Chhichhore: How Bollywood campus dramas have explored concepts of identity and self discovery
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Chhichhore: How Bollywood campus dramas have explored concepts of identity and self discovery

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Before Chhichhore releases on Friday, a look at how Bollywood campus dramas have focused on their underdog protagonists’ journey to glory, besides being narratives about first love and heartbreaks. Seven friends meet in college, become thick friends, lose touch and are united decades later after a tragedy strikes — this is the subject of Dangal helmer Nitesh Tiwari’s upcoming campus caper, Chhichhore. Kuch Kuch Hota Hai Arguably one of the most popular college films to be ever made in Hindi, it was precisely about the tectonic shift of graduating to college life. Main Hoon Na Similar to Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, the idea of not being comfortable in one’s own skin plays a major role in this tale.

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