Romance in Hindi films is synonymous with rain sequences. There was a time, long, long ago, when a drenched heroine singing love songs to her hero was the only ticket to erotica on the big screen. As times changed, so did our rain songs and come monsoons, we remember these songs depending on our mood and mindset.
If ‘Pyar hua iqrar hua…’ picturized on Nargis and Raj Kapoor shot under a wind-blown umbrella in Shri 420 was the epitome of romance in the 50s ‘Badal yun garajta hai …’ in Betaab a song of reunion between childhood friends Amrita Singh and Sunny Deol was a moment of nostalgia in the 80s. An ecstatic Madhoo jumping in the paddy fields singing ‘Dil hai chotasa…’ in Roja in the 90s, or asubtle Kareena Kapoor seducing a shy Rahul Bose in Chameli were results of thunder in the sky. Aamir Khan and Gracy Singh dance to ‘Kaale megha kale megha…’ with the entire village in Lagaan while Aishwarya Rai charmed by the cloud’s dances solo on the street singing ‘barso re megha…’ in Guru.