Dear Zindagi
Dear Zindagi () is a 2016 Indian Hindi-language coming-of-age drama film written and directed by Gauri Shinde. It was produced by Gauri Khan, Karan Johar, and Shinde under the banners of Red Chillies Entertainment, Dharma Productions, and Hope Productions respectively. The film stars Alia Bhatt and Shah Rukh Khan in the lead roles with Ira Dubey, Kunal Kapoor, Angad Bedi, Ali Zafar, Yashaswini Dayama and Rohit Suresh Saraf in supporting roles. The plot centres on a budding cinematographer who is discontented with her life and meets a free-spirited psychologist who helps her to gain a new perspective on her life. Development of the film began in 2015, when Shinde signed Bhatt and Khan for a film to be made under her banner. Principal photography took place in Goa and Mumbai, in the period from 21 January to 20 May 2016. The film features a score composed by Amit Trivedi and lyrics written mostly by Kausar Munir. Dear Zindagi released on 23 November 2016 in North America, two days before its worldwide release on 25 November 2016, and grossed  at the box office, thus emerging as a commercial success. It received positive reviews from critics, with particular praise directed towards the themes, direction, screenplay, dialogues, soundtrack and cast performances, with particular praise directed towards Bhatt and Khan's performances. At the 62nd Filmfare Awards, Dear Zindagi received 2 nominations – Best Actress (Bhatt) and Best Lyricist ( for "Love You Zindagi"). Plot 
Kaira is an aspiring cinematographer working in Mumbai at a small firm which is just as wannabe (and going nowhere) as she is. She dreams of directing her own films. Blunt and cynical, she is most comfortable when with her three best friends, Fatima, Jackie and Ganju, all of whom dream big and make up for the banality of their day jobs by making sure that their evenings and nights are glamorous and modern, fast and loose. Kaira's life takes a downturn when she casually sleeps with Raghuvendra, a film producer, and then breaks up with her childhood sweetheart Sid, a rest-o-bar owner. Raghuvendra then gets engaged to his ex. Kiara's landlord evicts her because the building residents' association is sick of her bohemian lifestyle and asks him to rent apartments to decent married couples and families only. All of this compels Kaira to grudgingly go back to Goa to live with her parents, with whom she has some old issues. She ends up spending many sleepless nights in unhappiness and uncertainty. While in Goa, Kaira seeks out Dr. Jehangir "Jug" Khan, a psychologist, for her insomnia after inadvertently having heard him speak at a Mental Health Awareness Conference. She warms to Jug's unconventional methods, trying to use them to understand herself. Meanwhile, she meets a musician, Rumi, and falls in love with him, but they break up before anything serious can happen after she realises they may not be the right fit for each other. During this time, Kaira reunites with her younger brother, Kiddo, who is the only person in her family that she relates to. Matters with her family come to a head when Kaira has an outburst at a family get-together, where she confronts her parents about them abandoning her for years at her grandparents' house. Kaira finally narrates the story of her abandonment to Jug, who tells her that she fears abandonment so much that she does not allow herself to commit in relationships, leaving them before they can leave her. He convinces her that she does not need to forgive her parents for abandoning her in her childhood, but rather, she should have the maturity as an adult to see them as two regular people who are capable of making mistakes like everyone else. After this, Kaira makes an effort to reconcile with her parents and also works to finish her short film. At their last session, Kaira admits to Jug that she has grown to love him. Jug responds that it is normal for a patient to feel this way about their therapist, and while he likes her platonically, a relationship would not be possible between them. The two share a hug before Kaira leaves. Kaira finally completes her short film, which she had been working on for years. At the premiere, her friends, family, and exes are present to cheer her on. This is where Kaira meets a furniture designer and strikes a conversation with him. 