Dostana

This movie is a classic entertainer , with great star cast ... good music ... great direction..and great performances by all the cast . It is one of the best movies of Amitabh Bachan who is well supported by the other cast... Shatrughan Sinha and Zeenat Aman were superb and brilliant. An all time great Entertainer .

This movie would make you keep watching again and again. It has got a great repeat value. Great Story, and Very compelling screenplay that you will not be bored for a minute. Plus It has dose of entertainment at each stage of movie. And I find the Climax of the movie Super. Its Hollywood kind. You will be amazed to see such high class movies used to made in golden age of cinema.

Dostana review :

Legendary director Raj Khosla's last box office success; Dostana had superstar Amitabh Bachchan and Shotgun (Shatrughan) Sinha vying for love and affection of the gorgeous Zeenat Aman. It was a staple Salim Javed script packed with all the masala ingredients of action, romance, emotions and dialogues. Having said that, I consider this to be one of their underwhelming effort as there were no punchlines or thrills as expected from the star writer-duo. Nevertheless, they got paid more than superstar Bachchan.

Vijay (Amitabh) and Ravi (Shotgun) are childhood buddies who become warring foes over the pretty Sheetal (Zeenat). Vijay is a cop while Ravi is the defence lawyer. Later, Vijay is accused of a murder and Ravi demands a night with Sheetal as his remuneration to bail him out.

Dostana took a good three years to complete mainly due to the untimely demise of its cinematographer Nariman Irani in 1978. Bachchan and Sinha's offscreen rivalry was much talked about in the media and that actually helped the movie to take a fantastic opening at the box office. Amrish Puri played a supporting baddie to the main villain Prem Chopra who is instrumental in creating rift between the two heroes. Pran was reliably effective as the police informer Tony who has his own past to tell...this character bears resemblance to his Michael from Amitabh Bachchan's Majboor (1974) - another Salim Javed script.

Dostana was the first production of Yash Johar who made many memorable films after this like Duniya (1984), Agneepath (1990) and Gumrah (1993) before his son Karan took over the mantle with Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998)... and made Dharma a top production house of Bollywood. Interestingly, Karan produced another Dostana in 2008 starring Amitabh's son Abhishek and John Abraham. The namesake movie was a gay comedy and had nothing to do with this Raj Khosla original.

Regards, Sumeet Nadkarni.

Friends turning foe for a girl and a cop chasing a smuggler form the plot of this 80s blockbuster, which was the only hit from Yash Johar till "Kuch Kuch Hota Hai." "Dostana" churns the same formulas from the hits from Amitabh, Salim-Javed, and Prakash Mehra camp Like "Zanjeer," "Deewar," and "Sholay." The stars and characters carry the same jadedness. The plot, situations, and villains are obvious and implausible. Still the film works for its crisp editing and technicalities including the fine camera work, music, and action.

Rating: 1 star out of 4.

One of the best performance by Bachan and sinha . Loved their acting , songs were the best part of the movie . Zeenat as good as well .