InternationalTeaDay: Iconic Bollywood Scenes Where Tea Plays An Essential Role

Tea is our national beverage. Apart from the health benefits of tea, there is another amazing quality of tea - it binds people. Tea is such a big part of our culture that even Bollywood cannot stop itself from infusing it into scripts. On the occasion of International Tea Day, here is a list of iconic Bollywood scenes where tea plays an essential role: -

 

Love Aaj  Kal (2009)

Director: Imtiaz Ali

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHsvRK2t1oM

Love remains the same over time - that was the message delivered by this Hit Bollywood romantic musical. You will see two love stories set in different periods. The young Rishi Kapoor playing Veer Singh comes all the way from Punjab to Kolkata to catch a glimpse of his "lady love" Harleen Kaur. She knows how much Veer Singh loves his black tea and thus comes down from her house and secretly offers him that chai. That one glass of tea confirms her love for Veer. Isn’t that truly romantic?

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VickyDonor (2012)

Director: Shoojit Sircar

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ENQghJTSQ4

This is the unique love story of a sperm donor, Vicky Arora. Vicky falls in love with a Bengali girl named Ashima. So, quite naturally there is a tiff between the Punjabis and the Bengalis. Their banter sounds interesting, cute, and hilarious. When both the parties are discussing the marriage between Vicky and Ashima, of course, chai is served along with snacks. The Punjabi clan wants the marriage rituals in their way while the Bengalis want it their way. Don’t miss this scene and watch Vicky Donor online on Mzaalo for free. Download this best app for free movies for your android or iOS and win exciting reward coins from brands like The Man Company, Clayton Fashion Jewels, Orbit, etc.

Shubh Mangal  Saavdhan (2017)

Director: R.S. Prasanna

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpV9igsfrIk

This movie was about a couple - Mudit and Sugandha who fall in love and have the blessings of their families to get married. But just when they were about to get intimate before marriage, Mudit faces erectile dysfunction. Molded in a middle-class family set-up where people are still reluctant to utter the “sex” word, this romantic comedy-drama narrated a beautiful yet unusual story of common people. In this particular scene, Mudit comes to drop Sugandha after their date and they are having tea with a parle-g biscuit. Mudit explains his “gent’s problem” by dipping a parle-g biscuit in his cup of tea. After dipping that biscuit falls into the cup again. Brilliantly and sensibly, the director conveyed the message.

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Saajan (1991)

Director: Lawrence D'Souza

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYMrvT9x-fw

Saajan was the highest-grossing Bollywood film of 1991 featuring Madhuri Dixit, Sanjay Dutt, and Salman Khan. The music by Nadeem-Shravan was the heartbeat of Saajan along with the “love-triangle” plot. It reinstated the wave of romance dramas and love triangle tales in Bollywood. Aman (Sanjay Dutt) comes to a new city for his new factory where he falls in love with Puja (Madhuri Dixit) who owns a book store and is a die-hard fan of Sagar (pseudonym of poet Aman). He spots a tea stall just opposite Puja’s book store and goes there daily to sit, write, and sketch (portraits of Puja). While the tea stall owner welcomes Aman he mentions the variety of tea he has - ram pyari, ram dulari, ram kesari, etc. Aman goes there daily and enjoys at least 30-40 cups of tea there making the owner a bit richer.

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Baazigaar (1993)

Director: Abbas-Mustan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3dCS5SovXI

Baazigar has the most iconic scene in Bollywood with tea. This movie features Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol, and Shilpa Shetty in the lead with a supporting cast of Dalip Tahil, Rakhee Gulzar, etc. In this scene, you will see Johnny Lever as Babulal, Dinesh Hingoo as Bajodia Seth, and Kajol as Priya. Bajodia Seth comes for evening tea in the Chopra household to talk to Madan Chopra (Tahil) about a probable marital union between Bajodia’s son and Madan’s elder daughter Seema (Shetty). The head of the servant in Chopra Household Babulal has a disease of forgetting and he prepares the tea for this special meeting. But instead of tea leaves, he pours salt in boiling water and serves the guests. Bajodia says to his son that rich people drink their tea like this only and that further leads to a laughter competition between Bajodia and Babulal. You will be in splits watching this iconic chai scene on screen.

English Vinglish (2012)

Director: Gauri Shinde

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnvfVKxu6oU

The opening scene of English Vinglish - a 2012 Bollywood Hit establishes the story in a gist in front of the audience. Shashi, the shy and introverted wife of Satish Godbole takes good care of the whole family. The moment she gets up in the morning, she is running to keep everyone happy in her family. Shashi rushes into the kitchen and first makes herself a nice cup of beaten coffee but prepares tea for everyone else. She sits with her favorite Hindi newspaper and her cup of coffee but couldn’t finish her coffee as someone keeps coming in. First, it’s her mother-in-law and then her husband and then her kids. They all later sit around the breakfast table where Shashi’s “jazz” pronunciation creates ripples of laughter in her daughter and husband and she feels insulted.

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Do you see so many things happen over a cup of tea in our favorite Hindi movies? Enjoy these Bollywood Blockbusters on International Tea Day with your cup of tea.