Top 10 Bollywood Films About Boarding School

Bollywood has been portraying several genres of films. One such deal is with the students studying and living in boarding schools. Here is the list of films about boarding schools. The life of the students which lead them to join the boarding, from being adoptive children to learning lessons and strict parents and career aspirations are depicted.

1. Taare Zameen Par Click to look into! >> Read More...

The film Taare Zameen Par is a story about a young boy Ishaan, who is suffering from a coordinative disease, dyslexia. He finds it tough to follow the school, and his principal discloses his failures in class. His father does not support him. So, he is admitted to a boarding school. There he meets an art teacher Ram, who is optimistic and teaches children with developmental disabilities. He knows how to make studying fun and supports creativity by knowing the children’s field of interest. With care and proper guidance, Ishaan learns to read and write. On the last day of school, his parents are surprised to see their son’s transformation.

2. Mohabbatein

The film Mohabbatein is about the boy’s boarding college, Gurukul. The principal focus on tradition, honor, and discipline. He opposes romantic relationships involving students and fun. He expels any student caught involved in such cases. But Sameer, Karan, and Vicky fall in love with Sanjana, Kiran, and Ishika respectively, who are childhood friends, a young widow, and neighboring girls’ college students. Later, after a series of incidents, Narayan realizes that his strict rule of no-romance policy in the college is wrong. He apologizes to the students and resigns as the principal and nominates Raj as his successor.

3. Udaan

The film Udaan is about a seventeen-year-old boy, named Rohan, who lives in a boarding school. One day at night, he along with his friends jump over the walls to watch a late-night movie. They are caught and expelled. He returns to his abusive father. His tough life with his father and half-brother is shown. Bhairav, his father decides to send Arjun, his brother, to boarding school and asks Rohan to quit his college to work at a factory. Later after a series of incidents that leads to chaos among them, both the brothers decide to arrive in Mumbai.

4. Rockford

The film Rockford is about a teenage boy named Rajesh Naidu Bio coming soon... >> Read More... . He leaves his home to study at the Rockford Boys’ High School. It is a boarding school. He, at first faces difficulty in making friends and is lonely. But later, makes some good friends at school. They have a big bully at school who disturbs everyone. He befriends the PT teacher named Johnny Matthew. He teaches him a lot of life lessons. The teacher must resign from the school due to the following incident. Later, the truth comes out and the teacher gets reinstated.

5. Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham

The film Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham is about a family and the relationship among its members. Rahul is the adopted son of Yash and Nandini. He is sent to a boarding school abroad. He returns to Delhi, India, when he grows up after completing his studies. There he falls in love with a poor girl named Anjali. Against his father’s wishes, he marries her and flees the home to move abroad. His brother Rohan, who was also sent to boarding school, to follow the family tradition, tries to reunite his brother with the family. The film shows the family’s misunderstanding and ego. Ultimately, the family reunites.

6. Black

The film Black is about a blind and deaf girl and her teacher who teaches her to read and write despite being differently-abled. She is admitted to a boarding school. The teacher is an alcoholic who decides to her express and communicates. He initially uses harsh methods to teach her. She learns to speak. She also learns to dance. She learns to read with the help of Braille. The film also resembles the life of Hellen Keller. The teacher slowly starts suffering from Alzheimer’s disease and starts forgetting his student. She later gains her degree and meets her teacher at the mental hospital. She remembers and respects him as her teacher.

7. 3 Idiots

The film 3 Idiots is about the life of engineering students. They live in boarding. The protagonist, named Rancho is a genius, who does not believe in reading or simply mugging up textbooks. He, from a young age, could solve difficult high-level mathematics questions. He believes in following the passion and only what interests people. He even encourages the errand boy of the college to attend classes if he wants. Once, when a student of the same college commits suicide due to extreme academic pressure, he confronts the principal revolting against producing robots instead of nurturing minds. Later, he becomes a scientist and a successful inventor with many patents.

8. Kota Factory 1

The film Kota Factory 1 is about JEE aspirants. Vaibhav, a sixteen-year-old boy comes to Kota to stay in a boarding and befriends a few students. They get to know the struggles of competition to get into an IIT by JEE. He meets his physics teacher, Jeetu Bhaiya, and takes motivation how to study. He struggles to sleep and eat food at the boarding. He is unable to study for long hours. He deals with anxiety. At last, after this, he talks about his problems to Jeetu Bhaiya. They must attend classes and batches based on their performances. Vaibhav is selected for another coaching class.

9. Hostel Daze

The film Hostel Daze is about the students who stay at boarding and their hostel life. The film deals with the life of the students named Rupesh, Chirag, Ankit, and Jaat. They take admitted to an engineering college. The film shows the reality of hostel life, which the students must face after leaving their homes. They struggle with rules and regulations, food, and many more. They are under academic stress. They also deal with friendship problems. All the students try to balance their academic pressure and preparation to reach their goals.

10. Kota Factory 2

The film Kota Factory 2 is about JEE aspirants. Vaibhav stays at boarding. He attends his first class at Maheshwari and learns that here students just copy from the board and nothing is explained. He Joins Jeetu Bhaiya’s coaching. He sneaks out from the new coaching to attend his classes. But when he is caught, he is warned. JEE results are out. He will be appearing the next year but he gets to know the environment in Kota. People celebrate over there. He and his friends get glimpses of their future and wait for the next year while preparing.