Matters little that many won't know what is It was merely lifted from “Vachan” the song having been sung by the inimitable Asha Bhonsle for Ravi in 1955 a song Ravi counts as the best of his songs for children.
Just as “Chanda Mama Door Ke Poohe Pakaye Boor Ke”, that wonderful song moms would sing while they fed their little ones was not mom's own creation. Pass it did, and one got to know that actually “Chal Mere Ghode Tik Tik” was not a song composed by the neighbourhood bhaiya but a certain composer answering to the name of Ravi, the man who was to later carve out his own niche with music in films like “Chaudhvin ka Chand”, “Waqt”, Humraaz” and the rest. Parents would merely give an indulgent smile, knowing, like everything, this phase of innocence shall pass too. Time when boys and girls, unspoiled by video games and play stations, would run the streets on warm winter afternoons or sprinkle water on the terrace on summer evenings even as they sang, “Chal Mere Ghode Tik Tik Tik” or “Nani Teri Morni ko Mor Le Gaye”. It was only a little later that life offered other pleasures and I realised what it meant to hum along to “Huzoor is Qadar Bhi na Itrake Chaliye, Khule Aam Anchal na Lehrake Chaliye.” But truth to tell, Gulzar's “Lakdi ki Kathi” is the impression that is indelible in one's heart and mind.Īs indeed are songs of another era time when a mother was supposed to be a lullaby specialist and peers co-singers. And longed to take a ride with “Lakdi ki Kathi, Kathi ka Ghoda”, a song so simple and innocent in Shekhar Kapur's “Masoom” that starred Naseeruddin Shah and Shabana Azmi in pivotal roles.
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