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By Shailesh Kumar ©2006 Bollyvista.com |
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Ravinder Ravi |
'Any good talent cannot be pinned down', they say. And so Ravinder Ravi, finds himself kissing success all over again as music directors from Bollywood and even the South Indian music industry get him to record their songs. "The year has been like a dream really", he gushes. "So much has changed over the years that I cannot imagine that all this is happening to me."
The self effacing young man of 27 years who took his life's "biggest risk' by relinquishing his profession of masonry, wife and two children and try his luck in the talent hunt show announced on SET, is still haunted by his days when ill luck followed him through his formative years back home. "My parents passed away when I was only 3-4 years old and my brother, who is a couple of years older and I were left to fend for ourselves, "he remembers. "Actually it was my brother who wanted to sing. When both of us wanted to try our luck, he being the older one, perhaps, withdrew from the contest and encouraged me to enter."
With the job of painting houses as their mainstay, "music was never included in the scheme of things for us though both of us adored singing Mohammad Rafi's songs," states the unassuming singer who lives far away from his family in a rented accommodation in Mumbai – "a place where dreams get realized," he believes.
It was his sheer good fortune when a Delhi based businessman Rajbir Singh heard him on one of the shows and decided to back him. Singh who is "great pals" with composer Jawahar Wattal, had to just make a phone call to him and ask for his time. "When Wattal heard him, he too liked the freshness and originality in his voice and decided to launch him," recalls Singh.
"I shall be eternally indebted to Wattalsaab for giving this opportunity to someone like me for I had almost given up hope after I lost out to other singers." |
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