

Additionally, the film received 9 nominations at the 54th Filmfare Awards, including Best Film, Best Actor (Bachchan), Best Supporting Actress (Kher) and Best Music Director (Vishal–Shekhar).ĭostana was influential in creating fashion trends in India, with Chopra's silver sari, worn in the song "Desi Girl", becoming popular. A box-office success, Dostana grossed over ₹871 million, becoming the eighth-highest-grossing Bollywood film of the year. The film was released on 14 November 2008 to positive reviews, with praise for its performances, direction, music, visuals, costumes and style. Dostana was the first mainstream Indian film with a gay element and has been credited for exploring a topic largely ignored by Hindi cinema. Principal photography took place in Miami, Florida over a two-month period in the first half of 2008.

The soundtrack was composed by Vishal–Shekhar Kumaar and Vishal Dadlani wrote its lyrics, while Salim–Sulaiman composed the background score. Manish Malhotra designed Chopra's costumes, and Aki Narula designed costumes for the rest of the cast. Wanting to add something different to the script, he later decided to introduce homosexuality, which he thought was unexplored by Indian films, to shed light on the issue for the Indian audience. Mansukhani conceived the film as a tale of three friends living together, drawing inspiration by his own experience. Dostana tells the story of two men who pretend to be gay to share an apartment with a girl eventually, both fall in love with her. The film stars Abhishek Bachchan, John Abraham and Priyanka Chopra, with Kirron Kher, Sushmita Mukherjee and Boman Irani in supporting roles. Friendship) is a 2008 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy film directed by Tarun Mansukhani and produced by Karan Johar and Hiroo Yash Johar.
