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WHEN BOLLYWOOD ROMANCES THE RAINS
Gulf News
|October 14, 2025
The downpour in Dubai inspired us to take a look at how rainfall can turn coyness into chemistry in Hindi films
Long before Bollywood discovered the humble lip-lock, we had thunder, lightning, and bodacious leading ladies in very transparent chiffon saris doing all the talking.
Rain wasn’t climate; it was chemistry for Bollywood filmmakers. Rain-soaked saris gave Hindi cinema its most stylish metaphor for seduction.
What Hollywood sealed with a kiss, we drenched in desire and monsoon.
Take Shree 420’s Pyaar Hua Iqraar Hua. Raj Kapoor and Nargis didn’t need steamy kisses; they had one umbrella and a universe of chemistry.
As the rain poured down, innocence met yearning, and that wet sari became cinema’s most elegant act of seduction.
This story is from the October 14, 2025 edition of Gulf News.
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