Ten years of Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara, real-life road trip through Spain, and friendship on a journey
FirstpostAs today marks the 10-year anniversary of Zoya Akhtar’s beloved buddy road movie, and the five-year anniversary of my own trip through Spain with friends, it feels like the right time to revisit the enduring impact of both. As today, 15 July, marks the 10-year anniversary of Zoya Akhtar’s beloved buddy road movie, and the five-year anniversary of our own trip through Spain, it felt like the right time to revisit the enduring impact of both. In Zoya’s warm, feel-good ode to male friendships, the inciting incident is Kabir mistakenly proposing to his girlfriend Natasha, leading to him going on a bachelor trip with childhood friends Imraan and London-based banker Arjun to fulfill a pact they made years ago. Kabir doesn’t go through with the marriage, Arjun reorients his life, finds freedom, and marries Laila, and Imraan moves past his daddy issues and gives his friend the long overdue apology he deserves.