Yaari Hai Imaan Mera, Yaar Meri Zindagi- Friendship as depicted in Bollywood Films
On behalf of Ashwin I dedicate this post to Vrushali, who according to Ashwin is the best friend in the world.
Friendship is an integral part of our emotions and friends occupy an important part of our lives. In some cases friends often are given the same status as that of family members when it comes to certain crunch situations. For someone who has been brought up over a staple diet of Bollywood movies, friendship as depicted in these films has always fascinated me. This post is a simple attempt to illustrate how friendship is shown in Hindi films and mention a few movies in particular for they way they have gone about illustrating the same. And of course in my own small way I wish to thank a lot many people for, their friendship has certainly been quite valuable to me.
In the earlier days (at least in the 50’s and 60’s) life was considered to be a lot simpler than it is now. There were lesser complications that existed in those days. But even then friendship could take different dimensions as shown in 2 well known movies, both of which incidentally released in the same year- 1964. The films in question being Dosti and Sangam. Dosti was an ideal example for the fact that not all films need big stars to succeed. In fact the movie starred a couple of relatively new actors in the main lead- Sudhir Kumar and Sushil Kumar as a blind boy and a cripple respectively. It was a movie which was basically based on the friendship between these two boys who roam the streets of Bombay (as it was known then) singing songs and earning their livelihood. One of the biggest strengths of the movie apart from the very natural performances of the 2 male leads was the melodious music given by Laxmikant-Pyarelal, one of their earliest successful films.
While every song was a gem (Rahi manwa dukh ki chinta, chahoonga main tujhe shaam savere and many more) the song in particular which probably epitomizes friendship is
“Koi jab raah na paaye, mere sang aaye, ke pag pag deep jalaye, meri dosti ,mera pyar”.
Such is the intensity of the song that it leaves you completely at peace. Friendship as shown in Dosti is truly divine. Moving on to Raj Kapoor’s Sangam, well the movie was about 3 childhood friends played by Raj Kapoor, Rajendra Kumar & Vyjayantimala. It won’t require any special insight to know that the story turns out to a romantic triangle. It was a movie which placed a lot of emphasis on male bonding and tried to distinguish between the thin line between friendship and love. It also showed how love could result in anguish for someone. This was again a musical with Shankar-Jaikishan in brilliant form with scores like Yeh mera prem part padh kar,Mere man ki Ganga, Main kya karun Ram mujhe budda mil gaya and many more but the anguish & pain in friendship and love is aptly described in this song-
“Dost dost na raha, pyaar pyaar naa raha
Zindagi hamein tera, aitbaar na raha, aitbaar na raha”
In the year 1973 a sensation happened. Prakash Mehra came out with his Zanjeer with Amitabh Bachchan in the lead. The movie went on to become a path breaker in many ways. It was the first blockbuster in the career of AB, it paved the way for a long relationship between Prakash Mehra, AB & the writer jodi of Salim-Javed and of course the ‘angry young man’ persona which AB went on to successfully symbolize in movie after movie started off with this movie. But amidst all this the element of friendship is also something that the film focused upon. And here the friendship was special- it was the friendship between a cop and a criminal (Pran) who is influenced by the cop and gets reformed. And therein begins the deep friendship between the two. The song
“Yaari hai imaan mera, yaar meri zindagi” composed by Kalyanji-Anandji summarises the friendship in the best way possible.
Well,when we are talking about friendship in Hindi cinema, would it be prudent not to talk about Sholay? Jai and Veeru today are probably the best known friends in the entire history of Hindi cinema. Yes Sholay is a classic and probably everything that matters in the movie was a highlight, but certainly one of the biggest positives of the movie was the bonding between Jai and Veeru. Be it the early scenes in the jail when the jodi tries to have a blast in taking a dig a the jailor ( Asrani ) or in the scenes when Veeru is trying to woo Basanti ( Hema Malini )- there is an inherent sense of humour that is prevailing throughout the movie. The song “yeh dosti, hum nahin todenge,
Todenge dum magar, tera saath na chhodenge” symbolizes the free spiritedness of their friendship the best. The Jai-Veeru bonding went on to even be an inspiration for the similar bonding of Govinda and Sanjay Dutt seen in movies like Haseena Maan Jaayegi,Jodi No.1 and Ek Aur Ek Gyarah.
When a film’s title is Dostana what else can the movie symbolize but friendship? Both the popular movies with this title, one a 1980 release and the other a recent 2008 release had a strong undercurrent of friendship running throughout the film. Let’s look at Dostana (1980) to begin with. This was a classic tale of friendship between Vijay (who else but Amitabh Bachchan ) and Ravi ( Shatrughan Sinha ) who are best friends in spite of their work getting into the way. Even when both fall in love with the same girl, Sheetal ( Zeenat Aman ) they still manage to retain their friendship with Vijay trying to sacrifice his love. But that’s when their friendship gets fractured on the basis of a misunderstanding created by the villain,Daaga ( Prem Chopra ). The movie was a resounding success and the music by Laxmikant- Pyarelal was certainly a big boost too. My pick of the lot among the songs is definitely –
“Bane chahe dushman zamana hamara, salamat rahe dostana hamara”.
Well, in the 70’s and 80’s there were hundreds of Hindi films which stressed on the friendship angle, but in most cases the movie would again go on to become a romantic triangle and the exceptions would be limited to the odd movie like Khudgarz. Just when I thought the topic had almost lost its impact, there came a movie in 1994 which ushered in a fresh wave- Andaz Apna Apna .Amar ( Aamir Khan ) and Prem ( Salman Khan ) begin as rivals fighting to marry a rich heiress and wanting to become rich overnight. Due to turn of circumstances they join hands and then begins the mad comedy of errors. For the way the two characters are shown as fun loving, bumbling characters- the movie can be seen endlessly. There is always an underlying current of one-upmanship between the two and that was certainly refreshing.
There was a movie which came a few years before AAA and which tried to explore the angle of friendship between a boy and a girl. The movie was the trendsetting Maine Pyar Kiya (1989) which along with QSQT is credited to have broken the trend of the mindless action movie of the 80’s. Here the two friends are Prem (Salman Khan) and Suman (Bhagyashree ) who try to portray that after all friendship can exist between a boy and a girl too. The innocence shows in the form of symbols like the ‘friend’ cap which went on to became a rage across the country. But of course all good things come to an end. This was after all a romantic film and yes the situations eventually lead to them falling in love with each other. Nearly a decade later (1998) the angle was explored again in Karan Johar’s directorial debut ‘Kuch Kuch Hota Hai’ as you had Kajol and SRK playing best friends.Of course friendship eventually turns to love here too.
If there was ever a movie to symbolize friendship between 2 women I would probably think of movies like ‘Dor’ and ‘Filhaal’. In case of Filhaal the story tackles the emotions running through the friendship between 2 childhood friends Rewa ( Tabu ) and Sia ( Sushmita Sen ) and brings in the element of surrogate motherhood between the 2 friends. Dor on the other hand is a sensitive portrayal of friendship between 2 women
( Gul Panag and Ayesha Takia )of completely different spectrums yet who go on to share a bond- of friendship, that is extremely genuine.
The coming of age when it applies to human emotions and portrayal of friendship, can be seen in the form of Dostana (2008). Here Kunal (John Abraham ) and Sameer ( Abhishek Bachchan ) pretend to be gays to share an apartment with Neha ( Priyanka Chopra ). Though predictably both of them fall in love with Neha and try their level best to spoil her relationship with Abhimanyu (Bobby Deol ), they do end up realizing ultimately that the friendship between the three of them is what matters the most. Probably the best thing that Bobby Deol does in the entire movie is to tell Priyanka in the climax that the 2 of them (John-Abhishek) are truly her best friends 
Duniya Dilwalon Ki (1996- Kadhal Desam in Tamil) takes a slightly unconventional look at friendship again. Both Vineet and Abbas who are best friends are in love with the same girl –Tabu. When it becomes clear to her that both her friends are in love with her, she decides to give predominance to friendship over love and choses to remain friends with both of them forever rather than marrying one of them and losing a good friend in the bargain.
Well, talking about friendship and while discussing current trends how can I not talk about OLLO (Oye Lucky Lucky Oye). OLLO brings a fresh and unconventional approach to friendship. Lucky (Abhay Deol ) the protagonist and Bangali ( Manu Rishi ) are childhood friends who become partners in crime as well. Theirs is a typical tale of friendship as they do most of things in tandem, just when it looks like a regular tale of friendship there occurs a chilling betrayal and the friendship crumbles in a heap. This is a very contemporary take on friendship. As we are all aware life has got a lot more complicated in the recent past and to see such an event happening is but fairly natural.
And maybe another movie which I must mention here is Anurag Kashyap’s ‘Gulaal’. I felt that the friendship portrayed between Ransa ( Abhimanyu Singh ) and Dileep Singh ( Raj Singh Chaudhary ) was impressive enough for the simple reason that it clearly shows how a bold and colorful personality can influence an otherwise mild mannered person.
This was not a comprehensive list of Hindi movies which explored friendship. Rather I have gone on to just look at a sample list of a few films all of which look at facets of friendship different from each other. I would certainly like to know which are your favorite Hindi movies depicting friendship and your take on the movies mentioned here by me.
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Thanks sethu for taking all the trouble.
Excellent post, i wonder why in Hindi Films in the end boy and girl always end up as lovers.
To add to the list,
Jaane tu ya Jaane na(In the end but friends do end up falling in love)
Mohanlal-Sreenivas comic caper series and misadventures of being detective, i forgot the name of first 2 ,the last one was Akare Akare.
DOSTI is one of my all time fav.
Thanks to all those friends who made life less cruel and more wonderful.
And special thanks to Sethu again for the post.
@ Sethu: ….. Friendship as depicted in Bollywood “FILMS”…!!!
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kabhi mujhe bhi office mein tumhara badhiya article padhne ka mauka do bhai….!!! will comment from home. psst, managed it somehow for 2 mins thru a proxy….
@ Cinemausher-
thanks for the feedback.Yes JTYJN was good from the friendship angle.The Mohanlal-Sreenivasan series begins with Nadodikattu and then moves to Pattana Pravesham & again shifts to Akkare Akkare Akkare.did not include regional cinema as otherwise it would have been a very tough task.
Will try it out some other time.
Jha@ bhool gaya yaar.agli baar yaad rakhoonga when I try to choose the title
but pls do go through@ leisure and comment!!!
Yes, i was swayed by emotion and forgot the title,friendship in bollywood films.
DCH by Farhan Akhtar.
Oh! yes how did I miss out DCH?
Even Rock On deserves to be mentioned.
But I guess anyways we have the comments section to list up all the other possible names.
boy and girl ending up as lovers isnt an issue with hindi films …. say for eg. F.R.I.E.N.D.S. most of them ended up in love with each other …. though i would love to see a few hindi films where friends dnt end up being lovers ….. btw sethu ji u how can u skip movies like “dil chahta hai” and “rang de basanti” (i had a weird feeling that siddharth had a crush for soha ali khan) ….. also “dil to pagal hai” the shahrukh – karihma friendship (this movie made me realise ladka-ladki dost ho sakte hain)
great yaar, managed to read it. ok, my few cents:
friendship in hindi movies is generally depicted in certain set templates:
* Friend-Turned Foe-Turned Friend: all those Sunil Dutt / Vinod Khanna / Feroz Khan / AB / Shatru / Dharam paaji movies of 70’s & 80’s
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* Platonic b/w Man-Woman: Aakhir Kyon, Khoon Bhari Maang types
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* Heist / Camaraderie / Thick-n-Thin: Hera Pheri (both old & new) / Burning Train
wud get back with more
Dev was a movie which explored friendship among colleagues and the differences of opinion therein, while Satya and Dhoom just brought out the development of friendship between protagonists. Daud had a guy and a gal who were neither friends nor foes nor lovers
@Sethu,
was swayed by emotion, about lal movie.
DCH by farhan.
Satya.
@Sethu,
Farhan Akhtar atleast brought a change, in the way friendship is potrayed, in otherwise over the top hindi movies.
Dharam-Veer i still watch it on set max.
Hum tumhare hai sanam , i think highlighted the problems faced by a guy and girl after one of them get married, though i did not like the movie.
Yaarana would fit the bill.
Pyaasa, the friendship between Guru Dutt and Jhonny Walker.
@ Shatik-
I have already pleaded guilty for not mentioning DCH in the post.and yes RDB and DTPH are good examples too.
@ Vinay-
Dev, Satya, Dhoom – good examples my friend.
Jha- lage raho, do come back with more.
@ Cinemausher-
yes Dharamveer still rocks
And yes Yaarana ( AB-Amjad Khan wala ) is a good example.
Hum Tumhare Hain Sanam- tackled a difficult angle & was a remake of a Tamil movie- Thottachinungi.
It certainly deserves mention for the theme.
Pyasa- another good one.
@ Sethu: though u hv not included regional movies except Kaadhal Desham, still, i wud highly recommend Happy Days and Classmates as good examples.
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btw, another template of frnds is long-lost brother as initially great frnd, later discovered to be family. Yaari Dushmani, Waqt Ki Deewar, Dharam-Veer are some examples.
ye dosti…
I think before JTYJN,Socha Na Tha depicted the friendship between the lead actor and actress in a very normal way.In fact it was refreshing without going over the top like Maine Pyar Kiya.
Some more movies on Dosti:
1. Main Khiladi tu Anari (Akshaye and Saif)
2. Omkara (how dynamics of friendship change)
3. Namak Halal (Shashi and Amitabh)
4. Namak Haram (Amitabh and Rajesh, featuring “Deeya Jalte hain/ phool khilte hain/ badi mushkil se magar/ duniya mein dost milte hain…”
5. Rockford (teenage friendship)
Have to commend you on the theme of this entry …..thumbs up! :-)
Also, how can we all forget Munna and Circuit? :D
I quite like the friendship depicted in most Mahesh Bhatt films.Right from Deepak Tijori in Aashiqui,Sadak to Ranbir Shorey in Jism, Emran’s friend in Zeher and Purab Kohli in Woh Lamhe his films have depicted friends who stand by the hero and is his support system.
rock on!!
rehna hai tere dil mein
rab ne bana di jodi
@ Jha-
Yes if I were to include regional cinema, Happy Days and Classmates would surely be there.
I like the way you are looking @ themes or types of friendship & coming up with suggestions.If you notice all my entries are based on different segments/facets of friendship.
@ Anindya- yes certainly Socha Na Tha was a refreshing movie and was not OTT at all.
and yes you’ve given a wonderful insight- most of the movies made by Vishesh Films certainly highlight upon friendship in some way.
@ idle-labour- thanx, glad you liked it.
and yes all the movies mentioned by you are wonderful indeed.
In fact the chemistry between the men in all these films- Main Khiladi Tu Anari,Namak Halaal,Omkara,Namak Haraam,Rockford and Munnabhai series certainly added to the movie’s prospect.
I must make special mention of 2 films here-
1. Anand- brilliant portrayal of friendship between a doctor and a dying patient.AB & RK literally lived their characters.one of my all time favorite movies.Wish I had included this in my post too.
2. Kal Ho Na Ho- strongly inspired by Anand no doubt.But here was a friendship @ a much larger level- between 3 people, SRK,Saif & Preity.Here friendship clearly takes an upper hand over love.
@ Magik-
All 3 – Rock On,RHTDM and RNBDJ are good.
I’ve mentioned Rock On already in one of my comments.
RNBDJ- friendship between Suri (SRK) and his friend Bobby Khosla (Vinay Pathak) and also friendship between Raj ( SRK ) and his Taani partner ( Anushka )
And of course we have Kuch Kuch Hota Hai.Rahul and Anjali were best friends….Even Rani tells her daughter..”Main tumhare papa ki dost thi,par sabse achi dost nahi ban payi”….And ya Professor Miss Briganza also gives her pathbreaking theory….”Pyar dosti hai”..
@ Anindya-
I have mentioned KKHH in the post.It definitely deserves a mention yaar.
Among recent films I liked the friendship between Priyanka and Mudha Godse in Fashion.When Priyanka comes back to Mumbai and decides to come to Mudha’s house first even though their friendship soured and the way Mudha forgives her was the best part.This is how it is in real life.Friendship like all other relationship goes through ups and downs.
Talikng abt friendship n how u did not mention Dil chahta hai[:o]
very nice post…I think Saudagar also comes in this list…friendship between Dalip saab and Rajkumar saab…from childhood to death…the scene where they met again at night of holi…when Rajkumar applies colour on dalip Kumar by saying major es aadmi per sirf ek hi aadmi rang laga sakta hai..truly boss old guns rocked in saudagar..
Qurbani is also a very good movie based on friendship and in the end Vinod khanna qurban his life for friendship..sahi batau to when i watched qurbani for first time.. my eyes were wet in the end… but i think sholey and dharam veer rules in this category… I belong to a small town of haryana but now i am settled in Delhi and my uncle says that dharam veer was the first movie, which did silver jublee in our city at that time..
We are here discussing about friendship in bollywood but if we think about it in hollywood.. i think friendship between Chuck Noland and Mr. wilson in cast away was great and some thing different even though Mr. Wilson was anthropomorphized friend but he was the only companion for Chuck Noland during his stay of 1500 days on that uninhabited island and i think every body feels sad when Mr. Wilson went away..
@ vikram- I have already mentioned twice in the comments that I plead guilty to having missed out DCH.It certainly deserved to be in the post.
@ Anindya- certainly the Priyanka- Mughda friendship in Fashion is commendable.
@ akash kaushik-
Thanks.Glad you liked it.certainly Qurbani,Dharamveer ( mentioned in another comment ) and Saudagar are very good examples for the same.and certainly Castaway is apt if one were to discuss Hollywood movies too.
oye, i had thought abt anand and namak haraam but i saw its been covered already. ok , beat this…
bemisaal (AB & Rakhee, with Vinod Mehra thrown in for good measure).
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anurodh (Rajesh Khanna & Vinod Mehra) …
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wud come back later with more.
Qurbani (FK & VK)
Jha- jeeyo, jeeyo!!!
Bemisaal & Anurodh are good one’s.
2 other movies come to my mind-
1. Ram Jaane- Friendship between SRK, Vivek Mushran & Juhi Chawla
2. Devdas- friendship between SRK and Jackie Shroff.
I want to cry :( ):
jhankar beats
mumbai matinee
What a theme……Sethu you found DCH mentioned multiple times, cause for our generation that’s the movie which defines what friendship is all about. No fight between good and evil, no romantic theme, the movie had friendship at its core, something not seen quite often.
On male female friendship, “When Harry met Sally” comes to mind instantly.
Some others I can think of:
Forrest Gump: (friendship between Forrest and bubba, and with the captain)
Once Upon a Time in America: Noodles and Max
@ Magik-
Jhankaar Beats, Mumbai Matinee – both gr8 examples especially JB which I know is one of your most favorite films
@ Dr. Fu Man Chu-
Now did I hurt your sensibility in anyways with this post?
@ avn
Hey! I am not upset with people choosing DCH again & again.In fact I feel bad for missing it out myself in the post.and btw I’ve seen the movie umpteen no.of times myself & always had a blast ( except for the emotional climax of course ).and yes I’m probably part of your generation too buddy- was in B.School when DCH released.I know I’ve written about Dosti,Sangam,Sholay,Zanjeer etc- heck! I wasn’t even born when these films were released
and yes your Hollywood examples are quite neat too.
* Raam-Avtar (Anil Kapoor – Sunny Deol)
* Ek Aur Ek Gyarah (Sanjay Dutt – Govinda)
* Sadak
* Ishq
@ B Desai
certainly Ishq & Ram-Avtar are good choices.
Ek Aur Ek Gyarah is mentioned in my post itself.
While Sadak ( as part of Vishesh Films ) is discussed in the comments earlier, but still needs a seperate mention.
Do come up with more
sorry Sethu my bad, by ‘our’ generation I meant you also. I never thought you to be that elderly. I guess wasn’t able to communicate properly
I would also like to add that few movies have delved into the complexities of friendship….most have been either like Sholay, where the Jay-Veeru jodi is perfect, or have depended on an external factor(either a villian or a girl) so that the relationship takes a different turn(Sangam, Qurbani). Thats where a movie like DCH scores too.
Some more mentions of movies showcasing this complexity would be Dev (Amitabh and Om Puri), Satyakam, even Anand to an extent….Im sure a lot many can be added to this list…
Mitr-my friend starring Shobhana
Koi Mil Gaya-Hrithik and Jadoo
@ avn-
relax yaar, I took it in the right spirit
Certainly DCH scores for they way they portrayed friendship.most of the other movies have been mentioned in the post or in the comments except Satyakam I guess.Keep adding more.
@ Cinemausher-
Good examples ( Koi Mil Gaya and Mitr My Friend).
Keep adding more.
Yaarana starring Amitabh Bachchan and Amjad Khan
Some more on freindship:
1)Sathi- Aaditya Pancholi & Mohsin Khan
2)Aatish- Aaditya P & Sanju Baba(AP rocked in this film )
3)Mukkadar ka sikander- Jodi no.1(Vinod K & Big B)
4)Hera Pheri- again jodi no. 1
5)Sajan- Sanju baba wid Salman
6)Khote Sikke- superb entertainer
7)Jo jeeta wohi seekander- My all time favrt
* Har Dil Jo Pyar Karega — Rani & Preity
* Ankush
* Yaraana — Amitabh & Amjad Khan
@ Rajeev K Singh
All those are deadly one’s I must say.
@ B Desai
Good ones.But Yaarana is already discussed in earlier comment.
OSO – SRK and Shreyas
Dor had another friendship angle – Gul & Shreyas
I think ‘Black’ could also come into this category….AB and Rani…
But NOTHING can beat SHOLAY!!
@ Sridhar-
Aao aao sarkaar.
Yes OSO & the other friendship angle of Dor is quite good.And Black is good in its own way.
Of course Sholay is awesome & thats why I’ve mentioned Jai & Veeru are the most famous of all the friends in Hindi cinema
* Dayavan — FK & VK
* Victoria No 203 — Ashok Kumar & Pran
* Do Jasoos — Raj Kapoor & Rajendra Kumar
* Duniya Dilwalon Ki
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Chatmakar-Srk and Naseer
@ B Desai-
Dayavan, Victoria No.403, Do Jasoos- all good examples.Duniya Dilwalon Ki is mentioned in the post.
@ Cinemausher-
Yes Chamatkar is a different kind of friendship but yes it fits in.
Hi Sethu
nice post. I like to add 99. It shows a good case of friendship b/w kunal and cyrus.
my all time fav movies on friendship will be dosti, sholay, JJWS, Angoor (Sanjeev kumar and deven verma), Chupke – Chupke (Dharm -Amitabh-Asrani), Agneepath (amit and mithun)
@ Prashant-
Glad you liked it.Yes certainly 99 fits in very well.Among your favorites Dosti and Sholay are in the post, JJWS is discussed in some of the comments.But its amazing how come no one came up with Angoor,Chupke Chupke & Agneepath so far.Good choices!!!
Hey what about the charming oldie gang in Shaukeen? Version 2.0 of DCH’s Aakash, Sid and Sameer
btw I felt the dosti in Dostana (the new one) was hopelessly contrived. It was a painful effort to sit through that perfunctory speech by John, which I guess was intended to explain to the unsuspecting audience why the film was titled Dostana. You’ve done KJ an enormous favour by even mentioning the movie in ur post among those other, much more deserving ones.
@ Geeta- welcome to the friendship party
First of all – Shaukeen- great choice there.diff level – friendhsip between the older junta there.
and as for Dostana- 2008 well yes I do agree with you to a large extent that it pales when compared to the other more deserving ones in my post.
Mentioned it for 2 reasons-
1. having spoken about Dostana ( 1980 ) it looked kind of natural to just visit it.
2. it kind of had not just that “pretend” gay angle, it was also bout friendship between 3 people – one a female among them.
and btw I’m no KJ fan as can be seen by the way I agreed to your point
@Sethu,
Agneepath- how i missed it,but do you think mithun and big b were like brothers instead of friends were mithun was in awe of big b’ stature.
Rafoo chakkar,Khudgarz,Khuda Gawah(Big b & Danny),
Golmaal(The New One)
@ Cinemausher-
Yes Agneepath I guess was more of a brotherly bonding.Rafoo Chakkar, Khuda Gawah- good ones.
Khudgarz- mentioned in the post.
Golmaal ( new one )- hmm yeah fine.
Hera pheri(new one)..Raju,Shyam n Baburao rocked[:)]
@ Vikram-
Yes the trio rocked very well in Hera Pheri & Phir Hera Pheri.
wat say abt Maachis ?…the friendship between Chandrachur and Raj Zutshi..
* Waisa Bhi Hota Hai : P2 — Arshad Warsi & Prashant
* Tezab — Anil Kapoor & Chunky Pandey
* Aaj Ki Taza Khabar — Kiran Kumar & Asrani
Yes, Tezaab is one goog example…i also liked Rangeela (munna and pakiya)
Vastaav-Sanjay and Sanjay
I dunno if this counts, But SRK and Deepak Tijori, Kabhi haan kabhi naa, though he loves the same girl and cheats him n all that, they have talk about women over the cafeteria still tried to talk him out as a friend, feels real guilty when DT catches him after the song party cant hear a word against him when goga kapoor (Anthony) plans to take DTs ass, and despite being behind the same girl, they tlak and take references/ideas from ech other… they remain together in the band, and family parties…. basically they made a good set on screen
@ PS- yes I do think this counts.Also there’s this other guy Kurush Deboo ( the parsi doctor in Munnabhai MBBS ) who plays SRK’s devout friend who always stands by SRK in Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa.
Though i guess we are talking of the BONDING between the characters still I think we have to mention Sujith Kumar… :D he was the official “friend”, that more or less rajesh khanna always had…. until Deepak Tijori stepped up to be sanjay dutt’s rahul roy’s and akshay kumar’s friend in sadak aashiqui and khiladi respectively…
They are like AB and SRK, of the “friend” roles… I think we have the third gen superstar friend material already present in Vishal Malhotra…
oh! yes Sujit Kumar,Deepak Tijori and now Vishal Malhotra are great casting choices as the heroe’s friend