5 Bollywood Films Which Show The True Essence Of Female Friendships

There's nothing better than female friendships, however, Bollywood films are often found to be unrealistic when it comes to depicting them. Bollywood films often favour portraying female friendships as spurious or full of catfights. This wrong portrayal often results in the wrong perception about female friendships in the mind of the audience.

However, there are some Bollywood films about female friendships which have won hearts by portraying female friendships accurately without resorting to stereotypical depictions.

Here is a list of 5 Bollywood films about female friendships that prove that the belief that "women don't get along" is inaccurate and stereotypical.

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Bollywood Films About Female Friendships

1. Queen

When talking about the portrayal of female friendship in Bollywood films it's unfair to miss out on the film Queen released in 2014.

The film portrays how a girl named Rani (Kangana Ranaut) who gets heartbroken after getting ditched by her fiancé right before her wedding decides to go on a solo honeymoon trip and ends up meeting a free-spirited girl named Vijayalakshmi (Lisa Haydon) in Paris. Although they both differ a lot when it comes to their personalities yet Vijayalakshmi helps Rani learn, how she can live her life on her terms. This film beautifully portrays how we can meet the best people in our lives in the most unexpected ways and how two people with different personalities can still be great friends.

A still from the film Queen

2. Cocktail

Girls fighting each other just because they are in love with the same boy might be a common occurrence in films and tv shows, but the 2012 film Cocktail refuses to use that trope. Cocktail centres on the story of 2 girls Veronica (Deepika Padukone) and Meera (Diana Penty) who share a great bond of friendship, although they have different personalities and hail from different backgrounds.

The story takes a turn when Veronica's boyfriend falls in love with Meera, and Meera sacrifices her love just to keep her friendship with Veronica intact. The film showcased the characters put friendship first and making sacrifices for the sake of friendship.

A still from Cocktail

3.  Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani

Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani shows how a trekking trip with friends turns out to be the best days of her life for a studious and introverted girl Naina (Deepika Padukone), where she meets Aditi (Kalki Koechlin), a sassy and carefree girl, who makes her learn how she can enjoy her life without having to change for anyone.

This film shows how one needs not to have many similarities with someone just to have fun with them or to cherish a life-long friendship with them.

4. Veere Di Wedding.

Veere Di Wedding is a film that is completely devoted towards showing the best aspects of female friendships.

The film shows the friendship between four girls Avni (Sonam Ahuja), Sakshi (Swara Bhaskar), Kalindi (Kareena Kapoor) and Meera (Shikha Talsania) whose lives are filled with fun, laughter and a lot of drama.

Although the girls go through many ups and downs in their respective lives, yet their friendship keeps them going through it all. It also shows how no matter what the situation comes in our life we can always count on our female friends for help and assurance without having to think twice.

5. Pink

Pink is a film released in 2016 which got appraised by the audience for its theme and portrayal of such a sensitive topic of consent, but there is another aspect of the film which deserves to be appraised equally which is the portrayal of friendship between the three women Minal (Taapsee Pannu), Andrea (Andrea Tariang) and Falak (Kirti Kulhari).

It shows how they all stand by each other while fighting all the wrong allegations against them until they find justice. It shows how sticking together makes us strong enough to fight the worst kind of situation.