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'''Rang Barse Bhige Chunar Wali''' ([[Hindi]]: '''रंग बरसे भीगे चूनर वाली''') is a popular 1981 [[Hindi]] song from [[Bollywood]] movie ''[[Silsila (1981 film)|Silsila]]''. The song "Rang Barse Bhige Chunarwali" which [[Amitabh Bachchan]] sings during the film is said to be one of India's best known folk songs.<ref name="Mishra2002">{{cite book|last=Mishra|first=Vijay|title=Bollywood cinema: temples of desire|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8Q8Z9Ukwn6EC&pg=PA153|access-date=28 February 2011|year=2002|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-0-415-93015-4|page=153}}</ref> The music director was [[Shiv-Hari]], both also noted classical musicians. The [[Tala (music)|taal]] (rhythm) of the song is ''[[Keherwa]]'' (''[[Kaharva]]'') of [[Hindustani classical music]],<ref>{{cite book |title=Filmi Non Filmi Songs (With Their Notations)|author=Mamta Chaturvedi|publisher= Diamond Pocket Books (P) Ltd.|year=2004|isbn=8128802992 |page=50 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=459ay5Ai2l4C&q=Rang+Barse+Bhige+Chunar+wali&pg=PA50 }}</ref> while the lyrics were by poet [[Harivansh Rai Bachchan]], based on a traditional [[bhajan]], by 15th-century mystic poet [[Meera]].<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083081/soundtrack Silsila: Soundtrack] [[Internet Movie Database]].</ref><br />
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The song was picturised in a film sequence showing a community [[Holi]] celebration with film's cast, and hence got link with Holi festivities.<ref>{{cite book |title=Encyclopaedia of Hindi Cinema|author=Gulzar |author-link=Gulzar |author2=Govind Nihalani |author3=Saibal Chatterjee<br />
|publisher=Popular Prakashan |year=2003|isbn=8179910660 |page=204 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8y8vN9A14nkC&q=Rang+Barse+Bhige+Chunar+wali&pg=PT228 }}</ref> Even after three decades of its release, 'Rang Barse' remains one of the most popular songs played on the occasion of festival [[Holi]] in [[north India]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Songs make Holi complete|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-03-18/allahabad/29144587_1_holi-khele-raghubeera-holi-songs-dil-mil-jaate |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103065746/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-03-18/allahabad/29144587_1_holi-khele-raghubeera-holi-songs-dil-mil-jaate |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 January 2013 |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=18 March 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Why don't we have Holi songs nowadays?|url=http://www.sify.com/movies/why-don-t-we-have-holi-songs-nowadays-news-national-kcziabjeddb.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160326011740/http://www.sify.com/movies/why-don-t-we-have-holi-songs-nowadays-news-national-kcziabjeddb.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=26 March 2016 |date=25 February 2010 |publisher=[[Sify.com]] }}</ref><br />
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<ref>https://hindilyrics-hindisonglyrics.blogspot.com/2017/01/rang-barse-bhige-chunarwali-lyrics.html</ref><br />
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==Origins==<br />
It is believed that tune and lyrics of this song are taken from a [[Music of Rajasthan|Rajasthani]] and Haryanvi folk [[bhajan]] about [[Meera]]. However the lyrics are slightly altered into the [[Awadhi]] dialect of [[Hindi]] and to mould the song into appropriate context of the movie script. First few lines of the original bhajan are<br />
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<poem><br />
Rang barse o meeran, bhawan main rang barse..<br />
Kun e meera tero mandir chinayo, kun chinyo tero devro...<br />
Rang barse o meeran, bhawan main rang barse''<br />
</poem><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Bollywood]]<br />
* [[Meera]]<br />
* [[Shiv-Hari]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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* [http://gaana.com/song/rang-barse-bheege-chunarwali-6 Rang Barse Bheege Chunarwali Song] on [http://gaana.com/ Gaana]<br />
* {{YouTube|iZNTbobkg-I|Rang Barse Bheege Chunar Wali (Video)}}<br />
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[[Category:1981 songs]]<br />
[[Category:Holi]]<br />
[[Category:Indian folk songs]]<br />
[[Category:Hindi film songs]]<br />
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