Since the evolution of cinema, it has been one of the greatest sources of information with the extra touch of drama and entertainment. Time has flown and modernization has also groped cinema but the motive of cinema has been the same. While the youth has come up with new problems to deal with, the cinema is here with its new solution. After examining the current youth, the Bollywood industry has nurtured some of the most iconic feel-good movies with mindful messages. So, without any further a due, here we bring you a list of top 10 coming age Bollywood movies that should be on every Gen-z's watchlist:
1. Dear Zindagi: Crushing on someone, falling in love, and getting heartbroken, this is that one cycle the Gen-zs are stuck in. The movie tries to balance the weight of strained relationships and uncertain careers with the story of a young girl named Kiara. Grounded with everyday harsh reality, the movie talks about depression and why society should not take it lightly.
2. 3 idiots: Don’t you all think that we are just running in a never-ending race where we just need to match the standards of society. Helmed by Raju Hirani, 3 idiots is the story of three friends, who are stuck in the society's pressure but one of them is a free bird who lives on his ideology. The movie is also a great note on where the Indian education system is lacking.
3. Gully Boy: In the tinsel town of Bollywood, mostly we see movies that talk about the upper-class youth but somewhere the youth belonging to slums gets neglected. Shedding light on the youth breathing in slums, Gully Boy is the story of a young rapper who not just fits his family but the whole society to make them all believe that it is not necessary for our dreams to match our reality. Not just that movie the movie also talks about how the teenagers are getting pushed into the loophole of crime because of poverty.
4. Wake Up Sid: We all need that one motivation or push to achieve the peak in our life and Wake Up Sid is all about that. Starring Ranbir Kapoor and Konkona Sharma, the movie is the story of a carefree college-going guy named Sid whose life changes upside down after he fails his final year and founds his motivation in an ambitious girl.
5. Queen: Debunking the age-old belief that a woman needs a man to complete her life, Queen is the story of Rani who takes on a journey to find her inner belief after getting dumped by her fiancé just days before their marriage. To find her inner confidence, she goes on her honeymoon alone and finds her inner happiness via some wholesome experiences.
6. Yeh Jawaani Hai DeewanI: YJHD is the story of two perspectives, one perspective of Naina, a studies girl who believes everything should go according to her plan, and another one of Kabir, whose only belief is that he wants to do everything in life but doesn’t want to stop. He fails to keep in touch with them. Years later, Kabir and Naina reunite for their friends' wedding when they rediscover old feelings for each other.
7. Lakshya: Karan Shergill has no real goal in life in contrast with his ambitious girlfriend, Romila Dutta. He lives an affluent lifestyle at his parent's house. He does not have any inkling about what he should do in life. Karan casually fills up an examination form to join the Indian army with his friend. Eventually, he gets selected into the Indian Military Academy in Dehradun.
8. Tamasha: The stories of adults beheading their dreams for the sake of their career of their parent's choice and the same is the story of Ved. Ved is a free nature spirit who aspires to be a storyteller but now has become the slave of cooperative culture just because of the pressure of her parents. But he finds his true self when he fells in love with Tara who helps him open his eyes and see what he truly is.
9. Udaan: The dreams of a seventeen-year-old passionate writer are repressed at the hands of his violent father who forces him to work at a factory. Udaan is filled with heart rendering scenes reflecting the suppressed and miserable treatment Rohan and his younger brother were subjected to.
10. Rang De Basanti: The lives of a group of free-spirited youngsters from Delhi University change forever when they become actors in a film on revolutionary freedom fighters. The cruel British regime of the past comes to mirror the present in the form of a corrupted bureaucracy.
