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Love Triangle Hindi Films: How They Inspire Us to Love Better



A love triangle focuses on elements of a romantic relationship that involves three people. In Bollywood movies the love triangle aspect is hugely popular with the masses. Well, not many love triangles have a happy ending, however, in Bollywood movies the unthinkable happens, and over the years there have been love triangle movies that have left audiences rather happy than teary-eyed. If you look back at movies from the past, there have been numerous Bollywood love triangle movies that have earned empathy and sympathy with the portrayal of characters. Getting an emotional response from audiences is no easy task for filmmakers. In many Bollywood love triangles, audience empathy and sympathy towards the three characters involved in a relationship are divided.


The school of thought among movie goers in regard with relationships in a love triangle differs in accordance with personal experience. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle []).push(); The characters portrayed by actors and actresses in love triangle movies often connect with audiences that have experienced a similar phase in their past. Movie audiences all over the world feel a varying sense of empathy and sympathy towards jilted lovers on screen. Memorable Bollywood moments in movies have been when one person lets go of the person he/she love for the sake of another. In Bollywood love triangles, aspects of love, jealousy, anger, sadness, envy, pity, pride, hope, betrayal and confusion have be colloquially showcased in mainstream and parallel cinema.




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In movie love triangles the feeling of betrayal and jealousy are prominently showcased through characters. The feeling of rejection that looms large often leads to a series of events that take a movie forward. Suicidal feelings of jilted lovers and rejected lovers encompassed with turmoil have been ethereally showcased by directors in Bollywood. In movies the two types of love triangles that are showcased in grand splendor and style are rivalrous triangles and split-object triangles. Dialogues in many Bollywood love triangles have become hugely popular with movie aficionados in India. Also, sad songs in Bollywood love triangle movies have become anthems over the years.


The emotions of three individuals involved in a riveting love triangle are captured in new light by directors from various movie genres. Revengeful desire that fills the hearts of jilted lovers has been elegantly portrayed in Hindi films.


Cocktail is probably the hippest love triangle in the recent years. When a reformed Casanova gets stuck between a party girl and a desi chick, it can make for an interesting, albeit heartbreaking, outcome.


The love triangle between Devdas, Paro and Chandramukhi has been told and retold in Indian cinema for decades. We pick the 2002 Sanjay Leela Bhansali one for the amazingly beautiful sets in which the entire drama unfolds.


This was the movie that catapulted Karan Johar to directorial fame. Rahul, Anjali and Tina have been so deeply ingrained into our psyche that even 20 years down the line we will be able to hum to their tunes. This was one of the best love triangles to have come from the 90s.


KKHH is one of the finest love triangles from the 90s. It not only catapulted Karan Johar to directorial fame but has been ingrained in our soul. Even after 2 decades down the line, who can forget the perfect trio of Rahul, Anjali and Tina that defined friendship and love.


This musical is a love triangle between Shah Rukh Khan, Karisma Kapoor and Madhuri Dixit with a small guest appearance by Akshay Kumar. The story is a full-on blast of beautiful romance, twisted drama, peppy music and a happy ending.


Dostana is a love triangle angle between Abhishek Bachchan, John Abraham and Priyanka Chopra. An entertaining piece to watch, it has two men who pretend to be gay to garner attention from the woman they love.


Cocktail is probably the hippest love triangle in past years. When a reformed Casanova played by Saif Ali Khan gets stuck between a party girl portrayed by Deepika Padukone and a desi girl played by Diana Penty, it leads to a heart-breaking love triangle.


Sanjay Dutt, Madhuri Dixit and Salman Khan came together to make the three angles of this 1991 love triangle. The star cast, a refreshing setting and foot-tapping music by Nadeem Shravan made Saajan a box-office favourite. Also, Sanjay Dutt went against type to portray a brooding poet, which won hearts.


The film is a Bollywood black comedy thriller directed by Abhishek Chaubey, starring Vidya Balan, Arshad Warsi, Naseeruddin Shah, and Salman Shahid. It is a love triangle showcasing a woman using two obsessed men for her own gain. The film was also one of the biggest hits of the year 2010.


The movie is a Bollywood rom-com (romantic comedy) directed by Karan Johar, starring Shahrukh Khan, Kajol, and Rani Mukerji. The trio in the role of Rahul, Anjali, and Tina has given one of the best love triangles from the 90s.


Dhadkan is a Bollywood romantic saga directed by Dharmesh Darshan. The story of the film meets with the love triangle of folks portrayed by Sunil Shetty, Shilpa Shetty, and Akshay Kumar. The film was one of the biggest musical hits of the year.


Gupt is a Bollywood suspense thriller, directed by Rajiv Rai. The film stars Kajol, Bobby Deol, Manisha Koirala, Paresh Rawal, Om Puri, and Raj Babbar. The film presents a story full of suspense coupled with a love triangle between the trio, Bobby, Kajol, and Manisha.


A cult-classic if one looks at the romantic films made in the history of Bollywood, this tale of three people, Karishma Kapoor, SRK and Madhuri and also another love triangle, Karishma-Madhuri-Akshay. A story of how one falls in love with their best friend but their best friend is in love with another person. But as fate would have it, the two lovebirds, in the end, do flock together as the third one sacrifices their love to nurture a beautiful relationship they otherwise would have ruined.


To celebrate the season of love, we narrowed down a list of our favorite Hindi movies with a love triangle theme. Check out which movies are on our list and discover some trivia.This list is ordered by release date.


Kal Ho Naa Ho is a 2003 movie about the love triangle of three friends- Aman, Rohit, and Naina, played by Shahrukh Khan, Saif Ali Khan, and Preity Zinta respectively. Aman moves into the same locality where Naina. He meets her family and they also start to consider him no less their own son. Rohit, a childhood friend of Naina is in love with her, but is unable to gather the courage to tell her about his feelings. Meanwhile, Naina starts developing feelings for Aman, and on the day she goes to propose to him, he lies that he is married.


The movie featured Priyanka Chopra and Lara Dutta, the two winners of world beauty pageants together for the first time in the movie after their win. Along with Akshay Kumar, the story portrays the love triangle between them. Raj (Kumar) falls in love with her neighbour Kajal (Dutta), but the latter marries off a businessman named Karan and Raj does not confess his love to her. Directed by Raj Kanwar, the movie won Priyanka Chopra Best Debuting Actor award at the Filmfare award.


The movie by ace director Sanjay Leela Bhansali is the classic love triangle that one can remember in Hindi cinema. A bubbly young girl Nandini( played by Aishwarya Rai) is the daughter of a music maestro and falls in love with one Sameer who came from Italy to learn music from her father.


Love triangles can be a very tricky situation to be in, right? And it sucks all the more if two friends are involved in the equation. You not only end up losing your love, but also a great friend. Yeah, you don't want to be in one! But our Bollywood has often depicted the concept of a love triangle very well. Sometimes in a soppy love saga, sometimes in a political drama, sometimes in a college flick, or sometimes in a crime-thriller tale, Bollywood has shown us love triangles from different angles! Check out these 23 Bollywood love triangles which were bang on!


Bollywood saw a love triangle after a along time with Sanjay Leela Bhansali's magnum opus Bajirao Mastani. While the film was filled with some kickass action, it was still essentially a love triangle based story. The relationship of 'Bajirao' Ranveer with his wife Kashibai and with his lover Mastani was beautifully depicted in the film and it really won many hearts.


Cocktail would have been a typical Bollywood love triangle had it not been for it's unconventional ending, and Deepika's mind blowing acting. This one was a very mature love tale, and a full on entertaining film!


While Karan Johar's new age proteges- Sidharth Malhotra, Alia Bhatt, and Varun Dhawan debuted in this one, the movie's entire concept was based on the love triangle between the lead actors. Both the guys are in love with the girl and eventually the girl gets to pick the guy she loves. Yeah, fair enough!


Now, this was a love triangle with a twist. Such a twist, which wasn't really expected from Bollywood. A deaf and mute guy falls for a pretty girl, and she too, surprisingly falls for his charm. But of course, the cruel society won't let them be together. Now, years down the line our boy has moved on and is in love with his childhood, autistic friend. But this pretty girl returns, and realizes she's still in love with our boy! Phew! Complicated.


Raanjhana was an out and out love triangle, which goes horribly wrong. Rather than being a total love saga, Raanjhana dealt with different shades of love- be it jealousy, hatred, guilt, sympathy, this was a love triangle with a lot of depth!


At first, this one might seem like a typical Bollywood movie. But as the film progresses, it develops into a rather serious love triangle. But the best part about the movie is the twist in the tale, or rather in the climax. A third guy whisks away the girl!


Now, wasn't Rajneeti a super interesting movie? Intricately woven between a political drama, was the love triangle between Ranbir, Katrina, and the foreign girl. What's different about this love triangle was the tragic end to the tale. 2ff7e9595c


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