Famous Holi scenes from evergreen Bollywood movies

Famous Holi scenes from evergreen Bollywood movies

Silsila - Rekha and Jaya Bachchan - Just before Amit (Amitabh Bachchan) starts singing, Chandni (Rekha) tells Amit’s wife Shobha (Jaya Bachchan) that she didn’t marry the man she fell in love with. In another corner, Amit makes the same confession to Chandni’s husband Dr Anand (Sanjeev Kumar). And the song follows.

Damini - Meenakshi Seshadri witnessing rape of her maid - In a scene in ‘Damini’ (1993), Meenakshi Seshadri is witness to the brutal rape of her maid by her brother-in-law and his friends on Holi. The maid dies in hospital, the rape is covered up by the family and Meenakshi Seshadri is the lone crusader for justice till she meets lawyer Sunny Deol.

Sholay - Jai and Veeru realise that Sanjeev Kapoor has no arms - In the movie ‘Sholay’ (1975), Holi provides an opportunity for Veeru to romance Basanti and gives Gabbar Singh’s band of villains to attack Ramgarh, only to be warded off by Jai and Veeru. The whole sequence finally reveals that Thakur Baldev Singh has no arms.

Shah Rukh Khan enters Juhi Chawla's holi party - In 1993’s ‘Darr’, Shah Rukh Khan played an obsessive stalker and infiltrated Juhi Chawla’s Holi party, sneaking into her house to tell his “K-K-K-Kiran” how much he loves her. Sunny Deol follows him, when he escapes, but to no avail.

Deepika Padukone smearing color on Ranveer Singh - This is a passionate scene that redefines the spirit of on-screen Holi. In the scene, Deepika Padukone as Leela approaches Ranveer Singh as Ram and smears color across the jawline. The flawless chemistry between the actors seals it as one of the iconic Bollywood Holi scenes.