The Movie Review – Dhoom Dhadakka

Star rating:
Movie name: Dhoom Dadakka
Actors: Shaad Randhawa, Samir Dattani, Shama Sikander and Aarti Chhabria, Rakhi Sawant, Satish Shah, Satish Kaushik, Gulshan Grover, Anupam Kher
Director: Shashi Ranjan
Producer: Shashi Ranjan
Music Director: Roop Kumar Rathod
Lyricist: Praveen Kumar Ashk, Shaqeel Azmi

To venture into the genre of comedy is not a cup of tea for every film maker. A loose end at any of the aspects involved and there is always a risk to topple over. This is what has happened with Dhoom Dadakka. However, all the ends seem to hang loose in this flick resulting in a complete disaster.

Although the movie begins with a promise, the inefficiency of the script seems to surface very soon with its loop holes. For the initial forty minutes, you can at least endure owing to the comic timing of the veteran actors like Anupam Kher, Satish Shah, Satish Kaushik and Gulshan Grover. After this starting, the whole plot dwindles with the actors unaware of what they are doing. The movie opens with All Asians Bhai Meeting in Bangkok. The Godfather (Jackie Shroff) is shuffling portfolios and mentions the deteriorating sensex of the underworld. Here, a plot at Alibaug is alotted to Phursat Lala (Gulshan Grover) who intends to transform it as the ultimate entertainment destination. However, Mungilal (Anupam Kher) wants the plot to build a hospital, for his father had died due to lack of medical aid. Godfather gives the plot to Phursat because he has an heir to take things forward while Mungilal is a bachelor. But Mungilal lies that he has an inheritor whom he would produce within a month. At this juncture, Jignesh (Satish Shah) Mungilal’s partner, discovers that Mungilal estranged sister Angoori (Bhavna Balsaver) has an heir named Kamal.

Three youngsters, conman Ranbir (Sammir Dattani), wannabe actor Rahul (Shaad Randhawa) and item girl Shivani Sawant (Aarti Chhabria) show up at Mungilal’s Bangkok estate claiming to be Mungilal’s long lost niece/nephew. Henceforth, follows the hunt for real Kamal with crazy plans leading to a case of mistaken identity and hilarious situations.

Now, the whole story if divided into two halves, the first half is quite fast paced with the funny bone tickling at intervals. Satish Kaushik, as the cue-less detective, has some of the most comic lines. The other performances are only mediocre. It works to certain extent till the interval. The second part is a major disappointment for the viewers. The pace of the film abruptly becomes slow. There are some irrelevant chases and the forceful inclusion of emotional scenes. In all these chaos, the main story line melts into flimsy air and the film comes to a sudden end.

Neither is the plot constructed properly, nor the actors’ potential is thereby harnessed to the best. Only you have some foot-tapping music to enjoy. So decide for yourself whether it is worthwhile to go and spend those two hours or not?

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