7 best Bollywood movies about brother-sister bond and love – Jigra, Fiza, My Brother Nikhil and more.
While many Bollywood films had a default sub plot of hero being worried and working hard to arrange money for his sister’s marriage, save her from goons in the climax of the film or just have a sister to crack jokes on, there has been very few films which explored the relationship and bond between a brother and sister.
Here are some popular Bollywood films about brother-sister which showed the true bonding of the duo.
Dhanak.
Released in 2016, this Nagesh Kukunoor film tells the tale of a ten-year-old girl and her eight-year-old brother who is visually impaired, and the duo embark on a journey to meet Shah Rukh Khan in hope to get helpt to get the boy’s eye sight back.
My Brother Nikhil.
Released in 2005 and directed by Onir this Juhi Chawla and Sanjay Suri starrer films is about a man diagnosed with HIV and how he is abandoned by everyone except his sister.
Sarbjit.
Sarbjit features Aishwarya Rai in the role of a sister of title character played by Randeep Hooda. The film is directed by Omung Kumar and won several awards.
Fiza.
Starring Karishma Kapoor and Hrithik Roshan the film tells the story of a woman who goes on to search for her missing brother.
Bumm Bumm Bole.
Bumm Bumm Bole tells the story of a brother-sister duo and a pair of shoes.
Bandhan.
Bandhan is a commercial Bollywood film with drama and action while keeping the brother-sister love and bond as it’s core.
Jigra.
Featuring Alia Bhatt, this women centric Indian films tells the tale of a woman who goes on to rescue her brother from prison.