If you too are among the lakhs of applicants who are aspiring to get admission in Delhi University – the most sought after university in the entire nation, you probably have know out most of the university stats already. But, did anyone ever disclosed that these Delhi University colleges of have been the stage for LOTS OF Bollywood films too?
Well, they have seen from Akshay Kumar to Kangana Ranaut, your glamorous stars and starkids from tinseltown have been here from time to time (and not just for promotional reasons too.)
Here’s a name of the 10 Bollywood movies that were shot in Delhi University and it played an important role. Who knows, you might just get a chance to see your favourite characters in the next semester.
1) Fukrey
In the beginning, the film was supposed to be shot in SRCC. But the movie brilliantly captured Miranda House as a co-educational institution. Not just this, the soundtrack of Fukrey was launched in Atma Ram Sanatan Dharma of Delhi University for the first time. And that is what we call true love for DU.
Release Date: 14 June 2013
Cast:
The main cast of “Fukrey,” a 2013 Indian comedy film, includes:
Pulkit Samrat as Hunny
Varun Sharma as Choocha
Ali Fazal as Zafar
Manjot Singh as Lali
Richa Chadda as Bholi Punjaban
Pankaj Tripathi as Pandit
Priya Anand as PriyaV
ishakha Singh as Neetu
2) Rockstar
An epic film directed by Imtiaz Ali portrays the perfect scenario of a Hindu college boy, namely Janardhan, and the epitome of sophistication, a Stephanite, Heer. Rockstar, a romantic musical drama, was shot during the summer vacation at Delhi University. One can easily see the college canteen and the main entrance gate of the college in the movie.
Release Date: 11 November 2011
Cast:
The main cast of “Rockstar,” a 2011 Indian musical romantic drama film, includes:
Ranbir Kapoor as Janardhan “Jordan” Jakhar
Nargis Fakhri as Heer Kaul
Shammi Kapoor as Ustad Jameel Khan
Kumud Mishra as Khatana
Piyush Mishra as Dhingra
Aditi Rao Hydari as Sheena
Moufid Aziz as Jai
Shernaz Patel as Heer’s mother
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3) Band Bajaa Baraat
How can one miss the song, namely Tarkeebe, from this film? This song has shots of Hansraj College’s boys hostel and its classrooms. Maneesh Sharma, director of the film, truly did justice to the lives of Delhi University students by playing around the campus.
Release Date: 10 December 2010
Cast:
Band Baaja Baaraat is a popular Bollywood romantic comedy starring:
Ranveer Singh as Bittoo Sharma
Anushka Sharma as Shruti Kakkar
4) Do Dooni Chaar
This movie has a cameo by Kirori Mal College. From it’s fest to its corridors to its classrooms, film makers have done a fabulous job portraying this college. No one can forget the festival scene of the daughter of Rishi Kapoor in the film, which was shot at Kirori Mal College.
Release Date: 8 October 2010
Cast:
Do Dooni Chaar is a heartwarming family comedy starring:
Rishi Kapoor as Santosh Duggal
Neetu Singh as Kusum Duggale
Other important cast members were:
Aditi Vasudev as Payal Duggal
Archit Krishna as Sandeep Duggal
Akhilendra Mishra as Farooqui
Natasha Rastogi as Salma Farooqui
Supriya Shukla as Urmi
5) Dev D
This movie is directed by Anurag Kashyap. He is the badass of Bollywood who amazingly used the ultimate location of Hansraj College and the campus around it in the film.
Release Date : 6 February 2009
Cast:
Abhay Deol as Devendra Singh “Dev” Dhillon
Mahie Gill as Parminder “Paro” KaurK
kalki Koechlin as Leni/Chandramukhi (Chanda)
Dibyendu Bhattacharya as Chunni Lal
6) Dil Dosti, etc.
Showing the true students’ politics at Delhi University, Dil Dosti, etc., portrays the perfect urge for power and authority. From being the president of a college to simply being dedicated to friendship, it has all the aspects of a student life. The movie was entirely shot at Hindu College and the North Campus of DU.
Release Date : 28 September 2007
Cast:
Shreyas Talpade as Sanjay Mishra
Imaad Shah as Apurv
Nikita Anand as Prerna
Smriti Mishra as Vaishali
Ishita Sharma as Kintu
Dinesh Kumar as Sonu
7) Akaash Vani
This romantic hosteller-in-love story was pictured at St. Stephens College. Both the main leads, Kartik Tiwari and Nushrat Bharucha, leave no stone unturned to gleam the movie screen with their romance. From the scenes of the hostel to the college library, love was shown everywhere in the movie.
Release Date : 25 January 2013
Cast:
Kartik Aaryan as Akaash Kapoor
Nushrat Bharucha as Vani Mehra
Sunny Singh as Ravi Sinha
Fatima Sana Shaikh as Sumbul Yakub
8) Special 26
Did you notice the long corridor of the CBI headquarters in this film? If not, then, ladies and gentlemen, that long corridor was actually the very famous heritage hall of Miranda House College, which was transformed into the CBI Headquarters. The institution has appeared on the silver screen in many other Bollywood films as well.
Release Date : 8 February 2013
Cast:
Akshay Kumar as Jai Prakash
Kajal Aggarwal as Priya Prakash
Jimmy Shergill as CBI Officer Waseem Khan
Anupam Kher as Raghubir Singh
Pankaj Kapur as J.W. Lal
Rajat Kapoor as Atharva Singh
Divya Dutta as Sonia
9) The Reluctant Fundamentalist
This film was inspired by the unpublished novel ‘The Reluctant Fundamentalist’ and directed by Mira Nair. She nicely recreated the scenes of Lahore around Miranda House’s Zoology Department.
Release Date : 17 May 2013
Cast:
Riz Ahmed as Changez Khan
Liev Schreiber as Bobby Lincoln
Kate Hudson as Erica Patel
Kiefer Sutherland as Jim Cross
Om Puri as Abu (Changez’s father)
Shabana Azmi as Ammi (Changez’s mother)
Martin Donovan as Ludlow Cooper
10) Sahi Bande Galat Dhande
Pravin Dabbas and Udit Khurana, who made their debut as directors in this film, are famous alumnae of Hansraj College. Some of the scenes in the film were shot there and on the campus around this college. Also, the team conducted a special screening of the movie at Hansraj College. And one from around the world.
Release Date: 19 August 2011
Cast:
Parvin Dabas as Rajbir
Vansh Bharadwaj as Sexy
Ashish Nayyar as Ambani
Kuldeep Ruhil as Doctor
Sharat Saxena as Fauji
Kiran Juneja as Chief Minister
Yashpal Sharma as Malik
Anupam Kher as Agarwal
Neena Kulkarni as Tai
Tena Desae as Neha Sharma
Vipin Sharma as Rawat
Udit Khurana as Hitu Gulati
Preeti Jhangiani as Shalini Mehta
Bonus
11) Tanu Weds Manu Returns
This superhit film, which was a sequel to Tanu Weds Manu was filmed in Ramjas College. This movie beautifully shows the essence of North Campus from rickshaws to maggi shops.
Cast:
Kangana Ranaut as Tanuja
Trivedi and Kusum Sanjay Sharma
Madhavan as Manu Sharma
Jimmy Shergill as Jassi
Swara Bhaskar as Payal
Deepak Dobriyal as Chhote
Rajpal Yadav as Pappi
