Dosti: Friends Forever

About the film

Dosti: Friends Forever is a 2005 Indian Hindi-language romantic drama film directed by Suneel Darshan starring Bobby Deol, Akshay Kumar, Kareena Kapoor and Lara Dutta. Juhi Chawla makes a special appearance. The film marks the second collaboration between Kumar, Deol, and Kapoor after Ajnabee (2001).

Plot

Karan Thapar lives a wealthy yet very lonesome lifestyle with his business tycoon father Vikram Thapar, mother Kiran Thapar, and sister Nandini Thapar, 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, 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 have grown up; Raj is in love with his childhood sweetheart Anjali Saluja and wants to marry her, while Karan flirts with Leena Bharucha and abandons her. Karan’s relationship with his mother, father, and sister have worsened over the years to the point where he speaks rudely to them and addresses his mother only as “Mrs. Thapar”. Karan subsequently meets with London-returned Kajal Sharma 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 when the latter insulted his friendship with Karan and slapped him across the face upsetting Anjali.

It is later revealed that Raj is in the hospital and is suffering from a fatal disorder. Dr. Aditi Mathur is his doctor, and she is trying to save Raj’s life and Karan arrives there and hugs Raj in tears. Raj tries to convince the members of the Thapar family to make amends with Karan as his last remaining wishes as he would be all alone once Raj passes. Karan reconciles with his family members as they realize their mistakes for neglecting him and disrespecting his friendship with Raj. Raj dies 2 years later, and Karan eventually marries Kajal. Karan and Kajal name their child after Raj, hence fulfilling the promise of the bond of friendship.

Soundtrack

This was the last album of musical duo Nadeem-Shravan before they officially declared to split. The album was released in October 2005. The lyrics of all the songs were written by Sameer. The album was released in October 2005. The album was listed at 7th position in all-time music list of 2005 . According to the Indian trade website Box Office India, with around 14,00,000 units sold the soundtrack became the eleventh highest-grossing album of the year.

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