Dostana (2008)

100% of critics liked it
(5 reviews)
72% of users liked it
(4,087 ratings)

Abhishek Bachchan, Priyanka Chopra, and John Abraham star in this romantic comedy concerning a love triangle that's hopelessly complicated by a simple lie. Two men have fallen deeply in love with the same woman, but when they both pretend to be gay in order to rent an apartment and deal with… More Abhishek Bachchan, Priyanka Chopra, and John Abraham star in this romantic comedy concerning a love triangle that's hopelessly complicated by a simple lie. Two men have fallen deeply in love with the same woman, but when they both pretend to be gay in order to rent an apartment and deal with immigration, the object of their mutual affections assumes that they have no interest in the opposite sex. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

Rating, Runtime: R, 2 hr. 25 min.
Directed By: Tarun Mansukhani
Written By: Tarun Mansukhani
Genres: Art House & International, Comedy

In Theaters: Nov 13, 2008 Wide
On DVD: Dec 30, 2008
Studio: Yash Raj Films

Critic Reviews

Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times
By turns exuberant and goofy and mushy and yearning.
Maitland McDonagh, Miss FlickChick
Cross I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry with the all-but forgotten 1970s farce The Gay Deceivers, then dress it up with elaborate musical sequences: Et voila!
Frank Lovece, Film Journal International
Big, colorful, delightfully dumb Bollywood "gateway" movie could be a perfect crossover vehicle for U.S. audiences.
David Chute, L.A. Weekly
A pure star vehicle, gliding along on charm and timing -- exactly the sort of comfort cinema Hollywood now seems incapable of making.

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Featured Audience Ratings

Dead A

This was enjoyable. But some part was boring. Not bad though.
jay n

Decent performances but some of the lengths that the two main characters go to really diminish the sympathy you feel towards them and it hurts the picture, The actress playing Sam's mother is a riot though.
meril l

I don't generally watch Bollywood, but this was a lot of fun! Very amusing; you can't take it too seriously.
Leo L

Here is a hilarious movie that centralizes around three roommates living in an upscale apartment in Miami. They are Sameer, Kunal, and Neha. The three become inseparable, and do just about everything together. Neha and her aunt search for female roommates to occupy the remaining two… More
Here is a hilarious movie that centralizes around three roommates living in an upscale apartment in Miami. They are Sameer, Kunal, and Neha. The three become inseparable, and do just about everything together. Neha and her aunt search for female roommates to occupy the remaining two rooms, when they meet Sameer and Kunal who are in dire need of a new place to live. When they are refused to be seen and interviewed, they decide to come back and enact as a gay couple. Believing them to be a couple, Neha and her aunt decide to accept them. With the process of filing their residency, an unruly mother, and having to carry on their charade- it keeps Sameer and Kunal on their toes until the two realize that they both are in love with Neha, but are up against another whose also captured Neha?s heart. Tons of laughter! Fantastic music. Great cast-Abhishek Bachchan, John Abraham, Priyanka Chopra, Bobby Deol, Shilpa Shetty, and Kiron Kher.