10 Bollywood Films Where A Motorcycle With A Sidecar Helped In A Chase

Probably, the first and the most popular bike with a sidecar to appear on the Hindi screen is ‘Sholay’ in 1975. The 1942 BSA WA 500cc bike which had Jai and Veeru singing ‘Yeh Dosti Hum Nahin Todengey’ was modified and used for the 5-minute song sequence which took nearly 21 days to shoot. The bike which set a trend of sorts to picturize Hindi songs on motorcycles never featured again after the song sequence got over but thereafter got to be known as the ‘Sholay’ bike.

Released in the same year as ‘Sholay’, this comedy-drama had veterans, Raj Kapoor and Rajendra Kumar playing detectives who are out on a mission to find a millionaire's lost daughter. The duos roam around on their trademark vintage motorcycle with a sidecar performing antics on it in the film came to be known later as the 'Do Jasoos' bike which was throughout a part of the film. The film saw the screen debut of singer turned actor, Shailendra Singh.

The motorcycle with a sidecar yet again featured in one of the chase sequences of Ram Gopal Varma’s fun-on-the-run film, ‘Daud’. Featuring Sanjay Dutt and Urmila Matondkar, the bike chase sequences failed to create any ripples among the audiences as the film turned a turkey at the cash counters.

In this Yash Raj production directed by Shaad Ali, the bike was used in one of the songs and chase sequences where the leads Abhishek Bachchan and Rani Mukerji who play conmen, dupe people and escape. The makers tried copying the same from ‘Sholay’ but somehow the bike is most remembered on the posters than in the film.

The motorcycle with the sidecar in director Priyadarshan’s ‘Malamaal Weekly’ was owned by the richest lady zamindar in the village played by Sudha Chandran. She too joins the chase on the three-wheeler in the climax to get a hand on the winning lottery money but meets with a disastrous end.

In this Raj Kumar Hirani directed flick the Munna Bhai motorcycle with the sidecar owned and used by Munna and Circuit caught the fancy of many moviegoers. Though the three-wheeler was shown in a few sequences but it is most remembered for its poster which had Sanjay Dutt, Arshad Warsi and Vidya Balan seated on it.

Director Shaad Ali got Abhishek Bachchan and Bobby Deol do a ‘Sholay’ in ‘Jhoom Barabar Jhoom’. He got both doing the same bike act which their fathers did in ‘Sholay’. The film though bombed badly at the box-office but this motorcycle scene along with the songs was the only saving grace of this YRF production.

This rom-com by Rajkumar Santoshi had Ranbir Kapoor romancing Katrina Kaif where the former helps the latter to meet her boyfriend while escaping in a three-wheeler. One of the most hilarious chase sequences one will ever see in a Hindi flick. Ranbir’s Charlie Chaplin getup adds to the hilarity of the escape scene.

Similar to ‘Lage Raho Munna Bhai’, 'Guddu Rangeela' flick by Subhash Kapoor too had the leads – Arshad Warsi and Amit Sadh owning it who roamed all around on it by singing songs in the film. Though the three-wheeler wasn’t an integral part of the flick but still made the lead pair look good driving it as they played band-masters turned conmen.

The latest entrant to the ‘three-wheeler chase’ club. In ‘Dishoom’ John Abraham, Varun Dhawan and Jacqueline Fernandez are shown escaping the clutches of the villain who are out to finish the three of them. The chase sequence which was picturised in Morocco is considered to be the highlight of the film as it has become the pinup poster for the film as well.