Love Lessons from Bollywood

Comments [ 1 ] By Gurprit K. | 23 February 2015 | 10:14pm

While some call it a beautiful and some a terrible emotion, some a shimmering phantom, some a gift wrapped in silver paper and shiny ribbons; the rest call it life. Everyone has their own definition of love and every lover has his own tale to tell. Bollywood has touched upon the various themes of love, and emerged with its own meaning and interpretation of the emotion leaving behind numerous lessons in its wake. Today BollyCurry opens the leather bound book of Bollywood, browsing through chapters of several movies, giving you a glimpse of the love lessons that have been ardently pursued endlessly by the ace writers of Indian cinema.

Love is Friendship set on Fire

Some try to find a friend in their love and some happen to find love in their friend. The bond of friendship has been a mesmerising theme for quintessential Bollywood movies. Be it the love story of Rahul and Anjali in Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998) or Jai and Aditi in Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na (2008), the magical journey from being friends who have lived through a life time of smiles, laughter and deep understanding to being romantic lovers, sets a warm glow in the hearts of a millions and teaches a lesson for a lifetime that love based on friendship is the best kind of love.

Love may not Always be Perfect

Most of the movies have protagonists who are always a drop of perfection in the imperfect world and yet there are movies centered on differently-abled characters who find their own way on the path of love. The Ranbir Kapoor starrer Barfi! (2012), a story of a deaf and mute man falling for an autistic woman, stirs the soul and leaves a message that the song of love needs no lyrics, it finds it's own language in the throb of the pulse and the rhythmic beat of the heart. The movie Kyon Ki (2005) also explores the angle of love between a doctor and her mentally insane patient. These movies impart a lesson that behind the imperfect beings lie hearts that are capable of perfect love, a love so beautiful that it is painful to behold.

Love sees no Religion

Another theme that Bollywood seems to venture into is of relationships between two people belonging to different religious backgrounds sending a message across the universe that religion ceases to matter when the heart is in love. A recent example is PK (2014), depicting the bond of love between a Muslim boy from Pakistan and an Indian Hindu girl. Another movie running on similar lines is Veer-Zaara (2004), which still has the power to strike a deep chord even after a decade of its release. These movies teach us that love crosses the boundaries of religion when the soul finds its mate, that love sees no religion, that love is love and that is all it needs to be.

Distances do not Matter

What are a few miles between hearts that beat as one? What is pain, if it is not a gaping hole felt as acutely as heart beat? What is emotion if it is not crying out that void to the skies? The ache of separation is portrayed so beautifully in Indian cinema that it brings a lump in the throat and a rush of tears in the eyes. Jab Tak Hai Jaan (2012) speaks of a love that lives on through time, distance and endless mistakes. The movie Kisna: The Warrior Poet (2005) runs on the lines of separation being a kind of love. These movies teach us time and again, that love lingers on forever, sometimes as a void, sometimes a breath and sometimes a feeling.

There is a possibility that the meaning of love would always be blurry, that every love story and every love lesson would have its own unique meaning of the word. But one thing holds true that love is definitely more than the electric sparks, the skipped heart beats, the fast unsteady breaths and the scattering thoughts. Love is an emotion that is closest to magic and sometimes may be the only thing that makes life worthwhile.

If you were to write in our book of Bollywood, which other love lessons would you jot down? Which of these love lessons would you personally adhere to? Let us know in the comment box below.

Writer: Aditi P.
Editor(s): Pooja B. and Sonia R.
Graphics: Shikha A.

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