Dostana

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.

Best friends (Amitabh Bachan and Shatrughan Sinha) since childhood, a righteous cop and a lawyer who represents criminals in court become rivals when they fall for the same woman (Zeenat Aman).

An emotionally-charged action drama that benefits from the rivalry between Amitabh Bachan and Shatrughan Sinha- allegedly their friendship got frosty after this. Strange that this film touches upon friendship and jealousy and misunderstandings, and how the two friends override this problem. Of course, Prem Chopra causes most of the problems which leads to dishoom, dishoom and thrill a minute action. Loved the ending with the aircraft. You can tell the production is high, which paid off as the film was a big hit.

Great performances from Bachan, Shatrughan Sinha and Zeenat Aman are like a hefty anchor, driving simultaneously with the well-sculpted plot and crisply direction. Classic.

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 .

Review By Kamal K

Vijay (Amitabh Bachchan) is a Police Office and befriend with Ravi (Shatrughan Sinha) who is a lawyer and employed by Daaga (Prem Chopra) a white collar criminal. On one hand Vijay arrests criminals and Ravi managed to get them Bail. But their professional differences never come in the way of their personal life and their friendship remains profound.

Ravi and Vijay meet Sheetal (Zeenat Aman) at difference places. Both falls in love with Sheetal who reciprocated to the love of Vijay and love of Ravi remained one sided. Soon Vijay comes to know about love interest of Ravi and decides to sacrifice his love for him. But problem ensues when Daaga make a conspiracy and Ravi becomes the biggest enemy of Ravi.

Zeenat Aman was at the peak of her career at that time and she has completed the glamour quota alongwith some good acting too. Pran, Prem Chopra and Helen have also done exceedingly well.

Dostana also features some well-choreographed action sequences by Veeru Devgan.

Laxmikant Pyarelaal have composed good songs for the movie. The lyrics of Anand Bakshi are quite touching. It's a formula-based Bollywood movie with guaranteed entertainment presented by Raj Khosla. If you want wholesome entertainment for more than two and a half hours, please don't miss it.

This is one of Amitabh's classic top movie. Pran and Zeenat were exceptionally brilliant actors on screen. The dialogue by Jared Akhtar must be noted. The music composer Laxmikant did a great job composing some great music. Helen and other actors were also brilliant. A perfect movie to watch.