Raj Kapoor used to celebrate Holi with eunuchs: Made from Meera's bhajan – Rang Barse Bheege Chunar Wali; Cinema's relationship with Holi is 92 years old

Holi festival is incomplete without film songs. Rang Barse Bheege Chunar Wali…, Holi ke din dil mil jaatein…, Ang se aang lagana sajan us aise rang lagna…, These songs have been adding charm to Holi for years, but in reality, the relationship between Holi and cinema has been going on for 92 years. It is old.

The Holi song Hori Mujhe Khelne Ko Tesu Manga De was shown for the first time in the 1932 film Gulru Zarina. However, in the era of black and white films, the real colors of Holi were not visible.

This was fulfilled by Mehboob Khan's film Aan, whose song Khelo Rang Hamare Sang was a huge hit. The famous songs made on Holi – Rang Barse and Holi Khele Raghuveera also have an interesting story of their making. Some songs were composed from Meera's bhajans, while some songs were converted into songs years later from the lines written by Harivansh Rai Bachchan.

Apart from film songs, there was a huge craze for Holi parties in the film industry. Showman Raj Kapoor used to organize a big party every year on Holi, in which all the big and small stars used to participate and have fun with colors and cannabis.

Today, on the special occasion of Holi, read the fun facts related to Holi's relationship with the film world, trends, songs and film parties-

Mehboob Khan showed colors of Holi on screen for the first time

For the first time in the 1932 black and white film Gulru Zarina, the Holi song 'Hori Mujhe Khelena Ko Tesu Manga De' was asked to be played. This film was directed by J.J.Madan. After Gulru Zarina, Mehboob Khan had composed the Holi song Jamuna Tatt Par Khelo Holi in the 1940 film Aurat. Surendra, Sardar Akhtar and Yakub were in important roles in the film.

Further, he kept the Holi song Khelo Rang Hamare Sang in the color film Aan (1952). This song filmed on Dilip Kumar and Nimmi became a huge hit and started being played on every Holi.

When Mehboob Khan made the film Mother India in 1958, he included the Holi song Holi Aayi Re Kanhai in it, which became the most famous Holi song of that time.

Raj Kapoor started the trend, never celebrated Holi in RK Studio after his death

In the 60s, Raj Kapoor was the first celebrity in Hindi cinema who started hosting parties at RK Studio for Holi celebrations. In his party, two big containers were filled with water and all kinds of colors were mixed in them. The guests attending the party were first put in these containers and only after coloring they would join the party inside. Every big and small artist of that era was invited to this party. Many people even called it Bhang and Food Festival. After the death of Raj Kapoor in 1988, Holi party was never celebrated again at RK Studios.

Used to sing songs of upcoming films to eunuchs

Raj Kapoor used to invite eunuchs to his every Holi party and celebrate Holi with them. Raj Kapoor trusted the eunuchs so much that after applying color and gulal, he used to make them sing the songs of his upcoming film without any hesitation. Only when the green signal was given from his side, that song was taken in the film.

If eunuchs did not like it, they would remove the song from the film.

When Raj Kapoor played songs from his upcoming film Ram Teri Ganga Maili to the eunuchs in a Holi party, the eunuchs did not like one song. Raj Kapoor had such unwavering faith in him that he immediately called composer Ravindra Jain and asked him to change it.

In replacement of that song, the song 'Sun Sahiba Sun' was prepared. When this song was played to the eunuchs, the response was that this song will be remembered for decades. It happened exactly the same. The song Sun Sahiba Sun was a chartbuster, which is still on people's lips. Composer Ravindra Jain also received the Filmfare Award for Best Music Director for this film.

Take a look at 10 memorable pictures of Raj Kapoor's Holi party-

Rishi Kapoor's childhood picture taken during Holi celebrations at RK Studio.

Rajesh Khanna and Dimple Kapadia at RK Studio's Holi.

After the death of Raj Kapoor in 1988, Holi party was never celebrated again at RK Studios.

Cannabis was given to guests at Amitabh Bachchan's Holi party

Amitabh Bachchan also used to throw a big Holi party in his bungalow. Bhang is served to the guests in his bungalow. In 2004, the party held at Big B's bungalow Jalsa was in the news because here the years-long feud between Shahrukh Khan and politician Amar Singh ended with a hug.

Amitabh Bachchan carrying his wife Jaya Bachchan in his lap in Pratiksha Bungalow.

Karan Johar never played Holi after the mischief in Amitabh Bachchan's party

Amitabh Bachchan's Holi party is the reason why popular filmmaker Karan Johar is still afraid of Holi. Actually, 10 year old Karan Johar had gone to the Holi party at Big B's house with his father Hiroo Johar. Karan hated getting colored since childhood. He was going to tell this to everyone in the party, but before that, Abhishek Bachchan, while playing pranks on his friends, threw Karan into a pool full of colours. Karan was so scared by this that he never played Holi in his life.

Abhishek had fun with Arjun Kapoor in childhood

Arjun Kapoor has always had no special interest in playing with colors. One reason is that Arjun is allergic to colors. Once in his childhood, Arjun Kapoor had attended Amitabh Bachchan's Holi party with his father Boney Kapoor. In this party, Abhishek Bachchan and Kirron Kher's son Sikandar Kher pushed her into a pool full of colors. Since then he never played Holi.

Now read- the story of the making of the most memorable songs of Holi-

Amitabh Bachchan's father Harivansh Rai Bachchan wrote the most memorable songs of Holi.

The song Rang Barse from the 1981 film Silsila is still heard today. The story of making this song is quite interesting. Actually, this song is composed from Meera's bhajan Rang Barse O Meeran. Amitabh used to listen to this bhajan from his father in his childhood and often used to hum it himself.

Once Amitabh Bachchan attended Raj Kapoor's Holi party. When Amitabh hummed this bhajan, Yash Chopra's interest in it increased. He liked this bhajan so much that he used it in his film Silsila. Harivansh Rai Bachchan converted the lyrics of the bhajan into a song and Amitabh Bachchan gave voice to it. The song was filmed on Rekha and Amitabh Bachchan.

Holi Khele Raghuveera- Story of making of the song

Amitabh Bachchan also heard this song from his father Harivansh Rai Bachchan. When the film Baghban was being made, the film's music director Aadesh Srivastava asked Amitabh Bachchan for a suggestion for a Holi song. He played the song Holi Khele Raghuveera written by his father to Aadesh Srivastava and the matter was resolved.

Together, they prepared the entire lyrics of the song with lyricist Sameer in one night and also recorded it. Amitabh has also lent his voice to the song along with Sukhwinder, Alka Yagnik, Udit Narayan.

To show the happy atmosphere in the song Ang Se Ang Lagana, there used to be a real party on the set.

Shooting the song Ang Se Ang Lagana from the film Darr was also challenging for Yash Chopra. The shooting took place in Lonavala, which was choreographed by South's popular choreographer Tarun Kumar. When Yash Chopra saw the dance rehearsal, he told the choreographer that the steps were quite serious. The steps were changed on Yash's request.

Some relatives of Honey Irani, Dimple Kapadia, Yash Chopra's wife Pamela and Juhi Chawla also reached Lonavala to watch the shooting of the song. To maintain a fun-filled atmosphere on the set, everyone used to play word puzzles and Yash used to prepare delicious food for everyone, so that a real party atmosphere could be seen on the set.

People saw a miracle during the shooting of the song Do Me a Favor

The song Do Me a Favor from the film Waqt is a wonderful song of its kind. This song made on Holi theme was played a lot and was also liked. During the shooting of this song, the people present on the set saw a miracle. Actually, Vipul Shah wanted him to get a song to compete with Rang Barse.

After discussing with music director Anu Malik, within 3 months he prepared the song Do Me a Favor and played it to Vipul. Anu sang Do Me a Favor Let's Play Holi so beautifully that Vipul insisted her to lend voice to the song. During the shooting, Vipul Shah wanted the song to be shot in Badli, but there was no rain. A set was prepared for the song, in which a huge pond was also built.

When the shooting of the song started, it became cloudy and remained cloudy as long as the shooting continued, which does not usually happen. As soon as the shooting of the song was completed and the director called pack-up, it started raining heavily, due to which the entire set was destroyed.

Prank happened with Deepika during the shooting of Balam Pichkari song, there is real expression in the song

In the new era, Balam Pichkari is considered to be the most favorite song of Holi theme. During the shooting of this song, directors Ayan Mukherjee and Ranbir Kapoor pranked Deepika. A pool full of colors was prepared on the set, about which only Ayaan and Ranbir knew.

As soon as Deepika and Kalki reached the set ready, both of them picked her up and threw her into the pool. At this time the camera was rolling. Only the real expressions from this prank were taken into the song.

Holi festival disappeared from the big screen as soon as modern cinema arrived

Holi was shown extensively in films till the 90s. Earlier, a large number of people used to gather to celebrate Holi and play Holi, which was depicted on the screen, but with the changing times and modernization, the excitement of Holi reduced, due to which even on the screen, Holi was played just for the sake of entertainment. Started showing.