In western cultures, people say “I feel blue” when we’re sad. There is a whole genre of music called the Blues music which focuses on somber and sad themes. The cover art of this episode, is a painting called “Shades of Sadness” by an artiste called Victoria Lucas. She has used only the blue and indigo colours in painting this. Even the dictionary meaning of “blue” means sad or unhappy. This episode explores the different musical shades of sadness. The songs featured are -

1. Aa bhi jaa (Gumraah/1963/Ravi/Sahir/Mahendra Kapoor) 

2. Koi saagar dil ko behlaata nahin (Dil diya dard liya/1966/Naushad/Shakeel/Mohd Rafi)

3. Ya dil ki suno duniyawaalon (Anupama/1966/Hemant Kumar/Kaifi Azmi/Hemant Kumar)

4. Sajanwa bairi ho gaye hamaar (Teesri Kasam/1966/Shankar Jaikishan/Shailendra/Mukesh)

5. Jaane kya dhoondti rahti hain ye aankhen mujhmein - (Shola aur Shabnam/1961/Khaiyyam/Kaifi Azmi/Mohd Rafi)

6. Koi humdum na raha (Jhumroo/1961/Kishore Kumar/Majrooh Sultanpuri/Kishore Kumar)

7. Teri duniya se door (Zabak/1961/Chitragupta/Prem Dhawan/Mohd Rafi & Lata Mangeshkar)

8. Yahan main ajnabi hoon (Jab jab phool khile/1965/Kalyanji Anandji/Anand Bakshi/Md Rafi)

9. Humse aaya na gaya (Dekh Kabira Roya/1957/Madan Mohan/Rajendra Krishn/Talat Mahmood)

10. Kasmein vaade pyaar wafaa sab  (Upkar/1967/Kalyanji Ananji/Indeevar/Manna De)

11. Mere dushman (Aaye din bahar ke/1966/Laxmikant Pyarelal/Anand Bakshi/Md Rafi)

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