FILMS THAT FEATURE SOPHIA COLLEGE

By Amrita Menon (Team Creative) 

1) Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham (2001)

‘Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham’- or ‘K3G’, as it is commonly known- is considered by many as a classic and quintessential Bollywood movie, with all the magic ingredients: big stars, legendary dialogue and oodles of melodrama. Almost two decades after its release, one can still hear people debating about the movie and spouting quotes from it but what most people don’t know is that there is a scene from the movie that features a young ‘Poo’ and Rohan and our very own Central Lawn.

2) Ishq Vishq (2003)

Most people know of ‘Ishq Vishk’ as that coming-of-age romance movie that launched Shahid Kapoor’s career and perhaps most Sophia-ites (?) would be happy to note that it was the Sophia College campus that was used to film most of the college scenes in the movie. Places like the spiral staircase and the triangular terrace are some of the locations they used to film scenes. It is also featured in music videos for some songs, such as ‘Aisa Kyun Hota Hai’.

3) Lage Raho Munnabhai (2006)

We can say with some confidence that ‘Lage Raho Munna Bhai’ has consistently ranked amongst Bollywoods best comedic movies. This hilarious film, starring Sanjay Dutt, featured a scene with the iconic duo- Munna Bhai and his sidekick Circuit- strolling down our very own den corridor at Sophias.

 4) Jazbaa (2015)

The highly anticipated film ‘Jazbaa’ was known by many to be the film that served as Aishwarya Rai’s big comeback to Bollywood after her hiatus, but what most people don’t know (and what Sophia-ites probably recognised while watching it) was that a scene in the movie featuring Aishwarya herself and the legendary Shabana Azmi was shot in the Admin corridor of the Sophia College campus.