Ek Ticket, Ek Black Espresso: Bollywood soaked in baarish… Is there a higher mausam?

‘Rimjhim gire sawan, sulag sulag jaaye man, bheege aaj is mausam mein lagi kaisi yeh agan…’ writes the poet. Nevertheless is it solely a tune you hear with out finish all through the rains, not realizing how the rains matter to the movies?

To borrow from Shakespeare, take note the refrain from the tune the jester sings on the end of the comedy The Twelfth Night: ‘For the rain, it raineth every day’ or the additional commonplace: ‘Nevertheless, delicate! What mild by means of the yonder window breaks? It’s the east, and Juliet is the photo voltaic.’ The Bard knew that the local weather mirrored what his characters had been feeling.

Given that local weather exterior is moist, and there’s a cover of darkish clouds threatening to burst over us all, we should always all the time uncover how some movies merely hit the becoming spot in relation to the local weather. We’re talking Bollywood proper right here for now or I’ll end up writing reams about rain in Zhang Yimou’s lovely battle inside the rain in his fabulous film Hero (Jet Li stopping Donny Yen and further… ).

As quickly as upon a time in Bollywood, movie songs ‘carried the narrative forward’ fantastically with songs like ‘Ek jaal hai zulfon ka tu bach ke nikal ja’ (Kahin pe nigahen kahin pe nishana from Dev Anand’s CID). And now we have now rain songs to fill every nook of your soul. Nevertheless what does the rain should do with the telling of the story?

Falling in love with ek ladki bheegi bhaaghi si is good in Rehna Hai Tere Dil Mein. I wouldn’t must be the dad at this second the place the son calls him after which is shocked by this girl who steps out of her automotive and dances with the urchins inside the rain.

You suppose the gazebo scene is more healthy? I admit to my bias because of I really feel no person romances a girl like Shah Rukh Khan does. And he’s correct. When you’re inside the arms of the one you like, music begins to play…

Within the occasion you had been too youthful when {{couples}} dropped the umbrella and chosen to huddle beneath a denim jacket in the middle of the street (Aashiqui 2), you then’ll most certainly take note how Tiger Shroff (now additional manly with facial furnishings that matches him correctly) walks out into the rain to steer Shraddha Kapoor and at that second she notices the ring.

You thought I’d forgotten SRK in his biggest RJ second romancing a lady on a put together platform? In actual fact not! Manisha Koirala is a bit ‘nyaka’ (the Bengali phrase that doesn’t have a great single phrase risk in English) for my liking, nevertheless what she does to him turned slang in our time (when the lads had been heartbroken over a lady who didn’t current up on a date, we’d say, ‘Dil Se ho gaya iska’.

As soon as you like them, shaadi naturally follows, because of Bollywood. Picture this, Shah Rukh has merely promised his dad that he’s going to be the ‘good’ son. In actual fact, his resolve melts inside the rain when he sees his beloved bereaved.

Hrithik Roshan dances with Preity Zinta inside the rain after Jaadu’s magic works on him, nevertheless when he sees Priyanka Chopra dancing inside the rain in Agneepath, you feel what he’s feeling. For some uncommon motive, Priyanka Chopra merely didn’t look like she had been a gaon ki gori…

Stalking inside the rain award goes to Akshay Khanna who’s ogling three women dancing in all whites inside the rain, singing Taal Se Taal Mila… Although at one degree he seems to be like like he tasted the rain that was product of lemon juice when it’s presupposed to be a shiver to acknowledge that he’s in love… Anyone must price a espresso desk e-book with heroines singing songs inside the rain sporting white sarees.

Nevertheless there are movies that take the rain metaphor to an extreme. Tumbbad – the movie is the perfect occasion. That village is cursed, so the village is roofed in grey and it’s raining proper right here, incessantly. The movie is so good, you’ll drown in all the emotion the movie extracts from you.

Raincoat is in spite of everything one different film that very clearly affords with a stormy relationship between two people. I do actually really feel that Ajay Devgn is excellent inside the film, as an individual who has travelled all the best way wherein from Bhagalpur to Calcutta to ask his buddies for money, his discomfort is splendidly confirmed, and the hesitation in Aishwarya Rai’s eyes is unimaginable.

Life In A Metro is all about Mumbai. You watch the movie with a smile in your face because of you’ve got been a part of the circumstances the characters uncover themselves in or have seen the tales play out in entrance of you. Irrfan Khan, Shiny Ahuja, Shilpa Shetty, Konkona Sen Sharma, Kay Kay Menon, and Sharman Joshi are among the many lead stable members. The film is accessible on Netflix if this rain scene conjures up you. The songs of this film are good as correctly…

After I first watched Wake Up Sid, I was amazed at how entitled and privileged the youthful man Sid, carried out by Ranbir Kapoor is. My coronary coronary heart went out to Konkona Sen Sharma – who I nonetheless think about – deserved increased than a spoiled brat who is mostly directionless. His realisation that Konkona is the one he loves happens – you guessed it – when it’s raining exterior…

No matter how laborious the rain is, in relation to the two hottest creatures on show display screen, as soon as they play basketball, it had increased rain. It’s going to cool off the hawtness these two people can create when collaborating in basketball collectively. Aah, how enticing Sunheri seems to be like on this scene.

Ample with the steaming up of your glasses? Then let’s take a look at two fabulous battle scenes that embrace rain splendidly. The first in spite of everything has Rajinikanth as Kaala, in a veshti with an umbrella to defend him from the rain.

The second part of KGF has an outstanding mara mari scene. It’s self-explanatory, so proper right here it’s: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IpUWa1rw68

Now funerals are made good by together with just a little little bit of rain to the mourners to permit them to ship out the umbrellas. After I watched Vikram on Disney+Hotstar I ended up laughing because of it rains solely all through the funerals, the rest of the time the roads are dry…

To prime off this cheesy listicle about rain-soaked scenes this express tune reigns supreme. It’s Charal from the film Kuselan (technically a Tamil film, nevertheless Billu Barber was made in Hindi so I assume it’s okay!). After I exit inside the rain, I end up wanting like a bedraggled fowl. Watch it and wish that you just too might look like Nayanthara for those who dance inside the rain…

Regarding the author:
Manisha Lakhe writes on films and TV displays, is a poet, coach, traveller and mom (and by no means basically in that order). Could promote her soul for Pinot and an excellent cheesecake.

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