So yesterday was a really fun day. Errol, Rhea, Usha and I headed to Mangalore to watch this Hindi Movie called “Dostana“. This is like the first Hindi Movie I’ve watched all year. And I’m impressed that my travels around India have taught me enough Hindi, that I understood most of the dialogues in the movie, although there were plenty of times when I’d turn to Usha next to me and go “What’d they say ? What’d they saaaay ?“
We were hanging out at Cafe Coffee Day over at Manipal when we came up with the Idea. This is what happens when there arnt any new English Movies to watch at the Mangalore Theatre. We honest, good, English movie watching people have to watch Hindi movies.
Rhea got this cool medal for graduating from University.
Wth. I didnt get any medal ! I want a medal ! It had this crazy engraving of some random dude on the back who we tried to figure out the identity of.
Yeah, who is that guy ? ^
This is me, if I had my own medal.
Notice the happiness. Sigh.
An hour and a half bus ride later, we JUST made it in time for the movie. Here’s us hanging out in the theatre :
And me and Usha :
Ah good times.
Dostana’s a pretty fun movie. Simply because the script is amazing and the comic timing of all the actors is right on. This is what the sordid multi-starrer hindi comedies these days don’t have. A strong script with witty humor rather than slapstick acts. I wont get into the movie plot, but its basically an updated version of the English movie, I now pronounce you Chuck and Larry.
Its a film you know you shouldn’t be taking seriously. Although, I know a couple scenes might be a little offensive to gay people. You can watch this film for a couple hours of non-stop fun and entertainment.
The story gets a bit predictable and drags out a bit, in the end but as I mentioned earlier, great dialogues and good script makes it work.
I would say go for it and laugh out loud! I know I did.
After the movie, we headed right back to Cafe Coffee Day in the Bharat Mall to hang out and waste a little time again. Here’s Errol sippin’ on his awesome Mango Frappe :
And me and the Nokia E71 that I’m totally in lurve with :
We really had a lot of Symbian Nokia phones with us that day.
Not a bad collection eh ?
Overall, it was a massively fun day. I cant believe I laughed that much at a hindi movie. I think I have new respect for hindi movies in general now lol.
