There's no genre of cinema in Bollywood that catches the
fantasy of the entire country like family! And there's definitely no
relationship as sacred and beautifully portrayed as that between brother
and sister! So in the season of Raksha Bandhan- here's a list of 10 of
our favourite pairs of bhai-behens who rocked the screen!
You can't say siblings and not start the list with Dev Anand and Zeenat Aman
in Hare Rama Hare Krishna. The story of estranged siblings, with
younger sister Zeenat going hippie not only became a cult movie, but
also showed the protective side of an elder brother.
Arbaaz Khan played the slightly orthodox Bade Bhaiyya to Kajol
in the romantic comedy- Pyaar kiya toh darna kya. His built and fury
kept all danger away from his doting younger sister! With a family like
that in Hum Saath Saath Hai- Neelam Kothari had not one, but three brothers who stood by her in her tough times. Salman Khan, Saif Ali Khan and Mohnish Behl played the typical Rajshree support system to their behena.
A little too protective, and on the dangerous side, was Karisma Kapoor's
trio of brothers in Anari. Suresh Oberoi played the formidable
authoritative elder bro – one of the few negative brother characters in
Bollywood as far as we know. The film Fiza may not have been a BO hit,
but the portrayal of siblings by the determined Karisma Kapoor and the
traumatised Hrithik Roshan of their relationship was highly commendable. It's on a similar lines you have Juhi Chawla and Sanjay Suri in the critically acclaimed My Brother...Nikhil, where Juhi stuck by her brother's side through thick and thin. Abhishek Bachchan
played elder brother to Priyamani in Raavan, where the reason for her
death is shown to be a factor for why he hated the police force.
In a lighter vein, you have the 'fraternal twins' Shah Rukh Khan and Aishwarya Rai
in Josh- absolutely mismatched, yet endearing. Talk of endearing, and
you cannot leave out young Shweta Prasad playing the voice and ears of
her elder deaf and mute brother Shreyas Talpade in Iqbal- the two made
for a fun and lively pair. Most recently, Genelia D'Souza and Prateik were the realistic, quarrelling, yet concerned siblings in Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Naa.
Over
the years, this understated, ever-evolving bond has been portrayed
beautifully in cinema. Let's celebrate it again with Bollywood this
Raksha Bandhan- Tell us who you'd like to see playing siblings on
screen!
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