Dosti: Friends Forever is a 2005 Indian romantic drama film directed by Suneel Darshan starring Akshay Kumar, Bobby Deol, Kareena Kapoor and Lara Dutta. Juhi Chawla makes a special appearance. Plot Karan Thapar (Bobby Deol) lives a wealthy yet very lonesome lifestyle with his business tycoon dad Vikram Thapar (Kiran Kumar), mom Kiran Thapar (Lillete Dubey), and sister Nandini Thapar (Karishma Tanna) as no one has time for him. One day while at the family's farmhouse, he loses his step and almost falls down a deep gorge. He is rescued by Raj Malhotra (Akshay Kumar), who is an orphan, living a poor lifestyle with his abusive maternal uncle. Karan and Raj become inseparable friends, and Raj moves in to live with Karan, much to the chagrin of the Thapar family members who dislike Raj. Years later Raj and Karan are grown up; Raj is in love with his childhood sweetheart Anjali Saluja (Kareena Kapoor) and wants to marry her, while Karan flirts with Leena Bharucha (Sherlyn Chopra) and abandons her. Karan subsequently meets with London-returned Kajal Sharma (Lara Dutta) and woos her. She agrees to marry him. Raj's and Karan's weddings are planned for the same day. Things take a turn for the worse when Leena and her dad, who is employed by Thapar, characterize the friends as flirts. Consequently, Kajal breaks up with Karan and Anjali's brother cancels her wedding with Raj. Raj, it is later revealed, is suffering from a fatal disorder. Aditi Walia (Juhi Chawla) is his doctor and the treatment is sponsored by Karan. Raj plays a pivotal role in helping Karan reunite with his family. Karan eventually marries Kajal. Karan and Kajal have named their child after Raj. Cast Akshay Kumar as Raj Malhotra, Karan's best friend and Anjali's love interest Bobby Deol as Karan Thapar, Raj's best friend, Vikram and Kiran's son, Nandini's brother and Kajal's love interest Lara Dutta as Kajal Sharma, Karan's love interest Kareena Kapoor as Anjali Saluja, Raj's love interest Lillete Dubey as Kiran Thapar, Karan and Nandini's mother Juhi Chawla as Dr. Aditi Walia (special appearance) Kiran Kumar as Vikram Thapar, Karan and Nandini's father Sherlyn Chopra as Leena Bharucha Shakti Kapoor as Mr. Bharucha (Leena's father) Karishma Tanna as Nandini Thapar, Karan's sister Mahesh Thakur as Bhaskar Ahuja Navni Parihar as Anjali’s sister-in-law Aman Verma as Mr. Saluja (Anjali's husband) Dolly Bindra Mike Razowzky as Raj Malhotra's friend