Updated on: 26 July, 2021 11:32 AM IST |
Ten Bollywood Movies that Explored Live-In Relationships
YRF at it again. The recent Ranveer Singh and Vaani Kapoor starrer saw the two protagonists happily exclaim their decision to live-in together, much to the amusement of the girl’s parents.
Karan Johar’s Diwali release saw the characters of Ranbir Kapoor and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan living together. Exploring a sensual relationship between an older woman and a younger man was seen as a welcome change by the audience.
Seems like the theme of live-in relationships has been patented by the YRF brigade. This Sushant Singh Rajput and Parineeti Chopra starrer saw two characters who were against the idea of marriage but seemed content in living a life together.
When the characters of Aditya Roy Kapoor and Shraddha Kapoor fall in love, they decide to move in much to the disapproval of Shraddha’s mother. As they build up a house together, Aditya and Shraddha also end up building each other with their love.
Saif Ali Khan’s character decides to move into Deepika Padukone’s house after they hook-up at a party. Besides sharing the same bed, they also end up sharing the same toothbrush as mentioned in at least two scenes in the movie.
The movie explored the plight of men at the hands of unforgiving girlfriends. The characters of Kartik Aaryan and Nushrat Bharucha are seen moving in together when they declare their relationship. The trials during the live-in phase help them realise that love is not easy.
Director Ayan Mukherji’s delightful labour of love featured Ranbir Kapoor and Konkona Sen Sharma living together and how love blossoms. When Ranbir, who plays a spoilt brat in the film is disowned by his parents, he seeks shelter under Konkona’s humble flat. As they go about doing household chores and exploring career opportunities together, love binds them in the end.
A movie that explored the difference between the definitions of love in the past and the present, ‘Love Aaj Kal’ gave us an insight into the lives of Saif Ali Khan and Deepika Padukone’s characters. Although there isn’t a scene to justify that they were in a live-in relationship but the telephone conversation exchanged between them at the airport is enough to suggest that the couple were living together in the movie.
Another YRF production explored the live-in relationship shared between the characters of Ranbir Kapoor and Bipasha Basu. The film took the ‘Love Thy Neighbour’ concept too seriously.
The Saif Ali Khan-Preity Zinta starrer was a path-breaker as it broke conventional stereotypes with its in-your-face portrayal of a live-in relationship. Featuring scenarios that were hilarious and heartfelt, this YRF rom-com was thoroughly entertaining.
It’s been over a decade that Bollywood decided to push its envelope and get past the traditional method of story-telling by delving into modern-day relationships. Live-in relationships are a living truth of today’s generation and these ten movies successfully managed to create a winning box-office formula with an impressive star-cast and unmissable music. Take a look.
