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Once Upon A Time | Music

The rhythm

of the falling

rain

The advent of the monsoon means a change in musical mood.
Narendra Kusnur checks out 20 favourite rain songs

There are different ways to musically greet 1 Barsaat Mein Humse Mile Tum
the rains. A classical music fan would Barsaat (1949)
attend a monsoon melodies concert or play
a recording of raag Miyan Ki Malhar, Gaud
Malhar or Megh. A film music lover would
create a playlist of rain songs.
Here, we choose 20 Hindi film songs that
could be perfect for the monsoon mood.
Some of them have shots of actors getting
drenched, whereas others bring out the rain
reference in their words.
The list begins in the late 1940s and Lata Mangeshkar’s career got a major boost
culminates in 2001, and has been made with Barsaat, and this was one of the hits.
chronologically. While preparing it, one was Music was by Shankar-Jaikishen and lyrics
surprised to discover that five of them were were by Shailendra. Picturised on Nimmi
from 1960. Perhaps there were more rain and Raj Kapoor, the song was known for
songs that year than actual rain. its catchy “Tak dhina din” chorus and its
Interestingly, four of them are picturised on marvellous choreography.
Raj Kapoor, who apparently loved using the
Mumbai rains in his film situations. Enjoy 2 Pyaar Hua Ikraar Hua
the songs with your favourite beverage and Shree 420 (1955)
snack. The song showed Raj Kapoor and Nargis

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