International Day Against Drug Abuse: 11 Bollywood movies that are high on dope

 

Fashion: The Madhur Bhandarkar film, featuring Priyanka Chopra, Kangana and Mugdha Godse, ventures into the dark underbelly of the fashion industry. Priyanka plays a role of a supermodel who gets caught in the world of drugs and also becomes a chain smoker. In the movie, you will also see Kangna Ranaut and Priyanka Chopra snorting lines of cocaine in their dressing rooms and washrooms.

 

 

Dev D: The modern adaptation of Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay’s Devdas, Anurag Kashyap's Dev D features Abhay Deol, who gets deeper into the world of prostitution, chain-smoking and regular drug usage when his love interest Paro gets married. 

 

Dum Maaro Dum: The Rohan Sippy film, featuring Abhishek Bachchan, Rana Daggubati, Bipasha Basu and Prateik Babbar, deals with the drug problem that the state of Goa faces. In the movie, we can see the characters smoking cigarettes and weed.

 

 

Shaitan: In the movie, a group of reckless youngsters accidentally kill innocent people in a car accident. There are instances of drug usage in the film as well. This movie was produced by Anurag Kashyap and Kalki Koechlin played the lead role.

 

 

Go Goa Gone: This zomcom - the first-of-its-kind Indian zombie movie has three friends played by Kunal Khemu, Vir Das and Anand Tiwari. In the movie, all characters walk into a rave party in Goa where they enjoy weed, drugs and cigarettes. In the movie, there was a special song on smoking,‘Babaji Ki Booti', which has both Kunal Khemu and Vir Das explicitly smoking joints and getting high.

 

Gangs Of Wasseypur: One of the most epic mafia movies produced and directed by Anurag Kashyap. In the movie, the actors, especially Nawazuddin Siddiqui is seen smoking, when they are not shooting and killing each other.

 

 

Ragini MMS 2: In the movie, we can see people smoking joints and even discussing how good a certain strain of ‘maal' was. In a scene, actress Sandhya Mridul was seen smoking up weed. The movie features Sunny Leone.

 

Heroine: In the movie, Kareena Kapoor played a bold role where she is a chain smoker and an alcoholic too. In this Madhur Bhandarkar film, Kareena played the role of a Bollywood top actress with a disturbing relationship.

 

 

Revolver Rani: While drugs don’t play a central theme in the film, Kangana Ranaut and Vir Das were seen smoking and having drugs. In a promotional photo shoot for GQ, Kangana Ranaut was spotted smoking and posing in lingerie.

 

NH10: Bollywood actress Anushka Sharma was seen smoking in the movie NH10. 

 

 

Udta Punjab: The movie revolves around drug abuse of the young population in the state of Punjab and also the various conspiracies surrounding it. The title means 'Punjab on a high'. Directed by  Abhishek Chaubey, the movie features Bollywood biggies like Shahid Kapoor, Kareena Kapoor, Alia Bhatt and Diljit Dosanjh. Previously, the movie had been banned due to its excessive use of swearing and depictions of drug abuse. The CBFC had demanded 40 cuts to the film, including that of a song (Ud-Daa Punjab) and a scene involving Shahid Kapoor consuming drugs. Anurag Kashyap, the co-producer for the film fought against CBFC's demands. The Bombay High Court struck down the stay and gave permission for Udta Punjab's national release, with a single cut in the movie.