Friendship is a relationship which you choose, unlike that of blood relation which is given by God’s grace. From living those memorable moments to sharing those unprecedented feelings, it is friends who first come to your mind. No friendship is impeccable; each has its own flaws, ups and downs, and a story to be told, therefore, filmmakers are ready to dive in a vast ocean of friendship and pull out some gems and some pearls to be showcased in your living room forever. I picked some of my favorite movies based on friendship. All these movies have different flavor of friendship.
1. Dil Chahta hai (2001)
Nothing comes so close. Nothing becomes so dear. DCH was one of the best movies on friendship I ever saw in my life. Friendship is like a road trip without the knowledge of destination. It should be unconditional, but with such condition (pun intended) there can be more rough patches than smooth ones and therefore it becomes worth a story to be told, a story to get inspired and a story to live. DCH fantastically depicts the similar condition among three friends, Akash, Siddharth and Sameer. No bad boys, all were good at heart but situations and more precisely different viewpoints led them to internal conflict resulting in breakup-kind-of-status. Friends cannot keep their conflicts for long duration; all three united again forgetting all frictions and clashes among them.
DCH also made a landmark entry of Farhan Akhtar into Bollywood. It revived the career of Saif Ali Khan, and become the greatest launching pad for trio of Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy.
This movie presents life with friends.
2. Rang De Basanti
RDB was another flick from Aamir Khan’s armory where friendship played an important role. It is one of the few movies which I saw in theatres more than once. It saw the eternity of friendship even one of friends is no longer present on the earth. Friendship is beyond birth and death of individuals. It stays on forever and ever.
This movie presents what a friend can do for a friend.
3. Dosti (1964)
Dosti is an old movie of 1960s from Rajshree Production house. This movie is about two friends, one is blind (Mohan played by Sudhir Kumar) and other one lost his leg in an accident (Ramnath played by Sushil Kumar). Ramnath came to city to look for his sister who is working in a hospital as a nurse and ran into Mohan after which both become good friends and used their talents for earning. Mohan sings and Ramnath plays harmonica. When Mohan finds that Ramnath is eager to study further, he asked him to stay at home and study. He brings a lantern as it was difficult to study under street light with so many uncivilized activities going on in the street. Their friendship takes a huge turn when Ramnath leaves Mohan to get away from filthy locality of their common dwelling place only to come back and understand the true meaning of friendship. It is one of the rare movies which depicts how important to have a friend. A friend is just not for sharing your happiness but also pain and understanding what is good for you even that involve some sacrifices.
This movie presents importance of friends in life.
4. Jagriti (1954)
Though the main theme of Jagriti is unleashing the knotted relationship between a teacher and students, but the subtle emergence of friendship as a main character is quite visible. Ajay, a spoiled brat, lands up in a boarding school and meets crippled and destitute child Shakti (played by Rattan Kumar – a fabulous actor, interestingly he worked in the first three Best movies winner of Film Fare Award). Shakti tries hard to transform Ajay from a spoiled brat to responsible and lovable kid only to meet with an accident when he was running after Ajay who was leaving boarding school. The death of Shakti changes Ajay and becomes a better person. This movie presents how friend can make you a better person.
5. Stand By Me (1986)
Stand BY Me is one of the rare movies that showcase the true meaning of friendship so profoundly that you start calling your old buddies after watching it. Four friends, each having different past and rather undesirable family background, set out on an adventurous journey of finding the dead body of a boy who was killed in some train accident. During this journey, they meet their internal fears and counter them. Their own bruised relationship with each other took different turns only to realize that their past is too impactful to live in present with blissfully and peacefully. You can find only friend’s shoulder to cry on, to express your feelings and to rely on. The following line from the titled song of the movie truly depicts the essence of movie:
When the night has come
And the land is dark
And the moon is the only light we'll see
No, I won't be afraid, No I won't be afraid
Just as long as you stand, stand by me
Do write your own favourites.
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