7 times when Bollywood films celebrated Holi with romance

Holi, Romance and Bollywood

Holi fever has set in as everyone is in the mood to spread happiness with bright colours. This beautiful festival of colours has always been the favourite of all and Bollywood is no exception. The 'cinematic Holi' scenes in Bollywood films have always attracted the attention of the audience and well, most of the times Holi is the all about love and romance in Hindi Cinema.

Dhanush and Sonam Kapoor in ‘Raanjhanaa’

South actor Dhanush made a smashing entry in Bollywood in the film 'Raanjhanaa' opposite Sonam Kapoor. The film was a superhit and the song 'Tum Tak' ruled the chartbusters then. This song had a backdrop of Holi with Dhanush's love interest Sonam showering him with colours of love leaving him overjoyed. Such an unconventional love was shared by the two and it was mesmerizing.

Deepika Padukone and Ranbir Kapoor in ‘Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani’

It was a delight to watch ex-lovebirds Deepika Padukone and Ranbir Kapoor reuniting for Karan Johar's film 'Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani'. This film had a peppy number to celebrate Holi, 'Balam Pichkari', which would probably be the most popular song this season. But apart from this perky, foot tapping number, the chemistry shared by Ranbir and Deepika was the highlight. Their flirtatious display of love in this song was bang on and loved by all.

Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh in ‘Ramleela’

The imperate love between Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's 'Goliyon Ki Raasleela - Ram-Leela' was a jaw-dropping one. This love story began on the auspicious day of Holi. It was only during Holi that the cupid struck and their love story followed. The scene where Deepika rubs her cheeks with Ranveer's to embrace him in her love in the song 'Lahu Muh Lag Gaya' was the most eye-catchy one.

Akshay Kumar and Priyanka Chopra in ‘Waqt’

Akshay Kumar and Priyanka Chopra dedicated a complete song to romance on the occasion of Holi in the film called 'Waqt'. The lyrics of the song, 'Do me a favour, let's play Holi... Rango mein hai pyaar ki boli...', itself described that this festival is all about love and romance. Akshay and Priyanka didn't let go of this opportunity and romanced all their way on this lovely song.

‘Mohabbatein’

Remember the peppy song 'Soni Soni' from the film 'Mohabbatein' where three handsome hunks Uday Chopra, Jimmy Shergill and Jugal Hansraj teamed with Shah Rukh Khan and tried to woo their ladylove? From being notorious to romantic, these three couples filled the Holi festival with love and joy.

Amitabh Bachchan and Hema Malini in ‘Baghban’

There's no age limit to romance and that's what Amitabh Bachchan and Hema Malini communicated in their film 'Baghban'. Even at the age of retiring Amitabh Bachchan romanced his on-screen ladylove Hema Malini like never before and what could be a better occasion than Holi?

Amitabh Bachchan and Rekha in ‘Silsila’

The song 'Rang Barse', starring Amitabh Bachchan, Rekha and Jaya Bachchan, has been the all time favourite Holi song and it's needless to say that Amitabh and Rekha's chemistry was nothing less than spectacular. It was all about love, romance and passion. It was the last time that we saw Amitabh Bachchan and Rekha romancing on-screen and the result was an evergreen song.