Holi Songs in Bollywood

 Happy Holi to all my friends.May this festival of  colours fill your lives with joyful celebrations and pouring streams of happiness. Let the colours flow, and brighten up the canvases of life.
Songs and music are immersed in every thread and every breath of the life of our culture. And when it is HOLI, the excitement and the verve that it creates within, never fails to express itself in delightful songs.Bollywood movies have contributed some memorable Holi songs that have become must play songs during Holi years after years.
The songs of Holi in Bollywood go as far back as 1931, when the sounds and the music and consequently the film songs, made their first appearance in films. The earliest Holi song that I could find in the Geet Kosh is from the 1931 film ‘Ghar Ki Laxmi’. The song goes like – “Mo Pe Daar Gayo Saari Rang Rang Ki Gaagar, Kaisa Dhokha Diya. . .”.
The first Holi Song under this Theme comes in my list is this song from film ‘Aurat’ from 1940. ‘Aurat’ is a magnum opus by producer director Mehboob, 

Song from Aurat 1940 (only Audio)

When we talk about 40s Music,how can we miss K L Sehgal Ji He sang 3 Holi songs "Mein Jo Dinan Ki Thhoree",“Hori Ho Brijraaj Dulaare” and “Jin Jaao Ree Gori. . .”, In this blog posting the first one which is Rare and NFS

Here is a Rare song from the movie Insaaniyat which was sung by Lata. It was a dance song as well as a Holi song which was written by Rajinder Krishan and music was composed by C Ramchandra.It is one and only film in which Dev Anand and Dilip Kumar worked together. One can see all the lead actors of this movie in the picturisation.

Song from Insaaniyat 1955

The most memorable Holi Songs were created in the 50s.The first of these memorable Holi songs was from Mother India.Listening to this song, one can realise how important lyrics used to be in those days. The words penned by Shakeel Badayuni are so wonderful.

Song from Mother India 1957

 This is the second Iconic of all well known Bollywood Holi songs. This song from “Navrang” is nearly 60 years old by now.

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Song from Navrang 1959

Like 50s we saw many Iconic Holi Songs in 70s,If the iconic movie of 1957 (Mother India) had a memorable Holi song, then the same was the case with the iconic movie of 1975 (Sholay).

Song from Sholay 1975

Another Iconic Holi Song "Aali Re Aali Holi"from Zakhmee released in the same year 1975 sung by Kishore Kumar picturised on Sunil Dutt is a must in this post

Song from Zakhmee 1975

This is also an Iconic Holi Song from Kati Patang released in 1971 sung by Kishore Kumar and Picturised on Rajesh Khanna

Song from Kati Patang 1971

This Holi song of the movie SILSILA in fact became amazingly popular, and there are many who would call it the best Holi song.This song was written by Hariwansrai Bachchan and sung by Amitabh Bachchan.

Song from Silsila 1981

Another Iconic Holi Song from Amitabh Bachchan is from the film Bagbaan released in 2003.I think this song will ensure that Amitabh Bachchan and Hema Malini will be remembered by future generations too, especially during Holi festival

Song from Baghbaan 2003

From the iconic Rang Barse in Amitabh Bachchan's baritone - which is almost synonymous with Holi songs - let's move to the more recent Balam Pichkari, Bollywood has done its bit to capture the essence and spread the flavour of Holi through films.

Song from Yeh Javani Hai Deewani