Dosti: Friends Forever

Dosti: Friends Forever
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Suneel Darshan
Written by	K. K. Singh, Rumi Jaffery (dialogues)
Screenplay by	Robin Bhatt, Shyam Goel
Story by	Suneel Darshan
Produced by	Suneel Darshan
Starring	Akshay Kumar Bobby Deol Kareena Kapoor Lara Dutta
Edited by	Sanjay Sankla
Music by	Nadeem-Shravan
Distributed by	Shree Krishna International
Release date	23 December 2005 (2005-12-23)
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Budget	₹150 million (US$2.0 million)[1]
Box office	₹230 million (US$3.1 million)[2]

Dosti: Friends Forever is a 2005 Indian romantic drama film directed by Suneel Darshan starring Akshay Kumar, Bobby Deol, Kareena Kapoor and Lara Dutta. Juhi Chawla makes a special appearance.

Plot[]

Karan Thapar (Bobby Deol) lives a wealthy yet very lonesome lifestyle with his business tycoon dad Vikram (Kiran Kumar), mom Kiran (Lillete Dubey), and sister Nandini (Karishma Tanna) as no one has time for him. One day while at the family's farmhouse, he loses his step and almost falls down a deep gorge. He is rescued by Raj Malhotra (Akshay Kumar), who is an orphan, living a poor lifestyle with his abusive maternal uncle. Karan and Raj become inseparable friends, and Raj moves in to live with Karan, much to the chagrin of the Thapar family members who dislike Raj.

Years later Raj and Karan are grown up; Raj is in love with his childhood sweetheart Anjali (Kareena Kapoor) and wants to marry her, while Karan flirts with Leena Bharucha (Sherlyn Chopra) and abandons her. Karan subsequently meets with London-returned Kajal Sharma (Lara Dutta) and woos her. She agrees to marry him. Raj's and Karan's weddings are planned for the same day. Things take a turn for the worse when Leena and her dad, who is employed by Thapar, characterize the friends as flirts. Consequently, Kajal breaks up with Karan and Anjali's brother cancels her wedding with Raj.

Raj, it is later revealed, is suffering from a fatal disorder. Aditi (Juhi Chawla) is his doctor and the treatment is sponsored by Karan. Raj plays a pivotal role in helping Karan reunite with his family. Karan eventually marries Kajal. Karan and Kajal have named their child after Raj.

Cast[]

• Akshay Kumar as Raj Malhotra, Karan's best friend and Anjali's love interest
• Bobby Deol as Karan Thapar, Raj's best friend, Vikram and Kiran's son, Nandini's brother and Kajal's love interest
• Lara Dutta as Kajal, Karan's love interest
• Kareena Kapoor as Anjali, Raj's love interest
• Juhi Chawla as Dr. Aditi (special appearance)
• Kiran Kumar as Vikram Thapar, Karan and Nandini's father
• Lillete Dubey as Kiran Thapar, Karan and Nandini's mother
• Sherlyn Chopra as Leena Bharucha
• Shakti Kapoor as Bharucha (Leena's father)
• Karishma Tanna as Nandini Thapar, Karan's sister
• Mahesh Thakur as Bhaskar
• Navni Parihar as Anjali’s sister-in-law
• Aman Verma as Anjali's husband
• Dolly Bindra
• as Raj Malhotra's friend
• Kaneez Surka as Anjali's friend

Soundtrack[]

This was the last album of Nadeem-Shravan before they officially declared to split. The lyrics of all the songs were written by Sameer. The album was released in November 2005. The album was listed at No 7 position in the all-time music list of 2005. According to the Indian trade website Box Office India, with around 14,00,000 units sold, this film's soundtrack album was the year's eleventh highest-selling.^[3]

Track listing[]

References[]

External links[]

• Dosti: Friends Forever at IMDb 
• Dosti: Friends Forever at Bollywood Hungama