Four lazy slacker conmen buddies learn about the secret of a hidden treasure from a dying thief and set out to find and claim it while being pursued by a determined police inspector who is h... Read allFour lazy slacker conmen buddies learn about the secret of a hidden treasure from a dying thief and set out to find and claim it while being pursued by a determined police inspector who is hellbent to get the treasure all by himself.Four lazy slacker conmen buddies learn about the secret of a hidden treasure from a dying thief and set out to find and claim it while being pursued by a determined police inspector who is hellbent to get the treasure all by himself.
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Riteish Deshmukh
- Deshbandhu Roy
- (as Ritesh Deshmukh)
Jaaved Jaaferi
- Manav Shrivastav
- (as Javed Jaffrey)
Vijay Raaz
- Dev Kumar Malik
- (as Vijay Raj)
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Inder Kumar's Dhamaal,is on of the cleanest and funniest movies to come out in Bollywood.
Nowadays,we hardly get to see squeaky clean comedy movies.
Dhamaal is a little gem which deserves a watch.This movie was not promoted heavily but soon gain popularity among people and became a super hit at box-office.
Direction by Inder Kumar is very good.
Dialogs are very good.
Performance wise-Javed Jaffery tops with an enthralling performance.Ritesh Deshmukh is very good.Ditto for Arshad Warsi and Ashish Chaudhary.Sanjay Dutt too is excellent.Asrani and Sanjay Mishra are hilarious.Prem Chopra is good in a brief role.
Overall Dhamaal deserves more than once viewing because it is one of those comedies which we hardly get.
Nowadays,we hardly get to see squeaky clean comedy movies.
Dhamaal is a little gem which deserves a watch.This movie was not promoted heavily but soon gain popularity among people and became a super hit at box-office.
Direction by Inder Kumar is very good.
Dialogs are very good.
Performance wise-Javed Jaffery tops with an enthralling performance.Ritesh Deshmukh is very good.Ditto for Arshad Warsi and Ashish Chaudhary.Sanjay Dutt too is excellent.Asrani and Sanjay Mishra are hilarious.Prem Chopra is good in a brief role.
Overall Dhamaal deserves more than once viewing because it is one of those comedies which we hardly get.
This is complete paisa vasool film.... U can heartily laugh for 2hr 15min... Don't see logic n all, just sit down n relax... It has a simple story line... 4 guys who are not at all serious in life, meets a dying gangster who tells them bout 10cr he has made in life... n tells them to use it as they like... but a inspector comes n enquires them bout it as he is investigating the root of that very money for 10 yrs ... then the conflict starts b/w them as to who as to get the money... everyone leaves to Goa where money is supposedly hidden... The climax is beautifully planned... n i'll not spoil it... Actin is wonderful... music by sandeep is good... wonderful direction by Indra kumar....
Dhamaal is an entertaining movie. However, one can't shake off the fact that the movies LIFTS scenes and story lines from AROUND 5-6 Hollywood MOVIES, right from the first scene.
First scene is a rip-off of Johnny English, the third scene is copied from one of Mr.Bean's episodes. The whole damn storyline is EXACTLY IDENTICAL to 'Its a Mad Mad World' and 'Rat Race'. Later one, the movie lifts the bridge scene from 'Road Trip', the tiger roar scene is from a movie called Without A Paddle, and the whole soap gun scene is from 'Small Time Crooks'. On many occasions, it is also inspired by Starsky and Hutch.
UPDATE - Just watched 'Dude, Wheres my car?' and the pizza scene is copied directly from there.
However, the second half is where we see some originality, and ironically, the most original scenes are the most entertaining. The movie goes for a clichéd ending, however, which is a downer.
THE GOOD
THE BAD
Overall, Dhamaal is a decent entertainer, but stumbles badly on originality, as the copied jokes have been done much better in the original movies.
First scene is a rip-off of Johnny English, the third scene is copied from one of Mr.Bean's episodes. The whole damn storyline is EXACTLY IDENTICAL to 'Its a Mad Mad World' and 'Rat Race'. Later one, the movie lifts the bridge scene from 'Road Trip', the tiger roar scene is from a movie called Without A Paddle, and the whole soap gun scene is from 'Small Time Crooks'. On many occasions, it is also inspired by Starsky and Hutch.
UPDATE - Just watched 'Dude, Wheres my car?' and the pizza scene is copied directly from there.
However, the second half is where we see some originality, and ironically, the most original scenes are the most entertaining. The movie goes for a clichéd ending, however, which is a downer.
THE GOOD
- Great performances from the cast, especially Arshad Warsi, Ritesh, and Jaffrey.
- Some very entertaining original parts, especially in the second half.
THE BAD
- You won't have much fun if you have watched the above-mentioned movies.
- Some jokes, like the airplane one and the cliffhanging one, are stretched to a point where they are not funny anymore.
- Not so great music.
- Disappointing ending.
Overall, Dhamaal is a decent entertainer, but stumbles badly on originality, as the copied jokes have been done much better in the original movies.
This Movie starts as a ordinary movie with forcible comedy but picks up pace once the treasure hunt begins. In the treasure journey ut has turned as one of the best comedy movies of Indian cinema if not the best. The Car lift scene which doesn't start,again the car lift scene where the driver announces his long name,Ritesh trying to get inside the Bus from a tree and Monkey watching him,Manoj pawa getting irritated on listening Mother,Mama and Father. All are fun.
Arshad warsi,Asrani,Ritesh.. too good Don't miss this movie if you have not watched it so far. Very very funny movie amazing good superb.
Arshad warsi,Asrani,Ritesh.. too good Don't miss this movie if you have not watched it so far. Very very funny movie amazing good superb.
Since a great cinematic action comedy named (It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World) was made in (1963) the world had gone real mad about it.
There is almost a version every decade. American different treatments like (Scavenger Hunt) in (1979), (Million Dollar Mystery) in (1987), an Egyptian one (Maganeen ala El-Tareek) in (1991), an American remake (Rat Race) in (2001), then – in the same decade – why not an Indian one too (Dhamaal – 2007).
(Dhamaal) is simply an explicit remake of (Rat Race – 2001) yet with slight touches from the original (Mad..) and even slighter Indian touches as well!
It's a nice comedy. So colorful but so painful in the same time since it assures the insolvency of the Indian cinema with countless stolen scripts yearly and mainly from the American cinema (I don't believe that "Paritosh Painter" is the writer of Dhamaal's story as the credits said !).
Sanjay Dutt looked lovable in this. In fact the whole cast looked the same. But the movie itself can be that if only you didn't watch its American original movies first.
It's a crisis of not too many new ideas, hitting the entire world including the American cinema by the way. You can feel it with the more commercial production of many cinemas.
..Though, I'm just asking: when will it be for the American cinema to remake Indian movies ?! And I'm not blaming the Americans if you know what I mean!
There is almost a version every decade. American different treatments like (Scavenger Hunt) in (1979), (Million Dollar Mystery) in (1987), an Egyptian one (Maganeen ala El-Tareek) in (1991), an American remake (Rat Race) in (2001), then – in the same decade – why not an Indian one too (Dhamaal – 2007).
(Dhamaal) is simply an explicit remake of (Rat Race – 2001) yet with slight touches from the original (Mad..) and even slighter Indian touches as well!
It's a nice comedy. So colorful but so painful in the same time since it assures the insolvency of the Indian cinema with countless stolen scripts yearly and mainly from the American cinema (I don't believe that "Paritosh Painter" is the writer of Dhamaal's story as the credits said !).
Sanjay Dutt looked lovable in this. In fact the whole cast looked the same. But the movie itself can be that if only you didn't watch its American original movies first.
It's a crisis of not too many new ideas, hitting the entire world including the American cinema by the way. You can feel it with the more commercial production of many cinemas.
..Though, I'm just asking: when will it be for the American cinema to remake Indian movies ?! And I'm not blaming the Americans if you know what I mean!
Did you know
- TriviaThe very first scene where we see Ritiesh Deshmukh as a bodyguard leaning to a man in car and saying, "Sir! Iss samay, hum duniya ke sabse safe jagah pe hai." (translation: Sir! At this moment, we're at the safest place in the world.) and then a bomb explosion is followed, thereby giving the scene a funny effect. This scene is actually taken from the movie 'Johnny English'
- GoofsAt 9:14 after the song, they are already wet even before throwing water at them. The fact that the shot was retaken is clearly visible here.
- ConnectionsFollowed by Double Dhamaal (2011)
- SoundtracksChal Na Che Shor Machlein
Written by Sameer
Composed by Adnan Sami
Performed by Adnan Sami and Shaan
Courtesy of Big Music
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- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- За ста миллионами
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $166,339
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $166,339
- Sep 9, 2007
- Gross worldwide
- $11,077,541
- Runtime
- 2h 16m(136 min)
- Color
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