
Film: DOSTANA (Friendship)
Released: November 2008
Director: Tarun Manusukhani
Summary:
This Bollywood film is the first to directly star two males, Sameer (Abhishek Bachchan) and Kunal (John Abraham) as a gay couple but, of course now knowing Bollywood films, there is always a catch. Both Sameer and Kunal are desperate in seeking a new apartment and they pretend to be gay so they can move in with the attractive Neha (Priyanka Chopra). Neha works for Verve Magazine, and when her boss resigns the new editor-in-chief is appointed to Abhimanyu Singh (Bobby Deol). Sameer and Kunal assist Neha to prove her talents at the magazine and Abhi takes notice of her, giving her the title, of co-editor-in-chief.
Both Sameer and Kunal scheme their way into getting private time with Neha and they begin to develop strong feelings for her, while still pretending to be gay. Abhi sweeps Neha away and Sameer and Kunal scheme against him, to keep them away from each other, and Neha to themselves. After Abhi proposes to Neha, they reveal that they have been pretending to be gay, and Sameer and Kunal are both inexplicably in love with Neha. In the end, does she trust them again? Does she accept Abhi’s proposal? Watch out for a roller coaster melodrama with non-stop twists, some club pumping item numbers and smashing Farah Khan dance moves. Dostana is the first Bollywood film to be shot entirely in the electric city of Miami. See the first ever on screen kiss of two of the hottest Bollywood stars. Is gay still considered taboo in Bollywood cinema, or are Bollywood fanatics and audiences ready to embrace a more sexually complicated love story? -Asa Bhuiyan
Cast:
Abhishek Bachchan as Sameer John Abraham as Kunal
Priyanka Chopra as Neha Melwani Bobby Deol as Abhimanyu Singh (Cameo)
Kirron Kher as Seema (Sameer's mother) Boman Irani as M (Murli) (Neha's Boss)
Sushmita Mukherjee as (Neha's Aunt) Shrey Bawa as Veer (Abhimanyu's son)
Shilpa Shetty - (item girl in "Shut Up & Bounce")
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