The Dostana promos included an un-self-conscious proclamation of “We’re gay.” After the release this Friday, what did the audience think of Bollywood’s newest offering about a (supposedly) homosexual couple?
Neha thinks that the gags have at least improved from the Kal Ho Na Ho days.
Broom and MJ, on the other hand, take offense on behalf of the gay community and feel done in by Karan Johar’s latest effort.
And finally Meetu puts it all together by pointing out the blandness of the storyline and ending with,
Fluidity is in general lacking around here. The focus is on mockery here. Mockery of how the gay behave and of how they are perceived too. Mockery of how parents react when they know their child is homosexual and of how blinding love can really be. A movie on relationships and friendships, yeah right! Not this one.
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Val
Nov 17th, 2008 at 5:34 am | #
I think everyone is taking the stereotype-issue a tad too seriously. I mean, what did you expect from a Karan Johar production who churned out the likes of Kal Ho Na Ho and Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna and K3G? A ‘real’ portrayal of life as is? *rolls eyes*
Broom
Nov 17th, 2008 at 10:14 am | #
@VAL: While I wasn’t expecting Brokeback Mountain, I thought that KJo would atleast not stereotype EVERY SINGLE gay character the way he did.
Silly me!
Val
Nov 18th, 2008 at 12:51 am | #
@Broom: I recommend you desensitize yourself with a battery of KJo movies before you venture out to watch one again.
KJo is the Ekta Kapoor of the big screen. Leave-your-brains-behind sort of movies.
Crazy Sam
Nov 20th, 2008 at 9:35 pm | #
Guys, my take on Dostana.
http://samsbloginess.blogspot.com/2008/11/dostana.html
cool gal
Nov 23rd, 2008 at 1:09 pm | #
hey sorry to ask this question but how many shots were taken of that kissing seen