Who wants to eat two different dishes when you can enjoy two different tastes in just one dish. Ant this is the key reason why the fan of romantic comedies in the Bollywood industry is uncountable. We know, the buffs are true-blue fans of thriller, drama, action, and fiction, but deep inside they are suckers for happy endings that they witness in rom-com. Romance is the founding essence of Bollywood movies and when it gets a special touch of humor, the box-office records go out of hand. Today, here we compiled a list of the Top 10 romantic comedies ever nurtured in Bollywood:
1. Jab We Met: Telling the story of Geet and Aditya, Jab We Met is magic performed by ace director Imtiaz Ali. Starring Kareena Kapoor Khan and Shahid Kapoor in lead, the movie is an accidental love story of a girl who runs away from her house to meet her lover and a boy who is running away from her house to commit suicide. From chemistry between Geet and Aditya to the comic timing, Jab We Met is cult classic in its own rights.
2. Yeh Jeewani Hai Deewani: Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani starring Ranbir Kapoor, Deepika Padukone, Aditya Roy Kapoor and Kalki Koechlin in lead, not just filled our hearts with melodious songs but also gave us a complete movie to recite for years. The film perfectly captures friendship and romance.
3. Hum Tum: If you are wondering where the concept of the enemy turned lovers came from, then your answer is in Hum Tum. Hum Tum is a story of a girl and a boy who takes the battle of sexes to another level and falls hopelessly in love over a span of 7 years. The epic comic timing of Saif Ali Khan and Rani Mukherjee’s acting performances filled with perfection took this movie to another level.
4. Kal Ho Na Ho: A man who is surviving the last few days of his life, decides to unite two lovers, this is the heart-warming story of Kal Ho Na Ho. Starring Shah Rukh Khan, Saif Ali Khan, and Preity Zinta in lead, Kal Ho Na Ho was the biggest blockbuster of 2003. And how can we forget songs including, Kal Ho Naa HO, Maahi ve and it’s the time to Disco.
5. Ishq: One of the OG rom coms ever produced in the Bollywood industry, Ishq never fails to give us a stomach ache while enjoying it. From hating each other to falling in love to rebelling against the world to protect each other, this film is as funny and as romantic as a rom-com can get.
6. Kuch Kuch Hota Hai: You are not allowed to call yourself a Bollywood buff, if Kuch Kuch Hota Hai is not in your top Bollywood movies list. The story of the movie is about an 8-year-old girl setting out to reunite her widowed father with his college love. With SRK, Kajol, Rani’s romantic performance and Johnny Lever’s bones tickling comic timing we can’t ask for anything more.
7. Jaane Tu ya Jaane Na: Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na portrays too good to be a true depiction of love on the silver screen. This film about two ‘best friends who refuse to accept that they love each other is the funniest yet most romantic cult classic Bollywood buffs have ever enjoyed.
8. Mujhse Shaadi Kaorgi: What do you get when you have Akshay Kumar and Salman Khan competing against each other to get the girl of their dreams? A laugh riot, that’s right.
9. Ajab Prem Ki Gazab Khaani: A happy-go-lucky guy proves his love for a girl by setting out to get her married off to the guy she fancies! It’s silly and slapstick but Ranbir and Katrina’s pair makes it all endearing.
10. Band Baja Baarat: Two ‘business partners’ (read business partners) taste new levels of success as wedding planners but everything goes haywire when cupid strikes. This film has one of the best depictions of Delhiites in the history of Bollywood, ‘break pakora ki Kasam.
