This morning, I learned about the passing of octogenarian Music Director Ravi today via Vividh Bharati. True to its moniker of vidhva bharati (bestowed by a hostelmate of mine a quarter century ago), the station is playing tear jerkers all morning (night in India) long. I would rather celebrate Ravi’s life. Here are some of my favouirite songs composed by Ravi:
For a more exhaustive – but still by no means complete – list of songs by Ravi, please go to giitaayan.
Thanks to a friend on FB, I have been able to tune in to vividh bharati after quite a while. The songs played on that station are still similar to those that used to be played three decades ago. After a week of intense catching up listening 
, I have rediscovered a few old favourites that I had forgotten.
Not only that, I rediscovered a few songs of somewhat dubious quality (hidden among some more gems) as well. These songs I like – without prejudice against the dubious ones – as they remind me of India of that time, an era when I used to be glued to the SLBC while studying for the plethora of entrance examinations right after Class 12th. Without much ado, here they are, good ones interspersed with the couple of dubious ones. I won’t say which I consider dubious – YMMV! 
[as related by Mrs. Porcupyn]
As part of normal co-curricular activities in Baab’s school, an intra-house quiz competition was underway. Participants were from Class IV through Class VII, and the audio-visual round was on. An actor’s photo was displayed on the screen – participants had to identify him. No one from Team 1 could figure out who the actor was. All the other teams passed as well. The question now goes to the audience. Baab has his hand raised high… and, when asked, answers the question correctly!!
No prizes to my readers if they guess the actor without audio or visual clues! Suffice it to say that to a kid who I rocked on my lap to songs such as ‘सुन लो सुनाता हूँ तुमको कहानी‘, ‘चक्के में चक्का‘ and ‘अकेले अकेले कहाँ जा रहे हो‘ (audio and/or video) when he was a toddler, it was child’s play
Baab’s grandfather was heard commenting that Team 1 would have easily answered the question had it been Shah Rukh Khan or Aamir Khan. My response was that Baab would need to spend a few days at his uncle’s place to get to know those gentlemen (on the tube, not in real life).
A related thought: When I was in school (and probably even today), old songs were dubbed a ‘दादाजी के ज़माने का गाना’ (grandfather’s song). In this particular instance though, that term is pretty accurate given that I learned – and learned to appreciate – these very songs by listening to my father hum/sing them when I was a kid!
* – to those born in the 21st century … or later(!!) (if you are reading this post), the answer to the quizmaster’s question is/was Shammi Kapoor!
Here is another of my favourite songs of the (cannot believe I am saying this, but got to, seeing that Dilli-6 is also out now!) yesteryear:
मुझे तुम याद करना और मुझ को याद आना तुम
मै इक दिन लौट के आऊँगा ये मत भूल जाना तुम
१) अकेली होगी तुम देखो कहीं ऐसा ना हो जाए
जो अब होठों पे है मुस्कान वो मुस्कान खो जाए
ज़रा लोगों से मिलना तुम ज़रा हँसना हँसाना तुम
मै इक दिन लौट …
२) अगर लड़की तुम्हें कोई मिले जो खूबसूरत हो
तुम्हारी दोस्ती की शायद उसको भी ज़रूरत हो
अगर वो पास आए मुस्कुराए मुस्कुराना तुम
मगर तुम लौट के आओगे ये मत भूल जाना तुम
Listened to this great 1980s song on the way in. For now, have copied the lyrics from another blog, and need to double check the words for correctness later.
आते हैं, चले जाते हैं,
जाने वाले कभी कभी
यहाँ अपने प्यार से
लोगों के दिलों में
यादगार बन जाते हैं, आते हैं …
१) रोना ना उदास होना ना
यह आँसू खोना ना
यहाँ ना दामन भिगोना कभी
पाना है कभी कुछ पाना है
कभी कुछ खोना है
यहाँ जो होना है होगा वही
यही ज़िन्दगी है यहाँ जीएँ वही लोग जो
सारे गम भुलाके आँसुओं में मुस्कुराते हैं
आते हैं …
२) चलना है हमें तो चलना है
अकेले चलना है
कोई भी हो या न हो हमसफ़र
राहों में चलें या हम रुकें
रुकें या हम चलें
कहीं भी रुकता नहीं यह सफ़र
आना जाना लगे रहे जीवन की राहों में
राहें वही रहती हैं राही बदल जाते हैं
आते हैं …
३) रातों के, अँधेरी रातों के, घनेरी छाए में
छुपा तो होगा सवेरा कहीं
आएगा, सवेरा आएगा, उजाले लाएगा
अँधेरे होंगे हमेशा नहीं
माने यहाँ हार ना जो
कभी किसी हाल में
वही यहाँ फूल कभी काँटों में खिलाते हैं
आते हैं …
I wonder if someone can put this song up on youtube …
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