7 Highly Regressive Bollywood Movies Which You Unfortunately Enjoyed Watching

There are times when we really enjoy watching some movies, sometimes just for the sake of watching we find them interesting and sometimes they’re cult classics which are critically appreciated. Little do we realize that we consume some really regressive content in the name of entertainment? Here are some old Bollywood movies which were highly regressive.

Biwi No. 1

Salman Khan cheats on his wife Karisma, moves in with girlfriend Sushmita Sen and goes back to his wife after Sushmita’s ex-boyfriend Saif Ali Khan drops in one day and he spots them hugging. So it’s basically like you cheat on your wife but if your love interest happens to run into her ex, you have problems. And, on the top of that you go back to your wife who accepts you despite a huge case of infidelity which also includes a swiss vacay with your girlfriend and a dance performance near the Golden Gate! Guess what? We all didn’t realize that we enjoyed such a regressive movie like Biwi No. 1!

Judaai

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This movie was the baap of all regressive concepts was this Sridevi starrer movie opposite brother-in-law Anil Kapoor. She literally sells of her husband for crore rupees to Urmila because she needs a better life style and standard of living! She even enjoys sleeping on a bed of notes on her husband’s wedding night with Urmila.

Kuch Kuch Hota Hai

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This is the simplest movie to understand how regressive can we be as a society! Even Karan Johar accepts that this movie was regressive. Rahul falls in love with his bestie Anjali after many years of losing his wife because she looks more feminine and wears a saree with long black hair!

Pardes

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Mahima Chaudhary’s matrimonial alliance is fixed with US based industrialist’s son Atul Agnihotri just in the mania of marrying the daughter abroad!

Raja Ki Ayegi Baaraat

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Rani marries her rapist because she tells the court that her rapist will serve his jail term and get free, but that won’t be of any use to her since no one would respect and marry her. So she marries him and he philanders around with Divya Dutta. Rani instead behaves like a dedicated wife. Regressive as hell!

Naseeb Apna Apna

Rishi Kapoor marries actress Radhika whose plat is in U shape and she looks different than the other normal girls. He starts loving her only when she gets a makeover!

Satyam Shivam Sundaram

Shashi Kapoor marries Zeenat Aman whose side face was burnt by hot oil in her childhood. He discovers that he was cheated as he doesn’t know that she had a scarred disfigured face. He then philanders around with a woman who is infact Zeenat in disguise. They make love and she gets pregnant. Shashi suspects his wife of treachery, and she almost drowns in the village flood, but he saves her after knowing the truth. Regressive is an understatement!

Dhadkan

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Shilpa Shetty gives up on Suniel Shetty because his father doesn’t approve of his poor economic status and blackmails her that she’d have to walk over his dead body to go marry him. While this romantic drama is still a rage among many fans, this orthodox beginning of the movie was highly regressive.

Aamdani Athhani Kharcha Rupaiyya

The women of the house including Ketki Dave, Tabu and Isha Koppikar do all they can to support their useless unemployed husbands who don’t respect their efforts and still live happily ever after! What were they upto!