As Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced today as National Startup Day, fashion has taken over social media and people around the world are gaga about this new thing. It was too late, given the myriad start-ups that keep popping up. After all, it would not be a bad gesture to raise their morale a little more by setting a specific day for their celebration.
Even in this respect, Bollywood movies are never far behind. There have been numerous films that have shown the stories of young entrepreneurs creating their own startups and the many ups and downs they face all these years. Here is a look at some of the most popular movies in this category:
“Guru”
The film follows the rise of the ambitious Gurukant Desai (played by Abhishek Bachchan) as a successful businessman in the late 1950s in India. The guru marries the wonderful Sujata (played by Aishwarya Rai) for her dowry by chance and a little cheating, only to find out later that he really loves her. Desai is coming to the fore, but his business practices leave much to be desired, and soon the Gupta tycoon (played by Mitun Chakraborti), a moral and ethical man, is about to destroy Desai. This controversy between what is considered good and what is considered bad in business is the subject of the film.
“Rocket Singh: Seller of the Year”
Harpreet Singh Bedi (in the role of Ranbir Kapoor) recently graduated and his grades are humiliating, but they never stopped him from pursuing an interesting and adventurous career and they will never stop him. Harpreet Singh Bedi plans to start an exciting sales career. But his definition of success is in conflict with what is really being perceived in the world. It is the story of a recent graduate who tries to find a balance between the abhorrent expectations of the “professional” world and the way of his heart – and stumbles upon a strange method that turned his life and career upside down.
“Band Baaja Baaraat”
Shruti and Bittoo (played by Anushka Sharma and Ranveer Singh), two young men in Delhi, start Shaadi Mubarak, a wedding planning company. Their endeavor proves to be extremely successful thanks to the hard work, dedication and honesty that the two of them showed in their wedding plans. They soon became the leading wedding organizer in Delhi. However, their professional relationship is jeopardized when Shruti falls in love with Bittoo. The story revolves around whether they could resolve their differences and come together for the most magnificent wedding planning ceremony of their career or whether their egos will make their huge successful business go to the dogs.
“Badmaash Company”
Karan (played by Sahid Kapoor), a young middle-class graduate, is devastated when his mother sells her jewelery to fund his father’s hospitalization. Swearing to rectify the situation, he devises a plan to get rich quick. Joining hands with some of his best friends, he thinks of some of the weirdest business ideas. These business ideas are all done either to take advantage of gaps in government policies or to trick some big business groups into cheating them with their money. However, Karan eventually gets caught up and learns his lesson and eventually grows up. In the end, he manages to use his clever ideas once again to make a startup legally, this time ending up with huge profits for the group.
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