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Movies are something that interests almost everyone and for a travel lover someone like you, it’s like a fascinating world! These are some of the Bollywood movies that will make you want to pack up your bags and leave for the most exciting journey ever!
Without pondering much, let’s get straight to the list of movies that will inspire you to travel a.k.a. Travel-Inspiring movies in Bollywood (Hindi).
01Highway (2014):
Highway-travel-inspiring-movie
This movie not only gives the audience a sense of the freedom that one achieves while traveling but also makes people aware of Stockholm Syndrome. It covers beautiful places of the north India such as sections in Delhi, Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir along with a beautifully organic fashion.
| Directed by: | Imtiaz Ali |
| Written by: | Imtiaz Ali |
| Starring: | Randeep Hooda, Alia Bhatt |
| Music by: | A. R. Rahman |
| Cinematography: | Anil Mehta |
| Link: | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highway_(2014_Hindi_film) |
Qarib Qarib Singlle (2017):
Qarib Qarib Singlle
The story revolves around the couple who is hardcore travelers and not like the one that ends up loving or dying together. Shot in real locations like Dehradun, Delhi, Alwar, Bikaner, Rishikesh, and Gangtok encapsulating all modes of transport from trains, buses, ropeway to taxis.
| Directed by: | Tanuja Chandra |
| Written by: | Kamna Chandra |
| Starring: | Irrfan Khan, Parvathy |
| Cinematography: | Eeshit Narain |
| Link: | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qarib_Qarib_Singlle |
Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara (2011):
Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara
What about a road trip to Spain? And enjoy the Tomatina festival, the running Bulls..? Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara features the road trip by 3 friends and is filmed in different locations in Spain. The climax of the film, which features the Running of the Bulls, was filmed at Pamplona.
| Directed by: | Zoya Akhtar |
| Story by: | Zoya Akhtar, Reema Kagti |
| Starring: | Hrithik Roshan, Abhay Deol, Farhan Akhtar, Katrina Kaif |
| Music by: | Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy |
| Cinematography: | Carlos Catalan |
| Link: | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zindagi_Na_Milegi_Dobara |
Queen (2014):
Queen
The movie tells the story of a groom who just walked out before her marriage and decided to see the world, to live for her. In the unexpected vacation journey, she met new people and became long- life friends of them; deal with street thieves to opening up to an all-new world while roaming around Paris and Amsterdam made for a wonderful travel film.
| Directed by: | Vikas Bahl |
| Written by: | Anvita Dutt Guptan (dialogue), Kangana Ranaut (additional dialogue) |
| Starring: | Kangana Ranaut, Rajkummar Rao, Lisa Haydon |
| Music by: | Amit Trivedi |
| Cinematography: | Bobby Singh, Siddharth Diwan (Additional cinematography) |
| Link: | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_(2014_film) |
Jab Harry Met Sejal (2017):
Jab Harry Met Sejal
Jab Harry Met Sejal is a true example of evoking the hungry traveler among all of us. Jab Harry Met Sejal shows up a number of places including highways of Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Paris, Amsterdam, and Budapest.
| Directed by: | Imtiaz Ali< |
| Written by: | Imtiaz Ali |
| Starring: | Anushka Sharma, Shah Rukh Khan |
| Songs: | Pritam Diplo/td> |
| Background score: | Hitesh Sonik |
| Cinematography: | K.U. Mohanan |
| Link: | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jab_Harry_Met_Sejal |
Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani (2013):
Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani
This movie is the showcase of how a trip can bring out a major change in a person and can end their search for love. The movie begins with mountain trekking along with videographer’s journey for a travel TV show of Ranbir in the movie. It also covers the beauty of the “City of Lakes”, Udaipur along with various foreign countries.
| Directed by: | Ayan Mukerji |
| Written by: | Hussain Dalal (Dialogue) |
| Starring: | Ranbir Kapoor, Deepika Padukone, Aditya Roy Kapur, Kalki Koechlin, Madhuri Dixit |
| Music by: | Pritam |
| Cinematography: | V. Manikandan |
| Link: | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yeh_Jawaani_Hai_Deewani |
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Dil Chahta Hai (2001):
Dil Chahta Hai
Every youth dream and wait long for a trip to Goa. It is a perfect example of travel diaries with friends. Saif Ali Khan, Aamir Khan and Akshaye Khanna’s road trip to Goa or Aamir’s Sydney outing with Preity Zinta, this film is a successful example of friendship and road trips.
| Directed by: | Farhan Akhtar |
| Written by: | Farhan Akhtar |
| Starring: | Aamir Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Akshaye Khanna, Preity Zinta, Sonali Kulkarni, Dimple Kapadia |
| Music by: | A. R. Rahman |
| Cinematography: | Ravi K. Chandran |
| Link: | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dil_Chahta_Hai |
Dil Dhadakne Do (2015):
Dil Dhadakne Do
‘Dil Dhadakne Do’ is purely a journey of a dysfunctional Punjabi family along with their family and friends that show glimpses of the tourist spots on land in France, Spain, Tunisia, Turkey, and Italy.
| Directed by: | Zoya Akhtar |
| Written by: | Reema Kagti and Zoya Akhtar |
| Starring: | Anil Kapoor, Shefali Shah, Priyanka Chopra, Ranveer Singh, Anushka Sharma, Farhan Akhtar/td> |
| Music by: | Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy |
| Cinematography: | Anil Mehta |
| Link: | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dil_Dhadakne_Do |
Tamasha (2015):
Tamasha
The story flies around serene bylanes of Shimla besides a bit of Delhi. It is a tourist inspired movie for both solo or with a loved one. It covers places such as Corsica, Indian cities–Shimla, Delhi, Gurgaon, Kolkata; followed by Tokyo as well.
| Directed by: | Imtiaz Ali |
| Written by: | Imtiaz Ali |
| Starring: | Ranbir Kapoor, Deepika Padukone |
| Music by: | A. R. Rahman |
| Cinematography: | Ravi Varman |
| Link: | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamasha_(2015_film) |
Chennai Express (2013):
Chennai Express
This movie features some eye-soothing locations. It involves the green terrains of Munnar, the Dudhsagar Falls and several unseen gems in Kerala like Devikulam Lake, Meesapulimala, Wagavara, and Kannimala and parts of Goa and Rameshwaram as well.
| Directed by: | Rohit Shetty |
| Written by: | K. Subash |
| Starring: | Deepika Padukone, Shah Rukh Khan |
| Songs by: | Vishal–Shekhar |
| Background score: | Amar Mohile |
| Cinematography: | Dudley |
| Link: | a href=”https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chennai_Express” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer”>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chennai_Express |
London Paris New York (2012):
London Paris New York
As the name suggests, you can see the beauty of the places, London, Paris and New York. Although the movie was not a big hit, the places were depicted very beautifully. You will love these most beautifully shot places and couldn’t resist visiting this place.
| Directed by: | Anu Menon |
| Written by: | Ritu Bhatia, Anu Menon (Dialogue |
| Starring: | Ali Zafar, Aditi Rao Hydari |
| Music by: | Ali Zafar |
| Background Score: | Dhruv Ghanekar |
| Cinematography: | Sameer Arya |
| Link: | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London,_Paris,_New_York |
So these were some of the inspiring travel-inspiring movies that we like in Bollywood. Wait a minute; did we forget any of your favorite travel Bollywood movies to discuss? Let us know the same in the comments section. Also feel free to checkout some of the travel movies from South India – Top Malayalam Travel Movies that inspire you to Travel.
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