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Bollywood believes in spreading love - even to lonely orphaned kids. And over the years, from Shammi Kapoor to Saif Ali Khan, the leading actors and actresses have not shied away from playing the foster parent to them. Let's take a look at the 10 best movies made on orphans in Bollywood.
Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic
Cast: Saif Ali Khan, Rani Mukerji, Ameesha Patel and Rishi Kapoor
Producers: Aditya Chopra and Kunal Kohli
Writer and director: Kunal Kohli
Music: Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy
Ranbeer Talwar (Saif Ali Khan) is a big industrialist who's a loner. He has lost all his loved ones, but due to circumstances gets the responsibility of taking care of four orphans. The children hate him and don't want to live with him. So, they all pray to god. And whoosh…appears a nanny Geeta (Rani Mukerji) who's actually a mischievous and caring angel. And the story begins.
Producer: Ajay Devgan
Director: Anil Devgan
Music: Jatin-Lalit
Writers: Anees Bazmee and Robin Bhatt
Siddhant Rai (Rishi Kapoor) is a single father with three children. They are happy and comfortable in life, until Siddhant passes away. Enter relatives who project a conman Shekhar (Ajay Devgan) as the kids' paternal uncle, Raju. The children love him, and so does their nanny, Anna (Kajol). But then, the 'real' Raju Chacha enters the scene and the plot thickens
Producer: Tahir Hussain
Director: Mahesh Bhatt
Music: Nadeem-Shravan
Writer: Robin Bhatt
Rahul Malhotra (Aamir Khan) is the young, handsome manager of his heavily-in-debt family business. He is also in charge of his sister's three orphaned kids. The three mischievous kids bump into this fun-loving girl Vyjayanti (Juhi Chawla) who has run away from her father and the dancer suitor he'd chosen for her. Rahul hires her as the governess for the children. And well, like all other movies, Rahul and Vyjayanti fall in love. But then like every movie, this one has a villain too. Enter Maya (Navneet Nishan), the daughter of another big industrialist who Rahul used to work for. She and her father force Rahul to get married to her, and a fun yet emotional saga follows
Producers: DD Yande
Director: Vijay Sadanah
Music: Anand-Milind
Writer: Reema Rakeshnath
Bhagwati Prasad (Anupam Kher) takes care of his late brother's estate along with his wife and brother-in-law. He is obviously the villain who spends all the money and is in debt all the time. Enter Renu (Neelam), his niece who returns from the United States. She runs away from her uncle's house with some money, has an accident and loses all memory. Raja (Salman Khan) who lives with three orphaned kids, saves her and she starts staying with them. When her uncle finds out about her, he tries to kill her, and Raja tries his best to save her
Mr India (1987)
Cast: Anil Kapoor, Sridevi, Annu Kapoor, Satish Kaushik and Amrish Puri
Producers: Boney Kapoor
Director: Shekhar Kapoor
Music: Laxmikant-Pyarelal
Writer: Salim-Javed
We all know the story by heart perhaps, but still, here goes... An orphan himself, Arun Verma (Anil Kapoor) looks after a hoard of orphans. He has no money to afford all amenities for them, so decides to rent a room in their house to a tenant Seema (Sridevi). Mogambo (Amrish Puri), the underworld crime lord, takes an interest in the house Verma lives in and tries to force him and the children out. Arun's father's friend (Ashok Kumar) then introduces him to a device (wristband) that can turn anyone invisible. Arun becomes the invisible 'Mr India' and tries to eliminate crime from the land. And then we all know what happens
Dream Girl (1977)
Cast: Dharmendra, Hema Malini, Ashok Kumar and Prem Chopra
Producers: Gulshan Rai, Jaya Chakravarthy and JK Behl
Director: Pramod Chakravorty
Music: Laxmikant-Pyarelal
A quintessential Mills & Boon romance with some orphans thrown in for effect. This movie is the story of Sapna (Hema Malini), who is more or less like a modern day female Robin Hood. She, under many names and disguises, steals from people to earn a living for herself and the orphans who live with her. Sapna bumps into the rich and single Anupam Verma (Dharmendra)and convinces him she's a rich princess herself. She starts living with him. But soon, people recognise one of her many identities – Champabai, the prostitute
Parichay (1972)
Cast: Jeetendra, Jaya Bachchan (Bhaduri), Pran, Vinod Khanna, AK Hangal and Leela Mishra
Producer: VK Sobti
Director: Gulzar
Music: RD Burman
Writer: Gulzar
Ravi (Jeetendra) desperately needs a job. He decides to visit his relatives in the village to take his mind off the frustration. His uncle (AK Hangal) gets him a makeshift job as a teacher for a bunch of bratty grandchildren of rich man Rai Saheb (Pran). Ravi accepts the offer, but soon realises it it's far tougher to make these children learn anything. He succeeds in doing so, and falls in love with the teenager in the gang, played by Jaya Bachchan.
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Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic
Cast: Saif Ali Khan, Rani Mukerji, Ameesha Patel and Rishi Kapoor
Producers: Aditya Chopra and Kunal Kohli
Writer and director: Kunal Kohli
Music: Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy
Ranbeer Talwar (Saif Ali Khan) is a big industrialist who's a loner. He has lost all his loved ones, but due to circumstances gets the responsibility of taking care of four orphans. The children hate him and don't want to live with him. So, they all pray to god. And whoosh…appears a nanny Geeta (Rani Mukerji) who's actually a mischievous and caring angel. And the story begins.
One 2 Ka 4 (2001)
Cast: Shah Rukh Khan, Juhi Chawla, Jackie Shroff, Nirmal Pandey and Dilip Joshi
Producer: Nazir Ahmed
Director: Shashilal K Nair
Music: AR Rahman
Writer: Sanjay Chhel
Javed (Jackie Shroff) and Arun Verma (SRK) are honest hardworking cops. After Javed dies in one of their missions, Arun takes the sole responsibility of his four now-orphaned kids and seeks the help of Geeta Chowdhury (Juhi Chawla) for the same. The story carries on with Verma trying to investigate the kids' father's death.
Raju Chacha (2000)
Cast: Ajay Devgan, Kajol, Rishi Kapoor, Johnny Lever, Shahbaaz Khan and Sanjay DuttProducer: Ajay Devgan
Director: Anil Devgan
Music: Jatin-Lalit
Writers: Anees Bazmee and Robin Bhatt
Siddhant Rai (Rishi Kapoor) is a single father with three children. They are happy and comfortable in life, until Siddhant passes away. Enter relatives who project a conman Shekhar (Ajay Devgan) as the kids' paternal uncle, Raju. The children love him, and so does their nanny, Anna (Kajol). But then, the 'real' Raju Chacha enters the scene and the plot thickens
Hum Hain Rahi Pyar Ke (1993)
Cast: Aamir Khan, Juhi Chawla, Sharokh Bharucha, Kunal Khemu and AshrafaProducer: Tahir Hussain
Director: Mahesh Bhatt
Music: Nadeem-Shravan
Writer: Robin Bhatt
Rahul Malhotra (Aamir Khan) is the young, handsome manager of his heavily-in-debt family business. He is also in charge of his sister's three orphaned kids. The three mischievous kids bump into this fun-loving girl Vyjayanti (Juhi Chawla) who has run away from her father and the dancer suitor he'd chosen for her. Rahul hires her as the governess for the children. And well, like all other movies, Rahul and Vyjayanti fall in love. But then like every movie, this one has a villain too. Enter Maya (Navneet Nishan), the daughter of another big industrialist who Rahul used to work for. She and her father force Rahul to get married to her, and a fun yet emotional saga follows
Ek Ladka Ek Ladki (1992)
Cast: Salman Khan, Neelam, Mushtaq Khan and Anupam KherProducers: DD Yande
Director: Vijay Sadanah
Music: Anand-Milind
Writer: Reema Rakeshnath
Bhagwati Prasad (Anupam Kher) takes care of his late brother's estate along with his wife and brother-in-law. He is obviously the villain who spends all the money and is in debt all the time. Enter Renu (Neelam), his niece who returns from the United States. She runs away from her uncle's house with some money, has an accident and loses all memory. Raja (Salman Khan) who lives with three orphaned kids, saves her and she starts staying with them. When her uncle finds out about her, he tries to kill her, and Raja tries his best to save her
Mr India (1987)
Cast: Anil Kapoor, Sridevi, Annu Kapoor, Satish Kaushik and Amrish Puri
Producers: Boney Kapoor
Director: Shekhar Kapoor
Music: Laxmikant-Pyarelal
Writer: Salim-Javed
We all know the story by heart perhaps, but still, here goes... An orphan himself, Arun Verma (Anil Kapoor) looks after a hoard of orphans. He has no money to afford all amenities for them, so decides to rent a room in their house to a tenant Seema (Sridevi). Mogambo (Amrish Puri), the underworld crime lord, takes an interest in the house Verma lives in and tries to force him and the children out. Arun's father's friend (Ashok Kumar) then introduces him to a device (wristband) that can turn anyone invisible. Arun becomes the invisible 'Mr India' and tries to eliminate crime from the land. And then we all know what happens
Dream Girl (1977)
Cast: Dharmendra, Hema Malini, Ashok Kumar and Prem Chopra
Producers: Gulshan Rai, Jaya Chakravarthy and JK Behl
Director: Pramod Chakravorty
Music: Laxmikant-Pyarelal
A quintessential Mills & Boon romance with some orphans thrown in for effect. This movie is the story of Sapna (Hema Malini), who is more or less like a modern day female Robin Hood. She, under many names and disguises, steals from people to earn a living for herself and the orphans who live with her. Sapna bumps into the rich and single Anupam Verma (Dharmendra)and convinces him she's a rich princess herself. She starts living with him. But soon, people recognise one of her many identities – Champabai, the prostitute
Dost (1974)
Cast: Dharmendra, Hema Malini and Shatrughan Sinha
Producers: GP Sippy and Premji
Director: Dulal Guha
Music: Laxmikant-Pyarelal
Writer: Sachin Bhowmick
Parichay (1972)
Cast: Jeetendra, Jaya Bachchan (Bhaduri), Pran, Vinod Khanna, AK Hangal and Leela Mishra
Producer: VK Sobti
Director: Gulzar
Music: RD Burman
Writer: Gulzar
Ravi (Jeetendra) desperately needs a job. He decides to visit his relatives in the village to take his mind off the frustration. His uncle (AK Hangal) gets him a makeshift job as a teacher for a bunch of bratty grandchildren of rich man Rai Saheb (Pran). Ravi accepts the offer, but soon realises it it's far tougher to make these children learn anything. He succeeds in doing so, and falls in love with the teenager in the gang, played by Jaya Bachchan.
Brahmachari (1968)
Cast: Shammi Kapoor, Rajshree, Pran, Mumtaz, Jagdeep, Sachin and Asit Sen
Producers: GP Sippy and Ramesh Sippy
Director: Bhappi Sonie
Music: Shankar-Jaikishan
Writer: Sachin Bhowmick
Brahmachari (Shammi Kapoor), an orphan, lives in a mortgaged house with a dozen orphan kids and a servant in difficult financial circumstances. He happens to come to the rescue of Sheetal Choudhary (Rajshree), who wants to kill herself since her childhood sweetheart dumps her for being poor. Brahmachari takes it on himself to teach her the rich man's style of living and thereby bring her sweetheart back to her. But in return, he asks for a fee. An emotional and high-voltage drama follows as Sheetal tries to win back her lover's love and Brahmachari and the kids help her
Cast: Shammi Kapoor, Rajshree, Pran, Mumtaz, Jagdeep, Sachin and Asit Sen
Producers: GP Sippy and Ramesh Sippy
Director: Bhappi Sonie
Music: Shankar-Jaikishan
Writer: Sachin Bhowmick
Brahmachari (Shammi Kapoor), an orphan, lives in a mortgaged house with a dozen orphan kids and a servant in difficult financial circumstances. He happens to come to the rescue of Sheetal Choudhary (Rajshree), who wants to kill herself since her childhood sweetheart dumps her for being poor. Brahmachari takes it on himself to teach her the rich man's style of living and thereby bring her sweetheart back to her. But in return, he asks for a fee. An emotional and high-voltage drama follows as Sheetal tries to win back her lover's love and Brahmachari and the kids help her
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