Bollywood's top Diwali moments

While the festival of lights brings joy and prosperity, Bollywood has celebrated the festival depicting both happiness and sorrow.

Celebrate Diwali filmi-style: the festival plays an integral part in the movies ahead.

  • While the festival of lights brings joy and prosperity, Bollywood has celebrated the festival depicting both happiness and sorrow. <br><br> Celebrate Diwali <i>filmi</i>-style: the festival plays an integral part in the movies ahead.
    While the festival of lights brings joy and prosperity, Bollywood has celebrated the festival depicting both happiness and sorrow.

    Celebrate Diwali filmi-style: the festival plays an integral part in the movies ahead.
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  • <b>A Star is Born:</b> <i>Zanjeer</i> opens with the birth of Amitabh Bachchan's character and the death of his parents on Diwali.
    A Star is Born: Zanjeer opens with the birth of Amitabh Bachchan's character and the death of his parents on Diwali.
  • <b><i>Mera Beta Aa Gaya</i></b>: Rahul aka Shah Rukh Khan arrives in time for a family Diwali in <i>Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham</i> as mother Jaya Bachchan eagerly waits for her son.
    Mera Beta Aa Gaya: Rahul aka Shah Rukh Khan arrives in time for a family Diwali in Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham as mother Jaya Bachchan eagerly waits for her son.
  • <b>Ode to Envy:</b> Sonam Kapoor is jealous when her best friend Abhay Deol's friend Lisa Hayden sings a song at a Diwali party in the film <i>Aisha</i>.
    Ode to Envy: Sonam Kapoor is jealous when her best friend Abhay Deol's friend Lisa Hayden sings a song at a Diwali party in the film Aisha.
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  • <b>Diwali Dampener:</b> No Diwali <i>dhamaka</i> for Ishaan in <i>Taare Zameen Par</i> since he didn't want to go to boarding school.
    Diwali Dampener: No Diwali dhamaka for Ishaan in Taare Zameen Par since he didn't want to go to boarding school.
  • <b>Heartbreaking:</b> <i>Anuraag</i> has two instances of Diwali depicting the festive fervour in the first one and sorrow in the second. While in the first Diwali scene, Vinod Mehra tries to woo Moushumi Chatterjee amidst the festivities. In the second sequence, Master Satyajeet tells his grandfather Ashok Kumar that he would like to see the festival of lights before he dies.
    Heartbreaking: Anuraag has two instances of Diwali depicting the festive fervour in the first one and sorrow in the second. While in the first Diwali scene, Vinod Mehra tries to woo Moushumi Chatterjee amidst the festivities. In the second sequence, Master Satyajeet tells his grandfather Ashok Kumar that he would like to see the festival of lights before he dies.
  • <b>Child's Play</b>: Sridevi and Kamal Haasan light it up in <i>Sadma</i> in the song <i>Ae Zindagi Gale Laga Le</i>.
    Child's Play: Sridevi and Kamal Haasan light it up in Sadma in the song Ae Zindagi Gale Laga Le.
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