New Delhi: Monsoon is all about enjoying the little and not-so-little natural showers that tend to make you feel joyful and cheery. It is the season when all it takes is, a cup of piping chai and a hot platter of pakoras to make you feel happy.
But rain, as we know, is the prominent weather that is depicted in many Hindi film songs. As a matter of fact, the weather itself usually represents amour.
Commonly, Bollywood rain songs depict various expressions and themes under the main genre of love. Some of these include sensuality, hope, lust, and of course, celebration.
Here’s a selective list of rain songs from Bollywood to boost up your mood during this season.
Hum Tum
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The song Hum Tum is a slow love ballad and it is befitting to start the list of top Bollywood rain songs with this romantic song. Full marks to the singers for their restrained rendering of this song.
Bhaage re Mann
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Chameli is an unusual story of an encounter of an Investment Banker and a Prostitute. They are stuck in each others’ company due to heavy rainfall.
Chameli (played by Kareena Kapoor) chooses to enjoy rain despite the tough circumstances due to rain and in her life otherwise. The character in the song dances with such reckless abandon that it makes the viewer want to enjoy in rain like her.
Chhamm Chhamm Chhamm
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You can’t control grooving on the beats of this song. It has that infectious energy and fervour.
Shradha Kapoor’s dance at the railway station is a little offbeat set-up for a dance number. Among most of the other rain songs that revolve around romance and passion, this one comes as a blow of fresh air. A girl celebrating rain in the way she would like to.
Tum hi ho
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These lyrics of this song are not related to rain but Bollywood songs come as a complete package with choreography, picturization, etc.
The song is a super-duper hit and Shradha Kapoor and Aditya Roy Kapoor succeeded in displaying the intense love and passion on screen. With the declaration of one’s feelings, there is a tinge of melancholy in the song which is Arijit’s forte.
Tum se hi
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One of the most popular movies and popular song among youngsters is Tum se hi from Jab We Met.
Though the song is not about rains but the scene in the song when Shahid imagines Kareena dancing in the rain oblivious to everything around her, he let go of his umbrella and joins her forgetting everything else. The song makes you look at things in a positive way in life.
Dekho na
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The sizzling chemistry between the characters played by Aamir Khan and Kajol in this song added to the popularity of the song.
The song is full of romance, love, and passion. Prasoon’s lyrics succeed in pulling at the heartstrings. The raindrops, wind, weather, everything is conspiring and hinting the lovers to be together in this song.
Bheegi Bheegi raaton mein aisi barsaaton mein
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Everything from lyrics, actors, and picturization of this song is full of sensuality and seduction.
The sizzling chemistry between Rajesh Khanna and Zeenat Amaan in this song is writ large in the scenes while they romance getting drenched in rain on the terrace.
Kabhi Jo Baadal Barse
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A song becomes more meaningful and deep when it is sung in the soulful voice of Arijit Singh. Romance is the flavor of this song. There is desire, aspirations, and declaration of love in the song that can make you drift into day-dreaming.
Tip Tip Barsa Paani
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How could this song just not be in the list for top Bollywood Rain songs? It’s the first song that comes to the mind of many people thinking of rain and Bollywood songs together.
Raveena Tandon and Akshay Kumar took this song to another level with their acting, moves and intense expressions. The image of Raveena drenched in a yellow saree in this song has stayed with the Bollywood fans since then. She so aptly played the part of being sensuous and seductive as it was required in the song.
Baarish
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This song evokes the emotions of the fresh, innocent love of college time.
The infatuation, obsession, and yearning to look for ways to see your love interest. The smile and blush that one experiences during such chance encounters are the essence of this melodious song.
It is a soft and pleasant song beautifully picturized on Arjun Kapoor and Shradha Kapoor.
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