Holi is a 1984 Indian coming-of-age drama film directed by Ketan Mehta, whose socially conscious work has been compared to American director Spike Lee.

[2] The film starred Aamir Khan, Ashutosh Gowariker, Om Puri, Shreeram Lagoo, Deepti Naval, Meena Phatak and Naseeruddin Shah.

The hostel superintendent Professor Singh (Naseeruddin Shah), the only lecturer with some links with the students, watches with apprehension their growing restlessness.

Resistance is organized in the library, in the laboratory, in the classrooms and the college grounds as the students rebel against the principal.

The next day they find out that their classmate has committed suicide and the film ends with the boys being taken in a police van while people dance to Holi outside.