Dosti ke Fasaane - II

And here's getting back, as promised, with the second installment of cherished onscreen friendships from the new century's Bollywood flicks.

Without much more ado, here we go!

Dil Chahta Hai (2001)



Actors: Akshaye Khanna, Saif Ali Khan, Aamir Khan

"Dil chahta hai, kabhi na beete chamkeele din dil chahta hai,
hum na rahein kabhi yaaron ke bin..."

A phenomenal leap in Bollywood's film making and story telling, at the advent of a new century - DCH was surely everything that can be called a path breaker. Witty, and smartly befitting the youth of today, it is the tale of 3 thick mates graduating from college, and the period of their life which undergoes the transition of college to the big bad world. Love happens of course, but the dominant feature of the movie is the bonding between Akash, Sid and Sameer - the highs and lows, the amiability and disagreements, the feeling of losing what 'always shall be' to circumstances and blunders and the eventual getting it all back! Such a friendship, we say, Dil Chahta Hai!
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Mujshe Dosti Karoge (2002)



Actors: Kareena Kapoor, Hrithik Roshan, Rani Mukherjee

"Keh do ke tum mere dil mein rahoge,
keh do ke tum mujhse Dosti karoge... "

Raj Khanna , Pooja Sahani  and Tina Kapoor  are the portrayed childhood friends. While Raj has always been attracted to the vivacious Tina, he is completely unaware of the quiet Pooja's feelings for him. A love triangle then, where surfaces the strength of true friendship in overcoming heartbreaks and such!
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Mere Yaar ki Shaadi Hai (2002)



Tulip Joshi, Uday Chopra

"...yeh khushiyaan hi paayen, mere dil ne duayein di hai,
mere Yaar ki shaadi Hai..."

Translating to My Best Friend's Wedding, and yes a remake of its Hollywood namesake indeed, this is the story of Sanjay Malhotra who's opinion about a shared bonding with childhood friend Anjali Sharma changes in the moment of receiving a call which informs him of her proposed wedding to another guy.  Jealous and frustrated, Sanjay makes his way to Anjali with one intention - to stop this marriage.
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Jhankar beats (2003)



Actors: Sanjay Suri, Juhi Chawla, Rinkie Khanna, Rahul Bose

"Tu hai aasman mein, teri ye zameen hai, tu hai to sab kuch hai...
tu ashiqui hai..."

Jhankaar Beats is a story about love, friendship and music. Rishi and Deep are dedicated musicians, and obsessive R.D.Burman fans. They play at a club sometimes, and compete in an annual pop music contest called Jhankaar Beats -- and have lost for the past two years. Amidst circumstances of Rishi's breaking marriage, and Deep's somewhat unplanned second time fatherhood, comes Neil, the son of their advertising agency boss and a third to the gang - who's smitten in love and sworn to win it all with the strumming of his guitar - which incidentally makes the perfect completion to Rishi's drums and Deep's keyboard. And so happen R 'N' D - who go on to win the coveted title, as things finally fal into place for each of the boys!
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Dosti: Friends Forever (2005)



Actors: Bobby Deol, Akshay Kumar

"Yeh Dosti tere dam se hai, tu zindagi kasam se hai,
saari khushi tere dam se hai, yeh Dosti tere dam se hai..."

Karan and Raj are inseparable friends, who by the way are also as unequal in terms of social standing as two could ever be. The rich guy, and the impoverished pauper. However, despite the hurdles and much negativity their cherished bond attracts, they stand steady and strong ... until a real test of time and relationships is thrown their way!
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Rang de Basanti (2006)



Actors: Aamir Khan, R. Madhavan, Sharman Joshi, Siddharth, Kunal Kapoor

"Naa koi padhne wala, na koi sikhne wala,
apni toh paathshala masti ki paathshala..."


The story begins with a British documentary film maker, who inspired by the diary accounts of her grandfather, a serving policeman of the British regime in India pre-independence, is determined to make a film on Indian revolutionaries from Punjab. Cut off from funds for the disapproval her theme receives, she travels to India to meet up with her one time friend, who in turn introduces her to a bunch of disillusioned spoiled Indian youths - five young men. She finds her actors come to life in them, and after much persistence the agree to oblige. It is only when modern events of corruption in India bring about the truth of elements from the documentary of the past awakens the integrity of these youth, that their lives take a U-turn. Going from frivolities and trivialities, they get involved with matters of life and death, assassinating the national Defense Minister. What stands true however, and grows stronger than ever, is the friendship they share among themselves.
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Heyy Babyy (2007)



Actors: Akshay Kumar, Riteish Deshmukh, Fardeen Khan

The story of three boys, the typical womanizers who are 'never recommended'! One day they find a baby girl at their door step, with a note that tells them to take care of her, since she is the daughter of one of them. The mystery of who's father plays them for sometime, and despite being quite the mismanaged bachelor lot, they eventually get attached to the baby, to find themselves forced into parting ways with her, when the mother reclaims her right, refusing the father any. The quest of these friends as they stand with each other, to win back both the mother and the baby!
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Rock On !! (2008)



Actors: Farhan Akhtar, Arjun Rampal, Purab Kohli

"Tum ho toh gaata hai dil, tum nahi toh geet kaha, tum ho toh hai sab haasil,
tum nahi toh kya..."

Another story of friends and music. The members of rock band Magik are four college going boys, who go on to win a realtiy show that makes the band famous. However, fame comes at a price, that being discord among the close mates, who split, to come back again a decade later! The journey of evolving not only as a music band at an age that is rather old by acceptable norms, but also of winning back each other and rebounding back as close knit friends makes the tale quite real to watch, and associate oneself with!

3 Idiots (2009)



"Jaane nahi denge tujhe..sun le yaarin ki yeh baatein,
beetengi sab gum ki raatein, Yaaron se rootha hai saale kyun..."

Actors: Aamir Khan, Sharman Joshi, R. Madhavan

The friend who influenced and inspired his two undergrad roomies close buddies to think creatively and independently, even as the conformist world called them three idiots. Yo not lose themselves to 'life, which is a race'. To recognize what it is they are, and what it is they truly wish to be ... A story of Bab Ranchod Das and his endless gyans to his not so wise friends. The irksome rival 'Chatur', a menacing psychotic Dean, his lovely doctor daughter Pia, the mystery of Phunksuk Wangroo - and much more ... that eventuates from the blooming friendship among the three boys in country's premier engineering institute - Imperial College.

Badmaash Company (2010)



Actors: Shahid Kapoor & Anushka Sharma

"Hum pe Yaara jach rahi hai ye ayaashi, lat si lagi hai yeh ayaashi..."

Four ordinary youngsters - Karan, Bulbul, Zing and Chandu , graduate from college and want to make it big - in name, fame and money! Through schemes and underhand dealings, quick cash does inflow, but not without its many hassles ... which must be met as a joint force by the four friends.
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