Dostana (2008)
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- Not Rated
- 2h 25min
- Comedy, Drama
- 13 Nov 2008 (Kuwait)
- Movie
Two straight guys pretend to be gay in order to secure a Miami apartment. When both of them fall for their roommate Neha, hilarity ensues as they strive to convince one and all that they're gay whilst secretly trying to win her heart.
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Awards:
- 5 wins & 23 nominations.
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Cast
| Abhishek Bachchan | ... |
Sameer 'Sam' Acharya
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| John Abraham | ... |
Kunal Chauhan
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| Priyanka Chopra Jonas | ... |
Neha Melwani
(as Priyanka Chopra)
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| Kirron Kher | ... |
Mrs. Acharya
(as Kiron Kher)
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| Bobby Deol | ... |
Abhimanyu 'Abhi' Singh
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| Boman Irani | ... |
Murli 'M'
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| Sushmita Mukherjee | ... |
Ms. Melwani
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Eduardo M. Freyre | ... |
Paul McCartney
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Liannette Altuve | ... |
Motorcycle Babe
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Steven Baker | ... |
Magazine Editor
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| Everlayn Borges | ... |
Model
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Claudia Camacho | ... |
Girl at the park
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| Anthony Correa | ... |
Fan
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Aoife Dineen | ... |
Clapping Girl
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| Monika Gaba | ... |
Anaita
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Harry Key | ... |
Auctioneer
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| Alyona Khmara | ... |
Dancer
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Aubree Marchione | ... |
Business Woman
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| Harrison Myles | ... |
Kunal's Imposter
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Robert Nuzzie | ... |
Clubber
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Shree Rammy | ... |
Sameer
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Sankeetaan Raravir | ... |
Miscellaneous
(as Rammy C. Pandey)
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Ben Schneider | ... |
Basketball Fan
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| Shilpa Shetty Kundra | ... |
Item Girl (singingVoice)
(as Shilpa Shetty)
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Ryan Paul Simmons | ... |
Self
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| Edward Sonnenblick | ... |
Magazine Editor
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Cannon Starnes | ... |
Javier
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| Thomas Tevana | ... |
Salim Khan
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| Ana Villafañe | ... |
Runway Model
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| Sam Yazbeck | ... |
Dancer
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Paul Aldanée | ... |
Model Agent (uncredited)
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| Marina Kufa | ... |
Bikini Rollerblader #1 (uncredited)
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| Mavrick Moreno | ... |
Child in Park (uncredited)
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| Robert Paget | ... |
Family Man (uncredited)
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Armando Rodriguez | ... |
Talent agent (uncredited)
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| Mollie Rose | ... |
Miami Socialite (uncredited)
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Chris Shaw | ... |
Shopper (uncredited)
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Directed by
| Tarun Mansukhani | ||
| Punit Malhotra | ... | (creative director) |
Written by
| Anvita Dutt | ... | (dialogue script) (as Anvita Dutt Guptan) |
| Tarun Mansukhani | ... | (first story) |
Produced by
| Constance Buccafurri | ... | associate producer |
| Hiroo Johar | ... | producer |
| Karan Johar | ... | producer |
| Apoorva Mehta | ... | associate producer |
| Sanjay Mehta | ... | executive producer |
| Manoj Mittra | ... | executive producer |
| Prashant Shah | ... | line producer |
Music by
| Vishal Dadlani | ... | (as Vishal and Shekhar) |
| Shekhar Ravjiani | ... | (as Shekhar) |
Cinematography by
| Ayananka Bose | ||
Editing by
| Manan Sagar | ||
Editorial Department
| Rohan Desai | ... | digital intermediate supervisor |
| Nirmal Gala | ... | digital intermediate production head |
| Gopal Ray | ... | on-line editor |
| Sanjay Sharma | ... | promo editor |
| Smanoj C.P.K. Verma | ... | colorist |
Casting By
| Dee Miller | ||
Art Direction by
| Jp Gutierrez | ||
| Amrita Mahal | ... | (production designer) |
Costume Design by
| Manish Malhotra | ||
| Aki Nirula | ||
| Nakul Sen | ||
Makeup Department
| Manish Joshi | ... | assistant makeup artist |
| Rory Lee | ... | key makeup artist: Miami |
| Gourie Patil | ... | hair stylist |
| Alexis Renny | ... | assistant makeup artist: Miami |
| Vinod B. Upadhyay | ... | makeup department head |
Production Management
| Gopal Babel | ... | production executive |
| Rahul Dindilkar | ... | assistant production manager |
| Prashant Kunder | ... | production manager |
| Sanjay Solanki | ... | production manager |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| Sumiran Banerjee | ... | assistant director |
| Anshai Lal | ... | second assistant director |
| Sameer Sippy | ... | assistant director |
| Pierre Timmins | ... | second assistant director |
Art Department
| Billy Bamman | ... | art assistant |
| Matthew Boda | ... | art crew |
| Kabir Singh Chowdhry | ... | assistant art director (as Kabir Chowdhry) |
| Evan Eastham | ... | art crew |
| Anthony Espinosa | ... | art assistant |
| Rachel Ferrell | ... | art crew (as Rachel Marie Ferrell) |
| Kim Foehringer | ... | art buyer / art department coordinator / set designer |
| Jose Luis Gonzalez | ... | art department coordinator / set builder |
| Jp Gutierrez | ... | property master |
| Mohammed Kasim | ... | assistant art director (as Mohammed Kasam Sayyad) |
| Jeremy Paulin | ... | art crew |
| Federico Wood | ... | assistant art director |
Sound Department
| Santosh Shyam Bali | ... | boom operator |
| Manik Batra | ... | sound effects editor |
| Nagesh D. Bhosale | ... | sound attendant |
| Sanjay Chaturvedi | ... | dialogue editor |
| Subir Kumar Das | ... | assistant re-recording mixer |
| Prashant Dcruz | ... | sound editor / sound effects editor |
| Anup Dev | ... | re-recording mixer |
| Baylon Fonseca | ... | sound designer / sound effects mixer engineer / supervising sound editor |
| Jayant Haldar | ... | assistant mixing engineer / sound effects mixer engineer |
| Sanjay Kurian K. | ... | sound recordist |
| Aftab Khan | ... | sound mixer |
| Umar Khan | ... | boom operator |
| Nestor J. Perez | ... | sound production assistant |
| Jitendra Vajpayee | ... | Foley editor |
Special Effects by
| Ariel Castillo | ... | special effects coordinator |
Visual Effects by
| Vikas Agarwal | ... | motion graphics artist |
| Tushar Anchan | ... | cg artist |
| Abhishek Arya | ... | match move artist |
| Supriya Avate | ... | visual effects artist |
| Gaurav Bhira | ... | jr compositor |
| Shidhyesh Bhogle | ... | lighting artist |
| Prakash Bhoir | ... | digital compositor |
| Prince Chaurasia | ... | visual effects coordinator |
| Murad Currawalla | ... | compositor / digital compositor |
| Vikrant Dalal | ... | visual effects artist |
| Rupesh Ghadge | ... | lighting artist |
| Manoj Gohil | ... | compositor |
| Obaid Haris | ... | lead modeler |
| Haresh Hingorani | ... | visual effects production director / visual effects supervisor |
| Manik Iratkar | ... | digital painter |
| Akhilesh Jain | ... | vfx creative lead |
| Narendra Joiya | ... | 3d artist |
| Dhaval Kakadiya | ... | visual effects |
| Hiral Kawa | ... | jr.compositor (as Hiral Vyas) |
| Manish Khatiwada | ... | digital compositor |
| Sagar Kudle | ... | modeller |
| Sanjay Kumar | ... | senior matte painter/td |
| Prashant Mahashabde | ... | visual effects artist |
| Arjun Mitra | ... | visual effects supervisor |
| Udit Mohan | ... | digital compositor |
| Siddhartha S. Mondal | ... | compositor |
| Bhushan Patil | ... | compositor |
| Nishikanta Patra | ... | matchmove artist |
| Swanand Phadnis | ... | Paint & Roto Artist |
| Sasmit Ranadive | ... | 3d artist |
| Rohit Rane | ... | junior compositor |
| Varsha Ranu | ... | roto artist: Red Chillies.vfx |
| Sai Krishna Rimmalapudi | ... | digital compositor |
| Ghadge Rupesh | ... | lighting artist |
| Chandrakant Sakpal | ... | visual effects |
| Sandeepkumar.Gupta. | ... | lighting artist |
| Ronak Sanghadia | ... | project leader |
| Vishal Shah | ... | team leader: Redchillies.VFX |
| Amjad Shaikh | ... | team lead |
| Sarfaraaz Shaikh | ... | 3d artist |
| Singh Sharanjit | ... | visual effects artist (as Sharanjeet Singh) |
| Devendra Thakur | ... | junior compositor: Red Chillies VFX |
| Anurag Utsav | ... | visual effects artist |
| Jayesh K. Vaishnav | ... | digital compositor |
| Akshay Vichare | ... | lighting artist |
| Keitan Yadav | ... | visual effects producer / visual effects supervisor |
| Snehal Mohapatra | ... | digital compositor (uncredited) |
| Mandeep Singh Saini | ... | roto artist (uncredited) |
| Rohit Sardesai | ... | visual effects artist (uncredited) |
Camera and Electrical Department
| Piyush Acharya | ... | jimmy jib operator |
| Saurabh Goswami | ... | first assistant camera |
| Patrick Horne | ... | best boy grip |
| Juan Carlos Ortiz-Duran | ... | grip |
| Pranav Raval | ... | Steadicam operator |
| Alejandro Rivera | ... | lighting director |
| Ganesh Sud | ... | assistant camera |
| Rajesh Tanwar | ... | steadicam operator |
Animation Department
| Yuvraj Singh Dodia | ... | animator |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
| Veronica Martinez | ... | costume assistant |
| Raghuveer Shetty | ... | set costumer |
Location Management
| Brian Bentham | ... | location assistant |
| Diego Alejandro Morales | ... | assistant location manager (as Diego Morales) / location manager (as Diego Morales) |
| Lyndale V. Pettus | ... | assistant location manager |
| Daniel Reyes | ... | location assistant |
| Paulina Salazar | ... | assistant location manager / location coordinator |
| Beverly Visitacion | ... | location manager |
Music Department
| Amanat Ali | ... | playback singer |
| Clinton Cerejo | ... | music producer and/or vocal arranger |
| Sunidhi Chauhan | ... | playback singer |
| Vishal Dadlani | ... | lyricist / playback singer |
| Subir Kumar Das | ... | Dolby Surround music mixing engineer |
| Anvita Dutt | ... | lyricist (as Anvita Dutt Guptan) |
| John Stewart Eduri | ... | composer: additional music |
| Shreya Ghoshal | ... | playback singer |
| Kumaar | ... | lyricist |
| Shankar Mahadevan | ... | playback singer |
| Master Saleem | ... | playback singer |
| Shaan | ... | playback singer |
Transportation Department
| Vikas Dutta | ... | transportation coordinator |
| Hector Maldonado | ... | transportation |
Additional Crew
| Jorge Andres Altamirano | ... | production assistant |
| Daniela Bernard | ... | production assistant |
| Feroz Khan Bollybrothers | ... | Choreographer (creditOnly) (as Feroz Khan) |
| Eknath Chalke | ... | craft service |
| Alex F. Chang | ... | security |
| Rubén Cáceres | ... | production assistant |
| Sarah de Oliveira | ... | production assistant |
| Donna Farmer | ... | production accountant |
| Sahdev Ghei | ... | domestic distribution |
| Adriana Gonzalez | ... | hospitality coordinator |
| Kris Gray | ... | office production coordinator |
| Farah Khan | ... | choreographer |
| Abigail Kruel | ... | assistant to cast |
| Rajesh Malhotra | ... | domestic distribution |
| Rohan Malhotra | ... | domestic distribution |
| Alnoor Merchant | ... | digital campaign |
| Vaibhavi Merchant | ... | choreographer |
| Dimitri Molimis | ... | assistant accountant |
| Nancy Molimis | ... | production secretary (as Nancy Bush) |
| Rahul Nanda | ... | Campaign Designer |
| Dexter A. Nottage | ... | security |
| Bhavin Patel | ... | set production assistant |
| Shubham Patel | ... | assistant |
| Askari Qureshi | ... | production assistant: India |
| Khris Rickards | ... | production assistant (as Khris H. Rickards) |
| Giovanni Rodriguez | ... | set production assistant |
| Tony Salsberg | ... | talent wrangler |
| Vishal Saxena | ... | publicity stills |
| Chin2 Singh | ... | visual promotions |
| AnneMarie Spizuoco | ... | assistant production office coordinator |
| Ana Laura Trevino | ... | assistant to producers |
| Yvette Zarlenga | ... | production secretary |
Production Companies
- Black Dog Jib Productions (jimmy Jib Rentals and Operators USA)
- Dharma Productions
Distributors
- Yash Raj Films (2008) (World-wide) (theatrical)
- Rapid Eye Movies (2009) (Germany) (DVD)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Bollywood Hollywood Production (line production)
- Continental Film and Video Laboratories (post-production facilities)
- Studio Concierge (thanks)
Storyline
| Plot Summary |
After her parents' deaths, Neha Melwani lives in Miami with her aunt and rents out a room in her apartment to two seemingly-gay Indian men, photographer Kunal Chauhan and nurse Sameer Acharya. She introduces them to her departing gay boss Murli and falls in love with her new boss, Abhimanyu Singh. She will soon realize that she has two rivals for her new love--none other than Kunal and Sameer. Written by rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com) |
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| Taglines | A story about two guys... a girl... and one little lie. Believe it! See more » |
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| Parents Guide | View content advisory » |
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Box Office
| Budget | $5,000,000 (estimated) |
Did You Know?
| Trivia | Aishwarya Rai Bachchan was originally offered the role of Neha, but she refused because she felt that her real-life marriage to Abhishek Bachchan would ruin the whole idea of the movie. See more » |
| Goofs | When Sameer gives Neha an album with their photos on her birthday, when she turns to the last page and wonders there is no photo, she turns above even before Sam lifts his camera hand up. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Featured in Aiyyaa (2012). See more » |
| Soundtracks | Jaane Kyun See more » |
| Quotes |
Sameer's Mother:
There are things you must do with women that you CANNOT do with men! See more » |