended by prominent singers and musicians, Rafi Saab stood up and said,Main aaj se Lata ke saath nahin gaoonga. I retorted,Rafi Saab, ek minute.Aap nahin gaayenge mere saath yeh galat baat hai. Main aapke saath nahin gaoongee. I stormed out and called my composers there and then and informed them to rope in another singer if it was a duet with Rafi Saab”. Telling the story of their patch-up, she said, "Composer Jaikishen took the initiative. I asked him to get a written apology from Rafi Saab. I got the letter and ended the cold war. But whenever I'd see him, the hurt would return." Whereas Shahid said, "The controversy went on for a while. Lataji and some other singers were looking for royalty, saying they should get a cut from the producer, director etc. My dad wasn't very keen on that. He was this humble, soft spoken, amazingly generous person.

His stand was, 'Our job is to sing and we get money for that. There is no point in getting greedy'. Hence, they had a fight and he decided to stop singing any duet with her." He also said that Lataji's claim that his dad had given her a written apology was false. "If that is the case, let her show the letter. My father passed away about 25 years ago, and now she is talking about this letter? People keep valuable documents for even fifty years. Why hasn't she retained the paper which would give her dignity?"