{"id":11831,"date":"2014-03-05T12:06:25","date_gmt":"2014-03-05T06:36:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/landc.wpengine.com\/?p=11831"},"modified":"2014-03-05T12:06:25","modified_gmt":"2014-03-05T06:36:25","slug":"holi-songs-bollywood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/learningandcreativity.com\/holi\/holi-songs-bollywood\/","title":{"rendered":"Rang Barse…. Evergreen Holi Songs Of Bollywood"},"content":{"rendered":"

Khelo rang hamare sang<\/strong>, Aan<\/strong><\/span> (1953)<\/em><\/p>\n

India’s first technicolour film Aan<\/em> exploited the colourful festival of Holi to fully utilize its highly expensive use of 16mm Gevacolour (Gevacolour is a revolutionary motion picture process that was suitable for location shooting). Jai Tilak (Dilip Kumar) plays Holi with Mangala (Nimmi), a simple village girl. As he throws away her scarf in the melee, it mistakenly lands on the tempestuous and arrogant princess Rajshree (Nadira) who is touring the city on her royal elephant, making her assume something else!<\/p>\n

Holi aayi re Kanhai rang barse,<\/em> Mother India <\/span><\/strong>(1958)<\/p>\n

The iconic melodrama that became India’s first submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1958 and was chosen as one of the five nominations for the category, has this beautiful Holi song, sung by Shamshad Begum, one of the top most singers of the 50s. The song captures Radha (Nargis) and Shamu (Raaj Kumar) in their happier times before poverty engulfs them.<\/p>\n

Are jare natkhat<\/em>, Navrang <\/span><\/strong>(1959)<\/p>\n

Diwakar (Mahipal) the poet who deeply loves his wife Jamuna (Sandhya) creates a fantasy world of his own where Jamuna is his muse under the name of Mohini.<\/p>\n

Legendary filmmaker V Shantaram cast his wife Sandhya in this unusual role where she plays both the real and the fantasy characters. In the backdrop of Holi, this song has one of the most remarkable solo dance sequences performed by Sandhya.<\/p>\n

Tan rang lo ji aaj man rang lo<\/em>, Kohinoor <\/span><\/strong>(1960)<\/p>\n

\u2018Tragedy king\u2019 Dilip Kumar and \u2018tragedy queen\u2019 Meena Kumari break away from their typical tragic roles to play a prince and princess of different kingdoms in a humorous and light film which is full of sword fights, songs and dances and of course, this rather \u201croyal Holi\u201d song.<\/p>\n

Aaj na chhodenge<\/em>, Kati Patang<\/span><\/strong> (1970)<\/p>\n

Madhavi (Asha Parekh) is reluctant to join in the Holi festivities, bound by age-old traditions that forbid widows to participate in festivities. Kamal (Rajesh Khanna), the forest ranger who is in love with Madhavi is in no mood to listen. Anand Bakshi\u2019s lyrics, RD Burman\u2019s music and Kishore Kumar\u2019s mischievous style beautifully captures the playful mood of Holi, where the typical refrain is \u201cbura mat maano, Holi hai\u201d<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Phagun aayo re<\/em>, Phagun<\/span> (<\/strong>1973)<\/p>\n

Shanta Damle (Waheeda Rehman) dances with joyous abandon, reflecting the festive mood of Holi. In the midst of all this masti and colour, she is careful not to let her new expensive sari get damaged, which is a gift from her rich father. Her penniless writer husband, Gopal (Dharmendra), unaware that the sari is not to be drenched with colour, fires the pichkari on his surprised wife.
\nLata Mangeshkar sings this beautiful SD Burman\u2019s composition that sets to tune Majrooh Sultanpuri\u2019s mast lyrics.<\/p>\n

Nadiya se dariya<\/em>, Namak Haraam<\/span><\/strong> (1973)<\/p>\n

Chander (Rajesh Khanna) guzzles bhaang and breaks into a rather thoughtful Holi number which has deeper poetry hidden in the garb of a fun and frivolous song. Giving him company is an equally sloshed Dhondu (Asrani). Kishore Kumar sings this superhit R D Burman composition.<\/p>\n

Holi ke din<\/em>, Sholay<\/strong> (1975)<\/p>\n

The biggest blockbuster and arguably one of the greatest Bollywood films Sholay has an incredibly vibrant and energetic Holi song. You have Gabbar Singh growling, “Holi kab hai.. kab hai Holi!!!” And the shot cuts to gulal and pichkaris being sprayed in the air, as the dancing village belles come skipping into the frame. Veeru (Dharmendra) and Basanti (Hema Malini) rock the scene while Jai (Amitabh Bachchan) and Radha (Jaya Bhaduri) exchange meaningful glances across the hill top.<\/p>\n

Kishore Kumar and Lata Mangeshkar lead the enthusiastic chorus in R D Burman’s foot tapping music.<\/p>\n

Holi aayi re mastano ki toli<\/em>, Zakhmee<\/span><\/strong> (1975)<\/p>\n

A rather dark Holi song where Ananda (Sunil Dutt) drums on his dafli<\/em> and swears vengeance against those who have wronged him. Though he is among the Holi revelers he is very much alone in his world of anger and pain.<\/p>\n

Holi aayi re<\/em>, Holi Aayi Re<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

This is the title song of the film which was also named Holi Aayi Re. Sung by Mahendra Kapoor, Lata Mangeshkar, Usha Khanna, the song is picturized on Mala Sinha.<\/p>\n

Rang barse bheege chunarwali<\/em>, Silsila <\/span><\/strong>(1981)<\/p>\n

By far one of the most famous Holi songs of all times, this song has the leisurely drawl that comes when you consume bhaang in abandon and go tipsy. Drunk on bhaang, Amit (Amitabh Bachchan) breaks all codes and flirts openly with his old flame Chandni (Rekha), forgetting that his own wife Shobha (Jaya Bachchan) and Chandni\u2019s husband Dr. V.K. Anand (Sanjeev Kumar) are watching, dismayed.<\/p>\n

\u201cRang barse\u2019s\u201d lyrics were written by poet Harivansh Rai Bachchan and Shiv Hari gave its music the folk music flavor of North India. Amitabh Bachchan\u2019s histrionics as well as his music talent is on display in full measure in this iconic song.<\/p>\n

Bhagi re bhagi brij bala<\/em>, Rajput<\/span><\/strong> (1982)<\/p>\n

This fun song transports you into the land of the Rajputs as they enact the age-old Radha Krishna Holi with Manu (Dharmendra) and Bhanu (Vinod Khanna) playfully chasing their respective love interests Janki (Hema Malini) and Kamli (Ranjeeta) through the colourful streets. Laxmikant-Pyarelal scored music for this multi-starrer.<\/p>\n

Holi aayi, Holi aayi<\/em>, Mashaal<\/span><\/strong> (1984)<\/p>\n

This song captures the mood of Holi celebrations among simple, lower middle class folks who live in the chawls and bastis of the big city of Mumbai. Raja (Anil Kapoor) leads the gang of Holi revelers in Dongarbatti, a rundown locality comprising mostly of small houses, junkyards and shanties. Other than enjoying Holi, his objective is to impress Geeta (Rati Agnihotri), an aspiring journalist and an assistant in Vinod Kumar’s (Dilip Kumar) newspaper. Hridayanath Mangeshkar sets to tune Javed Akhtar\u2019s lyrics in this mast song sung by Lata Mangeshkar, Kishore Kumar and Mahendra Kapoor.<\/p>\n

Saat rang main khel<\/em>, Akhir Kyon<\/span><\/strong> (1985)<\/p>\n

Nisha (Smita Patil) is married to Kabir (Rakesh Roshan). But on Holi, as the merriment goes full throttle, the realization slowly dawns on Nisha that there is something brewing between Kabir and her rich cousin Indu (Tina Munim). Amit Kumar & Anuradha Paudwal sing to Indivar\u2019s lyrics set to R D Burman\u2019s peppy music.<\/p>\n

Soni soni<\/em>, Mohabbatein<\/span><\/strong> (2000)<\/p>\n

Breaking away from the old and rigid rules of Gurukul, the students led by their friendly music teacher and mentor Raj Aryan (Shah Rukh Khan) come out to play Holi with the townsfolk. The music of Mohabbatein was composed by Jatin Lalit while lyrics were penned by Anand Bakshi.<\/p>\n

Holi khele Raghuveera Awadh mein<\/em>, Baghban<\/span><\/strong> (2003)<\/p>\n

Raj Malhotra (Amitabh Bachchan), his wife Pooja (Hema Malini) and their four sons with their families celebrate Holi in this large family and community get together. Amitabh Bachchan shines in his trademark dance style and the gorgeous Hema Malini is the cynosure of all eyes, making all the other younger women in the scene fade away. Aadesh Shrivastav scores music for this song and gets Amitabh Bachchan, Alka Yagnik, Sukhwinder Singh and Udit Narayan to sing together.<\/p>\n

Dekho aayi Holi<\/em>, Mangal Pandey: The Rising<\/span><\/strong> (2005)<\/p>\n

Mangal Pandey (Aamir Khan) plays Holi with Heera (Rani Mukerji) and the rest of the village folk in this period drama, which looks at the life of Mangal Pandey who sparked the first Indian uprising against the imperial British rulers in 1857.<\/p>\n

Balam pichkari<\/strong><\/em>, Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani<\/strong><\/span> (2013)<\/p>\n

A fun song with rocking music, fast beats and hip breaking jigs. Vishal Dadlani and Shalmali Kholgade sing to Pritam Chakraborty\u2019s tune as Naina (Deepika Padukone) drags Kabir “Bunny” Thapar (Ranbir Kapoor) and Avi (Aditya Roy Kapur) into the Holi revelry, complete with clouds gulal, water pipes spraying water instead of pichkaris and bhaang.<\/p>\n

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