Review of the Movie DOSTANA
It didn’t start with ‘K’. It didn’t have Karan Johar’s lucky mascot Shah Rukh Khan even in a brief appearance. But most importantly and thankfully, it did have the entertainment package that one associates Dharma Productions (Karan’s production house) with. This was a genre that was a first from the Johars—an out and out comedyIn a long time. It wasn’t a spoof on a community but a light take on the subject of homosexuality.
It didn’t start with ‘K’. It didn’t have Karan Johar’s lucky mascot Shah Rukh Khan even in a brief appearance. But most importantly and thankfully, it did have the entertainment package that one associates Dharma Productions (Karan’s production house) with. This was a genre that was a first from the Johars—an out and out comedyIn a long time. It wasn’t a spoof on a community but a light take on the subject of homosexuality.
Welcome all to the fun-filled world of DOSTANA!
DOSTANA—the title conjures up images of Amitabh Bachchan and Shartudhun Sinha’s yesteryear classic DOSTANA. It isn’t a rehash of the old DOSTANA In this era of remakes, one may be excused to interpret this DOSTANA a remake of the earlier one.But thankfully, all similarity remained confined to the title only.
Directed by Debutante and Karan Johar’s aide Tarun Mansukhaani, this DOSTANA comes as fresh and ‘light’ breath of air as the box office too heaved a big sigh of relief after witnessing a ‘thanda’(cold) and serious(read ‘Fashion’, ‘Karzzzz’) outcome at the box office in recent times.
Abhishek-Priyanka-John starrer DOSTANA basically is rib-tickler which hovers around the theme of same-sex relationship (read gay relationship) but in a lighter vein. Littered with breathtaking Miami beaches and sceneries, enough flesh-showing (this time the male actors, John Abraham to be precise, takes it upon himself to do the needful) and some amazing chemistry between Abhishek and John, this DOSTANA becomes a must-watch.
The movie takes a lighter take on the gay community and walks away without offending them or for that matter anyone. The two chief protagonists, Sam(Abhishek Bachchan) and Kunal(John Abraham) pretend to be gay couples in order to rent a flat they desperately need. If nothing succeeds like success, nothing complicated like complications. That small lie snowballs into a much bigger and inescapable thing they had envisioned. The 1st half of DOSTANA brings you some really funny moments but the loosely scripted 2nd half entertains and tickles your funny bones in patches. Or may be the 1st half of the movie raised the bar and expectations a tad too much for the 2nd half to sustain the same entertainment and humour package that the 1st half offered. Whatever may be the reason, the 2nd half disappoints. After all, making a full-fledged film out of the KAL HO NAA HO Kantaaben joke was always going to be a difficult task.
Among the actors, the one to look out for is Abhishek Bachchan. He’s surely the pick of the actors. John hasn’t looked this hot ever before. Not only women but the males also could be seen gasping every time John flashed his biceps and well-sculpted body. But it wasn’t only muscles that floored the fans. John does a pretty decent job with his acting and complements Abhishek very well. He’s was a much improved show from his last out-and-out comedy Garam Masala. Priyanka, as usual wins the hearts of the audience with her beauty and acting prowess. She looks screen-scorching hot. Seasoned actors like Kiron Kher as Abhishek’s mother and Boman Irani as the gay editor-in-chief of a fashion मैगजीन again live up to the their reputation and steal the show even if their brief but hugely entertaining and indelible performances. Bobby Deol, as Priyanka’s boss, (another guest appearance in the movie) does an okay job as the script didn’t leave much to explore and exhibit for this Punjab da Puttar. The music scored by one of the most happening duos of Bollywood Vishal-Shekhar is nothing much to write home about sans the track Desi Girl and Maa Daa Laadla Bigad gaya.
All in all, DOSTANA makes up for a good-watch. In fact, it’s more than a good-watch. So, go and soak in the DOSTANA spirit. Fun is guaranteed.
DOSTANA—the title conjures up images of Amitabh Bachchan and Shartudhun Sinha’s yesteryear classic DOSTANA. It isn’t a rehash of the old DOSTANA In this era of remakes, one may be excused to interpret this DOSTANA a remake of the earlier one.But thankfully, all similarity remained confined to the title only.
Directed by Debutante and Karan Johar’s aide Tarun Mansukhaani, this DOSTANA comes as fresh and ‘light’ breath of air as the box office too heaved a big sigh of relief after witnessing a ‘thanda’(cold) and serious(read ‘Fashion’, ‘Karzzzz’) outcome at the box office in recent times.
Abhishek-Priyanka-John starrer DOSTANA basically is rib-tickler which hovers around the theme of same-sex relationship (read gay relationship) but in a lighter vein. Littered with breathtaking Miami beaches and sceneries, enough flesh-showing (this time the male actors, John Abraham to be precise, takes it upon himself to do the needful) and some amazing chemistry between Abhishek and John, this DOSTANA becomes a must-watch.
The movie takes a lighter take on the gay community and walks away without offending them or for that matter anyone. The two chief protagonists, Sam(Abhishek Bachchan) and Kunal(John Abraham) pretend to be gay couples in order to rent a flat they desperately need. If nothing succeeds like success, nothing complicated like complications. That small lie snowballs into a much bigger and inescapable thing they had envisioned. The 1st half of DOSTANA brings you some really funny moments but the loosely scripted 2nd half entertains and tickles your funny bones in patches. Or may be the 1st half of the movie raised the bar and expectations a tad too much for the 2nd half to sustain the same entertainment and humour package that the 1st half offered. Whatever may be the reason, the 2nd half disappoints. After all, making a full-fledged film out of the KAL HO NAA HO Kantaaben joke was always going to be a difficult task.
Among the actors, the one to look out for is Abhishek Bachchan. He’s surely the pick of the actors. John hasn’t looked this hot ever before. Not only women but the males also could be seen gasping every time John flashed his biceps and well-sculpted body. But it wasn’t only muscles that floored the fans. John does a pretty decent job with his acting and complements Abhishek very well. He’s was a much improved show from his last out-and-out comedy Garam Masala. Priyanka, as usual wins the hearts of the audience with her beauty and acting prowess. She looks screen-scorching hot. Seasoned actors like Kiron Kher as Abhishek’s mother and Boman Irani as the gay editor-in-chief of a fashion मैगजीन again live up to the their reputation and steal the show even if their brief but hugely entertaining and indelible performances. Bobby Deol, as Priyanka’s boss, (another guest appearance in the movie) does an okay job as the script didn’t leave much to explore and exhibit for this Punjab da Puttar. The music scored by one of the most happening duos of Bollywood Vishal-Shekhar is nothing much to write home about sans the track Desi Girl and Maa Daa Laadla Bigad gaya.
All in all, DOSTANA makes up for a good-watch. In fact, it’s more than a good-watch. So, go and soak in the DOSTANA spirit. Fun is guaranteed.
1 comment:
arey maaa da ladla script writer ban gaya ....gud yaar u really hav a gud writing skills...welll luking 4ward to read more of yr articles .....n your end is as gud as dostana ka end ...remember..wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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