9 Films Similar to Student of the Year for Nostalgic College Flashbacks: Mohabbatein and Beyond
Hindi cinema boasts of many college-based movies that continue to be cherished till date. We are discussing movies like Student of the Year, be it Mohabbatein, Main Hoon Na, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, or Rehnaa Hai Tere Dil Mein. Remember ‘Rahul aur Anjali ka jhagda’ from KKHH or Raj Malhotra teaching music to his students in Mohabbatein?
These movies are still cherished till date for translating college lives on the big screen. While some characters fell in love, others got their friendship bond stronger.
Let’s check out 9 movies like Student of the Year that you can watch to relive your college memories:
1. Mohabbatein
- Cast: Shah Rukh Khan, Amitabh Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai, Uday Chopra, Shamita, Shetty, Jugal Hansraj, Kim Sharma, Jimmy Sheirgill, and Preeti Jhangiani
- IMDB Rating: 7
- Director: Aditya Chopra
- Release year: 2000
- Genre: Drama/Musical/Romance
- Where to watch: Amazon Prime Video
Directed by Aditya Chopra, Mohabbatein featured an ensemble star cast of Shah Rukh Khan, Amitabh Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai, and more.
Big B plays the role of Narayan Shankar, a strict and disciplined college principal who doesn’t believe in love. Things turn bitter when one of his students, Raj Malhotra, played by Shah Rukh, falls in love with Narayan’s daughter (Aishwarya’s character). Raj is ousted from the college.
Years later, he returns to the institution as a music teacher and makes his students fall in love.
2. Jo Jeeta Wahi Sikandar
- Cast: Aamir Khan, Ayesha Jhulka, Pooja Bedi, Deepak Tijori, and Kulbhushan Kharbanda
- IMDB Rating: 8.1
- Director: Mansoor Khan
- Release year: 1992
- Genre: Comedy/Drama/Romance
- Where to watch: ZEE5
The film follows the story of a rich brat, Shekhar Malhotra (Deepak Tijori), and a lower-middle-class boy, Sanjay Lal (Aamir Khan), competing to win over a beautiful girl, played by Pooja Bedi.
Meanwhile, Aamir’s character, Sanjay, goes through heavy training to compete in the bicycle race after his brother is heavily injured. Ayesha Jhulka plays the role of Anjali, a girl from Sanjay’s gang. Anjali has a crush on Sanjay. During the training, Sanjay realizes his feelings for Anjali and later ends up winning the race.
3. Kuch Kuch Hota Hai
- Cast: Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol, and Rani Mukerji
- IMDB Rating: 7.5
- Director: Karan Johar
- Release year: 1998
- Genre: Comedy/Drama/Musical
- Where to watch: Netflix and Amazon Prime Video
Karan Johar’s helmer Kuch Kuch Hota Hai featured Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol, and Rani Mukerji. SRK and Kajol play the roles of college besties, Rahul and Anjali.
While Anjali falls in love with Rahul, he doesn’t reciprocate the feelings and later gets married to Tina (Rani Mukherji). Years later, after Tina dies, their daughter Anjali reunites with older Anjali and her dad.