Bollywood Films That Proved Friendship Can Happen Anytime With Anyone, No Matter How Unusual It Looks
Updated : August 05, 2018 05:46 PM ISTJust like the ever elusive question 'what is love' it is impossible to define friendship. While for some it means people who create memories to some it might be just a strong companionship. But whatever the definition is, at the core of it friendship is the purest bond that two human beings share simply because they want, without any external compulsion.
While most of us have plenty of friends in schools and colleges. we would also agree that sometimes we have made humane bonds that might totally sound or look unusual given the person or the setting in which the friendship struck. Just like our lives, our films have showed some tales of unusual friendships that goes to prove that friendship can strike amidst adversities with unusual people and when you are least expecting it.
One of the most unusual film this October was case study on unusual human bondings and unexplored human emotions. One of the strongest aspect of the film was the equation between Dan and Prof. Vidya Iyer. Brought together by an unexpected tragedy that have such profound effects on both their lives, bound together by just raw human emotions, it is the strangest equation Bollywood has ever managed to show. While most friendship are based on sharing joys of life, these two very unlikely people experience human bonding by sharing a common tragedy.
For Meera and Zeenat in Dor friendship truly strikes when they are least expecting. Seperated by culture, language, temperament and life experiences, these two women strike up a bond so strong that can only occur when tragedies bring two people together. Out of a very few numbers of films made on women bonding, Nagesh Kukunoor truly struck gold with this one. In the film, two women wronged by destiny and society find solace in each other’s company and learn the dance called life to give us one of Bollywood’s most hauntingly beautiful films.
Yet another example of adversities forming ever-lasting bonds, Udaan is truly about human bondings. While Rohan and Arjun were siblings the basis of their friendship was their common mistreatment at the hand of an abusive father. It is raw, powerful and oh-so beautiful. Rajat Barmecha and Ayush Boradia with their performances redefined vulnerability, innocence and the power of human bonding in this masterpiece by Vikramaditya Motwane. Even though there is a beautiful side-track of Rohan and his other friends that he makes at school or at the local bar, it is his heart-wrenchingly beautiful and somewhat unusual friendship with his 6 year old step-brother that impacts you the most.
Aligarh as a film bombards you with so many emotions and layers that it is difficult to pick out one favorite aspect of the film. But in this deeply unsettling story about a Aligarh Muslim University professor who is mistreated by the university and the society due to his sexual orientation it the friendship between Professor Siras and the young journalist Deepu that strikes you the hardest. From their age, to their backgrounds, to their situations their friendship strikes highly unlikely and thus so heart warming.
Deepa Mehta’s Water is a film about cruel realities of Hindu widows in Kashi and the heinous practice of forced prostitution. But there is also another layer of the film which is all about shared adversities and human bonding. From the effervescent bonding between the little Chuhiya with Shakuntala, Kalyani and Narayan, to the quiet yet resolute feeling of comradeship between Shakuntala and Kalyani, not many people would watch Water for a tales friendship but they really should. The essence of friendship in Water might not be as obvious as Dil Chahta Hai, but is equally, if not more powerful than that.
One simply cannot leave out Dr. Chadda and Vicky when talking about unusual bondings. The scenario that brings them together is hardly conducive for friendship, but this aging fertility expert and his young sperm donor forms a bond that is as unlikely as it is interesting. From hanging out ‘chholey kulche’ joints to sharing tid –bits of life this was a pair which made awkward look so much fun and even endearing. From their constant banter to undying sense of responsibility towards each other, Vicky Donor is as much a film about Vicky and Dr. Chadda’s unusual friendship as it is a film on sperm donation.
One of the prime responsibilities of friendship is to bring out the best in each other and that is what Iqbal and Mohit do in Nagesh Kukunoor’s directorial Iqbal. While Mohit, a fading yesteryear cricketer who wastes away his life with alcohol, makes it his life’s mission to make sure that deaf and mute Iqbal from a small village makes his way to Indian cricket team, Iqbal on the other hand makes sure that Mohit realizes his lost glory through him. It is due to this pure humane bond that their relationship crosses the boundary of pupil and teacher and the become friends despite all the unusual circumstances that bring them together.
A lot has been said about the bonding between three friends in this film, but somehow the unusual bonding Bunny, Luv and Hardik share with Boris is never really talked about. Somewhere in that tense situation, layered with dark comedy and witty banter, you start rooting for all of them as a group and pray for their safe exit from the island infested with zombies. It is for this reason that near the climax when zombies almost surround Boris and Luv and Hardik watches it helplessly you feel a sense of choking. Although less emotional and much less obvious than other tales of friendship in Bollywood, this one had its own flavor that made it so special.
You hardly expect emotions like friendship in a film that talks about civil wars, economic warfare and the assassination plot of the Prime Minister. Although it is Jaya and Vikram hardly have too many scenes in the movie, but it was somewhat endearing to see two people sharing a bond in a land torn by war with humanity dying a slow death. Vikram and Jaya, more than friends were comrades in the truest sense of the term and yet again proved that friendship comes in many colors and flavors and each one is equally significant and beautiful.
This film was yet another example of adversities and shared tragedies bringing people closer and forming an indescribable bond. An aging Shiv dealing with a wife in coma and Tara going through the disturbing ordeal of having her husband of ventilator become the most unexpected source of comfort to each other. Couple the brilliant story line with the measured performance of Naseruddin Shah and Kalki Koechlin painted a tapestry of human emotions and unusual bonds of friendship in such bright colors that it is almost impossible to watch the film without analyzing the true significance and definition of friendship in life.
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