5 Films Like ‘Uunchai’ Where Senior Citizens Rediscover Themselves In The Second Innings Of Their Lives!
Hearing stories about senior citizens and their life adventures is always fascinating! Our grandmothers and grandfathers lived a life like no other, and I feel sad that our generation will never be able to experience it. People always assume that old people have left no spark in them. They only want to lecture the young generation on what they are not supposed to do. But that is not always the case, and films made on senior citizens are proof of it! These films show that senior citizens don’t just retire and go back into their shells to live the rest of their days peacefully. And the recently released film Uunchai featuring Amitabh Bachchan, Anupam Kher, Danny Denzongpa, Boman Irani and Neena Gupta in prominent roles is the perfect example that senior citizens also have a lot of jazba in them!
In this film, they decide to scale Mount Everest even in their old age. Such films show there is a lot to learn from the old people around us! And if you like such feel-good films, here are five other movies where senior people bat their second innings and emerge victorious!
Sharmaji Namkeen
The film is about a 58-year-old man who is asked to retire from his company. To occupy his time, he starts cooking and catering for parties! But his son is not happy with his father taking up this responsibility. Rishi Kapoor plays the sweet Sharmaji and after his demise, it was Paresh Rawal who took on the responsibility of playing this role. The film is available on Prime Video.
102 Not Out
You can trust Amitabh Bachchan and the late Rishi Kapoor to make you cry while watching their films! 102 Not Out is one such film about how Rishiji’s character learns to lose his grumpiness at the age of 75 from his 102-year-old father!
English Vinglish
This Sridevi starrer will remain an iconic film forever! The story is about how a woman learns English because she is shamed by her own children for not knowing the language. Kaafi empowering, if you ask me! The movie also gives a nice message that it is never too late to learn a new thing!
Cheeni Kum
This Amitabh starrer, senior Bachchan has done quite some films in this genre, also very beautifully showcases how an older man falls in love with a woman half her age! His chemistry with Tabu was *a chef’s kiss*! The key takeaway from this movie was love sees no age!
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Lipstick Under My Burkha
Ratna Pathak Shah’s portrayal of Usha was quite very different! She broke stereotypes about how older women are expected to like certain things and behave a certain way!
These movies offer a fresh perspective on life and show senior citizens in a different light!
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