{"id":6242,"date":"2016-07-10T08:27:26","date_gmt":"2016-07-10T02:57:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/13.201.39.237\/?p=6242"},"modified":"2026-07-17T22:05:19","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T16:35:19","slug":"how-hindi-movies-made-india-fall-in-love-with-trains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/13.207.105.184\/?p=6242","title":{"rendered":"Fast-Track Pyaar: How Hindi Movies Made India Fall In Love With Trains"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<span class=\"dropcap\">I<\/span>n Imtiaz Ali\u2019s <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/bollywood\/love-aaj-kal-review-imtiaz-ali-kartik-aaryan-sara-ali-khan\/\">Love Aaj Kal<\/a><\/em>, Raghu (Kartik Aaryan) and Leena (Aarushi Sharma) are shown travelling on trains. There\u2019s a subtle hint of separation and a glimmer of hope as we see Raghu wave goodbye to a passing train. Watching the trailer took me back to my fascination for trains, reminding me of my heart&#8217;s unfulfilled desire of finding my soulmate in one such journey. I have always been taken by train journeys \u2013 not only because my father worked for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/technology\/why-the-indian-railways-uts-app-is-pure-evil\/\">railways<\/a>, but also because train journeys had a different charm of their own. The scenery outside, the food items at different platforms, the people you encountered, and the excitement of boarding a rail gaadi united to create an experience that was uniquely memorable.\n\nBollywood romanticised this fascination to an unimaginable extent. The earliest memory I have of trains in Hindi cinema was in films like <em>Sholay<\/em> (1975) and <em>The Burning Train<\/em> (1980), where trains made for pivotal sub-plots. Then, Hindi cinema made them romantic. What can be better than meeting your soulmate on a moving train? Trains acted as a sort of unifier in terms of finding love across barriers of class and geography. In a\u00a0 country like India, trains are more than just a mode of transport \u2013 they symbolise life itself. It\u2019s no surprise then, that in no time, the Indian railways became a marker for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/love-and-sex\/how-the-middle-class-makes-love\/\">middle-class romance<\/a> as well.\n\nBut as India progressed, trains fell out of fashion. With the advent of the noughties, Bollywood couples preferred meeting in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/humour\/international-flights-low-costs-travelling\/\">flights<\/a> over trains, often highlighting the lofty ambitions of the nation. Take the climactic airport dash in <em>Jaane Tu Yaa Jaane Na<\/em> for instance. But even then, the airport can hardly replicate the sentimentality of a meet-cute on a train or a platform, which has seen lovers meet, greet, and even separate for decades. Some of the greatest love stories in Bollywood have started at the train station. In <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/bollywood\/23-years-of-ddlj-adarsh-hindustani-mard-shahrukh-khan-kajol\/\">Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge<\/a><\/em>\u00a0 (1996), Raj (Shah Rukh Khan) and Simran\u2019s (Kajol) love story starts and ends at a platform. The climax sequence in particular, where Simran runs towards the moving train and Raj extends his hands has become a pop culture phenomenon. Bollywood has recreated the iconic train scene and its version a number of times \u2013 in <em>Chennai Express<\/em>, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/bollywood\/more-fathers-like-bunnys-dad-from-yeh-jawaani-hai-deewani-please\/\">Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani<\/a><\/em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/humour\/jab-we-met-anniversary-imitiaz-ali-kareena-kapoor-khan-shahid-kapoor\/\"><em>Jab We Met<\/em><\/a>. And more than two decades later, <em>Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan<\/em>, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/people\/menaka-guruswamy-arundhati-katju-section-377-queer-couple\/\">same-sex love story<\/a>, is giving us an updated version of this scene \u2013 with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/features\/ab-teri-baari-truth-bombing-ayushmann-khurrana-axe-make-your-own-rules\/\">Ayushmann Khurrana<\/a> running beside a moving train while his partner Jitendra Kumar channels in inner SRK.\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/13.201.39.237\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1581738823.jpg\" alt=\"shubh_mangal_zyada_saavadhan\" width=\"724\" height=\"407\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-59493\" \/>\n<figcaption>\n<p><em>Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan<\/em>, a same-sex love story, is giving us an updated version of the iconic DDLJ scene \u2013 with Jitendra Kumar running beside a moving train while his partner Ayushmann Khurrana channels in inner SRK. <\/p>\n<p>Colour Yellow Productions<\/p>\n<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\nThere is no train scene that has achieved the DDLJ cult status, but there is a certain enigma to the Shah Rukh Khan-Manisha Koirala encounter at a railway station in <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/bollywood\/20-years-of-dil-se-mani-ratnam-srk-manisha-koirala\/\">Dil Se<\/a> <\/em>(1998). Khan\u2019s Amar is smitten even as\u00a0 Koirala\u2019s Meghana is hesitant to make eye contact. It is a standard \u201cboy meets girl at a station\u201d trope that soon acquires sombre undertones.\n\nWhat the DDLJ scene is to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/features\/restless-and-proud-why-millennials-continue-to-chase-newness\/\">millennials<\/a>, \u201cMere Sapno Ki Rani\u201d from <em>Aradhana<\/em> (1969) is to Gen X-ers. Rajesh Khanna and Sharmila Tagore tenderly romance each other in the evergreen song \u2013 he croons from a jeep and she dreamily gazes at him from a coach. Similarly in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/bollywood\/meena-kumari-85-birthday-pakeezah\/\"><em>Pakeezah<\/em><\/a> (1972), Raj Kumar meets Meena Kumari inside a train compartment, develops an infatuation, and eventually leaves that famous note complimenting her legs.\n\nIn some movies, trains become a companion in tragedy. In Shyam Benegal\u2019s <em>Suraj Ka Satvan Godha<\/em> (1992), the protagonist Manek Mulla (Rajit Kapur) works for the railway mail service. Through him, we come to know about three women and his tryst with them. There are Tanna and Jamuna, two <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/politics\/pdp-bjp-kashmir-governors-rule\/\">star-crossed lovers<\/a>, who meet at a platform after years. This is hardly reconciliation, rather the bitterness comes out \u2013 Tanna is in a broken marriage and Jamuna has become a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/people\/widowed-by-english\/\">widow<\/a>. As they depart, Tanna meets with an accident while crossing the tracks.\n\n<blockquote class=\"quote--center\"><p>Trains acted as a sort of unifier in terms of finding love across barriers of class and geography.<\/p><\/blockquote> \n\nWhile some love stories begin on train journeys, other\u2019s end on platforms. In <em>Teesri Kasam<\/em> (1966), Raj Kapoor and Waheeda Rahman\u2019s separation happens at a railway station. <em>Sadma<\/em> (1983) too harps on a ritualistic yet tragic separation at the railway station. In it, Somu (Kamal Haasan) rescues Nehalata (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/bollywood\/sridevi-death-bollywood\/\">Sridevi<\/a>) who has lost her memory and brings her to his place, becoming her caretaker and guardian. In a cruel twist of fate, when she eventually regains it, she has no recollection of Somu. And as she takes the train to go back home to her parents, she throws him food, thinking he is a beggar. As the train leaves, Somu is left all alone on the platform, a striking image of loneliness. Even in\u00a0 <em>Raanjhanaa<\/em> (2013), a similar bittersweet exchange happens: Kundan (Dhanush) is all ready to meet Zoya (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/pop-culture\/sonam-kapoor-koffee-with-karan-karan-johar-kareena-kapoor-neerja\/\">Sonam Kapoor<\/a>) years after they separated at the railway station. His heart is filled with love and he is convinced that Zoya will recognise him. Zoya walks by, unaware of his existence.\n\nYet there are few directors who\u2019ve used the journey as a metaphor for life. Today no Imtiaz Ali film is complete without a train scene. Back in 2009, in the first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/bollywood\/10-years-of-love-aaj-kal-break-up-exes-saif-ali-khan-deepika-padukone-imtiaz-ali\/\"><em>Love Aaj Kal<\/em>,<\/a> Veer Singh (Rishi Kapoor) tells Jai (Saif Ali Khan) about how desperate he was to meet Harleen (Giselle Monteiro) one last time, as she was shifting to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/pov\/durga-pujo-festivals-india-kolkata\/\">Kolkata<\/a> with her family. At that point, he had lost all hope of being with her, but when he sees Harleen going away at the station, he decides that his life would be incomplete without her. It\u2019s this story that prompts Saif to get Meera (Deepika Padukone) back. It\u2019s a wonderful juxtaposition of romance in Hindi cinema. Maybe it\u2019s time for another train journey to find what the heart desires.\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No Imtiaz Ali film is complete without a train scene. In Love Aaj Kal, a separation unfolds on a train ride and in Jab We Met, a relationship blooms through the course of the journey. But the most iconic train scenes in Bollywood remain Simran running toward Raj in DDLJ and Rajesh Khanna crooning \u201cMere Sapno Ki Rani\u201d as Sharmila Tagore gazes at him from a coach.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":300,"featured_media":6245,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3114],"tags":[2145,3119,10266,7937,4471,6015,10267],"class_list":["post-6242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bollywood","tag-imtiaz-ali","tag-imtiaz-ali-movies","tag-love-aaj-kal","tag-love-stories","tag-meena-kumari","tag-pakeezah","tag-shubh-mangal-zyada-saavdhan"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Fast-Track Pyaar: How Hindi Movies Made India Fall In Love With Trains<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"No Imtiaz Ali film is complete without a train scene. 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