5 Bollywood couples that give me joy

Bollywood is an inseparable part of your existence if you happen to live in India. There are days when your life otherwise is down in the dumps, but you stumble upon that juicy piece of gossip: X is dating Y. And your day is almost made.

You go on to taking them to discussions over coffee, to analyses in columns and then to bed. Actors, after all, make so many of us happy in a way seeing a shooting star does. You know they are out of your reach, but seeing that streak of light across the night sky makes you break into a smile.

And when predicting the next potential Bollywood relationship happens to be a part of your job, there's nothing better than seeing two of 'em actors going out with each other. Although there are some in that list of B-Town couples who would make you happier if they are not in a relationship than otherwise... that's for another time.

On Diwali, the day of joy, here's a look at five B-Town couples who have lit up many of my gloomy days, like that solitary diya on the courtyard or the Chinese lights garlanding the balcony grills.

1) Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma: When Anushka Sharma and Virat Kohli began being seen together in public, it marked the meeting of two of the country's most potent drugs: Bollywood and Cricket. India's most-loved, most-admired (speaking mostly on behalf of women here) cricketer dating Bollywood's much-loved actor.

How explosive CAN it get! From their dinner dates to rumours of the break-up, and then the patch-up... Virat and Anushka have been instrumental in changing the course of many a dull day!

2) Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone: They know how to steal the show no matter where they are seen or talked about. Be it a lacklustre dinner in some godforsaken restaurant somewhere or a window-shopping trip in some mall, one glance at Ranveer and Deepika together, and things are upbeat.

The couple have it in them to brighten up any day. Just look at them together on screen in Bajirao Mastani, or off it during one of those many award shows... Deepika and Ranveer can bring a smile on your face just by being them!

3) Shah Rukh Khan and Gauri: More or less Bollywood's first couple if you consider the generation after Bachchans, Shah Rukh Khan and Gauri have been the poster couple for 25 years now. They just completed a quarter of a century together, leaving many people with many (unattainable?) relationship goals.

4) Akshay Kumar and Twinkle Khanna: Back in April this year when Twinkle Khanna took to Twitter to share a video of husband Akshay Kumar in a hand-to-hand combat with an IPS officer, many people echoed her feelings. Her tweet read: That's why he's my bae.

While many women might have let out a sigh of envy at seeing Twinkle praising her bae, several others rejoiced at the same. A look at Twinkle's social media timelines is enough to spice up a grey day... be it the wit in her posts or her display of affection for Akshay!

5) Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor Khan: When they met on the sets of Tashan in 2008, Saif and Kareena fell heels over head in love with each other. Eight years later, the couple is on the brink of parenthood. Come December, we will be introduced to Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor Khan's first child together.

Kareena, a fashion goddess in her own right, is setting new standards by choosing to flaunt her pregnancy in a way Bollywood has hardly done. All along, Saif has been the doting husband. Together, these two have been a constant source of inspiration for many couples out there.