Bollywood has never been untouched by the traditional festivals and celebrations celebrated in Indian society and culture. Whenever it comes to the great festivals of Hindu customs and folk faith, the filmmakers of Hindi cinema have presented them on the big screen with extraordinary grandeur, music and emotions. The holy festival of Karva Chauth, celebrated on the Chaturthi date of Krishna Paksha of Kartik month, is considered a symbol of immense devotion and love in the life of every married and married woman. Keeping a waterless fast for the whole day without drinking a single sip of food or water, looking at the moon through a sieve after wearing sixteen adornments and then breaking the fast by taking water from the hands of your husband is not just a religious ritual, but the supreme feeling of dedication. Indian cinema has captured this spiritual and romantic relationship of Karva Chauth very seriously for decades. In this atmosphere of Karva Chauth coming on 29th October, let us know about those five historical and cult Bollywood films, where the scenes woven around this festival are still immortal in the hearts of the audience forever.
Whenever Karva Chauth is discussed, the first thing that comes before the eyes of cinema lovers are the actresses dressed in traditional clothes, lamps shining with sieves, shehnai playing and melodious musical tunes playing in the background. Many directors have not limited this festival to just worship, but have used it as the biggest turning point depicting the union of lovers, breaking of social taboos and the height of sacrifice between husband and wife. This celebration of cinema made Karva Chauth not just limited to the traditional homes of India but also among the NRI families living abroad and the young generation as a medium of fashion, style and deep romance.
The Karwa Chauth scene of the blockbuster cult film 'Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge' (DDLJ), directed by Aditya Chopra and which forever immortalized the pairing of Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol, is considered to be the most magical moment in the history of Hindi cinema. In the film, Simran i.e. Kajol's marriage has been fixed with someone else against her wishes, but her heart is completely set on her love Raj i.e. Shah Rukh Khan, whom she met in London. Simran secretly observes a Nirjala fast for Raj without eating or drinking for the whole day. When Raj comes to know about this on the terrace, he becomes worried about Simran's health and scolds her lovingly, but Simran is adamant that if she breaks her fast, it will be done only by Raj's hands.
According to family tradition, when all the women in the courtyard below, after seeing the moon, start drinking water from their husbands' hands, then fiance Kuljeet stands in front of Simran with a pot of water. It is here that Simran shows her intelligence and love and pretends to suddenly faint. Everyone in the house gets scared and Raj present in the crowd quickly moves forward and takes care of Simran and completes her fast by pouring water into her mouth with his hands. That silent conversation in the eyes of both and that way of secretly looking at each other still remains the biggest definition of Karva Chauth romance for crores of youth.
Filmmaker Karan Johar's grand family drama 'Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham' (K3G) had taken the festival of Karva Chauth to a new level on the international horizon. In this film, Karan Johar beautifully proved that the roots of Indian culture and festivals are not bound by any geographical boundary. Despite living across the seven seas in the modern land of London, Indian women live the sanctity of their roots, vermillion, sargi and Karva Chauth with the same devotion and pomp as if they were living in any city or village of India.
During the film's popular song 'Bole Chudiyan Bole Kangana', the entire Kapoor family is seen worshiping Karva Chauth dressed in traditional clothes, beautiful lehengas and jewellery. In the film, the traditional respect between Jaya Bachchan and Amitabh Bachchan, on the one hand, and the flirtatious marital love between Kajol and Shahrukh Khan on the other hand, make this scene extremely emotionally rich. At the same time, the young chemistry of Kareena Kapoor and Hrithik Roshan gave a message to the modern generation that even after getting colored in the colors of modernity, it can be a beautiful feeling to keep one's heritage and culture alive.
Directed by Ravi Chopra and produced by B.R. The Karva Chauth sequence of the film 'Bagban' produced by Chopra is such that every viewer sitting in the theater could not stop the tears from their eyes. Through the characters of Amitabh Bachchan (Raj Malhotra) and Hema Malini (Pooja), it was shown that true love is not dependent on age, body and distance. According to the story of the film, when their own selfish children separate their old parents in different cities and do not even allow them to meet each other, when the day of Karva Chauth comes, their love beats with the same intensity.
Both are miles away from each other, but both observe waterless fast. At night, when the moon appears in the sky, Raj and Pooja talk to each other on the landline phone. Feeling each other's sobs and breathing from the other side of the phone, both of them take a sip of water and complete their fast. This scene tells that Karva Chauth is not just a ritual of sitting together and eating food, but it is an unbreakable resolution between two souls which no physical distance or adversity in the world can ever break. Amitabh and Hema's mature acting made this scene one of the most emotional family scenes in Indian cinema.
David Dhawan's comedy-drama film 'Biwi No. A completely different and realistic aspect of Karva Chauth was seen in 'One'. In the film, Karisma Kapoor, as a dedicated and traditional Indian wife, observes the Karva Chauth fast with full devotion for Salman Khan. On the other hand, Salman Khan's character cheats on his wife and reaches his model girlfriend's (Sushmita Sen) house to break her fast. When Karishma discovers the truth of this duplicity, the sacred stage of Karva Chauth becomes a symbol of a woman's self-respect and the power of her hurt love. This scene shows that while this fast is sacred for a woman, the punishment for betrayal is equally harsh.
On the other hand, Ken Ghosh's superhit youth-oriented film 'Ishq-Vishk', released in 2003, brought Karva Chauth into the center of college life and teenage romance for the first time. The innocent pair of Shahid Kapoor and Amrita Rao attracted the young audience a lot. In the film, Amrita Rao's character Payal secretly observes Karva Chauth fast for Rajiv i.e. Shahid Kapoor on the rooftop of her hostel. Shahid also arrives on time without any care in the world to honor his girlfriend and break her fast. This scene showed that when love is selfless and true, the feeling of Karva Chauth is heart-touching at any stage of age.