Is Holi, once a special occasion, no longer relevant in our films? : Bollywood News

The last time I saw some truly memorable Holi songs and dances on screen was in Ayan Mukerji’s film. Yeh Jawani Hai Deewani. Then, “Balaam Pishkari” reappeared in 2013. Since then, producer Karan Johar, which stars Ranbir Kapoor and Deepika Padukone, has been keen to bring back color to his films.

Holi, once a special occasion, no longer has any meaning in our films?

However, Hawley’s situation does not appear at all in the script he produces. There was a time when Holi not only provided the opportunity for outstanding singing scenes in Bollywood films, but also provided the catalyst for some great drama. Today, the festival of colors seems to have lost its knack for creating great song situations and drama.

Earlier, Holi festival was always a special day in movies. It happened often with a solid dramatic motive. It may mean tragedy or joy. But Holi festival was the reason for any movie to take a dramatic peek at the turning point in the plot. Nowadays, Holi songs and movies centered around the Holi festival are as outdated as Sharmila Tagore’s plumpness and Sadhana’s bang cuts.

There was a time when Holi festival not only provided great singing moments but also an excuse for great drama. In the early 1970s, Mala Sinha became pregnant while she was playing Holi in ‘Holi Aaee Re’. By the 1980s, Holi became a time of stress and hooliganism, both on and off-screen.In the works of Rajkumar Santoshi damini, the drunken son of his employer rapes the house maid on the day of Holi. ah.

Moving forward into the new millennium, we find that Holi songs are almost extinct.At Vipul Shah’s house watt In 2005, lead pair Priyanka Chopra and Akshay Kumar played the pregnant Holi. The two got a serious dress down from daddy Amitabh Bachchan.

One of the most memorable Holi festival scenes in Hindi cinema is in this Shakti Samanta film. Kati Patan. The heroine, a widow played by Ayesha Parekh, stands out from the Holi festival participants led by Rajesh Khanna, as she sings “Aaj na chodenge bas humjoli kerenge humholi” and is accompanied by a woman in white. sings back, quietly and sadly, about not being able to participate in the celebration. Suddenly at the end of the song, Kanna colors all of her widow’s hair. This is a bold defiant act that suggests that he has asked his widow to marry him. The color of Holi is used here to signify social reform.

At Ramesh Sippies Sholai, the song-and-dance song “Holi Ke Din Dil Kir Jaate Hain” (incidentally, this is one of the worst recorded works of RD Burman’s career) is performed by Gaon Wale in Gabbar. He is rightly praised for exuding eerie energy as he celebrates Holi, who paid no heed to Singh’s attacks. And the guys are planning it. But there is a more exciting Holi festival sequence. Sholai A widow dressed in all white, played by Jaya Bhaduri, appears in a flashback wrapped in the bright colors of Holi. The contrast is shocking.

At Vipul Shah’s house watt, there was a Holi sequence where Priyanka Chopra’s character announced that she was pregnant and played a wild Holi with her husband Akshay Kumar. This has to be the most recklessly charming couple in movie history. Or maybe he’s just too excited to think about Holly to pay attention to his wife’s delicate condition.

If the Holi festival is fun in the film, it is also an occasion for hectic hooliganism.The dark side of Holi is revealed in Yash Chopra’s book Dar There, Shah Rukh Khan, who had colored his face to avoid recognition, gatecrashed Juhi Chawla’s Holi bash and misbehaved with her. This has to be the scariest Holi scene in our movie.

Rajinder Singh Bedis pagun This work is based on an accident that occurs during the Holi festival. Waheeda Rehman, who plays the daughter of a wealthy businessman, sings to the tune of her ‘Piya Sangh Kairn Holi’ as her financially humble husband Dharmendra sprays her with her colours. They dance with ecstatic splendor during the Holi festival. She responded at first with shy joy. Seeing her father scowling at her disapprovingly, she reprimands her husband. “If you don’t buy me an expensive saree, what right do I have to defile it?” On the day of Holi, her wife loses her husband forever. This was the most tragic Holi scene in Indian cinema.

The ho(o)liganism of depravity at its most shocking level was seen in the works of Raj Kumar Santoshi. damini There, a housekeeper is raped by the heir of a noble but morally immoral family and his friends. The gruesome rape was filmed with shocking intensity. Santoshi intersperses shots of a young girl being assaulted with scenes of Holi festivities, with all the colors, noise, music, and dance. So much so that I will never be able to participate in Holi.

When it comes to using Holi-hued swirls in a torrent of passion and romance, there’s no one like Sanjay Leela Bhansali. Color has always been important to Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s films.in Goriyon Ki Raas Leela Ram Leela, a Gujju rendition of Shakespeare (Sexpeer in Gujarati?), in which Deepika and Ranveer meet during Holi. Bhansali’s colorful surrounds of lead actors Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone make Holi the most erotic festival on screen. Color has always fascinated Bhansali. He waited for years to do the Holi festival sequence. For him, it was like denying himself until he won his favorite dessert.

Director Sanjay Leela Bhansali said:I loved the Holi word “Aae re kanhaiayee” mother india and “Mohe panghat pe nandral.” Mughal-e-Azam.when i made Devdas, I really wanted to include a holy song. But I couldn’t. But as you can see, I have used Holi colors and Abir and Gulal motifs throughout.Finally, I was able to sing a full-fledged Holy song. ram leela And I was absorbed in painting my frames with passionate colors. ”

Many conservatives feel that Holi festival in movies is just an excuse to excite women. But Shabana Azmi thinks accusing Holi of lewdness is too harsh. “It’s a centuries-old tradition for both men and women to get drenched. Holi is accompanied by abandon and merriment. It’s all done for fun. And it’s very infectious. Shyam “Molly Kanha Jo I Palatke” from Benegals Sardari BegumMy favorite book is written by my husband Javed Akhtar. The line “Unke peeche main chupke sa jaake/ Yeh gulaal apne Tan pe lagaake/ Rang doongi unhein main lipatke…” is very sassy and sensual and shows that women are active participants in pleasure rather than passive recipients. is showing. “She is,” she said.

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