Top 10 Bollywood Love Story Movies

Top 10 Bollywood Love Story Movies – Bollywood is always known for its music, songs, and romantic movies. If you want to define Bollywood, these are the things that define it perfectly and especially the Love stories. Romance and love are the aura and soul of Bollywood. We cannot imagine Bollywood movies without some romantic scenes or songs. A love story movie with twist and turns followed by a happy ending are pretty common in Bollywood.

Top 10 Bollywood Love Story Movies

But as a movie fan, you might have wondered what are the top Love story movies of Bollywood. Well, we have done the homework for you as we have prepared a list of the top 10 Love story movies of Bollywood based on the popularity, ratings, and depth of the movies. So let’s get right into it. The list is as follows-

No.1 Mughal-E-Azam

This is an epic movie that showcases the love of Salim and Anarkali from the historic period of Mughals, the story begins when prince “Salim”, falls in love at first sight with a beautiful courtesan named “Anarkali”. Both of them fall in love but Salim’s father, The Emperor, disagrees with this to maintains their royal image. Salim turns rebel against his father After knowing his intentions to separate them and fights for his love. The movie is a love drama and considered one of the greatest movies of all time.

IMDb Ratings:2/10
Genre: Romance/Musical
Rated: Not Rated
Duration: 198 min
Release Date: 5 August 1960
Star Cast: Dilip Kumar, Madhubala, Prithviraj Kapoor, Durga Khote.

No.2 Laila Majnu

“Laila Majnu” is the epitome of Love story movies in Bollywood. The name Majnu is still used in India for the person who is too much into love. The story revolves around two lovers Laila and Majnu, who are deeply madly in love with each other but their families are opposite to their love. The story takes a tragic turn when the boy is exiled from the town and the girl is married to someone else. Even after such events they still love each other and do not bother about people. The movie has some of the best songs in Indian Cinema.

IMDb Ratings:1/10
Genre: Romance/Musical
Rated: Not Rated
Duration: 141 min
Release Date: 11 November 1976
Star Cast: Rishi Kapoor, Ranjeeta Kaur, Danny Denzongpa.

No.3 Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge

One of the most memorable love story movies of the 90’s era is “Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge”. This is a love story of “Raj” and “Simran” who meet each other on a Europe trip and fall in love with each other. Simran tells Raj that she belongs to a conservative family and her father has already selected a groom for her. After knowing this, Raj follows Simran to India and tries to convince her family that he is the suitable boy for her. This is one of the biggest hits of Bollywood and some people also consider it the best Romantic Bollywood movie ever.

IMDb Ratings:1/10
Genre: Musical/Romance
Rated: Not Rated
Duration: 192 min
Release Date: 20 October 1995
Star Cast: Shahrukh Khan, Kajol, Amrish Puri, Anupam Kher, Farida Jalal.

No.4 Jab We Met

Jab We Met is a comedy, Love story movie directed by Imtiaz Ali. This is a love story of Aditya and Geet with full-on adventure and entertainment. This movie has it all, love story, songs, drama, complications, and happy ending. The story starts with Aditya, a rich businessman who gets heartbroken after his girlfriend marries someone else. As a result of this shock, he boards a train aimlessly where he meets a Punjabi girl named “Geet”. traveling together for the night they become friends. They get involved in each other’s lives and develop love interests unknowingly. This is a must-watch movie as it is a complete entertainment package.

IMDb ratings: 9/10
Genre: Musical, Romance, Comedy, Adventure
Rated: PG
Duration: 155 min
Release Date: 26 October 2007
Star cast: Shahid Kapoor, Kareena Kapoor, Varun Malhotra, Dara Singh.

No.5 Veer-Zaara

Veer Zaara is a love story of two people from different countries. This is a love story of an Indian pilot named Veer Pratap Singh and a girl named Zara Hayat Khan from Pakistan. Veer and Zaara fall in love but False charges are laid against Veer which lands him in jail to spend years of imprisonment in Pakistan whereas Zara believes him to be dead and spend her life in India in Veer’s village. After knowing their story, a lawyer named Samiya Siddiqui fights Veer’s case in the hope to reunite Veer-Zara.

IMDb ratings: 7.8
Genre: Musical, Romance
Rated: PG
Duration: 192 Min
Release Date: 12 November 2004
Star Cast: Shahrukh Khan, Preity Zinta, Rani Mukherjee

No.6 Devdas

Devdas is a romantic-tragedy movie based on the novel of Sharad Chandra Chatterjee. This movie revolves around the love of Dev and Paro. Their childhood love comes to an end when it is not accepted by their families and Paro is forcefully married to someone else. Dev goes into depression and becomes a drunkard after leaving his house. Dev finds solace with Chandramukhi, a prostitute. In the end, Dev dies due to overconsumption of Alcohol in memories of her love. This is one of the best period drama films of Bollywood.

IMDb ratings:6/10
Genre: Musical, Romance
Rated: PG
Duration: 185 min
Release Date: 12 July 2002
Star cast: Shah Rukh Khan, Madhuri Dixit, Aishwarya Rai, Jackie Shroff.

No.7 Tere Naam

This is one of the most tragic love stories on the list and is definitely among the top Love story movies of all time. The story revolves around a guy name Radhe who falls in love with Nirjara, a first-year student. Initially, Nirjara hates him and considers him a bad guy but later she also falls for him after knowing that he is a good guy and truly loves her. Things change badly as Radhe is confronted by a gang of criminals, who injure him badly on his head, making him mentally unstable. He starts recovering in an asylum and runs away to find Nirjara. but goes back to the asylum after knowing that Nirjara has committed suicide.

IMDb ratings: 1/10
Genre: Musical, Romance
Rated: Not Rated
Duration: 138 min
Release Date: 15 August 2003
Star cast: Salman Khan, Bhumika Chawla.

No.8 Kuch Kuch Hota Hai

Kuch Kuch Hota Hai is a love triangle story where two college students, Anjali and Rahul are best friends. Anjali has feelings for Rahul but he falls in love with a fresher named tina. Rahul and Tina get married and Anjali parts away. Tina dies at the time of childbirth and leaves a letter to her daughter named Anjali to read on her eighth birthday. In the letter, she asks her daughter to reunite the duo. This movie has some very popular songs and one of the best movies of Shahrukh Khan.

IMDb ratings: 7.6
Genre: Musical, Romance
Rated: PG
Duration: 177 Min
Release Date: 16 October 1998
Star cast: Shahrukh Khan, Kajol, Rani Mukherjee, Salman Khan.

No.9 Rockstar (Top 10 Bollywood Love Story Movies)

Rockstar is a story of a college student named Janardhan also known as Jordan. He wants to become a rockstar and searches for his inspiration. In the meantime, he meets Heer Kaul and they become friends after few verbal fights. She tells him that she is getting married in a month and will be gone to Prague forever. She makes a list of things to do before marriage and he takes responsibility to complete them all. Both fall in love during that time and are parted after Heer’s marriage. Jordan works his way to Prague and meets her again but she has to keep her marriage. In the end, the girl died due to depression and illness. The music and songs of this movie are considered to be the best music album of a film in Bollywood.

IMDb Ratings: 7/10
Genre: Musical, Romance
Rated: R
Duration: 159 min
Release Date: 11 November 2011
Star cast: Ranbir Kapoor, Nargis Fakri, Aditi Rao Hydari.

No. 10 Heer Ranjha (Top 10 Bollywood Love Story Movies)

This one is a gem from the past but its name is still very famous to date. The duo of Heer-Ranjha is used as a Benchmark for people in love. The movie revolves around Dheedo and Heer who love each other but their families are against it. Heer is relocated from that place to apart them but Dheedo learns about her location and changes his name to Ranjha to meet his love again.