As Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced today as the National Startup Day, the fad has caught up with social media, and people all over are going gaga over this new thing. It was long overdue considering the innumerable startups that keep coming up every now and then. After all, it wouldn’t be a bad gesture to pump their morale a bit more by designating a day specific for their celebration.
Even in this respect, Bollywood films are also never too far behind. There have been numerous films that have shown tales of young entrepreneurs coming up with their own startups and the numerous ups and downs that they face over the years. Here’s taking a look at some of the most popular movies in this category:
‘Guru’
The movie follows the rise to prominence of ambitious Gurukant Desai (played by Abhishek Bachchan) as a successful business entrepreneur in the late 1950s of India. Guru marries the lovely Sujata (played by Aishwarya Rai) for her dowry by happenstance and a little bit of deception, only to learn later on that he genuinely does love her. Desai rises to prominence, but his business practices leave much to be desired, and soon newspaper magnate Gupta (played by Mithun Chakraborty), an ethical and moral man, is out to demolish Desai. This tussle between what’s considered good and what’s considered bad in business is what the film is all about.
‘Rocket Singh: Salesman Of The Year’
Harpreet Singh Bedi (played by Ranbir Kapoor) recently graduated, and his grades are a touch humiliating, but they have never prevented him from pursuing an interesting and adventurous profession, and they will never stop him. Harpreet Singh Bedi intends to embark on an exciting career in sales. But his definition of success quickly clashes with what it actually is perceived in the world. It's the story of a recent graduate attempting to strike a balance between the obnoxious expectations of the 'professional' world and the way of his heart - and stumbling across a wacky method that turned his life upside down and his career right side up.
‘Band Baaja Baaraat’
Shruti and Bittoo (played by Anushka Sharma and Ranveer Singh), two Delhi youngsters, launch Shaadi Mubarak, a wedding planning company. Their venture turns out to be massively successful thanks to the hard work, dedication, and honesty shown by the two in their wedding plannings. Soon, they become the topmost wedding planner in Delhi. However, their professional connection is jeopardised, when Shruti falls in love with Bittoo. The story revolves around whether they would be able to sort out their differences and come together for the grandest wedding planning ceremony of their careers or will their egos make their massively successful business go to dogs.
‘Badmaash Company’
Karan (played by Shahid Kapoor), a young middle-class graduate, is devastated when his mother sells her jewellery to fund his father's hospitalisation. Vowing to remedy the situation, he devises a plan to become rich quickly. Joining hands with some of his best friends he comes up with some of the wackiest business ideas. Just that these business ideas are all made to either benefit from loopholes in the government policies or fool some big business conglomerate and dupe them of their money. However, Karan finally gets caught and learns his lesson, and finally comes of age. In the end, he manages to use his brainy ideas once again to this time legally do a startup that ends up making huge profits for the group.
‘Baazaar’
Rizwan (played by Rohan Mehra), a novice stock trader, travels to Mumbai to work for Shakun Kothari (played by Saif Ali Khan), a prominent Gujarati stockbroker. He leaves his little village behind and relocates to a huge city with soaring skyscrapers for this. He used his wit and his street smart business skills to win over the best in the business. Everything appears to be going perfectly fine until Rizwan is betrayed by his idol. When he joins his idol, the ruthless Mumbai stock magnate, Kothari, in his questionable business activities, this wide-eyed graduate, Rizwan, discovers the dark side of ambition. He decides to do the business in his own terms and make money legally, and in the process also gets his idol caught in the web of his own lies and deceit.
