The Cool & Supportive On-screen Dads of Bollywood

 

Father is a synonym for happiness! He has been your rock, your shoulder to cry on, and your protector. There was a time when Bollywood gave us a stoic and strict father. Many films were made on Father and son conflicts. Recall the conflict of Prithviraj Kapoor and Dilip Kumar in Mughal e Azam, Dilip Kumar, and Amitabh Bachchan in Shakti or Amitabh and Sanjeev Kumar in Trishul.

Over the last couple of years, the industry has progressed from such roles to progressive ones. Today, our filmmakers are portraying the father as a friend or supportive to his children. In the 2015 film, Piku  Amitabh Bachchan plays the father of Deepika Padukone, advocates for women's rights, and encourages women to be financially independent. In Dangal(2016) Amir Khan plays a father of 4 daughters & goes to ensure that his daughters live a life of dignity rather than staying within the confines of their homes. Let's take a look at a few of these cool and supportive on-screen fathers. 

Angrezi Medium (2020)

Irfan Khan plays the father of a girl, who has always harbored a dream to travel and study abroad. Irfan is strongly supportive of her dream, and, with some effort, she secures a high rank in her final school examinations, enough for her to secure a scholarship from London's Truford University, which has partnered with her school.

102 Not Out (2018)  

Amitabh Bachchan plays a 102-year-old who enjoys life in jovial and fun ways. His 75-year old son, Babulal Vakharia, is his stark opposite. Babulal believes that he is now too old and fragile to enjoy life, and detests how his father acts. This movie amazes us, as a father teaches his son how to live life.

Raazi (2018) 

This movie showcases a different perspective of a father-daughter relationship. A father who is an Indian Spy, trains her daughter to be a spy and asks her to marry a guy from Pakistan. He explains his love for the nation and how important it is.

Dangal (2016) 

It is based on the real story of  Phogat family. Amir Khan plays Mahaveer Phogat, a pehlwani amateur wrestler who trains his daughters Geeta Phogat and Babita Kumari to become India's first world-class female wrestlers. He ensures that his daughters live a life of dignity rather than staying within the confines of their homes.

Piku (2015) 

Piku Banerjee (Deepika Padukone) is a Bengali architect residing in Delhi with her 70-year-old widower father, Bhashkor (Amitabh Bachchan). Bhaskar is a hypochondriac with chronic constipation, who traces every problem to his bowel movements. The film shows how a daughter will leave no stone unturned to remain with her aging father despite having a difference in their ideologies. It also tells us that a daughter will go to any extent to cure his father’s disease.

Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani (2013) 

Farooq Sheikh, plays one of those cool dads who will have a heart-to-heart chat with you if you are feeling low. In the movie, despite his son's tendency to stay away from him and avoid real conversations, Thapar cared for his son in all the small and big ways possible.