It is said that movies are the key ingredient of the pursuit of happiness, and so the industry spends millions and billions to fulfill the desires of its audiences.
At the same time, there is a responsibility of this very industry to show the real world to its viewers and make them aware of the facts of each and every aspect of life.
Most of the Bollywood Movies end with Happy Ending, but there are few mind-blowing Bollywood films with Tragic Endings. These Bollywood movies with Sad Ending make you cry and you think that this is not the perfect ending.
So let’s find out the top 10 movies with sad endings of different colors:
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Bollywood Movies with Sad Endings
Rang De Basanti (2006)
Director: Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra
Starcast: Amir Khan, Alice Patten, Soha Ali Khan, Kunal Kapoor, Siddharth Narayan, Madhavan, Sharman Joshi, Atul Kulkarni
The film revolves around a young British documentary filmmaker who is firmed to craft a film on Indian freedom fighters based on diary entries by her grandfather.
Rockstar (2011)
Director: Imtiaz Ali
Starcast: Ranbir Kapoor, Nargis Fakhri
The film is all about the journey of Janardhan Jakhar aka JJ, who chases his dreams to become an international rock sensation ‘Jordan’. ‘Sadda Haq’ became the most popular song of the film and was called a ‘youth anthem’.
Devdas (2002)
Director: Sanjay Leela Bhansali
Starcast: Shahrukh Khan, Madhuri Dixit, Aishwarya Rai
The film showcases a flush law graduate, Devdas, who returns from his studies in London to tie the knot with his babyhood beloved Paro. But the refusal of his wedding by his own relations sparks his descent into alcohol, at last leading to his emotional declination.
Raanjhanaa (2013)
Director: Aanand Rai
Starcast: Dhanush, Sonam Kapoor, Abhay Deol
Based on a heartbreaking love triangle, the film depicts the story of a small-town boy who wishes to break through the class divide to get his childhood’s darling who falls for the University’s student leader. Raanjhanaa was the debut film of Tamil Superstar Dhanush and Dialogues of Raanjhanaa are still very famous.
Goliyon ki Raasleela Ram-leela (2013)
Director: Sanjay Leela Bhansali
Starcast: Ranveer Singh, Deepika Padukone, Supriya Pathak
The film is claimed as the modern adaptation of Shakespeare’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’. 3rd Film on the same concept as Ishaqzaade and Issaq The story of the film showcases Ram and Leela, their passionate love, lust, and the drama following that.
Tere Naam (2003)
Director: Satish Kaushik
Starcast: Salman Khan, Bhoomika Chawla
The heart-wrenching story features a boisterous boy who loses his heart to a 1st-year fresher. The love story of the duo takes a winding turn and ends in a tragic way as the girl commits suicide and the boy is shown as curing mental patients dedicating his life in the name of his beloved, Nirjara.
Vaastav (1999)
Director: Mahesh Manjrekar
Starcast: Sanjay Dutt, Namrata Shirodkar
The film is said to be formed on the life of Mumbai underworld gangster Chota Rajan. The story comes to a disastrous end as the protagonist of the film joins the underworld team by doom and ends his life when there is no hope.
Anand (1971)
Director: Hrishikesh Mukherjee
Starcast: Rajesh Khanna, Amitabh Bachchan
The popularity of the film can be considered the fact that it is listed in the ‘top 25 must-see Bollywood Films’ by Indiatimes Movies. The story of the cult film revolves around a lethally ill guy who desires to live life to the fullest prior to the foreseeable happens.
Aashiqui 2 (2013)
Director: Mohit Suri
Starcast: Aditya Roy Kapoor and Shraddha Kapoor
With the tagline ‘love makes life live’, the movie portrays a musical love story centering on the two lovers who go through love and loathing, fame and failure in their lives.
Also Read: Best Bollywood Movies based on Singers and Music
Kal Ho Na Ho (2003)
Director: Nikhil Advani
Starcast: Shahrukh Khan, Preity Zinta, Saif Ali Khan
With the tagline – ‘A story of a lifetime…. In a heartbeat, the film portrays the changes in the life of an extremely stern girl after the advent of her new neighbor, who trains her a fresh way to live.
Sanam Teri Kasam (2016)
Director: Radhika Rao, Vinay Sapru
Starcast: Harshvardhan Rane, Mawra Hocane, Sudesh Berry
Sanam Teri Kasam is a Bollywood Romantic drama film starring Harshvardhan Rane and famous Pakistani VJ and Actress Mawra Hocane or Mawra Hussain. Sanam Teri Kasam is a beautiful Romantic Film and if you are a romantic film lover you will love the film, but the ending of the film is not Happy and you may feel sad.
UGLY (2013)
After a long fight with the censor board, Ugly was released in 2014. Anurag Kashyap’s crime thriller is one of the best mystery movies of all time. The Kidnapping of a girl and its Gripping storyline sticks you to your seats till the end, each and every character is linked with each other.
We are not going to reveal the climax of the film.
Also Read: Best Movies of Anurag Kashyap Ranked
Your Turn!
This is our list of Bollywood Movies with Sad Endings, You can add your list of Bollywood Films without Happy Endings.
