It’s just that Bollywood is as obsessed with the idea of the ‘family’ as the Indian community itself. We (literally) voyage through ruptured relationships, extra-marital affairs, planning plotting, secrets, divorces, inter-family rivalries, fiery confrontations, and a reunion at the end.Īny Bollywood buff would know the endless list of films that explore the dysfunctional family, strained parent-child relationship or even successful ones. The Mehras are a standard nuclear family-parents, sister and brother, played by Shefali Shetty, Anil Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Ranveer Singh respectively. It uncovers how one needn’t always be “on top of the world” and that families aren’t all about “gallan goodiyaan”. Zoya Akhtar’s Dil Dhadakne Do is one such modern rendition, that shows several nuances of the elite and fractured Mehra family. Wake up Sid, Do Dooni Chaar, Piku, Queen, English Vinglish, Baghban, Dear Zindagi, We are Family, Tara Rum Pum and my entire article could just be listing films tugging at threads of familial bonds.
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