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Five Bollywood movies based on Indo Pak Relation

India and Pakistan have always had love-hate relationship. Although both the nations have fought several wars, there has been a common cultural tie that has kept the bonds between the two countries strong. It is the love for Bollywood movies. There are many bollywood movies based on Indo-Pak relation which are immensely popular across the borders. A number of movies such as Salman Khan’s ‘Bajrangi Bhaijaan’, ‘Veer Zara’ starring Shah Rukh Khan and many more featured an Indo-Pak theme. The movies brought out the humanity side of the always quarrelling neighbours.

News Nation Bureau | Updated : 16 August 2016, 06:18:52 PM
Five Bollywood movies based on Indo-Pak Relation

Five Bollywood movies based on Indo-Pak Relation

1

Bajrangi Bhaijaan

Directed by Kabir Khan, 'Bajrangi Bhaijaan' revolves around a Pakistani girl who gets lost in India after crossing the border and how she is reunited with her country and family with the help of Bajrani Bhaijaan.

Five Bollywood movies based on Indo-Pak Relation

Five Bollywood movies based on Indo-Pak Relation

2

Veer-Zaara

Directed by Yash Chopra, 'Veer Zaara' tells the story of an pilot in the Indian air force, Squadron Leader Veer Pratap Singh, rescues the stranded Zaara, a woman from Pakistan, following a bus accident, and their lives are forever bound. With all the ingredients of a classic love story, the film is a tale of love, separation, courage and sacrifice that unfolds over 22 years. 

Five Bollywood movies based on Indo-Pak Relation

Five Bollywood movies based on Indo-Pak Relation

3

Fiza

Directed by Khalid Mohamed, 'Fiza' focuses on how acts of terrorism rips family apart. It is a story of a girl (Fiza) who struggle's to find her brother Aman (Hrithik) who disappeared in the 1993 Bombay riots. When Fiza finally finds her brother, she comes to know that Aman has joind a terrorist organization.

Five Bollywood movies based on Indo-Pak Relation

Five Bollywood movies based on Indo-Pak Relation

4

Gadar

Dircted by Anil Sharma, 'Gadar'was released in 2001, but the film is set in 1947. Gadar is about the love story  between Jatt Sikh (played by Sunny Deol) and a Muslim girl (played by Ameesha Patel) with the India-Pakistan partition as its backdrop. The main motive of the film wad to spread the message of harmony between India-Pakistan.

Five Bollywood movies based on Indo-Pak Relation

Five Bollywood movies based on Indo-Pak Relation

5

Dharmputra

Directed by Yash Chopra, 'Dharamputra' was released in 1961.The story deals with pre and post independence era where a Muslim mother had to leave her son behind to the refuge of Hindu family friends owing to social constraints. She latter she finds out that her son has become a Fascist & Extremists with anti-Muslim principles. And things have become worse after partition leading Dilip (Shashi Kapoor as the Son) to further follow the path of destruction and communal rage. Truth finally surfaces up about the parentage bringing up the twist and further dilemma. Now its before Husn Bano (Mala Sinha) & Dilip to call for a truce with other entities being entangled too.

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