Soulfully Yours, Ravi

Genre : Non-Fiction/Cinema
Binding : Paperback (6.14″ x 9.25″)
Pages : 455 pages
Published : November 2025
ISBN: 978-81-943921-4-9

Ask Hindi film music lovers to name their top five composers, and Ravi’s name seldom appears. Stretch the list to ten, and a few aficionados might acknowledge him. By fifteen, he becomes more frequent, yet rarely a top choice. This perhaps explains the absence of grand tribute concerts in his honour. And yet, at music gatherings or during a game of antakshari, Ravi’s melodies—Chaudhvin Ka Chaand Ho, Jab Chali Thandi Hawa, Aye Meri Zohra Jabeen—float effortlessly through the air. They are sung, hummed, and played on car radios, night after night, quietly affirming their timeless charm.

Why this paradox—where his music thrives but his name recedes? Perhaps it lies in the contrast between Ravi’s vibrant compositions and his unassuming, almost anonymous persona, a theme explored within these pages. His songs have outlived the singer himself in public memory. Soulfully Yours, Ravi is an attempt to rediscover the man behind the melodies—composer, lyricist, and singer—and to critically reflect on his 100 finest songs. For while art speaks to the heart, it often defies reason. This book is a tribute to that very mystery: where emotion triumphs over recognition, and melody over fame.