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Best Bollywood movies to watch on Teacher's Day



India celebrates Teacher's day on 5th September every year in the memory of Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, who was the first Vice-President and second President of the country. Bollywood has played vital role in portraying the role of teacher-student (Guru-shishya) bond on big screen.

Here are the Best Bollywood movies to watch this whole week...




Kae Po Che! (2013)


Abhishek Kapoor's Kae Po Che!, based on Chetan Bhagat's novel The Three Mistakes of My Life has Sushant Singh Rajut playing Ex-district level cricketer who falls victim to the politics in the cricket selection fraternity. He goes on to coach a local boy Ali after spotting talent in him.

Watch it now on Netflix





3 Idiots (2009)


Rajkumar Hirani's  mesmerizing 3 Idiots based on Chetan Bhagat's novel Five Point Someone has Boman Irani playing the director of an engineering college - Dr. Viru Sahastrabuddhe. This movie has many hilarious scenes till the climax.

Watch it now on Netflix






 

Rockford (1999)

This tremendously written story by Nagesh Kukunoor about a 13-year old boy living in a boarding school was a sensitive depiction. Nandita Das played the attractive teacher Miss vegas in it.

Watch it now on Disney+ Hotstar








Black (2005)

This story by Sanjay Leela Bhansali revolved around a blind and deaf girl 
(Rani Mukherjee played a character inspired from Helen Keller's life) and relationship with her teacher who himself later develops Alzheimer's disease (Amitabh Bachchan). 
The film won all awards with Hearts of all movie goers.

Watch it now Amazon Prime









Taare Zameen Par (2007) 

Directed by Aamir Khan, He plays a role of art teacher as Ram Shankar Nikumbh who supports his eight-year old student Ishaan Nandkishore Awasthi (Darsheel Safary) overcome dyslexia. This movie is amazing story of Teacher-Student relationship as friends.

Watch it now on Netflix







Chak De! India (2007)

Shah Rukh Khan as a teacher plays a Hockey coach Kabir Khan who helps and motivates the national women's hockey team. This movie has some epic dialogue deliveries and also motivates women to play sports in India as men.

Watch it now on Amazon Prime









Iqbal (2005)


Another sensational movie made by Nagesh Kukunoor touching upon the teacher-student relationship was Iqbal. It was a story of deaf and mute boy (Shreyas Talpade) in a remote Indian village who aspires to play in the national cricket team. Coach role was played by most talented actor in Bollywood (Naseeruddin Shah), who was once a great cricketer.

Watch it Now on Amazon Prime








Aarakshan (2011)

Directed by Prakash Jha, Starring Amitabh Bachchan, Saif Ali Khan and Manoj Bajpayee. The decision by India's  supreme court to establish caste-based reservations for jobs in education  causes conflict between a teacher (Amitabh Bachchan) and his mentor (Manoj Bajpayee).

Watch it now on Netflix




I am Kalam (2010)

Directed by Nila Madhab Panda, this award winning movie starring Gulshan Grover, Harsh Mayar, and Hussan Saad. The story revolves around  an intelligent boy named chhotu who is motivated by the life of Ex-President of India Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam.


Watch it now on  Netflix







Hichki (2018)

Suffering from Tourette Syndrome, Naina (Rani Mukherjee) gets assigned a class of defiant students and must ensure that her students realise their potential. This story is very emotional and at the same time motivating.

Watch it Now on Amazon Prime



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