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![]() ![]() He developed a very lasting relationship with almost everyone he had occasion to be associated professionally. Ravi (Shankar Shrama) – 3 March 1926 | 7 March 2012 – was as unassuming as simple were his compositions. It is perhaps this aspect has this relationship a very special chapter not only in the oeuvre of either Sahir or Ravi but also in the annals of Hindi film music. Sahir Ludhianvi’s 19 films association with Ravi spanned almost a decade and half, and as such did span over a very wide range of situations and film subjects. But if that was word that only could convey his feeling, he would use that word, with all disregards for the pressures or traditions ![]() It was also not necessary that the word he would use would be an easy one, at least for a common listener to understand. As such, whether it was his songs of rebellion, or sheer comedy, a qawwali or a mujra or a song of romance, he would rather use an Urdu word as easily as any other would have used a Hindustani word. ![]() In fact the medium had to come to the terms of his poetry. Sahir Ludhianvi was one of those rare poets whodi di not mold his poetry to the dictates of the Hindi film music medium. ![]()
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