Ek Ticket, Ek Black Espresso: Bollywood soaked in baarish… Is there a larger 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 music you hear perpetually in the midst of the rains, not realizing how the rains matter to the flicks?

To borrow from Shakespeare, keep in mind the refrain from the music the jester sings on the end of the comedy The Twelfth Night: ‘For the rain, it raineth on each day foundation’ or the additional widespread: ‘Nevertheless, mild! What delicate by way 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.

As a result of the local weather exterior is moist, and there’s a cover of darkish clouds threatening to burst over us all, we should all the time uncover how some movies merely hit the acceptable spot with regards 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 stunning battle throughout the rain in his fabulous film Hero (Jet Li combating Donny Yen and additional… ).

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 we’ve 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 want to 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 throughout the rain.

You assume the gazebo scene is finest? I admit to my bias on account of I imagine no one romances a lady like Shah Rukh Khan does. And he’s correct. When you’re throughout the arms of the one you’re keen on, music begins to play…

If you happen to occur to had been too youthful when {{couples}} dropped the umbrella and chosen to huddle under a denim jacket in the midst of the street (Aashiqui 2), then you definitely’ll almost definitely keep in mind how Tiger Shroff (now further manly with facial furnishings that matches him correctly) walks out into the rain to affect Shraddha Kapoor and at that second she notices the ring.

You thought I’d forgotten SRK in his best RJ second romancing a woman on a put together platform? In truth not! Manisha Koirala is a bit ‘nyaka’ (the Bengali phrase that doesn’t have a really perfect single phrase chance in English) for my liking, nonetheless what she does to him grew to change into slang in our time (when the lads had been heartbroken over a woman who didn’t current up on a date, we’d say, ‘Dil Se ho gaya iska’.

As soon as you’re keen on them, shaadi naturally follows, on account of Bollywood. Picture this, Shah Rukh has merely promised his dad that he’s going to be the ‘good’ son. In truth, his resolve melts throughout the rain when he sees his beloved bereaved.

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

Stalking throughout the rain award goes to Akshay Khanna who’s ogling three women dancing in all whites throughout the rain, singing Taal Se Taal Mila… Regardless that at one degree he looks like he tasted the rain that was fabricated from lemon juice when it’s imagined to be a shiver to acknowledge that he’s in love… Anyone should payment a espresso desk e-book with heroines singing songs throughout the rain sporting white sarees.

Nevertheless there are movies that take the rain metaphor to an extreme. Tumbbad – the movie is the proper 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 presents with a stormy relationship between two people. I do actually really feel that Ajay Devgn is great throughout the film, as an individual who has travelled all one of the best ways from Bhagalpur to Calcutta to ask his associates 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 on account of you might have 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 a couple of of the lead cast members. The film is available on the market on Netflix if this rain scene evokes 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 greater than a spoiled brat who’s normally directionless. His realisation that Konkona is the one he loves happens – you guessed it – when it’s raining exterior…

Regardless of how exhausting the rain is, with regards to the two hottest creatures on show, after they play basketball, it had greater rain. It’s going to cool off the hawtness these two people can create when collaborating in basketball collectively. Aah, how stunning Sunheri appears on this scene.

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

The second part of KGF has an excellent 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 a bit of little bit of rain to the mourners to permit them to convey out the umbrellas. After I watched Vikram on Disney+Hotstar I ended up laughing on account of it rains solely in the midst of the funerals, the rest of the time the roads are dry…

To excessive off this cheesy listicle about rain-soaked scenes this particular music reigns supreme. It’s Charal from the film Kuselan (technically a Tamil film, nonetheless Billu Barber was made in Hindi so I suppose it’s okay!). After I exit throughout the rain, I end up making an attempt like a bedraggled hen. Watch it and wish that you just simply too might look like Nayanthara when you dance throughout the rain…

Regarding the creator:
Manisha Lakhe writes on films and TV reveals, is a poet, teacher, traveller and mom (and by no means basically in that order). Could promote her soul for Pinot and a very good cheesecake.

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