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!