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Not that it would make any difference. But if only for the sake of morale, you are willing to admit that it’s a welcome shade of orange that breaks east at the horizon of what has been a roughandtumble one hell of fucked up night. A dull weariness works on your bones, your mind swirls in and out of a strange daze that threatens to rot you from within, and frankly, you’d rather come under the wheels of drunk speeding car than run into someone you know. You are caught in the devil’s tangle. So you weren’t such a bad guy but surprise-surprise- the ways of the world are truly strange. No sense breaking your head over it. You bet your very sanity on the cheap bottle of booze which you had the good sense to tuck in. Just park …

Met this legend for the first time exactly three years back and you can find an account of the meeting here.. Our local music group SurYatra had felicitated him earlier and Ravi ji always showers his blessings on us.. So every time we get the news of his coming to town, we always catch him for a discussion and he always oblige..

chehare pe khushi chhaa jaati hai aa.Nkho.n me.n suruur aa jaataa hai
jab tum mujhe apanaa kahate ho, apane pe Guruur aa jaataa hai!

At 83, he is still going strong and still working.. A man whose energy levels can even beat a forty plus worker today… He is one of the living legends of golden era of hindi film music. Here is an account of our meet held on October …

Its been quite sometime, since i have written something on here, more so for me being lazy. But, i have been doing a lot of You-tube’ing and have found quite a few gems out there…for instance i was watching a bit of Pancham, a bit of Koffee With Karan episode of the Director’s special and also with Farhan Akhtar…these are the things these days which are keeping me in good spirits…

When i was watching the episode of the Director’s special of KWK…one thing that i did recollect was..how much i have changed…my perspective as a film viewer..no longer do i crave to listen or see what the actor has to say about the movie..no longer do i crave to see the behind the scenes..or “on location” bytes, which fortunately or unfortunately i was so eager to watch/listen when i was growing up as a kid…their could be quite …