The days have gone by when the love stories of Bollywood movies were restricted to boy meets girl, he woos her, they teleport to some hilly place, and in the end, the boy fights girls’ father to make his love win. These are the modern days and the audience wants more than this and Bollywoos has been giving them what they want. The Bollywood filmmakers have dared to breathe outside the bubble and give a new direction to the genre of love. These movies may not be big blockbusters on the box busters but they are stories that touch our hearts. Today we bring you the top 10 most underrated romantic Bollywood movies if you are bored of cliché stories:
1. Tamasha: The love of Ved and Tara not just shows what love truly is but also shows love helps each other bloom. Directed by Imtiaz Ali, Tamasha is the story of Ved who leaves his cooperate job to pursue his love for storytelling and Tara helps her find himself in the middle.
2. Manmaarziyan: This movie shows that one heart breaks when two hearts get close. Starring Taapsee Pannu, Abhishek Bachchan, and Vicky Kaushal in lead, the movie is about how a girl leaves her lover to marry a guy her family found for her. The music of the movie is nothing less than the cherry on the top.
3. Luv Shuv Te Chicken Khurana: This movie is a proper roller coaster ride. The story of Luv who lands in India to run the Dhaaba of his grandfather gets the special tadka of love when he meets his childhood love in his hometown.
4. Sadma: The movie captures the story of a girl who meets an accident and is left with the intelligence of a 7-year-old. While spending her life in a brothel she meets a guy named Somu who decides to take care of her until she gets her memory back. Their relationship is full of love and affection but Somu is devastated when she is cured and does not even recognize him anymore.
5. Kareeb: Birju (Bobby Deol) falls in love with Neha (Neha Bajpai) but they come from different economic backgrounds and this becomes a problem for Birju's family. Neha's mother falls sick and she decides to move to a bigger city for her treatment. Birju follows her, gets a job and helps her ailing mother. Birju and Neha's love is tested time and again and that forms the beautiful plot of the film.
6. Lamhe: This is one of the uncarved gems of the industry. Story of a guy who decides to take care of the daughter of his lover, who left him to marry another guy and dies in an accident, is just undescrible in words. A twist comes in the story when the daughter of his lover propose him.
7. Fire: Radha (Shabana Azmi) and Sita (Nandita Das) are married to two brothers and live in a joint family. Both their marriages are in trouble and they choose to confide in each other. They gradually fall in love and decide to be together. Their relationship is a sin in society's eyes but they see it as a way of living happily.
8. Cheeni Kum: This love story is about a 64-year-old guy and a 34-year-old girl breaking the society norms and falling in love. But the love gets complicated when the guy meets the father of the girl and he comes out younger than him.
9. Lootera: This tragic love story is of 'Pakhi' (Sonakshi Sinha) who falls in love with a con artist (Ranveer Singh). He is on the run from the police and Pakhi falls sick. Their beautiful & tragic romance is what good love stories are made of.
10. Raincoat: They were once in love and were engaged to be married. But things changed and they lead very different lives. The woman (Aishwarya Rai Bachchan) is unhappy in her marriage and the man (Ajay Devgn) is struggling to gather money for his business. They reminisce about the love they had and still care about each other, even if they have to suffer for it.
