Over the last five decades, Holi has lent resplendent colour to Hindi cinema. Earlier, Hindi filmmakers used the festival of colours to sprinkle the screen with a splurge of rainbow. The cinematic transition has smoothly changed a lot on the way holi is celebrated on screen and off screen.
The festival of colours has served as a backdrop to and catalyst for a gamut of emotions that screen characters have expressed. Emotions are unfurled right in the midst of the colourful swirl of Holi. Holi still remains a colour of celebration.
Ramesh Sippy, the creator of the classic Sholay used the festival as a medium to create a mood antithetical to the one that would prevail when the dreaded dacoits attacked the little hamlet of Ramgarh. The song, ‘Holi ke din dil khil jaate hain, rango men rang mil jaate hain’ still holds a place in millions of hearts.
The film industry has always believed in the liveliness of the festival, both on-screen and off-screen. Traditionally, some of the biggest names in films have held grand Holi bashes which have seen much camaraderie come to the fore — Raj Kapoor, Amitabh Bachchan and Yash Chopra have been famous for their annual festivities. And this has spilled over into their films too.
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