Lord Krishna's birth, known as Janmashtami, Gokul Ashtami or Dahi Handi festival, is celebrated by all and sundry in the country. This day brings in lots of colours and music to our life.
Janmashtami generally is celebrated on the eighth day of the dark fortnight in the Hindu month of Shravan or Monsoon month of August. This year, Janmashtami is being celebrated on Sunday, 17th August.
Its festival time and how can Bollywood stay calm? Bollywood celebrates all the festivals enthusiastically both on and off the screen. Dahi handi, celebrated on the occasion of Lord Krishna's birth, is one such festival which gets a new twist by every filmmaker.
Every Janmashtami song has been made memorable by the actors featuring in them. So groove to these famous Bollywood songs on the auspicious occasion of Janmashtami.
Shammi Kapoor's Govinda Aala Re Aala- This song is from the film Bluffmaster, 1963, is a super hit Bollywood number. This movie featuring Shammi Kapoor, Saira Banu, Pran and Lalita Pawar, gained popularity with this song. The music created by Kalyanji Anandji, is still the first song that comes one of the most popular songs based on Janmashtami festival.
Shatrughan Sinha’s Govinda Alo Re- Audience loved it as Shotgun Shatrughan Sinha grooved to this number from the movie ‘Badla’.
Sonakshi Sinha’s Go Go Go Govinda- We have seem male actors breaking the ‘matki’ several times but actress Sonakshi Sinha wooed the country as she climbed up the pyramid to break the ‘matki’, in the movie Oh My God.
Amitabh Bachchan's Mach Gaya Shor Saari Nagri Mein- This song from the movie Khuddar is also one of the Dahi Handi festival famous songs.
Salman Khan’s Chandi Ki Daal Par- This Janmashtami song is probably the best part of the movie Hello Brother. And Salman Khan makes the song even more special.
