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Dostana | 2008-11-13
The Gays of our Lives are Fun
Director: Tarun Mansukhani
Cast: Abhishek Bachchan, John Abraham, Priyanka Chopra, Boman Irani, Kirron Kher, Bobby Deol
The Bitch‘s Verdict: When in Miami, get out of the closet guys!
Barring references to ‘I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry‘, ‘Hitch‘, ‘The Devil Wears Prada‘, ‘Dostana‘ is a wholly Indian product of the progressive gay Indian kind, who have it upon them to show that limp wrists and hip swings are not all that they are made of.
Recently John Abraham spoke about how his hair-dresser who is from the queer side of the planet laughed his glittery lungs out throughout the shooting schedule of the film in Miami, and if that is any vote of confidence to go by, then ‘Dostana‘ is going to offend nobody, not even the queerest people even when the joke is on them.
Sameer (Abhishek Bachchan) and Kunal (John Abraham) land up at Neha‘s (Priyanka Chopra) apartment in Miami, in a desperate bid to find a decent bachelor pad. What they discover is an apartment like no other, and they have to pretend to be lovers to get a room each, since aunty who lives with Neha will only let it out to baby log, and not baba log. So the rational here is, aren‘t gay men TLC like baby log? When the guys meet Neha, they are smitten. Who wouldn‘t, if she looked that hot? Now they are stuck as gay men who are not able to tell a story straight! Post interval Abhimanyu (Bobby Deol) is the third man who falls for her. The rest is one madcap adventure.
From the opening credits (where Shilpa Shetty obstructs the John T & A show), to the closing credits, everything is superbly shot to alternate between cool, sexy and hot. And that includes Priyanka in her gold swimsuit, given that its John The Bitch was focused on throughout the film. Never mind that he can‘t act to save his skin, but he can show skin to prove some ‘act‘.
There are three tracks that will have you in splits; one is when Abhishek figments a fairy tale love story of how he and John fell in love in Venice. He does a ‘homo run‘ that had the theatre hooting and clapping. At the Gay Olympics, he‘s going to come out trumps!
Two is Boman Irani who is a very gay devil, a la Meryl Streep, performing to an impromptu ‘Beedi Jalaile‘ jig. Carrie Bradshaw from ‘Sex & The City‘ is his soul sista!
Third, Kirron Kher‘s track is simply out of this world. Truly, mothers come from another planet altogether. The scene where she offers her ‘kangan‘ to John, not knowing if he is the bahu or damaad in such an arrangement with her maa da laadla puttar Abhishek, her token advice for karwa chauth and phoolon-phalo is rib-ticklingly original.
Abhishek Bachchan is getting the awards come March 2009. The important thing to notice is that he plays gay to the hilt, and does it with such ease that The Bitch could put him on par with Nathan Lane from ‘The Birdcage‘ who got it so camp, so right.
The Venice sequence is actually a dig at the heteros of the world united, "So this is how you see us, have a good laugh, we‘ve had fun throwing it back at you".
John is an accidental actor. If you have seen him try comedy with Akki in ‘Garam Masala‘ you know he hasn‘t got it in him. Here, his off-screen chemistry with Abhishek has worked in his favor. Most of his comic timing is achieved when he‘s caught off-guard. He‘ll appear funnier in the outtakes for sure.
John has also been quoting to the media that he‘s always followed to the loos by men which has become a nuisance. Boy if you look like that, who wouldn‘t follow you? But that‘s the thing, it‘s so hard to tell who is and who is not gay anymore, gay men as caricatures is over. ‘Dostana‘ shows how they are fit, toned and groomed and how all of them want to look like John and not necessarily as something the cat dragged out of the closet.
Priyanka Chopra is Eva Mendes-Jessica Biel-Anne Hathaway all rolled into one. She looks-acts, if I may use the term, Fabulicious! You go girl.
‘Dostana‘ is going to be the biggest hit of the year. Whether or not homosexuality is de-criminalized in the country, the Bollywood film industry has just had its gayest outing ever; it‘s legal to be gay and mainstream. Yay!!!
Maa da laadla sach mooch bigad gaya!
The Gays of our Lives are Fun
Director: Tarun Mansukhani
Cast: Abhishek Bachchan, John Abraham, Priyanka Chopra, Boman Irani, Kirron Kher, Bobby Deol
The Bitch‘s Verdict: When in Miami, get out of the closet guys!
Barring references to ‘I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry‘, ‘Hitch‘, ‘The Devil Wears Prada‘, ‘Dostana‘ is a wholly Indian product of the progressive gay Indian kind, who have it upon them to show that limp wrists and hip swings are not all that they are made of.
Recently John Abraham spoke about how his hair-dresser who is from the queer side of the planet laughed his glittery lungs out throughout the shooting schedule of the film in Miami, and if that is any vote of confidence to go by, then ‘Dostana‘ is going to offend nobody, not even the queerest people even when the joke is on them.
Sameer (Abhishek Bachchan) and Kunal (John Abraham) land up at Neha‘s (Priyanka Chopra) apartment in Miami, in a desperate bid to find a decent bachelor pad. What they discover is an apartment like no other, and they have to pretend to be lovers to get a room each, since aunty who lives with Neha will only let it out to baby log, and not baba log. So the rational here is, aren‘t gay men TLC like baby log? When the guys meet Neha, they are smitten. Who wouldn‘t, if she looked that hot? Now they are stuck as gay men who are not able to tell a story straight! Post interval Abhimanyu (Bobby Deol) is the third man who falls for her. The rest is one madcap adventure.
From the opening credits (where Shilpa Shetty obstructs the John T & A show), to the closing credits, everything is superbly shot to alternate between cool, sexy and hot. And that includes Priyanka in her gold swimsuit, given that its John The Bitch was focused on throughout the film. Never mind that he can‘t act to save his skin, but he can show skin to prove some ‘act‘.
There are three tracks that will have you in splits; one is when Abhishek figments a fairy tale love story of how he and John fell in love in Venice. He does a ‘homo run‘ that had the theatre hooting and clapping. At the Gay Olympics, he‘s going to come out trumps!
Two is Boman Irani who is a very gay devil, a la Meryl Streep, performing to an impromptu ‘Beedi Jalaile‘ jig. Carrie Bradshaw from ‘Sex & The City‘ is his soul sista!
Third, Kirron Kher‘s track is simply out of this world. Truly, mothers come from another planet altogether. The scene where she offers her ‘kangan‘ to John, not knowing if he is the bahu or damaad in such an arrangement with her maa da laadla puttar Abhishek, her token advice for karwa chauth and phoolon-phalo is rib-ticklingly original.
Abhishek Bachchan is getting the awards come March 2009. The important thing to notice is that he plays gay to the hilt, and does it with such ease that The Bitch could put him on par with Nathan Lane from ‘The Birdcage‘ who got it so camp, so right.
The Venice sequence is actually a dig at the heteros of the world united, "So this is how you see us, have a good laugh, we‘ve had fun throwing it back at you".
John is an accidental actor. If you have seen him try comedy with Akki in ‘Garam Masala‘ you know he hasn‘t got it in him. Here, his off-screen chemistry with Abhishek has worked in his favor. Most of his comic timing is achieved when he‘s caught off-guard. He‘ll appear funnier in the outtakes for sure.
John has also been quoting to the media that he‘s always followed to the loos by men which has become a nuisance. Boy if you look like that, who wouldn‘t follow you? But that‘s the thing, it‘s so hard to tell who is and who is not gay anymore, gay men as caricatures is over. ‘Dostana‘ shows how they are fit, toned and groomed and how all of them want to look like John and not necessarily as something the cat dragged out of the closet.
Priyanka Chopra is Eva Mendes-Jessica Biel-Anne Hathaway all rolled into one. She looks-acts, if I may use the term, Fabulicious! You go girl.
‘Dostana‘ is going to be the biggest hit of the year. Whether or not homosexuality is de-criminalized in the country, the Bollywood film industry has just had its gayest outing ever; it‘s legal to be gay and mainstream. Yay!!!
Maa da laadla sach mooch bigad gaya!
Comments (8)
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YAY!! glad to read this... Fabulous job done!! "whosoever" has written this!! atta boy/ girl!! *grin* i know u might wanna kill me!! but loved the review!! Chumma! | GP
YAY!! glad to read this... Fabulous job done!! "whosoever" has written this!! atta boy/ girl!! *grin* i know u might wanna kill me!! but loved the review!! Chumma! | GP
oh god i am missing the show tonight... i truly hope your review is true to the hilt ... geeeeeeee :))) | anilkumar sathiraju
Yay!
I love the bitch‘s reviews! This one is a good review... i hope the bitch has lived up to her bitchin and has not gotten carried away with all the gay men in the movies... but i‘m off to watching it :) | NH
I love the bitch‘s reviews! This one is a good review... i hope the bitch has lived up to her bitchin and has not gotten carried away with all the gay men in the movies... but i‘m off to watching it :) | NH
Awesome!
I saw the movie tonight and loved it! I avoided the review until I saw the movie for myself and am so glad to see a positive review for it here. I honestly did not expect anything good to be said about Abhishekh or Priyanka since you love taking digs at them but loved this movie! | KRB
I saw the movie tonight and loved it! I avoided the review until I saw the movie for myself and am so glad to see a positive review for it here. I honestly did not expect anything good to be said about Abhishekh or Priyanka since you love taking digs at them but loved this movie! | KRB
Excellent review, good choice of words and positive for a change. Never expected that from the bitch. Ill def go and watch this movie now. | A
The only miscast in the movie was Bobby Deol. | jay
awesome | manu
Fairy tales!!`
I found dostana plain booring.. the first half was still bearable with kirron kher‘s histrionics and Boman irani‘s diva act, not to mention large helpings of john‘s ass! But the second half just refused to get over.. it was to booring, too random and too long! Of course in the end they had to emphasize that they must be really sorry and really good friends coz they went so low and did something despicable like kissing each other,, the horror the horror! | Manak
I found dostana plain booring.. the first half was still bearable with kirron kher‘s histrionics and Boman irani‘s diva act, not to mention large helpings of john‘s ass! But the second half just refused to get over.. it was to booring, too random and too long! Of course in the end they had to emphasize that they must be really sorry and really good friends coz they went so low and did something despicable like kissing each other,, the horror the horror! | Manak
