Bollywood love stories that prove age is just a number

In this month of love, here’s a look back at Hindi films focussed on elderly romance and relationships.

A marriage of convenience between a middle-aged Parsi widower and widow develops into a relationship of love, affection and respect in this delightful slice-of-life story by Basu Chatterjee.

Amitabh Bachchan and Hema Malini return as a pair after ages for this film about a senior couple that keeps their romance going despite being separated by their ungrateful children.

Three decades after they starred as the iconic rebellious teenaged sweethearts in Bobby, Dimple Kapadia and Rishi Kapoor play a widow and widower who rediscover love with one another and have to fight familial opposition to be together.

Undeterred by the curious queries, ridicule, and even hostility by some, this middle-aged honeymooning pair gives a lesson in amour and grace.

In this endearing track of Anurag Basu’s widely appreciated anthology drama, Dharmendra and Nafisa Ali play two senior citizens who give romance thwarted in their youth another chance.

The Boman Irani and Farah Khan-starrer offers a humorous twist to the struggles of a 40-plus couple in finding love and fighting for it.

In this sweet story based in Banaras, Sanjay Mishra, a fifty-something middle-class man, sets out to woo his wife (Ekavali Khanna) back after she grows tired of being taken for granted.

Certainly a seminal film in the genre, Badhaai Ho not only speaks about the ageist attitude towards love and intimacy but also addresses the hypocrisy surrounding sex.