It is the day of love! Valentine’s Day gives the perfect opportunity to celebrate love in all its forms. Bollywood has a rich history of captivating love stories that are loved by all generations. Here are some iconic Bollywood love stories that you can watch this Valentine’s Day to mark the occasion.
Jaane Tu…Ya Jaane Na
Director: abbas Tyrewala
Cast: Imran Khan, Genelia D’Souza, Prateik Babbar, Ayaz Khan, Manjari Fadnis, Naseerudin Shah, Ratna Pathak Shah
A classic rom-com for the current generation that has all the masalas in it. It follows two best friends Jai and Aditi. They realise their romantic feelings for one another when they get involved with other people and dramatically find a way back to each other.
Veer Zaara
Director: Yash Chopra
Cast Shah Rukh Khan, Preity Zinta, Rani Mukerji
An Indian Air Force officer falls in love with a Pakistani woman in Yash Chopra’s Veer Zaara starring Shah Rukh Khan and Preity Zinta. This film is a lesson on how to love someone despite all odds that life has thrown at you, including staying away from each other for more than two decades.
Mohabbatein
Director: Aditya Chopra
Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, Aishwarya Rai
Raj Aryan Malhotra enters Gurukul as a music teacher. Love is forbidden in the institution and the headmaster Narayan Shankar makes sure of that. Raj takes three students under his wings and helps them find love. What they don’t know initially is that their teacher is the same guy who was in love with the principal’s daughter and was expelled from Gurukul because he dared to love.
Aashiqui 2
Director: Mohit Suri
Cast: Aditya Roy Kapur, Shraddha Kapoor
This romantic musical drama is a remake of Aashiqui and stars Aditya Roy Kapur and Shraddha Kapoor in lead roles. It follows the relationship between a fading singer Rahul Jaykar and his protege Aarohi.
Jab We Met
Director: Imtiaz Ali
Cast: Shahid Kapoor, Kareena Kapoor
When Aditya Kashyap wanders away from his house due to personal issues and boards a train, he meets Geet, a person who is the exact opposite of her. She is cheerful, bubbly, full of life and energy and striking conversations with strangers is not a difficult task for her. A series of mishaps lead them to spend some time together and eventually Aditya accompanies Geet to her house. When her parents fix up her wedding against her wishes, she runs away from her house to get married to her boyfriend. And Aditya accompanies her once again. However, things don’t go as per Geet’s plan.
Mughal-e-Azam
Director: K Asif
Cast: Prithviraj Kapoor, Dilip Kumar, Madhubala Durga Khote
A classic love story without which this list remains incomplete. It is based on the immortal tale of the love affair between Mughal Prince Salim and Anarkali. When Akbar disapproves of the relationship, it creates a turf between his son and him.
Queen
Director: Vikas Bahl
Cast: Kangana Ranaut, Rajkummar Rao, Lisa Haydon
Not all love has to be romantic love. This Valentine’s Day, we need to realize that not having a partner does not mean life is devoid of love. Queen explores the love of a woman for herself, her friends and her family. It teaches one to move out of their comfort zone and embrace themselves with all their shortcomings and quirks. So, we are ending our list with Queen to remind you the importance of self love and that not having a man does not mean the end of life or love. It could just be the beginning of both.
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