When Indian cinema dealt with pregnancy

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When Indian cinema dealt with pregnancy

Ahead of the release of Samantha's Yashoda, let's have a look at some Indian films in which pregnancy plays an important role in the story.

Team CE

Updated:10th Nov, 2022 at 8:16 PM

Samantha-starrer Yashoda set to hit screens this Friday. From the promos, it looks like Samantha plays a surrogate mother-to-be in the film.

Ahead of the film's release on Friday, let's have a look at some Indian films in which pregnancy plays an important role in the story.

Adhalal Kaadhal Seiveer (2010) by Suseenthiran tells the story of a young couple and the twist their lives take when the girl becomes pregnant. The film's ending is heartbreaking.

This 2009 Sathish Kaushik directorial is similar to Adhalal Kaadhal Seiveer but takes a more light-hearted approach to the story

Badhai Ho (2018) and it's Tamil remake Veetla Visesham (2022) played with the idea of old-age pregnancy and the social stigma around it give a wholesome family entertainer

Bro Daddy (2022) by Prithviraj Sukumaran is a family comedy spinned around pre-marital pregnancy and old-age pregnancy.

In Mimi (2021), Kriti Sanon played a surrogate mother whose life becomes roller-coaster ride when the surrogate parents refuse to accept the child after she is conceived.

Good Newzz (2019) is another comedy drama revolving around IVF procedure gone wrong.

In Penguin (2020), Keerthy Suresh plays a pregnant woman searching for her long-missing first born. When the child returns, she learns she and her unborn child are in danger.

Rettai Vaal Kuruvi (1987) tells the story of a man whose peace goes for a toss of both of his partners become pregnant and end up visiting the same hospital.

Oor Iravu from Paava Kadhaigal is a brutal, unflinching take on honour killing in which a man subjects his pregnant daughter to a painful death

Sara's is a light-hearted drama in which the unmarried titular character has to make a key decision when she is conceived.

Tharai Thapattai (2016): This Bala directorial about folk musicians takes a brutal twist towards the end when Varalaxmi's character is forced to bear the child of an affluent person.

Zachariayude Garbhinikal (2013) tells the story of a gynaecologist when five pregnant women enter his life.

In Jayeshbhai Jordaar, Ranveer Singh and Shalini Pandey play a couple who are the run from their convservative family who expect the couple to give birth to a male child.

Like the title fittingly suggests, Shaadi Ke Side Effects (2014) tells the story of a newly married couple and how their life changes when the wife, played by Vidya Balan, gets conceived.

Salaam Namaste (2005) is a light-hearted rom-com that charts the journey of a couple as they grow from being Tom & Jerry to compassionate partners.

The upcoming Anjali Menon tells the story of five pregnant women.