Dil Dosti Etc is a bold look at how young men of today think and choose
to live their lives. The film is set around students in Delhi University.
Through two college hostellers, Apurv ( Imaad Shah ), a rich, cosmopolitan
guy and, Sanjay ( Shreyas Talpade ), an old-fashioned Bihari guy, th
film juxtaposes the 'new/ liberal' and the 'old/ conservative' in our
society. Sanjay Mishra is an ambitious and focused student-politician
in Delhi. He represents the romantic and the idealist who steadfastly
pursues his political goals. On the other hand, Apurv's life is directionless.
With the abundance of time and money in hand, he searches for meaning
in life through amorous escapades with various girls.
The three female leads, that of aprostitute, a school girl and a rich
model, provide a myriad of social and emotional backdrops to the film.
Vaishali ( Smriti Mishra) plays an attractive but sharp-tongued prostitute
in the infamous red-light district of Delhi. She claims never to get
emotionally attached to her customers. Then three is the precocious
school girl Kintu ( Ishitta Sharrma ), who coquesttishly remains noncommiittal
to Apurv's flirations and plays hard to get. Prema ( Nikita Anand )
is the rich South Delhi babe who aspires to become an international
model, and yet finds herself attracted to the earthy and charismatic
student- politician, Sanjay.
Filmed extensively in Delhi at more than 25 locations, Dil Dosti Etc
uses a rich ensemble of characters, stories and themes to explore the
very nature of friendship, male bonding, voyeurism, sexual perversion,
love and betrayal. It develops into the lives of a seemingly dysfunctional
generation indulging in pleasure seeking whose joie de vivre is often
constructed to be aimless. This original screenplay full with realism
and black humour shows the coming of age of not only a young man but
explores the ambiguities and pre-occupations of an entire generation.
As the film moves towards a volatile climax, you get to test the film's
premise - When You are young, You Believe the Possibilitise are endless!
