Film Review - Double Dhamaal
Starring: Sanjay Dutt, Arshad Warsi, Riteish Deshmukh, Javed Jaffrey
Director: Indra Kumar
Producer: Indra Kumar and Ashok Thakeria
Starring: Sanjay Dutt, Arshad Warsi, Riteish Deshmukh, Javed Jaffrey
Director: Indra Kumar
Producer: Indra Kumar and Ashok Thakeria
After Golmaal franchise success, Indra Kumar follows Rohit Sheety’s sequel mantra. Another sequel film Double Dhamaal has released with good collection but film is failed to leave an impact on audience. Double Dhamaal, follows four years after the original hit the screens; an original comedy made on a low budget, Dhamaal was loaded with crisp, clean humor and negligible vulgarity. Hopefulness levels are high, director Indra Kumar has a great track record for delivering hits and the plot is already in place. The foundation has already been laid. An intelligent scriptwriter just needed to build on it.
The movie kicks off where it had left, with Javed’s character of Manav. Manav, we may recap for you, is the one with the man-body and child-mind. While the last edition may have racked up some giggles in you, in this edition, he has decided to use the character of mickey Mouse, among others, to jazz up his look. Sorry, but no one is impressed.
For those who missed the first one, it was all about the crazy antics of Ritesh Deshmukh (Roy
Even as this group of four of idle losers is desperately trying to think up innovative ways to turn millionaires suddenly, they run into their old foe Sanjay Dutt. Dutt roams around in snazzy cars, sports the beautiful arm candy Mallika Sherawat (Kamini), and even has a loving younger sister Kiya (Kangana Ranaut). What more could a man ask for? Time to get even.
But the losers seem to be having a hard time. Every trick seems to backfire on them. Will their luck ever change? Or is that material which producers Ashok Thakeria and Indra Kumar are squirreling away for the third part. We honestly hope not.
Double Dhamaal suffers from a dissatisfaction commonly found in almost all sequels. It's an overdose. Our characters don't talk, they scream at each other. Or they yell at the top of their voices. The blaspheme words are there in every sentence. Double-meaning dialogues, jokes with ill-concealed sexual innuendos, and from the first scene itself, our protagonists in a state of hype. They slap, they punch, and they kick. Visibly the director believes one can never have too much of humor.
The first half of the movie has been shot in Mumbai and has the usual underworld 'types' which includes a huge Satish Kaushik playing a don called Batabhai. Midway through the movie the dirty streets of Mumbai are replaced withMacau . Nothing else changes!
Just when one feels all hope is lost, the movie picks up pace. The story twists and turns and the last twenty minutes of the movie managed to evoke a few laughs.
Sanjay Dutt plays his usual goofy self .His clumsy stagger, straight-faced dialogue delivery and wicked smirks provide a much desirable break from the endless hysteria, a trademark characteristic of Double Dhamaal. And there are the insider jokes on hit movies such as DDLJ, Guzaarish and Peepli Live. The one on Taare Zameen Par though is in really bad taste. There's a fine line between being sarcastic, and being crude. Director Indra Kumar clearly doesn't think so.
Mallika Sherawat is seen gyrating to 'Jalebi Bai'. Despite the sensuous pout, the toned body and an adequate skin show this item number fails to titillate.
The movie kicks off where it had left, with Javed’s character of Manav. Manav, we may recap for you, is the one with the man-body and child-mind. While the last edition may have racked up some giggles in you, in this edition, he has decided to use the character of mickey Mouse, among others, to jazz up his look. Sorry, but no one is impressed.
For those who missed the first one, it was all about the crazy antics of Ritesh Deshmukh (
Even as this group of four of idle losers is desperately trying to think up innovative ways to turn millionaires suddenly, they run into their old foe Sanjay Dutt. Dutt roams around in snazzy cars, sports the beautiful arm candy Mallika Sherawat (Kamini), and even has a loving younger sister Kiya (Kangana Ranaut). What more could a man ask for? Time to get even.
But the losers seem to be having a hard time. Every trick seems to backfire on them. Will their luck ever change? Or is that material which producers Ashok Thakeria and Indra Kumar are squirreling away for the third part. We honestly hope not.
Double Dhamaal suffers from a dissatisfaction commonly found in almost all sequels. It's an overdose. Our characters don't talk, they scream at each other. Or they yell at the top of their voices. The blaspheme words are there in every sentence. Double-meaning dialogues, jokes with ill-concealed sexual innuendos, and from the first scene itself, our protagonists in a state of hype. They slap, they punch, and they kick. Visibly the director believes one can never have too much of humor.
The first half of the movie has been shot in Mumbai and has the usual underworld 'types' which includes a huge Satish Kaushik playing a don called Batabhai. Midway through the movie the dirty streets of Mumbai are replaced with
Just when one feels all hope is lost, the movie picks up pace. The story twists and turns and the last twenty minutes of the movie managed to evoke a few laughs.
Sanjay Dutt plays his usual goofy self .His clumsy stagger, straight-faced dialogue delivery and wicked smirks provide a much desirable break from the endless hysteria, a trademark characteristic of Double Dhamaal. And there are the insider jokes on hit movies such as DDLJ, Guzaarish and Peepli Live. The one on Taare Zameen Par though is in really bad taste. There's a fine line between being sarcastic, and being crude. Director Indra Kumar clearly doesn't think so.
Mallika Sherawat is seen gyrating to 'Jalebi Bai'. Despite the sensuous pout, the toned body and an adequate skin show this item number fails to titillate.
Kangana Ranaut doesn't display much skin and has really worked hard on her dialogue delivery. But there's precious little for her to do apart from being silly and shyly flirtatious that comes naturally to her!
Overall, it is an average film.
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