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This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

Unconventional love triangleThe 2008 hit movie Dostana by director Tarun Mansukhani is a romantic comedy with an unbelievable twist. Mansukhani goes against the classical Indian love story that we have seen since the dawn of bollywood cinema. Instead Dostana is a love rectangle between three guys and one girl, where two of the guys pose as a couple. Dostana will have you drawn in from the beginning all the way to the ending credits. After all who could resist watching a movie that keeps you laughing and in the end touches you. Dostana starts out with two single bachelors looking for pads in Miami. Sam (Abhishek Bachchan) and Kunal (John Abraham) who are from different walks of life keep running into each other and go to look at the same apartment to rent. When they arrived at the beautiful apartment, Neha's Aunty turns them down. Aunty will not allow two men to live with her niece Neha (Piryanka Chopra) for obvious reasons. The two hatch a plan to pretend to be gay so they can secure the apartment. They form an amazing friendship with Neha. Sam and Kunal's gayness leads to many humorous situations that will have you laughing out loud. But then things start to get serious. Both Sam and Kunal are falling for Neha, but she is blind to their emotions because she believes that they are gay. Neha is looking for love and wishes that she could find someone like Sam or Kunal. This is when her new boss Abhimanyu Singh (Bobby Delo) comes into to picture which leads to three men fighting for one lady's love.Dostana is translated to mean friendship. That is what this movie is really all about. In one of the beginning scenes Kunal and Sam are both looking for a cab on opposite sides of the street, the camera keeps switching focus between them. Finally they both catch a cab, the camera pans to the overhead position and you can see that they are both getting into the same cab. The camera splits and has Kunal on the left side and Sam on the right side and then fades into one shot as they get into the cab. These camera angles tie in with the overall theme showing how they come from two different worlds and are now coming together. The coming together shows how they become such great friends, and how they are going to pretend to be a gay couple. Sam and Kunal coincidentally say the same address at the same time to the taxi driver. Then once they get to the building they say 16B in sync. This shows how they are interconnected and will be friends throughout the movie. Dostana is a movie that will attract younger generations because of it humor, perky songs, and colorful atmosphere. Friendship is just like love complicated, unpredictable, and unexplainable. Everyone can relate to this. That is why I would recommend others to go and see Dostana. If the theme doesn't catch your eye I know Kunal and Neha's looks will!

Dostana is a very stylish Bollywood flick that shows how modern and hip the Indian film industry has progressed over the years. Dostana is extremely vibrant, with excellent and clever editing and a real "cool" feeling that really lifts your spirits. It's no wonder it's only the fourth Bollywood movie to break into the U.S. Top 20 box office.Dostana boasts a fairly star studded cast, with many familiar names such as Abhishek Bachchan, John Abraham, Bobby Deol, and of course the stunningly gorgeous Priyanka Chopra, one of this year's most successful Bollywood actresses. Personally I thought it was Abhishek who steals the show most of the time, his humour is top notch without having to go over the top or appearing to be cheesy or forced. John Abraham may at first appear to be just eye candy for the ladies, but he also does extremely well and shows off his moves in various dances as well. I've never really been a fan of Bollywood's song and dances, but I thoroughly enjoyed the songs in Dostana especially "My Desi Girl" which I felt was one of the climaxes of the movie.This movie is in no way homophobic. Those who call it ridiculous and making fun of homosexuality are probably taking it too seriously. Dostana doesn't laugh at gay people, it laughs at the two bumbling idiots, Bachchan and Abraham, two supposedly macho young guys pretending to be a gay couple. Perhaps some scenes which depicted actual gay people were a bit stereotyped but I felt it was simply adding to the film's light-heartedness and humour. It does convey a decent message in that everyone should be accepted for who they are, regardless of their sexual preference. Dostana is well worth the rental if not just for the songs, but Abhishek Bachchan and John Abraham really do a great job playing off of each other and only the most uptight of people could resist laughing at this film.

As a huge fan of Bollywood i am always excepting some thing Great(like Hddcs,K3g and many more) and not rubbish ones(like Maine Prem and many more).I watched this movie mainly because of Priyanka Chopra and Abhi Bachan and Most of all Karan Johar whose KKHH AND K3G are my favorites,then made KHNH which was good,then made KANK was for me a one time watchable.There he makes a come back.Luckily,the movie is very entertaining and absolutely hilarious with a nice storyThe hilarious dialogs,scenes and also the first half were great.I never wathed a movie where i laughed like any thing.It is based on gay.The star of this movie is no doubt John Abhraham(who looks plain)and Abhisek.They play the role of gay wonderfully.They are absolutely hilarious(oh!should i say don't miss that scene where they both kiss).The chemistry is rocking.Priyanka proves she is more than a pretty face.She acts wonderfully.She looks hot in the golden bikini.She is surely better then ones like Katrina Kaif who is just putting on artificial beauty and also fails to act not giving a solo hit(mainly they were hits because of other actors).Kirron Kher is superb and so is Boman Irani.Bobby Deol did an okay job.Shilpa looks fetching in her item number.Songs are good and so are their Picturisations.Locales are great.Photography is great.This is one movie that i would recommend

I wonder if those of you that gave this high ratings actually watched the movie. There was no plot development, no character development and the jokes - oh! there were jokes? I must have missed them as did the writers as they clearly missed including them in this massive stinker.The beginning has some measure of promise that is then never fulfilled in the second half. The humour, such that is is, is so over the top and exaggerated that it's no where near approaching funny. John Abraham, "Mr. Hot Bod" is only that - this guy really needs to spend less time in a gym and more getting some decent acting instruction. "Little B" does as much as he can with the minimal material given him - usually if he's given decent material, he's one of the few in Bollywood today that can approach what the rest of the world considers actual acting - with time, I'm sure he will emerge as a truly decent actor.The one redeeming feature of the film is Chopra - not only does she appear breathtakingly beautiful as usual, however she appears to be maturing into a genuine actress. Even with the pathetic material she's been given in this dog of a film, she makes a best effort and really brings her character to life. That the character is lifeless in content is the fault of the director and writers - not her.Finally - who allows any of the Deol's to make movies? Really? They are HORRID actors and Bobby Deol is one of the worst so called actors to grace the screen in any country. SRK is mono-dimensional, but this guy is non-dimensional. Don't waste your money or time on either the theatre or rental or a download - rubbish - pure rubbish!