Dil Dosti Etc... Yes Yes Yes

The first reaction after I came out of movie hall - "what the hell!!! What crap did I see in last two hours or so!!Full of sex abuse and shit..."
The second reaction after I gave some thought to the story and screenplay of the movie - "I missed it somehow. It was not about sex. It was about the gun which Sanjay Mishra pointed to his lover's two piece clad body."
The third reaction after I gave some more thought about it - "This movie was only about meaning of one word - love. For Mishra it was so pure while for Apoorva it was just plain lust."
And it goes on...

I, and for that matter most of us, won't be able to relate to this film. I got so lost in the college-politics-sex theme of the movie that I totally missed the soul of the movie. It was about Dil and Dosti. What I saw that time was just the "etc..." part.

The soul of movie was in the thinking of two main characters Sanjay Mishra (played brilliantly by Shreyas Talpade) and Apoorva (played by charismatic and talented Imaad Shah). While Mishra could not imagine seeing his love interest posing in front to viewers in two piece suite, Apoorva could not find the difference between love and sex. For him love was sex, for he asks Mishra once "Can there be love without sex?"

Mishra runs for the post of President in his college and this is his sole dream at the moment. He wants to do something for himself and he knows exactly what he want. Apoorva on the other hand has no idea about his life. He leaves an offer from Yale to join DU. He too wants to live his life his ways. And in fact both of them are successful in their pursuit. Mishra wins the election while Apoorva gets to sleep with three girls in a day.

While Apoorva talks about Satre and Qureshi [the so called pseudo intellectual look], Mishra is an idealist. He does what he thinks is right. By hook or crook he wants to become to president in the college coz he knows if not him someone else will do anything to become the president. His character is of a person with lots of values while Apoorva just the opposite. Still they appreciate each other. This is Dosti they are talking about.

This movie has an interesting theme line - "When you are young, you believe the possibilities are endless..." Gives a lot to think about. I would say this is worth one watch. The crude depiction of reality might be shocking for many but this is the way it is.

Its about love. Love for yourself. period.