12. Taare Zameen Par (2007)
While centrally about a child’s struggle with dyslexia, this film also gave us a staggeringly relatable representation of what every child who isn’t meeting his or her parents’ academic and extra-curricular expectations, goes through at home. The heart-breaking dismissal of Ishan Awasthi’s father, his mother’s constant fight to motivate Ishan and managing her husband’s anger, Ishan’s longing tears after he was sent away, all rang truer than true with every movie-goer.
So here’s to every Bollywood family that reminded its audience that maybe their own family isn’t completely bonkers. They’re just… a family.
