Carrying the Jai-Veeru legacy…Let’s celebrate Bollywood colours of dosti this Friendship Day

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Pyaar mein junoon hai, par dosti mein sukoon hai…love and friendship are two of the popular strands of Hindi films. If Jai and Veeru are the poster boys of Bollywood dosti, Rahul and Anjali have been equally popular, if not more. This Friendship Day, we ask celebs on their favourite film celebrating dosti…

Through thick and thin

Pink is my pick. The film has such a strong message with an emphasis on the beauty of friendship those three girls share. The love and bond the three maintain and support each other through a grave situation is very inspiring. — Samaira Sandhu, actor

Setting a benchmark

Pyaar Ka Punchnama and Pyaar Ka Punchnama 2 for me are the signs and symbol of true friendship. Kartik Aaryan and Divyendu Sharma in the first film and Kartik Aaryan and Sunny Singh in the second one set the friendship benchmark rather high. The films’ success speaks of the story that has clicked with masses, and I am all for Luv Ranjan and these two stories of dosti. — Kanwalpreet Singh, actor

Those inseparable three!

Our cinema does show different colours of friendship, be it vulnerabilities, understanding or the bond. The film, 3 Idiots, has been one very close to my heart. Even after years when Raju Rastogi and Farhan Qureshi get to see Ranchhoddas they meet with the same zeal that they had during their college days. In fact, I saw it with my friends. The experience of watching a movie with friends is always different. The fun just multiplies. Behti Hawa Sa Tha Vo is our favourite number. — Vijay Kalvani

All for a road trip

My favourite is Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara. What I like about the film is that the friends tell each other to live in the present and forget about the past and future. I watched the film when I was in Australia. My close friends Manoj, Sunny and Hardik were in India, so I couldn’t watch it with them in theatre. But we have watched this movie so many times and we have loved it every time. We have planned to go on trips and it’s said that ‘Acche friends vo hote hai jo trips pe jaate hai but best friends vo hote hai jo baar baar plan karte hai but khabhi jaate nahi hain’ and we are like those friends. —Jay Zaveri

Relatable friendship graph

Wake Up Sid is my favourite film that celebrates friendship. How bonds grow over a period of time, change, friends fall out and come back together is portrayed so beautifully and is so relatable. – Namrata Sheth, actor

Inspiring tales

There are many films on friendship but the very first that come to my mind are Dil Chahta Hai and Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara. The effortlessness of a friendship, the fights that you have and the love that rides over all the differences are beautifully shown in these two. Just being there for each other is amazing and this Friendship Day, I am sure anyone watching these films would be ready to call up their friends.— Divya Dutta

So much like Jai-Veeru

Jai and Veeru are the ultimate friends from filmdom. Friendship is something that gives you the confidence that you have someone to talk to and someone to fall back on emotionally. Sholay for me is the ultimate film about friendship. Ye Dosti Hum Nahi Chodenge is the friendship anthem. I was born and brought up in UP. My friend and I used to ride bikes together and sing and play the mouth organ like they do in Sholay. — Sudhanshu Pandey

Sunday celebrations

My favourite is 3 Idiots. Whenever my friends and I meet, we listen to the songs of 3 Idiots. The best one is Give Me Some Sunshine. I love travelling with my friends and every Sunday is like a Friendship Day for us. When the movie was released, I watched it with my friends in theatres and even today when we plan a movie to watch, it’s 3 Idiots. Everyone needs a friend to hang out with and do foolish things with, someone to lift your spirits when you’re down. — Ashoka Thackur

Songs for all moods

Jaane Tu… Ya Jaane Na is my favourite. Jai and Aditi’s friendship truly gives us some real goals! A candid film about friendship, fibs, and falling in love, Jaane Tu… truly is also about memorable songs. From the catchy Pappu Can’t Dance Saala to the jazzy Tu Bole to the heartbreaking Kahin Toh, the songs are truly timeless. — Mitaali Nag