Dhaam Dhoom - My Review

I am actually in a movie watching spree and watched this “high class blunder” today. Ladies and Gentlemen, after Bheema, this super duper hopeless flick is the worst movie of the year 2008. (Big round of applause)

The story centers on Gautam (Jayam Ravi), a doctor who is selected and sponsored by the Govt of India to attend an International Medical Conference in Russia. Poor fellow, with only 2 weeks left for his marriage with Senba (Kangana), reluctantly accepts the offer and flies to Russia. Here, our hero, gets muddled with a murder case and from there the movie is all about his struggle to prove his innocence with flashbacks of how he met and fell in love with Senba, a village girl whose antics reminds me of Mudhalvan’s Manisha Koirala.

Though the movie has horrible screenplay, impossible direction, boring song sequences, no scope of great acting, very little comedy, unconvincing and irritating action and bad bad dance… the movie teaches the audience, a lot of things that needs attention.

1. Don’t go outstation after your marriage gets fixed. Very important lesson.

2. Please do not reveal your love relationship to your family like the way Ravi and Kangana do it. You are sure to be shot dead by your parents, not for the relationship, but for using a (beep) idea to reveal the matter to them.

3. Jayam Ravi is shot, blood is dripping from his chest, and in such a situation, he steals a bike and as he rides it, he closes his eyes and thinks about his girl friend….. ends up hittinga truck. Two lessons to be learnt here..

• When you are so hurt like that, simply get a lift instead of mugging a guy and stealing his bike.
• While on the roads riding your bike (or a stolen bike), DO NOT think about your girlfriend. Keep your eyes wide open and concentrate only on sightseeing.

4. If you go to a bar in foreign country, that too a country where English is spoken only by 1 in 50, please do not go over the stage and hold the pole to sing a Tamil song with Kokku dance. You will disgrace our country.

5. Last but not the least, please take care of your health when you are directing a movie. This is really not a joke.

I strongly believe that the movie has turned out to be such a hopeless one because of the taking over of the film by another director after the sad demise of Jeeva. This doesn’t mean that his assistant is devoid of any talent but it’s a concept belonging to Jeeva and half way through it, if somebody else has to finish his idea, it sure is to become a mess. That’s what happened with Dhaam Dhoom. Had Jeeva worked out this entirely, the film would have been a great one.

*/5 – Only one for the music and Jeeva’s efforts.

Verdict: Avoid even a free ticket!

Saroja - My Review

Now this is exactly what we want, don’t we?

It’s been a long time since I wrote here, was busy with quite a lot of things and never found time to scribble but after watching this movie today, if I don’t commend it for my personal satisfaction, I will not be doing justice to the Rs.50 ticket and Rs.10 popcorn that my friend disbursed for me in the sultry “Sundar AC” theater.

I was told by many that this movie rocks and went in with a preconvention that this is going to be a super class entertainer and my expectations were satiated comfortably. More than faith on friends who extolled the work, it’s the faith on the Chennai-28 crew that gave me this rule. Even though I missed the first 15 minutes of the movie, and more importantly, even though I missed the sequences where Kajal Agarwal appears, I found this movie brilliant and awesome.

The movie is about 4 friends, who set on a journey to Hydrabad to watch a cricket match, in a medium sized caravan-like maruthi van ( now its quite difficult to describe that vehicle ) and are caught up in a stagnant traffic obstructed by a huge tanker turned upside down in an accident. Ajay (RJ Shiva) promises to drive through a short cut to reach their destiny in time but they all end up getting muddled in an abandoned factory, which is inhabited by a group of people who, apparently, had kidnapped Prakash Raj’s daughter. From then on, it’s an amazing play with perfect comical blend.

Chennai 28 is probably an epitome of the kind of movie that will enthrall the youth and adults community of this state. Saroja, begot by the same crew, is at least 90% closer to their earlier blaster. The comic lines were absolutely hilarious and their timing and dialogue delivery were flawless.

Here are a few genuine reasons why you must watch this movie

1. Absolutely stunning dialogue delivery and comedy RJ Shiva

2. Impeccable performance and comedy by Premji Amaran

3. A superb screenplay and direction

4. A flawless delineation of practical jokes

5. To learn how to turn a simple concept into a powerful entertainer rather than making a mess of it…( a movie that was terribly made on similar simple story line was Mumbai Express.. Saroija is a million times better than that.)

Here is one reason why you must not watch this movie

1. You are an outright fool

Though it had the concoction of all the elements right, there were a few flaws.

1. A family follows the guys’ car after they decide to take the short cut. But nothing is later mentioned about what happens to them while their predecessors get mixed up in a kidnap case.

2. The digital time clock that is displayed in the screen sporadically shows 12:35:00 Pm instead of 12:35:00 Am.

There were a few more minor mistakes that I don’t remember now, actually. However, they don’t have any effect on the movie’s running.

Anyways, this movie was a great fun to watch. Ultimate time pass.

****/5 – One star removed for these minor flaws

Verdict: Must watch, fantastic entertainer. Expecting more such movies from this crew. Saroja.. Samaan nikalo….