Holi in Bollywood

Holi in Bollywood

Holi and Bollywood have a long standing history. The Film Industry never forgets to set a stage on fire every time by producing new songs on Holi. In actual practice also, Bollywood becomes a lively place for Holi celebration. Earlier, Holi was celebrated in Mumbai’s R.K. Studio, where Raj Kapoor celebrated it with family and friends. This tradition of celebrating Holi was further carried on by other famous Bollywood personalities including superstar of the millennium Mr. Amitabh Bachchan who used to celebrate Holi in his famous residence ‘Pratiksha’. But this ritual did not continue any more after his father’s death. The spirit of Holi is seen in Bollywood Movies as in the form of songs which are now regarded as Item Songs. But in earlier times, Bollywood represented Movies on Bhakt Prahlad, which is considered to be the chief reason for the celebration of the festivities held during Holi. Then came another record breaking Movie called Sholay which had famous Song ‘holi ke din dil mil jate hai’, Mr. Bachchan was the only hero in the industry who has many songs into his credit such as ‘Rang Barse’ from Silsila and talking about recent times he acted in a Movie called Bhaghban where he danced on the tunes of ‘Holi khele Raghuvera Avadh mein, etc. And other Movies which depicted Holi as a theme for the songs where ‘Kati Patang’ in which Rajesh Khanna was seen singing for Asha Parekh the popular song known as ‘Aaj Na Chodenge hum humjoli’. One famous song related to Holi was there in the film, Mother India i.e. ‘Holi ayi re knhayi rang chalke suna de zaraa bansuri’. All these filmy songs on Holi show how Bollywood has contributed a lot to our cultural festivities in a very delightful manner.