Movie: Dum Maaro Dum
Release Date:April 22, 2011
Language:Hindi
Genre(s):Crime / Gangster / Action
Music:Pritam
Starring:Abhishek Bachchan, Bipasha Basu, Kangana Ranaut, Prateik Babbar, Mariah Gomes, Rana Daggubati
Director (s):Rohan Sippy
Producer (s):Ramesh Sippy
Mp365 Ratings : 7.1 / 10
Cast/Crew:
Abhishek Bachchan as ACP Vishnu Kamath
Aditya Pancholi as Lorsa Biscuta a.k.a. the Biscuit
Monty Munford as Alexis
Bipasha Basu as Zoe
Rana Daggubati as DJ Joki
Prateik Babbar as Lorry
Anaitha Nair as Lorry’s Gal
Vidya Balan in a Cameo
Deepika Padukone as Special Appearance in song “Mit Jaaye Gum (Dum Maaro Dum)”
Story:
Vishnu Kamath (Abhishek Bachchan) had hit
rock bottom in his career and his personal life, when he suddenly gets
a second chance at redemption. He is given the prestigious, yet dangerous
mission of
cleaning up Goa of its all-pervasive
illegal drug mafia. Pitted against the powerful drug lord Lorsa Biscuta (Aditya Pancholi), a corrupt police department and a host of innocents trapped
in the trade — Bipasha and Prateik Babbar — will the diehard cop succeed in this operation? He does find welcome help from the
local DJ, Joki (Rana Daggubati) who wants to extricate the innocents, specially his girlfriend Zoey (Bipasha Basu) from the drag racket. The Drug Kingpin that has had the Goan police fooled for so long. The time has come for Kamath to get rid of this shadow named Michael Barbossa and with help from Lorry and Joki.
Performance:
Abhishek Bachan who unfortunately remains sober, cryptic and a tad too wooden for most of the movie, is a wickedass cop.
Bipasu Basu is scintillating.
Anaitha Nair is extremely glamorous in songs.
Rana is still wooden, the sullen solemn Joe is right up his stoic alley.
Pratheik‘s antic-filled acting job is fun, but rote.
Deepika Padukone looked gorgeous in her item song.
All lead actors deliver, but it’s mostly Bipasa Basu for the men and Abhishek Bachchan & Pratheik for the women that make the flick user-friendly. All other women make blink-and-you-miss-them appearances.
The visuals, especially the Goa locales, are full of chutzpah.
Rohan Sippy etches all his characters using the right measure of reality and
melodrama, and hardly any of them seems fuzzy or even caricaturish.
Pritam‘s music is exhilarating and helps to move the story forward without being a hindrance. Dum Maaro Dum has an impressive star cast, the hit tracks [‘Te Amo’ and 'Dum Maaro Dum'] and Gripping Screenplay as its
trump card. Dialogues were extremely well written by
Purva Naresh. Like,
“Sala jo jiya nahi.. Sala woh Kya marega”
“Drugs ka Paisa Khoon ki tarah hota hai sale apne system mein daudtha hai”
“Duniya mein Sabse baadi illegal cheez kya hai maaloom tereku..Tere Jaisa Middle Class Honna”
“Yahan Sharab Saasthe Hai,Risthe Usse Bi Saasthe”
Plus:
- Screenplay
- Music
- BackgroundScore
- Cinematography
- Abhishek bachan
Minus:
- Small Drags in 2nd Half & Near Climax
