Transformation in the ways of Holi Celebrations: Then and Now

Holi, the biggest festival of colors where we spread colors of love and joy, when we celebrate the superiority of good over evil, where we should come together and celebrate our happiness. But are we really together now?? Aren’t we forgetting such frivolities of festivals and becoming just materialistic??

There was one line in the Holi song of Sholay “Gile Shikvay Bhulkar Doston, Dushman Bhi Gale mil Jaate Hain”. Is it really happening now? In fact, rarely people come out of these doors of so-called standards. Formally they just put little gulal on their foreheads, even such a beautiful festival of colors people are giving it a formal form.

Even in movies now rarely any Holi songs can be seen and if they are seen also these song lyrics don’t have that appeal, the way it was before, earlier Holi songs were more soothing. In fact those old Holi songs are more famous like Rang Barse from Kabhie Kabhie movie or Dekho Holi aayi re from the movie Mashaal. Nowadays even directors are not interested in shooting Holi songs. The zest of Holi song which was seen in earlier films can’t be seen now. Well after many years Karan Johar had shown Holi songs in his movies “Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani (Balam Pichkaari) and the title song of “Badri Ki Dulhaaniya”, which were extremely nice, but still, people relate to old Holi songs more. Those 70s, 80s, and 90s songs had more spark and overwhelming power.

Thus, we see a big change in the ways of playing Holi earlier and now. if we see that main purpose has changed, people have adopted that artificial thing in their life and are losing their reality, once again try to gather together, eat those ghujiyas together, splash colors, try to play Holi in an informal way, go to each other houses, instead of partying and DJs celebrate the real togetherness by coming out of your houses and play holy with your neighbors and dear ones, without worrying about anything.