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The Top 10 Rain Numbers

July 6, 2006
MMegha re megha, tera man tarsa re (Lamhe)

Yash Chopra's filming of this song captured the traditional Indian greeting of the monsoons -- there was the usual sawan ke jhoole on which Sridevi and her friends swung as they announced the arrival of the rains Lata's voice in the Shiv Hari song was counterbalanced by Ila Arun's rustic crooning to achieve a heady mix.

The sheer joy of life expressed in this composition and in Sridevi's dancing drew the entranced hero (Anil Kapoor) from his haveli to catch a glimpse of the maidens dancing in the rain. Like Raj Kapoor and Gulzar, Yash Chopra has an obvious love for rain songs. The filmmaker has used them repeatedly, and effectively, in Chandni (Lagi aaj sawan ki phir who jhadi hai), Yeh Dillagi (Dekho zara delho barkha ki jhadi), Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge (Mere khwabon mein jo aaye) and Dil To Pagal Hai (Ghode jaisi chaal).


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