10 Years Of Barfi: Top 5 Scenes From The Ranbir-Priyanka-Ileana Starrer

Barfi!, the 2012 Hindi romantic comedy-drama starring Ranbir Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra, and Ileana D’Cruz, celebrates a decade this month. The film not only became the highest-grossing film at the box office in 2012, but Barfi! was also India’s official entry to the 85th Academy Awards for the Best Foreign Language Film in 2013.

Set in the 1970s in Darjeeling and Kolkata, the film narrates the story of Murphy Johnson aka ‘Barfi’ (played by Kapoor), a deaf and mute young boy who meets and befriends Shruti Ghosh (played by D’Cruz), a new girl in Darjeeling. On Shruti’s mother’s advice, she marries someone else and leaves Barfi heartbroken. Following a series of tragic events, Barfi and his autistic friend Jhilmil Chatterjee (played by Chopra) move to Kolkata and build their own little nest. Six years later, Barfi unexpectedly reunites with Shruti who is in an unhappy marriage and rekindles her friendship with the former. However, Jhilmil and Barfi end up getting married and live happily for 34 years before embracing a death only Notebook fans can endure on-screen not once, but twice.

On the occasion of Barfi! completing 10 years this year, here are five scenes from the acclaimed film.

Barfi Tossing His Shoe (Jhilmil and Barfi)

The bond between Barfi and Jhilmil was one of a kind and beautiful in its own way. In this scene, Jhilmil sat in her room beside the balcony and Barfi kept tossing his shoe in the air. Jhilmil’s innocent smile evokes longing and nostalgia, and this scene had our hearts.

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Phir Le Aaya Dil, Song ( The Tram Sequence)

When six years later, Shruti comes back into Barfi’s life and rekindles their friendship, there is a scene when the three characters are travelling by a tram in Kolkata. The song ‘Phir Le Aaya Dil’ is weaved through this sequence, which features Shruti and Jhilmil sitting together on a seat and Barfi standing in front of them while the former stares at Barfi and the latter holds his clothes tightly out of habit. This one scene depicts so many shades of love, full with its longings and regrets.

Barfi Goes out of Shruti’s House Heartbroken

After Barfi visits Shruti’s house on a rainy morning with a marriage proposal and a heart filled with hopes, he comes out of the house heartbroken upon meeting Shruti’s fiance instead. Shruti accompanies Barfi outside with an umbrella and it is Barfi, who makes her smile when she is crying.

Barfi Kidnaps Jhilmil in the Forest

The forest scene when Barfi kidnaps Jhilmil for ransom is one of our top favourite scenes from the film. The sequences where Barfi’s antics with bubbles and fireflies lure Jhilmil into following him into the jungle are beyond beautiful.

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Barfi and police inspector cat and mouse chase

One of the funniest sequences in the film has been that of the interactions between Barfi and the police Inspector Sudhanshu Dutta (played by Saurabh Shukla). While the inspector cared deeply for Barfi, they were always locking horns like Tom & Jerry, whenever they were in a frame. The bank robbery scene was especially the funniest cat and mouse chase.

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