“ If music be the food of love, play on” –Shakespeare

On my radio show today, I played a very romantic songs from one of the super hit films of early seventies. It was a very popular song and filmed on the first superstar of Hindi cinema. The lyrics and the melody were great but I remember the song in the film. The chemistry between the romantic couple and the mystique created was superb. Of course the millennials would find it very contrived. But to me that romance was what attracted me to films.

Everyone cherished the romance projected through music. We could not think of a Hindi movie without songs. The blush, the fluttering of eyelashes and the message of the eyes were the charm. 

Music is a big part of my culture and people just break in to a song at the slightest pretext. Be it a folk song or a track from a Hindi film or regional but music is a big part of our life. One of my fondest memories of my childhood is singing do-re-me from The Sound of Music. I loved the film then and I love it even now. In fact both my sons were brought up on those songs and other songs from films.

I think, music is the outer expression of the love within. Love for that higher being or romantic love, music gives expression to our innermost feelings. All the ragas in Indian classical and the symphonies of the west are mathematical equations. Now then, why am I talking about maths while talking about music? Because all these ragas and symphonies affect our pressure points and help release negative energy. The Indian classical ragas are set according to the time of the day. They affect us differently at different parts of the day.

That goes to prove that everything in this world is part of an order, a system that affects us physiologically, mentally and emotionally.

Music is not the language of fools it is the universal language of love, compassion and hope

So play on

So be it!!!