10 Times Bollywood Movies Gifted Us ‘Irrational Fears’

Vasudha Sabharwal

Those who’ve grown up watching Bollywood movies would relate when we say they set a hell lot of unrealistic expectations in life for us. You know, like finding the one, then marrying them in an ultra-luxurious setting. But not just this, some films also gifted us with irrational fears through scenes that scarred us for life.

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Don’t believe me? Look at these 10 irrational fears Bollywood happily provided many of us.

1. That someone you wholeheartedly love will push you from a tall building’s terrace

Courtesy: Baazigar

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2. That ‘Maruti Omni’ coming your way will kidnap you

Courtesy: Every other kidnapping scene in Bollywood movies

TBH, I DON’T miss the van.

3. That ‘Babuji nahi manenge!’

Courtesy: Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge

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4. That wearing glasses is ugly and HE won’t look at you until you get a ‘makeover’ 

Courtesy: Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani and more

T-Series YouTube

5. Not that you can afford it, but never live in an abandoned palace

Courtesy: Bhool Bhulaiyaa

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6. That a horrifying witch will abduct you. Then convert you into a hen

Courtesy: Makdee

Also Read: Vishal Bhardwaj’s ‘Makdee’ Remains The Spookiest, Most Entertaining Film Of My Childhood

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7. And you’ll slip from that staircase

Courtesy: Hum Aapke Hain Koun..!

8. That you’ll confess your love to Rahul, but he’ll love Tina

Courtesy: Kuch Kuch Hota Hai

Filmy Sasi

9. That your steering wheel will detach cos ‘kismat hi kharaab hai’

Courtesy: Welcome

Shemaroo Comedy

10. That you can be stabbed anytime of the day

Courtesy: Kucch To Hai

On a personal note, Professor Bakshi spooked the hell outta me. I legit thought I could be stabbed any moment

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11. Not from a Bollywood movie, but we had something scarier than Annabelle

Courtesy: Zapatlela (Khilona Bana Khalnayak)

Which Hindi movie scene has scarred you the most?

Also Read: 16 Times Bollywood Gave Us Visual Effects So ‘Unbelievable’ That Our Eyes Were Bleeding

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