12 Times Bollywood Movies Gave Us Horrible Advice

6 din, ladki in was really not cool.

1. Changing how you dress will make people fall in love with you, because nobody wants you when you're being yourself.

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This started with Rifat Bi in Kuch Kuch Hota Hai telling Anjali that it was important for her to change herself in order to find a boy, and continued to be a theme in so many movies, including Main Hoon Na.

2. If you stalk someone enough, they will fall in love with you.

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Fragile male egos that can't take "no" for an answer, eventually get the girl by refusing to leave them alone. Case in point: Toilet: Ek Prem Katha and Raanjhanaa.

3. Telling women they belong in the kitchen.

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Hum Saath Saath Hai legit had a line that went, "Jaha ghar ki ladies aur bachiyan hume apne haath se, pyaar se khaana khilaye, wahi ghar, ghar hota hai". Yep.

4. The person you love has to love you back, or you're worthless.

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Ayan from Ae Dil Hai Mushkil could not fathom the fact that the person he fell for didn't love him back, and this is an age-old Bollywood problem. Sometimes, the people you love don't feel the same way and it sucks, but there's more to life and it eventually gets better.

5. That it is okay for women to get physically violent out of jealousy.

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While Bollywood has seen many problematic male characters, the most recent being Kabir Singh, Safeena from Gully Boy being the super jealous and toxic girlfriend who resorted to beating another woman with a glass bottle was not cool.

6. And making your partner jealous is how you get their attention.

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The whole "make your partner jealous to get their attention" bit from Student of the Year is such an unhealthy way of dealing with life.

7. People with commitment issues ALWAYS change if they find "the one".

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Kabir's commitment issues lasted for years and I think Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani is where the whole toxic boy attitude of "I won't be with you, but you can't be with anyone else" started along with Naina's "I can fix him with my love."

8. Not respecting boundaries of women or anyone for that matter.

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Raj from Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge is a solid example of this one. He was stuck with Simran on the train and made her super uncomfortable. He also, later, let Simran believe that they slept together and played it off as a joke.

9. You secretly love your best friend, even if you don't know it yet.

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Bollywood truly, very strongly, believes that a guy and a girl can never be friends and that you must fall in love with your best friend, eventually. Of course, the protagonist mostly comes to terms with said love when their friend is about to marry a nice person.

Case in point: Hum Tum, Jaane Tu...Ya Jaane Na, Band Baaja Baaraat, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai.

10. Equating being gay with being spoilt.

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While Dostana tried to be a coming of age film, the movie had a whole song called "Maa da laadla bigad gaya", because a character was supposedly gay? Moreover, the only character that was actually gay was made fun of and was portrayed as a predator for some reason.

11. Treating women like objects and manipulating them.

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Kal Ho Naa Ho gave us a lot of lovely characters but "6 din ladki in" was a horrible way to treat someone, especially if it is the person you supposedly love.

12. Manipulating your best friend is okay.

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Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety made it seem completely okay to manipulate your best friend "for their own good" to the point where Kartik Aaryan's character was hoping his best friend would cheat on his fiancé.