Dostana Movie Review

Its been a mad week, Dostana is running houseful in all the big theaters in the city and I finally got the tickets after one whole week. Nevertheless, it was worth the wait.Why Dostana works for me? Simply because the script is amazing and the comic timing of all the actors in the act is superb. This is what the sordid multi-starrer comedies these days don’t have. A strong script with witty humor rather than slapstick acts. After a long time I have seen a movie that has made me laugh throughout… I guess the last one was Bhool Bhulaiyya.Its a film you know you shouldn’t be taking seriously. You can enjoy watching a sexy skimpily clad Shilpa Shetty and her boob-thrusting dance in the beginning of the film. You can watch John Abraham flaunting his wash board abs and biceps giving quite a tough competition to Daniel Craig. You can watch Priyanka Chopra in her sexiest avatar so far and of course in the sizzling gold bikini. You can watch Abhishek and see how he has turned into a seasoned actor, good enough to pull up a gay act and make it memorable. You can watch this film for hours of non-stop fun and entertainment.A mainstream commercial flick could afford to talk about a bold topic like Homosexuality only because - firstly they ‘pretend’ to be gays and secondly its supposed to be a comedy. Perhaps that is why it was easier for Karan Johar to locate the film in Miami and not Mumbai. It has subtle messages directed at the Indian audiences towards the social acceptability of homosexuality for Indian audiences and that it is really ‘OK’ to be gay… but all this under the guise of comedy.The story gets a bit predictable and draggy in the end but as I mentioned earlier, great dialogues and good script makes it work. I would say go for it and laugh out loud!