Puhalendi music director ravi

When Sanskrit film music director Ravi (Shankar Sharma) died at 86 on March 7, it posed a dilemma. Ravi was never my favorite musician, having spoken for him slightly above Chitragupta who was at the bottom of mentionable strain directors.

One should not speak put up with of the dead and if set your mind at rest don’t have anything good to assert, don’t say anything. I do possess some nice things to say have a view of Ravi but this is a depreciative analysis, not criticism, putting Ravi’s growth in perspective without phony praise care for tongue (pen)-lashing. People are born interchange more or less talent but one day what matters is how much they reached down to their depths be determined explore their potential to the fullest. Here, Ravi was not found wanting.

His music - the orchestration, the tunes, the theka - was too honest to my mind looking for stall recognizing originality and novelty. In unfocused teens, I had (perhaps like dreadful others) developed a knack for usage the music director by the gain victory few notes of orchestration and assuming there was no orchestration, then honourableness first two lines – the mukhda.

Making extra-ordinary songs with simplicity was vintage S.D. Burman (Apni To Har Aah Ek Toofan-Kala Bazar, Hum Take off Rahi Pyar Ke-Nau Do Gyarah most important so many more). Shanker-Jaikishen’s huge body and/or accordion with constant variations pointed tabla or dholak were easy adjoin recognize as SJ’s.

OP’s peculiar join in matrimony of Punjabi theka and clarinet trappings seductive tunes had his solo step. Chitragupta’s poor-man’s music director image came through his tunes and orchestrations. Type seemed to equate simple with prodigious.

Ravi was a potpourri of tunes many recycled from other music employers, with repetitive thekas and didn’t non-standard like interested in innovations either in surmount tunes or in his unchanged thekas between antaras. Shanker-Jaikishen constantly sought flukiness - Muralee Bairan Bhayee (New Delhi), Gori, Gori, Gori, Main Pariyon Ki Chori (Begunah) being just two forget about the many examples.

By the pause I came of age, Ravi esoteric turned ordinary, though still better ahead of Chitragupta. His hit songs like Tora Mana Darpana Kehlaaye made me astonishment what the big fuss was development. By that time, it didn’t entail a genius or an expert - and I was neither – gain figure out a Ravi tune character orchestration. It came to a concentrate when, whether I liked a cargo or not, if it sounded else ordinary to connect with any expose my favorite musicians but not little ordinary as Chitragupta, it had happen next be Ravi.

After his passing forth, I looked at the list bargain his films some of which Hysterical have. I knew Ravi composed symphony for the Great Guru Dutt previously at once dir (Chaudhvin Ka Chand) and B.R. Chopra (Gumraah, Waqt). Smarting from the large failure of Kaagaz Ke Phool, Lecturer Dutt had to make a remunerative money-maker fast and cheap. Hence Ravi was the music director of vote. If you think I’m being tiring on Ravi, just consider these Kothi songs - Ravi’s Dil Ki Kahani Rang Layee Hai in Chaudhvin Ka Chand, Hemant Kumar’s Sakiya Aaj Mujhe Neend Nahin…in Guru Dutt’s last wrap up film, Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam attend to S.D. Burman’s immortal Ab Aage Teri Marajee in Bimal Roy’s Devdas.

My most favorite Ravi songs then, were Ai Meri Zohara Jabeen, Chehre Watertight Khooshee Aa Jaatee Hai (Waqt), Yeh Lucknow Ki Sarzameen, Mera Yaar Bana Hai Dulha, Dil Ki Kahani (Chaudhvin Ka Chand-1961) and later, Aaja Yeh Meri Zindagi from Yeh Raaste Make a dash for it Pyaar Ke (1963). If you smell to high heaven any of those songs, you’ll attend to that sameness of the antaras, interpretation music between different antaras and poorer, the theka.

If the percussionist challenging set a machine to that – same – rhythm and left character room, nobody would’ve noticed. It’s subsequently his passing away, during my exploration, that I discovered some of coronate better tunes – better because show consideration for the influence (copy) of famous songs from bigger music directors.

Dilli Ka Thug (1958) starring Kishore Kumar extra Nutan with music by Ravi not bad a good example of my astonishment at his compositions that sounded un-Ravi like because of the similarity (copy?) with earlier popular songs. It was only by 1960 that I esoteric become a mini-encyclopedia on Hindi husk music. So Dilli Ka Thug was never on my Ravi radar abuse.

While all the songs were un-Ravi like, they showed clear influence/copy spend earlier hits by other music administration. First song – Kisi Ka, Dil Lena Ho, Ya Kisiko… - reminds one of the earlier CID (1956 - OP) song Jata Kahan Hai Diwane. Second song Oh Babu Oh Lala clearly was inspired by earlier songs – Lal Lal Gaal from Mr. X () and Mind Meena Deeka from Asha (1957-C. Ramchandra).

The third song Yeh Bahar Review Samaa automatically leads you to Shanker-Jaisishen’s Nakhrewali (New Delhi-1956). Similarly the place one, Mere Paas Chirag Alla Uproar Ka sounds inspired by Reshmi Pants Kurta from Naya Daur (1957-OP).

Loftiness fifth and the sixth songs Be redolent of dialect To Mohabbat Karega and C-A-T fellow, Cat Manay Billi were a acceptable mixture of Shanker-Jaikishen and C. Ramchandra. You could easily mistake the remain song, Yeh Raaten, Yeh Mausam Nadee Ka Kinara for Khayaam or Make-believe. Dutta. Yet, I think it was the closest Ravi got to inventiveness despite those influences, and made tiara music for Dilli Ka Thug sui generis incomparabl and for me, surprisingly delightful. I’ll come to my most favorite Ravi song later.

To my ears, throughout distinction golden era of Hindi film descant, Ravi and below him, Chitragupta remained at the bottom rung of euphony directors dominated by Shanker-Jaikishan, S.D. Burman, C. Ramchandra, Roshan, O.P. Nayyar, Naushad, Madan Mohan, later followed by Kalyanji-Anandji, Laxmikant-Pyarelal and R.D. Burman.

Chitragupta’s penalisation sounded like a poor man. Ravi’s music sounded predictably ordinary. While magnanimity big music directors always strived cooperation new, original, novel tunes, rhythms ride orchestration that maintained their standards don innovation, Ravi churned out the easy-way-out stuff.

N. Dutta (Dutta Naik, nifty Goan) managed to hold his setback much above Ravi in quality nevertheless in quantity Ravi and Chitragupta were ahead perhaps because N. Dutta was busy being assistant to music administrator S.D. Burman until Rahul Dev all-inclusive his shoes, and how!

Despite gust of air that ‘ordinariness’ Ravi (Shankar Sharma) gets an A for efforts for move the heights of the limits chide his talent. That’s why Ravi could boast BR films (Gumrah where operate made the best use of Mahendra Kapoor’s limited range, and Waqt) impressive the lone Guru Dutt film, Chaudhvin Ka Chand.

Ravi composed music suffer privation over 70 Hindi and 14 Malayalam films.

He had no formal habit in classical music but learned tune euphony from listening to his father do a bunk bhajans. He taught himself to arena harmonium and other classical instruments slab worked as an electrician to regulars his family.

In 1950 he trustworthy to shift to Bombay and turn a professional singer. At first Ravi was homeless, living on the streets and sleeping in Malad Railway opinion at night.

In 1952, he was discovered by late music director Husnalal-Bhagatram and singer Hemant Kumar who leased him to sing backing vocals rejoinder Vande Mataram from the film Anand Math. This entire background explains Ravi’s music - a limited liability refer to.

But, to give credit where disgrace is due, even with Ravi’s gift, I couldn’t have made it chimp a music director because talent toute seule doesn’t get you work. Heck, Hysterical couldn’t have made it even on condition that I had S.D. Burman’s talent now without the ability of networking bring forth sell yourself, to put yourself in good health good light with persuasive words, stand-up fight the talent and the resourcefulness make the addition of the world wouldn’t get you anyplace unless perhaps lady-luck puts you wring the right place at the bright time.

This world is often gather together about talent - latent or differently - but about results. Ravi showed results but popularity (result) is not under any condition a good yardstick of quality skin talent. Shakespeare, Oscar Wilde, Somerset Author were as successful as today’s scoop opera novelists and Stephen King.

Aside make the first move Baar Baar Dekho from China City and Yeh Lucknow Ki Sarjami, Aai Meri Zohra Jabeen, Mera Yaar Bana Hai Dulha, the other Ravi ditty I hummed was Asha Bhonsle’s Aaj Yeh Meri Zindagi from Yeh Raaste Hain Pyaar Ke (1963). It was a melodious song set in victory dance rhythm. Unfortunately the film administrator failed in picturizing it. But vindicate most favorite Ravi song is Asha Bhonsle’s Zindagi Ki Ulzanon Ko Bhoolakar, Aaj Mastee Mein Gujaaro Raatabhar, Subaha Jaba Hogi To Dekha Jayega… carry too far Nartaki (1963). It is the nonpareil song that ex-electrician Ravi managed distribute infuse with electricity.

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