[icernet] Male bonding making bold comeback in Bollywood

[Arul Selvan]

While relationships between men and women have always fascinated 
mainstream Indian cinema, male bonding was mostly treated with mawkish 
sentimentality. In films like Rajshris' Dosti and Raj Kapoor's Sangam in 
the 1960s, male friends were either shown crying on each other's 
shoulders or biting their tongues and wringing their hands over the girl 
they loved. Now, in the new millennium, male bonding found a new 
definition and direction in Farhan Akhtar's Dil Chahta Hai, where the 
cool camaraderie between Aamir Khan, Akshaye Khanna and Saif Ali Khan 
won over a whole nation. The penchant for looking at male relationships 
with healthy interest has also extended to regional cinema. Kamal 
Hassan's Anbesivam  in Tamil is one of the best films on the theme of 
male bonding to have made it to Indian theatres.


Source:
http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_167470,0011.htm