5 times Hindi cinema tackled the issue of divorce

As JugJugg Jeeyo scores a whooping Rs 36.93 crore at the box office, here is a look at five times Hindi cinema addressed the thorny issue of divorce through its multi-genre family dramas.

We Are Family

An official remake of the Julia Roberts-Susan Sarandon cult classic ‘Stepmom’, this tearjerker starring the formidable Kareena Kapoor Khan and Kajol looked at the lasting impact of divorce on children.

Thappad

This sleeper-hit starring a career-best performance by Taapsee Pannu, was a clinical deconstruction of modern-day marriages between men and women, as the protagonist demands a divorce from her husband - following a drunken night of violence.

Dil Dhadakne Do

With the greatest empathy, Dil Dhadakne Do looked at two women across generations, a mother who chose to stay and a daughter who chooses to walk out.

Ijaazat

Gulzar’s seminal film starring Rekha and Naseeruddin Shah, as a divorced couple engaged in a chance-encounter at a railway station after years, will always remain one of the most important pieces in our cinematic history.

Manmarziyaan

Yet another Punjabi family-drama slash high-on-hormones romance, this film by Anurag Kashyap, written by Kanika Dhillon will always be one of Bollywood’s more subtle and refined examinations of marriages of convenience leading to a divorce and its jittery aftermath.