TOP 10 RAIN SONGS - Page 2

Vinnie.. wonderful Topic.. 👏 👏 👏 ,

I love this song from Manzil- Rimjhim gire sawan sulag sulag jaaye man ofcourse Lata Didi version.. I also like that song from Mohra.. Tip Tip barasa Paani.. Raveena looked Ravishing in that song... 😊 😊

Originally posted by: uknaik99

Vinnie.. wonderful Topic.. 👏 👏 👏 ,

I love this song from Manzil- Rimjhim gire sawan sulag sulag jaaye man ofcourse Lata Didi version.. I also like that song from Mohra.. Tip Tip barasa Paani.. Raveena looked Ravishing in that song... 😊 😊

thanx kavita

i like rimjhim rimjhim too(1942-a love story)

Originally posted by: MrspetloverUS

Vinni post "OOO sajana barkha bahaar"

Varsha ji its already there😊

Originally posted by: MrspetloverUS

Vinnie,

Itni subah subah hum sab ko romentic mood me laa diya. AB akele ghar baithe kya karen hum????? Kuchh hal nikaalo 😉 😆

are itne achhe songs bataye unhe gayiye ,suniye aur enjoy kijiye😆

Originally posted by: Dawn05

Great topic Vinnie ..
I like the song " Rim jhim giray sawan"
another is from Chandni" Lagi aaj sawan ki"

yes lagi aaj sawan ki is another nice number😊

Bheegi Bheegi raaton main is my fav for the rain song, picturize on Rajesh khanna and Zeenat Amaan on the roof of their house. I do not remember the name of the movi sorry. 😉

Good topic all songs are wonderful.

All the above ten songs are classic.

There are many more songs on rain, can think of few right now.
1) Megha chhaye aadhi raat
2) Megha re Megha re mat pardes ja re
3) Zindgi bhar nahi bhulegi ye barsat ki raat.

O Sajna Barkha Bahar Aayi

Author: Dr.Mandar

So now they say Lata Mangeshkar is almost 80. The dates on calendar confirm that, so it must be true. But in my mind, Lata stays young, forever young. Her countless songs keep echoing there, rekindling memories from different stages of my life. Practically all my life, in happiness and in sorrow, that voice has shared my emotions, many a time providing an expression to the unexpressed. Yes, over the years that voice has aged, becoming just a shadow of what it was but still even today, it feels reassuring to hear it. It feels as if at least some of the things dear to my heart are still standing there in this fast-changing, frightening world.

O Sajana Barakha Bahar Aayi from Parakh (1960) is the song that defines Lata in my mind. Out of her myriad memorable songs, somehow this song for me represents true essence of Lata's matchless virtuosity. Free-flowing like an unbridled river and fragrantly fresh like a blooming flower ' her voice is one to die for in this song. Purity and perfection, innocence and intensity, dignity and divine sweetness, expressiveness and erudition ' all precious qualities of her singing shine through this exquisite rendition.

Actually this song was first recorded as a Bengali non-film song. Initially composer Salil Choudhury was none-too-happy about his tune because of some negative remarks from his colleagues. He himself, almost reluctantly wrote the Bengali lyrics ' Na Jeo Na just before the recording. That day even Lata was unwell and yet, the song went on to become a huge hit in Bengali.

Director Bimal Roy chose this tune for his Hindi film Parakh and picturised it beautifully ' an angelic-looking Sadhana playing a just-fallen-in-love demure village-girl enjoying the first monsoon drizzle while fondly remembering her loved one.

Tumko Pukare Mere Man Ka Papihara/

Meethi Meethi Agani Mein Jale Mora Jiyara/

O Sajana Barakha Bahar Aayi/

Ras Ki Phuhaar Laayi/

Ankhiyon Mein Pyar Laayi/

O Sajana Barkha Bahar Aayi' who else but Shailendra could write such tenderly poetic and romantic lyrics?

With a sitar, a tabla, a jaltarang, a flute and a few violins, Salil provided just the basic minimum orchestral backdrop and let Lata's vocal artistry do the rest. Simple as it seems, this Khamaj raga-based semi-classical tune has a plenty of musical intricacies that only Lata could do justice to. Listening to Lata's delicate runs and bridges in the lines - Aisi Rimjhim Mein O Sajan Pyaase Pyaase Mere Nayan/ Tere Hi Khwab Mein Kho Gaye simply takes one's breath away and further when she sings Saanwari Saloni Ghata Jab Jab Chhaayi/ Ankhiyon Mein Raina Gayi Nindiya Na Aayi, the way she says the word 'Ghata' is pure magic!

Every time I listen to this song, it lights up my mind with its ethereal beauty and suddenly world seems a much better place to live in. Years after years, that bewitching Lata-magic keeps doing this trick. That's why Lata forever remains young in my mind! Forever!

Rain Songs Of Bollywood Are Immortal!



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It's Monsoon time again! And images of Bollywood heroines, who have danced in rain showers or stood under waterfalls to drench themselves in the cool waters so as to show off their curvaceous bodies to millions of eager-eyed viewers, come to mind like beautiful, magical visions…


Beautiful Hot Bods Drenched By Water

There was a time in Bollywood films when in-your-face exposure of women's bodies was not completely acceptable. What could directors do to jump over this hurdle? They resorted to putting their heroines under waterfalls or made them sing and dance in the rain to create an attractive illusion of nudity or sexy exposure of their assets to attract audiences to their films. One of the earliest films in this genre was Brahmachari made in the 30s, which starred Meenakshi Shirodkar, a Maharashtrian actress - the grandmother of actors Namrata and Shilpa Shirodkar. She was the first actress to wear a swimsuit and gambol in a pool, inviting her lover to play games 'in the Yamuna' to invoke images of Krishna playing erotic games with the gopis in the River Yamuna.

Rain And Romance Is A Popular Theme In Bollywood




Zeenat Aman's famous waterfall scene from 'Satyam Shivam Sundaram' (1979) Through the following decades, the concept of rain and romance continued to rule in Bollywood. Raj Kapoor was quintessentially the pioneer of the trend. His heroines - from Nargis to Mandakini, from Zeenat Aman to Dimple Kapadia - were all drenched in the rain or under a waterfall in every film which he directed. One of his greatest hits was Barsaat in the 40s, in which he played the lover of a Kashmiri girl, played by Nargis. In a famous scene from his film Awaara, he romanced Nargis under an umbrella in falling rain. He demanded by contract that Zeenat Aman should agree to let the viewers see a glimpse of her bosom in Satyam Shivam Sundaram.


In this film, he used the sexuality of Zeenat to the fullest and made her stand under a waterfall to outline her nubile body. He also demanded that his new find Mandakini show her bosom in the film Ram Teri Ganga Maili by creating a scene in which she was seen feeding her infant. Mandakini also went through the wet sensuality routine. Perhaps the most famous of his heroines to do the rain-romance act was Dimple Kapadia, all of 13 when she debuted in the blockbuster Bobby.

The Trend Continues Even Today

Bollywood films have come a long, long way since the days of Raj Kapoor. Actors today are more than willing to display erotic zones of their shapely bodies without any ado and audiences are dying to see more and more. Even middle class moralists are not able to stem the tide of exposure in Bollywood films where a bold exhibition of female - and increasingly male bodies - is made to draw eyeballs to the screen. Priyanka Chopra, Bipasha Basu, Kareena Kapoor, Esha Deol and the queen of them all Mallika Sherawat, have given an almost new definition to the shapely female body by exposing as much as decency would permit in almost all their films. Still, drenching them further in rain or water continues in several films. And usually, this is done with a rain song in the background. Some more recent hit films where rain songs were used are: 'Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge' where Kajol dances in the rain in a short white (almost transparent) skirt; Sonali Bendre and Aamir Khan gambol in a waterfall in Sarfarosh; Bipasha Basu appeared out of the sea in a stunning entry in Jism and now she and Bobby Deol are seen smooching in rain in Barsaat.



Bipasha Basu and Bobby Deol romance in the rains for the forthcoming film Barsaat.

But Rain Has Also Been Used As A 'Character' In Many Films Too!



However, rain is not equated with romance in some other films. There are imaginative directors who have used the theme of rain to enhance the impact of their films or specific scenes in them. Kaun, made by Ram Gopal Varma was one such. Here, the story centred around three characters and throughout the film, rain played the fourth character to create suspense, terror and an element of the unknown power playing a hand in the unfolding of events. The possibility of rain and dark clouds covering the horizon was also used creatively by Ashutosh Gowarikar in Lagaan - where a song about rain took the story to its next hiatus. Vijay Anand used the concept of rain to portray the power of faith and spirituality in his immortal film Guide with Dev Anand and Waheeda Rahman in the lead.


Filmi celebrities like Mallika Sherawat and Mallika Arora Khan look sexier in revealing clothes when drenched in water.

Why Is Rain So Important To Indian Audiences?

For millenniums, rain has been the central theme of the romance literature of India. Long before Bollywood conquered the mindspace of Indians, songs of the love play of Krishna and Radha in the Yamuna and in the rain were sung by classical and folk singers all over India. India's economy depended forever on the coming of the Monsoon on time and the amount of rainfall received by various parts of the country for ensuring the production of enough food and water for the huge population. Even in today's age of the wonders of science and technology, the Monsoon continues to rule the Indian subcontinent firmly with its moist and water-filled hands. If there is no rain, the shadow of famine and water shortages haunts the nation. If there is too much rain, as in the past few days, there are floods and unimaginable damage to life and property. Also, it is still a pattern of rural life that men (read this as husbands and lovers) who are away on business or travel (for every other kind of purpose) during the dry months of the year, come home to sow the harvests just before the Monsoon and their women wait eagerly for this romantic reunion after months of separation. This theme too runs through folk and semi classical songs and dances in India.

Millions of classical and folksongs immortalize the month of 'Shravan' or the more folksy 'Sawan' - with its rain-laden blue clouds, green landscape and jhoolas hanging from huge trees - which begins this year on 6th August - as a time of romance and romantic reunions. It is possible that this underlying current of cultural motifs makes Bollywood directors resort to the rain and romance theme in their films. It is also possible that Indian audiences, when given a visual feast with lovers smooching under torrential rain, relate to some unknown, but definitely evocative nostalgia in which they see rain as the ultimate protagonist of romance!