Rangon Mein hai Pyaar ki Boli!
This festive season we at BollyCurry trace the evolution of holi, as its colors patterned to...
Published: Saturday,Feb 27, 2010 20:06 PM GMT-07:00
Rangon Mein hai Pyaar ki Boli
This
festive season we at BollyCurry trace the evolution of holi, as
its colors patterned to become an integral part of many-a-legendary
Bollywood romances.
~ A matrimonial
color ~
The first ever holi scene to be shot in Hindi
cinema was in the 1944 film
Jwar Bhata. The scene saw the hero's
grandfather walking along a village road only to get splayed with color
against his wish. Fuming, he goes on along his way to see the girl
for his grandson, who as it turns out happens to be the mischief maker
responsible for the messy coloring on the streets previously.
Pichkari
in hand, the girl stands looking embarrassed, which results in a
change of mind on the grandfather's part. Ultimately he consents to the
matrimonial alliance between the girl and his grandson. This movie
happened to be the debut venture of yesteryear's iconic actor Dilip
Kumar.
~
shades of love - brazen and coy ~
Among
Bollywood's most timeless movies,
Sholay came many years later, in the 70's. Who can forget the boisterous and
flirtatious flavor incited by the
Holi ke Din track. Dharmendra
and Hema
Malini's playful romance in the song in infectiously cheering; while
Amitabh's clumsy dance steps to conceal the coy exchange between the
solemn widow Jaya and himself are inspiration to subtle signs of brewing
love!
~ A splay of
love and betrayal ~
Not much later with the advent of the 80's released
Silsila,
a tale woven around illicit lovers, extra marital affairs, and
estranged relationships. Of course, the real life controversy among the
movie's actors - Amitabh, Jaya and Rekha - has provided an infamous but
intriguing publicity for the audiences over several decades, and several
worlds. Amidst envy, insecurity and strained bonding, the holi sequence
of
Silsila has been the ultimate relief, bringing entertainment
and forwarding the story as ex-lovers Amitabh and Rekha flirt and dance shamelessly
in
front of their respective spouses, under the influence of the
intoxicating
bhaang! Rang Barse truly has lasted through the years
as an unavoidable fun filled number played on every occasion of holi
celebration!
~ the murky holi ~
Later
still came another classic holi scene - one with an entirely unseen
concept attached. That of an obsessive, literally deranged lover. Yes,
we talk of Shahrukh's gray character from
Darr. During the holi
song
Ang
se ang mila le as Juhi Chawla and on screen hubby Sunny Deol dance
away celebrating the festival of colors, the creepy stalker Shah Rukh
watches his obsession in envy. It gets so unbearable, that he enters
their house unrecognizable from the colors all over his face, and
confesses his love with the
immortal
"I love you, Kkkkiran".
~ never fading colors
of love ~
Among the most recent holi segments shot for a
Bollywood movie comes to mind the one in
Baghban. Parents
indulging in some romance - now that's a sight no child ever wants to
witness! That is the exact drama we are treated to. After drinking some
bhaang,
Amitabh gets
flirtatious and belts out some tunes for his lady love Hema Malini in
front of his children. The once upon a time superstars, return as a lead
couple in not the ideal sense of playing protagonists and the entire
concept evokes the sense of family love - especially the being of
togetherness at festivities!
And
that us coming to a close. We wish for the playful colors of holi to
mark each of your lives as memorably with love and close moments as they
have in tinsel town over many a years!
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