Here's How Bollywood Gave Us An Overdose Of Commitment Phobia in 2016

2016 has been jinxed in terms of love and relationships, this year, our movies have taken a leap of faith to show how modern day relationships and their rules have changed. With almost 15 break ups of famous Bollywood celebrities in 2016, some of which were dream couples in our mind, this year was full of heartbreaks for fans. The depleting faith in the institution of commitment travelled quickly to reel life from real life.

 Films proved that, although there’s still no doubt about the fact that everyone is madly searching for love, but there’s another truth to the story that no one wants to commit.

Moreover, characters were more than willing to live in together, which came as a slight breather from our cinema which slowly seems to be removing the taboo around premarital sex. Love bloomed at the movies, but with the fear of commitment. 
Commitment phobia haunted Bollywood to an extent that suddenly filmmakers started using it as a formula to attract young hearts. But, it got horribly overused.

Main kisi ki zaroorat nahi khwahish banna chahti hoon (I don’t want to be someone’s need, I want to be someone’s desire) to Ne Dis Jamais Je T’aime (Never say I love you); Bollywood stereod Gen Y as the ‘commitment phobic generation’ in 2016.

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The phobia parade started Baar Baar Dekho where Sidharth Malhotra played a commitment phobic man who was on the verge of getting married to Katrina. That’s exactly when he has flashes and spasms about committing because he gets his dream offer from a foreign university, which leaves him baffled and fretting about getting hitched.

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Ae Dil Hai Mushkil was full of commitment phobia.

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Aishwarya’s character gave 2016 its most famous dialogue, ‘Main kisi ki zaroorat nahi khwahish banna chahti hoon’ and she also converses with Ranbir in the movie about the rules of their relationships because she doesn’t want to commit. A very bewildered Ayaan replies ‘jo asaani se toot jayen’ (referring to rules that can easily be broken).
They were friends with benefits, but commitment was not on the cards.

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Alia’s role in Dear Zindagi as Kaira starts dancing to a break up song when Kunal Kapoor comes to propose her to take their relationship to the next level. While it’s visible that she wasn’t in a position to commit, she also couldn’t endure the fact that he later get engaged to someone else which makes her burn.

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Also read: All Audience Reviews Of Befikre

Befikre's Dharam and Shyra decide not to commit because they’re done with relationships. They make it an open relationship where they’re friends with benefits, with more lust than love.

While it’s true that this generation overthinks things and commitment is not their best bet, filmmakers like Karan Johar and Aditya did prick the aching nerve of youngsters with their representation of Gen Y’s biggest fear – Commitment.

However, with back to back same cocktails within six months’ time, we’re in a bad hang over of films that dealt with commitment phobia.

And we can sense that this hangover is not going to end. While we thought that Befik're will close the chapter of this phobia in 2016, here came another trailer of OK Jaanu starring Aditya and Shraddha which carries forward the legacy of 2016 and here we are in to being 2017 with yet another commitment phobic concept. 

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