Dosti (1964)
Director: Satyen Bose
Cast: Sudhir Kumar Sawant, Sushil Kumar Somaya, Sanjay Khan
This was the film which probably started the whole sub-genre of films based on friendship. It was about a blind boy forming a bond with the handicapped person. Both help each other out through different hardships and do all sorts of sacrifices for each other. It was a mega-hit and is still popular today.
Director: Dulal Guha
Cast: Dharmendra, Shatrughan Sinha, Hema Malini
Dharmendra plays an honest, upright person while Shatrughan Sinha is a thief. The two develop an unusual friendship despite their differences and Dharmendra tries to reform Shatru and almost succeeds. Later, when his friend is accused of a heinous crime Dharam comes back in his life to unravel the mystery. The friendship between Dharmendra and Shatrughan Sinha felt genuine indeed and the film proved to be a big hit.
Director: Raj Khosla
Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Shatrughan Sinha, Zeenat Aman
The film showcased the friendship between an honest cop, Amitabh Bachchan and a brilliant lawyer, Shatrughan Sinha. They are the best of friends and ready to die for each other. The only bone of contention between them is that Shatru always manages to get the criminals captured by Amitabh released. Things change, however, when Zeenat Aman enters their lives. Both fall for her, which leads to a misunderstanding between them, which is exploited by their enemies. The film had the immortal song on friendship, Salamat rahe dostana hamara sung by Kishore Kumar and Mohammad Rafi.
Director: Raakesh Kumar
Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Amjad Khan, Neetu Singh, Tanuja
The film showcased the true value of friendship. It had Amjad Khan playing a large-hearted friend who does it all to turn the life around of his best buddy Amitabh Bachchan, who in turn doesn’t forget what was done for him and puts his own life in danger when his friend needed him. The film’s essence can be described in its hit song — Tere jaisa yaar kahan, kahan aisa yaarana.
Director: Tarun Mansukhani
Cast: Abhishek Bachchan, John Abraham, Priyanka Chopra
Abhishek and John are two playboys, who want to rent out Priyanka Chopra’s Miami apartment together. They pretend to be a gay couple so that Priyanka’s aunt doesn’t object towards two single men living with her. Afterwards, both fall in love with her and try to sacrifice their love for her for each other’s sake.
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