Dil Dosti Etc

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Dil Dosti Etc
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Movie poster for Dil Dosti Etc
Directed by Manish Tiwary
Written by Pawan Sony
Produced by Prakash Jha
Starring Shreyas Talpade
Nikita Anand
Imaad Shah
Smriti Mishra
Dinesh Kumar
Ishita Sharma
CinematographyArvind Kumar
Edited byHina Saiyada
Music bySiddarth
Suhas
Agnee
Release date
  • 28 September 2007 (2007-09-28)
Running time
132 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Dil Dosti Etc. (English: Heart, Friendship, et cetera) is a 2007 Indian coming-of-age film starring Shreyas Talpade, Imaad Shah, Nikita Anand, Smriti Mishra, Ishita Sharma, and Dinesh Kumar. It was directed by Manish Tiwary and produced by Prakash Jha. [1]

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Synopsis

Apurv is a rich, aimless, and cynical 18-year-old young man who has just entered college in Delhi. Juxtaposed against the aimlessness of Apurv is also the story of Sanjay Mishra, an ambitious Bihari student and politician with limited means. They represent two divergent world views—the liberal versus the conservative, the no-strings-attached versus the committed, and the elite versus the middle class. Directionless and laidback, Apurv searches for meaning in life through amorous escapades with different girls, including a sex worker Vaishali, and a schoolgirl Kintu. Meanwhile, Sanjay works single-mindedly to win the college presidential elections and yet catches the attention of a rich model, Prerna. Dil Dosti Etc. is woven together with an ensemble of other characters who have their own stories to tell. Set against all these is a silly wager that the two protagonists engage in. Sanjay will win the elections, and Apurv will manage to have sex with three women in a day. As the film moves towards a volatile climax, you get to test the film's premise; when you're young, you believe the possibilities are endless.

Cast

Reception

Martin D'Souza of Glamsham.com noted that, Minor flaws apart, college students are going to identify with this flick and I suspect there will be mass bookings in the days to come. [2] Nikhat Kazmi of Times of India rated the movie 2 out of 5 stars and opined that, "The film's too slow and the scene's are too repetitive and you do get the feeling things aren't really going anywhere. But wait patiently, and the mood will catch up". [3] Shubhra Gupta of The Indian Express wrote ″Jha has some of the characters down pat, particularly the Bihari sidekick of Sanjay; even, to an extent, Sanjay himself. That's because Shreyas is an earnest trier. But the director gets lost with Apoorva: maybe there are some young men who walk into college and hostel desperate to notch up numbers on their belts, but Shah is trying to be so cool and so laidback, that he doesn't really register. Neither does the film.″ [4] Ruchi Naresh of Rediff.com called it a ″Brainless college flick.″ [5]

Soundtrack

#TitleSinger(s)Lyricist(s)ComposerDuration
1"Dum Laga" Siddharth-Suhas, Suraj Jagan, Hamza Faruqui Raam Goutam, Prashant Pandey, Siddharth-Suhas, Kumaar Siddharth-Suhas04:10
2"Lamha Ye Jayega Kahan" K. Mohan Prashant Pandey Agnee 04:25
3"Sambhalo Dil Ko" Sunidhi Chauhan Raam Goutam, Prashant Pandey, Siddharth-Suhas, KumaarSiddharth-Suhas04:51
4"More Banke Chhaliya" Arati Ankalikar-Tikekar Raam GoutamAgnee04:40
5"Man Moniye" Labh Janjua KumaarSiddharth-Suhas04:38
6"Dum Laga - Remix"Siddharth-Suhas, Suraj Jagan, Hamza FaruquiRaam Goutam, Prashant Pandey, Siddharth-Suhas, KumaarSiddharth-Suhas05:26
7"Man Moniye - Remix" Mohana Sarkar, Labh JanjuaKumaarSiddharth-Suhas04:34

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References

  1. ↑ "The 'two Indias' in Dil Dosti Etc". Rediff.com . 28 September 2007.
  2. ↑ D'Souza, Martin. "Dil Dosti Etc movie review". glamsham. Archived from the original on 13 October 2007. Retrieved 25 January 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. ↑ "Dil Dosti Etc Movie Review {2.5/5}: Critic Review of Dil Dosti Etc by Times of India". The Times of India .
  4. ↑ "Dil Dosti etc - Indian Express". archive.indianexpress.com.
  5. ↑ "Dil Dosti: Brainless college flick". Rediff.com.
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