The two of them reconciling at the end is even more touching now than it was when I was a kid because I now know that like romantic relationships, not every friendship has a happy ending. Sometimes, the fights are too difficult to forget and the ease that existed before them is impossible to return to. And at other times, people just drift apart, without a showdown to end things. But seeing Akash and Sid hug while Sameer watches with relief and joy is important. It tells us that even a friendship with depth cannot be taken for granted. But it also tells us that some friendships will pass the toughest tests; those are the friends with whom you will actually go to Goa instead of making empty plans. When the credits roll, we see a dinner party of the three friends with their significant others, which tells us that rather than closing in on itself, the friendship has grown to include more people. And these are the people that Akash, Sid and Sameer will grow old with—their romantic partners and one another.
