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Load of rubbish!!

A Major Disappointment

I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

Two Guys, a Girl, & Miami Director Tarun Mansukani should receive an award for making a Bollywood film that I enjoy! Sameer (Abhishek Bachchan) and Kunal (John Abraham) think they are slick when they pretend to be a gay couple in order to reside in a Miami apartment with Neha (Priyanka Chopra). Their "relationship" stretches beyond the situation with Neha. Kunal needs to gain residency. Being in a "gay" relationship allows him to do so in the end. The two boys fall in love with Neha. Their jealousy rises as she falls for her new boss, Abhi (Bobby Deol). This comedy will leave you wanting to watch what the entertaining trio will get themselves into next.The interest of the audience is maintained throughout the film via various camera techniques. When the boys first lay their eyes on Neha, the camera shots are oblique. Her body is shown part by part, emphasizing one part at a time. Her eyes, bottom, lips, and back are shown individually, followed by a full body shot from ground level, upward. It is obvious that the objectified "male gaze" is focused on her beauty, as she is gorgeous.When the two boys, Neha, and Auntie (who oversees Neha's actions) are in the apartment, the scene cuts from the apartment to the made up scene of when the "lovers" first met in Venice. It is hard to forget a film is being viewed when a cut like that happens. When the three best friends go to a club and are doing shots, they are in sharp focus and everything occurring behind them is in soft focus, appearing fuzzy and blurred. This happens again as they are dancing. The focus in each situation is on Sam, Neha, and Kunal. I get the feeling that I am meant to think I am in the club with them drinking, as the background is blurry, as if I have been drinking. The audience can see their blurred vision and that they've been drinking a lot.One of the funniest scenes is when Sam, Kunal, Neha's gay boss, and the gay immigration officer, Javier, are dancing in the apartment. Head shots show the actual gay men in pure enjoyment. Sam and Kunal are beside themselves in disgust is apparent on their faces. Head shots shoe their discomfort in dancing closely with gay men.When Sam's mother "finds out" that he is gay, she has a meltdown. Over the shoulder shots are used as she is repeatedly smacking Sam in the face. A head shot captures the pain and feeling of betrayal shown on her face. A reverse shot shows Sam's pain in seeing his mother hurt over a lie at his expense. The overall treatment of homosexuality in this movie is accepted, over time.I enjoyed watching this film and would not mind watching it again. I had my boyfriend and house mate watch it with me. It is a film to watch if you need a good laugh and want justice to be served.

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

The original Dostana starred Zeenat Aman, Amitabh and Straughan Sinha(remember the song "Bane chahe dushman zamana humara salamat rahe dostana humara). I have been a fan of Karan Johar ever since I saw Kuch Kuch Hota Hai so when I heard Karan Johar is directing it was very excited. I even consider KANK is an under-appreciated adult drama that gets unwanted criticism. There is however a limit to my devotion and Dostana has crossed the line. How does a director go from making a mature drama like KANK to a incohrent,tacky movie like Dostana?. Dostana lacked all the key elements that made previous Karan Johar movies so special. Previous Johar movies had a sense of fun, had great songs and a pretty solid script. The gay angle in Kal Ho Na Ho was the best part of the movie but with Dostana I personally feel that Johar has gone too far.The performances also nothing special. The highlight for me was Priyanka Chopra but not because of her performance but because she looked gorgeous in it. Even the climax is a dud, I didn't know it was the end until the end credits started rolling. What makes it worse is the fact that the original Dostana was produced by Karan's father Yash Johar, in my opinion Karan should have taken more care in ensuring that his movie doesn't tarnish the original's classic reputation. Agreed Karan let a newcomer direct it and he only produced it but Karan is the experienced professional and should have guided him. Now I normally see so good in every movie I watch but with Dostana I can see only negatives,it is disgusting revolting trash and I would advise all people who are expecting it to be a family entertainer to avoid it at all costs.

I have always wondered why Indian movie makers have to choose exotic foreign locations to generate interest in a movie. I am not aware that any other movie industry in the world does this to such an extent, with their main projects. In my humble opinion India has many beautiful locations to recommend the country, which are not that often seen on Bollywood movies, even now----Darjeeling, Arunchal Pradesh, Andaman Islands, and Cochin, Kerala. From the perspective of Indian producers, Indian audiences might appreciate "exotic" mainly WESTERN foreign locations, but I am sure with excellent direction an equal amount of interest can be generated with local Indian scenery.This movie I am sorry to say has a certain "Coolie" mentally, carried over from the colonial era. That one should at least try and see the beauty in India first, if possible with all the problems, and then pay slavish homage to foreign Western locations, which lets face it the vast majority of Indians will never see in reality, or experience directly.Psychologically and politically since 1991, and the reforms of Manmohan Singh, after Rajiv Gandhi, and the ditching of Congress Socialism, the Indian elite has been seeking greater linkages with the USA.........after the long romance with Russia, and the movie by Karan Johar reflects this current political aspect at various levels. It has all the cliché nods in the direction of the USA, which are not that amusing any more.But Gunga Din salutes with this offering.Acha Sahib!!!!!! The subject matter of straight men acting as gay males has many potentials for a movie as a comedy, and do see "Some Like It Hot" 1959, directed by Willie Wyler,to remind ourselves how the subject can be treated in a really humorous way, also set in Miami, about two guys escaping the Chicago Mob.Perhaps the directors could have chosen San Francisco as a more appropriate location instead of Miami....to begin the movie with. Perhaps also the directors could have consulted with some actual gay men to make our hero's roles a little bit more believable and interesting...even as really straight men. We could have had amusing arguments and fights over furniture location, clothes and fashion, food, computer laptops, Indian gay men against American gay men..maybe arguing about politics...women's fashion.....how they might communicate with each other..the cultural clashes.....the scene with the Military guy talking with our hero's could have been elaborated a little bit more. That one particular scene has certain political, social, racial, sociological implications which the director could have pursued and developed in a professional but in a humorous manner. We don't need to flick from scene to scene in an endless barrage.Why not stay with one scene and let the characters talk, REALLY interact, and develop their dialogue and characters.The concept is interesting for an Indian movie at least, if not for Western audiences (where the subject is well covered beyond tedium since the early 1960's)The dialogue did not seem inspiring, though I don't understand Hindi...........consisted of short monologues, with short monologues of reactions....no real dialogue to speak of. The main joke being 2 straight Indian men acting gay......Ha! ha! ha!, and how long can you carry that as a joke? Maybe you can carry that for 3 hours with naive Indian audiences, not used to seeing their leading actors play such roles...i.e Novelty value, but don't you have to offer other jokes as well along the way? The leading actors even as straight men could have made their gay roles more believable, and funnier. Gay people can be very very funny without even trying....I had a distant cousin who was openly gay, and he was a constant source of wholesome everyday humor...because they represent through their character and lifestyles a pattern of human behavior which is wholly unconventional, and not normal-------thus they present a massive reservoir for comedy for the Indian "masses".If you are relying on dialogue to carry the movie, then the dialogue has to be creative and funny, and not cliché ridden. Dialogue is not that important if its a slapstick comedy such as the Police Academy movies. Clearly this wasn't looking to be a slapstick visual gag comedy, but only visual in the sense of beautiful locations, with beautiful people.The movie clearly relies on visual imagery, with the "Exotic' locations, and stars with beautiful bodies, and affluent lifestyles of two people with very modest incomes. Again one can imagine, SADLY, the Indian masses gawping over such visual, empty, soulless beauty. But it is the arrogance of people like Johar who produce such COMMERCIALIZED CRAP, which is WHOLLY disconnected with India that the main criticism must be directed against.We don't have to have a juvenile approach to such a sensitive subject, and then have the attendant juvenile lines with coy stars delivering their lines badly. This movie definitely doesn't elevate Indian cinema to the "next level" but, rather drops Indian cinema below the great quality of some of the classical productions, such as .........Sholay, Mughal E Azam and so forth. This movie takes Indian cinema backwards, into a cultural cesspool of miss matched Westernized Indians trying to look cool, and hip, along with he banner of "Shining India". There is of course nothing wrong with looking cool and hip, and modern, after all not Indians are computer techies, doctors or accountants.....but being cool and modern requires a certain believable panache that fits in with the characters, their acting, and most significantly the lines they deliver------in this movie, non of the stars did.Indian Baywatch it wasn't.