'It was a dark and stormy night' – this is not just literary cliché. Many Hindi filmmakers too have incorporated it.

Ittefaq is a B R Chopra production that was directed by Yash Chopra. Like Anokhi Raat, it is also a one-night story. Accused of his wife’s murder, Rajesh Khanna makes his escape on a rainy night while police jeeps splash into puddles and chase him through the wet streets of Mumbai. He barges into heroine Nanda’s house and holds her hostage even as the rains pour and policemen in raincoats prowl outside.