Jee Le Zaraa: As Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Katrina Kaif And Alia Bhatt Come Together For Farhan Akhtar’s Directorial, Here’s Proof How Three Friends Are Always A Recipe For Success
With Farhan Akhtar pulling a big casting coup by bringing Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Katrina Kaif and Alia Bhatt together for Jee Le Zaraa, here are a few examples that prove that three friends are a recipe for success at the box-office
Friendship is one of the most beautiful relationships that we have in our lives. Friends are our chosen families on this planet and they are the ones who make our lives complete. Bollywood have achieved mastery when it comes to depicting these beautiful friendships, be it between Amitabh Bachchan and Dharmendra in Sholay, Salman Khan and Aamir Khan in Andaz Apna Apna or Ranveer Singh and Arjun Kapoor in Gunday.
However, even though these one-on-one friendships have worked well, it’s the friendship between a trio that has always had a much better success rate at the box-office. As Farhan Akhtar prepares to tap that again with his next directorial, bringing Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Katrina Kaif and Alia Bhatt together, let’s take a look at some of the films that have been a testament to that.
Dil Chahta Hai
Bringing a trio friendship on-screen isn’t something new for Farhan as he did that in his first directorial when he brought together Aamir Khan, Saif Ali Khan and Akshaye Khanna. He changed the way friendship stories were seen in Bollywood films while simultaneously giving a huge push to Goa tourism.
Dostana
This film was promoted from the angle of dealing with the subject of homosexuality with humour, but it was the amazing friendship between Priyanka, John Abraham and Abhishek Bachchan that struck a chord with all. Jaane Kyun is still the friendship anthem for a lot of us.
Pyaar Ka Punchnama
This film launched the career of two actors who went on to become stars in today’s time. Kartik Aaryan and Nushrratt Bharuccha might have taken a bit of time even after the film to get to the place that they are today, but this film that featured six newcomers emerged as a surprising hit. The friendship of Rajjo, Liquid and Vikrant played by Kartik, Divyendu and Raayo Bakhirta respectively, became icons for boys and Kartik’s monologue is still used by every man going through a tough relationship.
New York
John has had a good record with stories of three friends and after Dostana, he continued that with New York, alongside Katrina Kaif and Neil Nitin Mukesh. The film touched several serious issues like terrorism and racial profiling but it also gave one of the most beautiful stories about friendship. Hai Junoon is still one of the best friendship tracks to have been made in Bollywood.
3 Idiots
This is one of the most-loved films in the country ever made. It was the first film to break several box-office records including being the first one to cross the 200-crore barrier at the box-office. But at the heart of this amazing film in the backdrop of engineering and college life, was the beautiful friendship between Rancho, Raju and Farhan aka Aamir, Sharman Joshi and R Madhavan.
Cocktail
This was the film that changed the path of Deepika Padukone’s career, taking her from ‘just another pretty face’ in Bollywood to a bonafide actress with amazing acting skills. The story of friendship between Deepika, Saif and Diana Penty proved to be a formula for success and Tumhi Ho Bandhu became the cult classic for friendship day.
Kai Po Che!
This film will always have a special spot in the audience’s heart as it gave the gem that was Sushant Singh Rajput to the film industry. At the time it was released, Rajkummar Rao was still finding his footing in Bollywood but today he is a star and Amit Sadh too has grown and evolved a lot since the film came out. Their story of friendship in the film will definitely go down in cinematic history as one of the purest and most impactful one.
Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara
Since we started the list with Farhan, it only seems fitting to end the list with him as well. ZNMD has given major bachelor trip goals in Spain to a lot of people in this country along with a story that has become a cult classic over the years. What made it more special, was the evolving bond shown between Farhan, Hrithik Roshan and Abhay Deol.
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