Tip tip barsa pani – an unforgettable rain song

The Mumbai monsoon reminds me of many rain songs & my favourite rain song is ‘Tip tip barsa pani’ from the movie bollywood movie Mohra. The movie got released on 1 July 1994 even 20 years after its release I find the song very new & fresh.

The song was composed by Mr. Viju Shah & playback singers were Ms. Alka Yagnik & Mr. Udit Narayan. Mr. Shah from the beginning of his musical career was phenomenal in using electronic sounds. In this song he has used electronic sounds to signify sounds of rain drops. This song’s music sounds like pop & it’s very soothing. The songs of Mohra were a massive hit as it were written by great Indian lyricist Mr. Anand Bakshi. Mr. Shah’s collaboration with Mr. Bakshi was marvellous & the songs attracted the masses of Mumbai.

The song ‘Tip tip barsa pani’ featured Mrs. Raveena Tondon & Mr. Akshay Kumar. It was shot very aesthetically in a rainy weather or maybe artificial water was used to make the scene look like rainy. Mrs. Tondon & Mr. Kumar danced admirably on a under construction building. Mr. Kumar initially looked like an innocent police inspector & Mrs. Tondon looked naturally beautiful. In my personal humble opinion some very catchy aspects of the song were the Yellow coloured blouse & yellow coloured saree which Mrs. Tondon wore & an old fashioned long umbrella which Mr. Kumar had while entering the underconstruction building. The song was exceptionally choreographed by Rekha Prakash wife of choreographer Chinni Prakash.

In the movie before the song journalist Roma Singh played by Raveena Tondon wants to woo police inspector Amar Saxena played by Akshay Kumar. Roma has fallen for Amar but Amar a workaholic police inspector hasn’t & remains occupied in his police duty. Romantic Roma wants to have a date with conscientious Amar but Amar prefers to do some police duty instead. Roma says, “Well, I’ll give you a police duty. Tonight at 8 pm, a woman is going to commit suicide from the fourth floor of an under-construction building in Versova. If you’ll show up, you might be able to save her.”

The night is rainy, & Police inspector Amar Saxena reaches in time. He finds a Roma drenched in rain water wearing a yellow coloured blouse & a yellow coloured saree but she has seduction, not suicide, in her mind. And then Mr. Shah’s great composition begins.

Below is the song’s translation in English

टिप-टिप बरसा पानी – 2 (drop by drop the rain poured)

पानी ने आग लगाई (water kindled fire)

आग लगी दिल में तो (when fire kindled in heart)

दिल को तेरी याद आई (heart remembered you)

तेरी याद आई तो (as I remembered you)

जल उठा मेरा भीगा बदन (my wet body got blazed)

अब तु ही बताओ साजन (now you tell me beloved)

मैं क्या करू (what should I do)

नाम तेरा मेरे लबों पे आया था – 2 (your name came on my lips)

हो मैने बहाने से तुम्हे बुलाया था (with an excuse I called you)

झूम कर आ गया सावन (with a swing came the season of love)

मैं क्या करू (what should I do)

टिप-टिप बरसा पानी (Drop by drop the rain poured)

पानी ने आग लगाई (water kindled fire)

आग लगी दिल में तो (when fire kindled in heart)

दिल को तेरी याद आई (heart remembered you)

तेरी याद आई तो (as I remembered you)

जल उठा मेरा भीगा बदन (my wet body got blazed)

अब तु ही बताओ साजन (now you tell me beloved)

मैं क्या करू (what should I do)

डूबा दरिया में खड़ा मैं साहिल पर – 2 (in an immersed river, standing on shore)

तू बिजली बनकर गिरी मेरे दिल पर (you came as lightening & struck my heart)

चली ऐसी यह पागल पवन (a crazy wind blew)

मैं क्या करू (what I should do)

टिप-टिप बरसा पानी (Drop by drop the rain poured)

पानी ने आग लगाई (water kindled fire)

आग लगी दिल में तो (when fire kindled in heart)

दिल को तेरी याद आई (heart remembered you)

तेरी याद आई तो (as I remembered you)

छा गया मुझपे दीवानापन (state of love spread in me)

मेरे बस में नही मेरा मन (out of control is my mind)

मैं क्या करू (what should I do)

Reference: -

Rajiv Rai, Shabbir Boxwala. Mohra. Hindi. Directed by Rajiv Rai. Produced by Gulshan Rai. Trimurti Films Pvt. Ltd., 1994.