| Movie lowdown... | Director: Suneel Darshan
Cast: Akshay Kumar, Bobby Deol, Lara Dutta, Kareena Kapoor, Juhi Chawla.
Writer: Robin Bhatt
Country: India
Released: December 24th, 2005.
Length: 135 minutes.
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After a string of successful films, Suneel Darshan returns yet again with ‘Dosti’ (Forever Friends), starring the macho of Bollywood, Akshay Kumar, striving actor Bobby Deol and current youth sirens of India, Kareena Kapoor and Lara Dutta. Being a ‘Bombay mix’ of such films as ‘Yaarana’, ‘Sholay’ and ‘Kal Ho Na Ho’, it's unsurprising then that clarity will be hindered. Though the cheese of this film can be smelt even at the very back of the cinema hall, it still doesn’t stop some sensibility being created towards it. Karan (Deol) is an only child of his neglectful parents who have a mansion for a house. He is lonely and his only shoulder through childhood is Raj (Kumar), who, being an orphan himself, needs all the lovin’ he can get. With a bond stronger than glass to stone, Karan and Raj live like brothers, sharing, living and loving together. It’s not long, however, before this friendship of friendships turns sour, with the intervention of some hard truths and mixed feelings. Raj begins to feel ‘like a shadow’ to Karan and wants to finally forge his own identity. But this isn’t the only reason for Raj’s sudden character switch - he has a rare bone-marrow disease which he decides to overcome to bring happiness to Karan’s life once and for all. If it wasn’t for the actors’ keeping this film together, Darshan would certainly not have pulled it off as he does. There is nothing else in it to keep you interested – even the musical score is scorched dry of novelty. You sit on your seat just waiting to duck under it, and barring a few sentimental sequences, it’s not a friend you want to spend any time with. |
