Friends are the family we choose. We can count on them at the time of need. Sometimes they are our pillar of strength. Bollywood has made countless movies on this theme of friendship. This is a tried and tested theme to which all of us relate to.
Here are a few Bollywood movies that taught us the true meaning of friendship.
1. Rock On
Story of four friends who overcame their misunderstandings and passed the tests of time. It was a movie which taught us no matter how much time passes true friends never grow apart.
2. Dil Chahta Hai
We all related to the trio. Goa became a destination everyone wanted to go with their friends. Above all they re-discovered their friendship in ups and downs of the life.
3. Kuch Kuch Hota Hai
This is the movie that made us realise that pyaar dosti hai. They gave us the concept of friendship day and friendship bands.
4. Dosti
Story of Ramu and Mohan who have their own struggles in life yet they do every possible thing to help each other. This movie tells the meaning of proverb ‘A friend in need is a friend indeed’.
5. Anand
A friendship between a doctor and a dying patient, where the patient gives the biggest lessons of life with his spirit to live every moment he has.
6. 3 Idiots
Jab dost fail ho to dukh hota hai par top kare to aur bhi zyada dukh hota hai. This is one of the lessons this movie gave us about our buddies. The sheer simplicity of their friendship and the way they search for their friend is what we all wish for.
7. Sholay
Two friends who are always together are often called Jai-Veeru. Who can forget the song Ye dosti hum nhi todenge, the friendship anthem.
8. Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na
The gang where everybody had cute nicknames, the crush on someone in the group and falling in love with your best friends. This movie had it all.
9. Rang De Basanti
Friends who thought they are nothing took stand for their friend, they fought for justice just for their friendship. We all had our DJ and Sukhi in the group.
10. Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara
Road trip was never seen this way before this movie. This movie makes you plan re-unions and going out with your friends.
11. Yeh Jawani Hai Deewani
Best days of life are days that are spent with friends and no matter how much you grow up it is not necessary to act all grown up with those friends. They know you and they care about you.
12. Student of The Year
Friends become competitors. Rivalry comes in them but they taught us there are no friends as good as school friends.
13. Kai Po Che
Friends fight but no matter what they stick together in adverse times is what it taught us. But sometimes things like community and religion comes in between but they should never be an obstacle in friendship.
14. Koi Mil Gaya
Friendship knows no boundaries. One can befriend humans as well as aliens. Rohit’s friendship with Jaadu was something that left us teary eyed.
15. Rockford
Teenage kids of boarding school fighting to get their teacher out of a trap. This movie taught us a teacher can also be our friend, philosopher and guide.
16. Fukrey
Four boys with dreams helping each other to get those dreams fulfilled while fighting the circumstances life puts them in.
17. Queen
Rani’s journey would have been incomplete without Vijayalakshmi or the guys she shared the room with. It is the story about her liberation that happened when she met such great people on her journey.
18. Kal Ho Naa Ho
A friendship so strong between Aman, Naina and Sameer that they are ready to do anything for each other’s happiness.
19. Angry Indian Goddesses
A movie that depicts female friendship like never before. One of the friends is getting married and thus begins an impromptu bachelorette.