India, March 9 -- Best houses used in Bollywood films: There are houses in Bollywood movies, and then there are houses that quietly hijack the movie itself. The plot may insist it's about heartbreak or family drama. But there is a sunlit mansion so magnificent that it refuses to stay in the background. These houses sometimes seem warmer and more comfortable than our own dwellings. Bollywood has always had a flair for turning homes into fantasy objects. Here are the best houses in Bollywood movies that we would move into immediately... if we could.

We think aspirational and escapist elements contribute to the appeal. Hindi cinema, especially the commercial variety, has long recognised that viewers don't so much watch stories as they wande...