'Rockstar' to 'Raazi'; Bollywood films that had happy plot but sad ending

Growing up, we were conditioned to believe that every (fairy) tale has a happy ending, and it is t end until n. Bollywood has apted to that concept through and through. t just in romantic genre, even in drama, action thriller, or crime genres, protagonist gets everything he or she desires. But re are some movies that took risk of showing more realistic side of things and chose to have an unhappy ending. Here is a list of movies that seemed to go in a positive direction but ended on a s te.

Rockstar

While this movie became a turning point in Ranbir Kapoor’s career, movie also became a milestone in Bollywood. With a gripping story and great performance by actors, movie h drama, romance, and divine music. According to critics and fans of Bollywood, story was more on realistic side and did t have a cliché ending.

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Lootera

Ranveer Singh and Sonakshi Sinha starrer was an aptation from O Henry’s short story, Last Leaf. A story about two young people who fell in love only to be separated by fate. As young man is a conman, he leaves woman heartbroken only to return to declare his love for her. But upon his return, he discovers that she is dying of a terminal disease. story, despite having a simple plotline, h a rar unique narrative and that is why it reached out to its audience.

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Rang De Basanti

This is a story revolving around a group of college students who are too casual to worry about anything in life. But as plot unfolds, group stumbles upon circumstances where y fight for a cause and end up sacrificing mselves for nation’s betterment. Rang De Basanti is a movie that risked talking about corruption prevalent in Indian government and compared it to freedom struggle during British era. movie was realistic and gave audience goosebumps.

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Raazi

A story based on a young girl who gets married off to a foreign land to work as a spy. story has shown intricate details and dangers involved in such tasks and how, sometimes, story does t end way we expect it to. Raazi starred Alia Bhatt and Vicky Kaushal. movie received a lot of critical acclaims.

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