Funny, honest, and more real than you'd expect. Here are five Bollywood movies worth watching across every stage.
Mimi (2021) Kriti Sanon, Pankaj Tripathi. A young woman agrees to be a surrogate — and nothing goes as planned.
Watch if: You want to see surrogacy depicted with actual emotional honesty.
Badhaai Ho (2018) Neena Gupta, Ayushmann Khurrana. A middle-aged woman is unexpectedly pregnant. Her adult sons are mortified. She is not.
Watch if: You've ever been made to feel like your pregnancy needed to be justified to someone else.
Vicky Donor (2012) Ayushmann Khurrana, Yami Gautam. A sperm donor comedy that takes IVF and fertility more seriously than the premise suggests.
Watch if: You're navigating fertility conversations and want something that treats the subject like an adult.
Good Newwz (2019) Akshay Kumar, Kareena Kapoor Khan. Two couples, one IVF clinic, one very chaotic mix-up.
Watch if: You want to laugh at the absurdity of IVF appointments while also feeling very seen by them.
English Vinglish (2012) Sridevi. A mother who has become invisible inside her own family finds herself — alone, in New York, on her own terms.
Watch if: You've ever felt like motherhood swallowed the rest of you whole.
Watching from your couch in whatever currently feels good (we made that too).
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Lovely list