Looks like the much-awaited rains are here and it’s time to rub your hands together and sip on cutting chai and eat pakodas. But while you do that, it can be argued that perhaps nothing can complete the Mumbai monsoons the way a Bollywood song does. Over the years, the Hindi film industry has come up with several gems that make the city’s rains even more special. Romance is perhaps best captured in the rains — after all, who is not familiar with the whole hero-meets-heroine-and-the-couple-get-drenched-in-the-rain sequence? So even as couples continue to flock Marine Drive in the rains, we bring you some chartbusters that enhance the Mumbai monsoon experience and take it to another level altogether...

Song: Pyar hua ikraar hua
Film: Shree 420 (1955)
Lowdown: It is perhaps the most memorable rain song in Bollywood. The song is picturised on Raj Kapoor and Nargis, who were rumoured to be in love with each other. The image of the couple gazing at one another under an umbrella remains one of Hindi cinema’s loveliest moments. The song was composed by Shankar Jaikishen and sung by Manna Dey and Lata Mangeshkar.