REVIEW: Abhi-John's Dostana

Somewhere in the '80s When Harry Met Sally attempted to answer the question that has plagued every woman and man since eternity – can two persons from the opposite sex be just friends?

This week's release Dostana also seeks to find an answer to a similar question that has troubled our little globalised and recession-ridden world – can two guys hugging and hanging out with each other ever be just friends? Because it seems like 'the sex part always gets in the way.'

Of course Dostana is no patch on the Hollywood cult classic. But along the way it does give you enough reasons to laugh out. And when have we demanded anything more out of our (and specifically KJo's) movies anyway?

It tells the story of Sam (Abhishek Bachchan) a ne'er do well nurse at a hospital in Miami and a hot-bod photographer Kunal (John Abraham) who are looking for an apartment to move into. As luck would have it, they end up at the same house at the same time driving in the very same cab. They are tad disappointed when they are told that the house was not open for 'baba log' since there was a pretty young thing staying there.

Not left with much choice they decide to bluff about their sexuality and move in with Neha (Priyanka Chopra, looking spectacularly hot). As days pass, the three become great friends and begin spending a lot of time together.

Meanwhile Neha loses her promotion to Abhimanyu Singh (Bobby Deol) who takes over as the boss of the magazine she works for. He assigns her an almost-impossible task, which she completes with a little help from our photographer hunk, and is left impressed.

By the time the tub of interval popcorn makes its way to your seat you realise that the three leading men have fallen for our pretty damsel. Our two 'gay' men decide to pull out the daggers and get Abhimanyu out of the way. How and who manages to take Neha home forms the climax of the film.

Dostana bases itself on the premise that one lie can make for a heck of a good film. Hrishikesh Mukherjee's Gol Maal was one such movie as were Mrs Doubtfire, Chachi 420 and I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry among many others. So the Abhishek Bachchan-starrer is no landmark film in any sense. And sure enough you are bound to find influences of all these movies (and many more not listed here) in it.

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