Dino rediscovers pleasures of male bonding

Apr 9, 2007 Subhash K. Jha

Mumbai, April 10 (IANS) Dino Morea is looking for lifelong commitment - and until that happens he is happy bonding with his male friends.

"No girls and no late nights! What I'm looking for is permanency in my relationship. Until that happens, I'm going to keep company with my male friends," Dino told IANS.

"I love spending time with my family and friends, and yeah, I've re-discovered the pleasures of male bonding, thanks to Vikram Bhatt's 'Life Mein Kabhi Kabhie' where I was constantly with Sammir Dattani and Aftab Shivdasani. Instead of being cooped up in my van after every shot, we'd all sit together and fool around, talk about life and love and food and cars."

Dino's bonding with Sammir has been specially rewarding.

"For him as much as for me, I hope. I found him to be a well brought-up, intelligent and sensitive boy. And we found we had a lot in common. Sammir's family is partly in the restaurant business. So am I. We've promised to visit each other's eateries very soon."

Dino has experienced none of the backbiting and rivalry that Bollywood is famous for.

"I've always got along well with all my co-stars, specially male. During 'Plan', I had a whale of a time with Sanjay Dutt, Sanjay Suri and Rohit Roy. And 'Aap Ki Khatir' was a ball in England, thanks to Suniel Shetty and Akshaye Khanna. Come to think of it, it's female co-stars who sometimes give me grief by changing colours. And I don't mean their lipstick."