Inspiring Bollywood movies that every student should watch

Inspiring Bollywood movies that every student should watch

Cinema, besides providing the much-needed entertainment can also be a source of inspiration. Our lives revolve around stories and every so often we stumble upon a character which looks straight into our eyes and reminds us of the similarities that we share with that character. These characters then in a subtle manner, begin to shape how we think and that is where the success of cinema or any artform lies.

Moovy Groovy’s team provides you with a list of such inspiring Bollywood movies that every student should watch to ingrain integrity, hard work, commitment and instill confidence to follow their dreams.

1. Taare Zameen Par: An eight-year-old boy, Ishaan is thought to be a lazy trouble-maker. His parents continue to be disappointed with his performance, and as a result he hides his report cards from them, often misses school, and keeps to himself all the time and is then sent to a boarding school. His new art teacher then attempts to help him to discover the real problem behind his struggles in school and overcome dyslexia. 

2. Rang De Basanti: The story of six young Indians who assist an English woman, who wishes to showcase to the world the efforts of these young revolutionaries and the enormity of their contribution to the freedom movement in India. The events unfold in a manner that lead them to relive the long-forgotten saga of freedom.

3. 3 Idiots: Two friends are searching for their long-lost companion. They revisit their college days and recall the memories of their friend who inspired them to think differently, even as the rest of the world called them "idiots". It also tries to raise the issue of high number of students’ suicide in India due to pressures and expectation thrust upon them.

4. Swades: A successful Indian scientist returns to an Indian village to take his nanny to America with him and in the process rediscovers his roots. Set-in modern-day India, this inspiring movie tackles the issue facing the citizens of this nation at grassroots level. 

5. Rock On: This story about the 4 young friends who put together the greatest band this country had ever seen but never made it. Years later fate conspires to bring them together again and sets them on a journey back to where they left off. A soul-searching pilgrimage into their past reunite to relive their moments of glory as a rock band and chase their forgotten dream.

6. Black: Michelle is an unfortunate child: an illness in her infancy has rendered her blind, mute and deaf. She is living in a dark world when Debraj Sahay comes into her life as her teacher and teaches her the meaning of words and how to express them. Debraj leads her from this darkness and confusion into light and hope, how he makes her discover her an identity and pursue her goals.

7.  Lakshya: An aimless, jobless, irresponsible grown who upon watching an action movie, he and some friends decide to enlist in the army, only to decide halfway through the course that it is too much for them. This decision costs Karan the respect of his family and lover, so he resolves to return to the army and prove his resilience and matures into a battlefield hero.

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