Karan Johar's films have always been stylish, thanks to the ace designers he ropes in. And Dostana is nodifferent. In fact, truth be told, the producer has outdone himself. The cast comprising of Priyanka Chopra, John Abraham and Abhishek Bachchan never looked so eye-poppingly good as they did in the promos doing the rounds.

And it is all thanks to designers Akki Narula and Manish Malhotra. Read on as they tell Nithya Ramani how they worked their magic. Excerpts: Priyanka's sexy look -Designer: Manish Malhotra -As the movie is based in Miami, a place full sun, surf and sand, we decided to go with the holiday look. Priyanka's character is a fashion editor, hence her clothes need to be stylish and chic.

When it comes to colours, Priyanka always prefers grey, black and white. But for Dostana, we decided to experiment with bright solid colours like the ones in the citrus family. Keeping her chic look in mind, we decided to tone down the accessories. You will notice that none of her dresses have any embroidery or designs either. All her outfits are mainly in satin, chiffon and georgette.

Throughout the film you will find Priyanka in shorts, formal jackets and bikini tops. I personally like people wearing casual blue jeans with a formal jacket. So I gave her a pair of satin golden shorts with formal jacket to go with it. She wears them to work. The best outfit of Priyanka would have to be her tan denim dress.

Talking specifically about her swimsuit, I knew I wanted metallic colours either in silver or golden. I picked up the swimsuits from Miami. As the Desi Girl song is a formal occasion, I decided to go with a sari. I gave it a western touch by making her wear a long silver sequined skirt. The bikini-type blouse too gave the look a western touch. Here too she is not wearing accessories.

In the Maa Da Ladla song, I have designed Abhishek and John's outfits too. Karan had seen my Couture Fashion Week collections which consisted of sherwanis. So I gave the boys golden lined sherwanis. They are very funky though traditional.

Back in 1999, Tanuja Chandra's SANGHARSH got Preity Zinta and Akshay Kumar a lot of critical acclaim and helped Akshay shrug off his wooden and non-actor image. Not many will know that it was Rani Mukerjee who was first considered for the role but was unable to do the film for reasons not divulged and the audience could not see the on-screen pairing of Rani and Akki. Around the same time there was a Vikram Bhatt project that once again had the proposed pairing of Akshay and Rani but even that did not materialize.

However, after a series of set-backs in the form of LAAGA CHUNARI MEIN DAAG and THODA PYAAR THODA MAGIC, Rani Mukerjee (once called the Rani of Bollywood) has expressed her desire to work with Akshay Kumar, in the hope of a resurrection of her sagging career. The 'Khiladi' has been the main force behind many a new and successful heroines in Bollywood (read, Priyanka Chopra, Katrina Kaif and Vidya Balan).

For those who don't know, Rani Mukerjee and Twinkle Khanna (Akshay's wife) are good friends in real life. In fact Twinkle has even done the interior decoration for Rani's newly constructed office. The Akki-Twinkle couple meet Rani quite often and Twinkle is more than willing to see the two of them work together.

So, do not be surprised if you see the never before pair of Akki-Rani, in the near future. Any producer listening?