Listly by Satvik Sinha
Friendship is regarded as one of the most essential elements of a person's life, which is the reason why Bollywood doesn't miss any opportunity to construct the foundations of its movies on this wonderful concept of never ending, eternal and sanctified bond of friendship. Here is the list of Top ten greatest movies of Bollywood celebrating the presence of same bond between friends. Have a look!
Directed by Rajkumar Hirani, with Aamir Khan, Sharman Joshi, R. Madhavan and Kareena Kapoor in the lead roles, the movie is said to be an adoptation of Chetan Bhagat's book Five Point Someone.
Both the novel and the movie share the same background of lives of three engineering students turning out to be friends. Further, the movie contains countless moments of fun and laughter, yet making one drop the tears at times, during serious scenes. The message in the movie was amazingly received by the audience, and was worked upon pretty well in the society, mocking over the 'Herd mentality' of people.
Faran Akhtar's directorial debut Dil Chahta Hai won countless hearts due to its amazing plot, direction, and super-cool starcast which includes Aamir Khan, Akshaye Khanna, Saif Ali Khan, Preity Zinta, Sonali Kulkarni and Dimple Kapadia.
The story revolves around the lives of three sanguine, fun-loving best friends, who are hardly concerned about the world, until their respective love lives begin. The amazing part of the movie has been the fact that the viewers enjoy the fun elements of the movie by connecting them to their own life experiences. Either the movie makes one recall his own days of youth or one ends up wishing for such a care-free life.
Carrying one of the most unique plots in Indian Cinema, the movie is a perfect blend of friendship and patriotism. One could only expect from Director-Producer Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, to bring such an exquisite plots into screen. Drenched in the patriotism portrayed in a rebellious manner by a group of friends, the movie has its special place reserved in the heart of every Indian. From the goose-bumps and tears to the gut-tickling laughter, one could experience every emotion while watching this movie. Set in the background of Delhi, the movie conveys lot more messages that one could really think of.
Coming from Karan Johar's Dharma Productions, with the directorial guidance of Tarun Mansukhani, the movie stars John Abraham, Priyanka Chopra and Abhishek Bachchan in the lead roles.
The plot caters the idea of three friends dwelling together in an apartment. The story turns out to be hilarious when the two guys, out of these three, begin to fake their homosexuality in order to hit freely on the girl, without turning her insecure about it.
Dostana is truely, with all intents and purpose, a fun filled roller-coaster ride constructed perfectly on the track of friendship.
One member of Akhtar family is enough to make a movie worth ruling the screens. What if a movie gets the successful contribution of all three Akhtars - Zoya Akhtar as the director, Javed Akhtar as the lyricist and Farhan Akhtar as an actor? That is how a masterpiece is created. Proving to be one of the most lovable movies of friendship, Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara is blessed to have Akhtars along with Hrithik Roshan, Abhay Deol, Katrina Kaif and Kalki Koechlin in the lead roles.
The movie could be termed as a road film, with stunning shooting locations of Europe being shot in it. The movie gives an altogether a new meaning to the new age friendship.
Marking the inception of his directorial career in Bollywood with this film, Karan Johar came up with a wonderful story concerning three most amazing friends- Rahul (Shahrukh Khan), Anjali (Kajol) and Tina (Rani Mukerjee). The movie caters the notion of fate, of three protagonists, dangling in between the true love and friendship which turns out to be an amazing treat to watch, which is why it still rules the hearts of millions of movie lovers.
As the name suggests the movie is a musical walk-through from the beginning till the very end. The movie proved to be a very successful debut in Farhan Akhtar's acting career.
The plot revolves around four friends who, once had their own rock band named 'Magik', but due to misunderstandings cropping up in between them, they had to split up. They got busy with their respective lives, leaving their passion for music, and their friendship far behind in the time, crushed under their egos. The story is all about how music, the only common element left between those friends after years of rivalry, ends up uniting them again.
Directed by Ayan Mukerjee, though the movie might not be able to stick to the real theme of friendship till the very end, yet it has got enough material to teach you how to enjoy life with friends, especially when you're out on a trekking expedition with them. The beautiful and spectacular scenes of Manali make the movie worth watching, as it pleases the eyes. The movie has got the mixed reviews from the critics and the audience, yet it is effective enough to remind you of the enjoyment you've with your friends.
Directed by Abhishek Kapoor, the movie is an adaptation of Chetan Bhagat's novel 'The 3 mistakes of my life'.
The movie deals with the serious issue of how friendship is crushed between the walls of politics, religion, ambition and the real life events. Set in the background of Gujrat, the plot is extremely realistic, as the three major incidents of Gujrat's history are the part of the story.
The soundtrack and the direction have no match when it comes to displaying serious stuff on the screen, which makes the movie a treat to watch.
Written and directed by Abbas Tyrewala, the movie belongs to romantic comedy genre. The movie captures the emotional imbalances between friends when love tries to take the place of the friendship, bringing the social alienation in their lives. The best thing in the movie is the fact that the story is narrative in nature and runs in the flashback. The concepts of blossoming love between two friends Jai (Imran Khan) and Aditi (Genelia D'Souza), along with the funny spice of Jai's Rajput family history, was well recieved by the youngsters.