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Article Updated 09 September, 2007 10:42:43 PM IST
 
Dhamaal
By Our Correspondent ©2007 Bollyvista.com
 
Roy (Riteish Deshmukh), Manav (Javed Jaffrey), his brother Adi (Arshad Warsi) and Boman (Aashish Chowdhary) are four unemployed men. They accidentally come across an accident victim Bose (Prem Chopra), a gangster, who tells them about a hidden treasure of Rs.10 crores, in Goa, before he dies. Sounds familiar? Believe it or not, but this plot is quiet similar to the dud, which released last month 'Bombay to Goa'! How could that be, you may ask. Because both seek inspiration from the Hollywood hit, 'It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World'!

Thus begins their journey to seek the means to their happiness. Obviously, en route they come upon numerous obstacles. The most difficult obstacle being cop Kabir Nayak (Sanjay Dutt)! How the loony gang eventually reaches Goa comprises the rest of the plot.

If you are looking for any novelty in this script, there isn't any. Apart from the fact that there are simply no heroines in this flick!
Performance wise, Ritesh Deshmukh and Javed Jaffrey are simply superb. Sanjay Dutt though, seems to be disinterested in the proceedings.

There is also a fuming Parsi gentleman (Asrani), a dacoit (Sanjay Mishra), a air traffic controller (Vijay Raaz) who gives directions to a plane without a pilot, the landlady (Suhasini Mulay), Paritosh Painter, Balwinder Suri and Bunty Rathore.

Speaking about the technical aspect of this film, or any other film of director Indra Kumar for that matter, would simply mean running down at least half a dozen of his crew, so that part is better skipped!

Don't look for logic and you won't be disappointed. This one is truly a madcap film.

Akin to a David Dhawan film, this one is to be watched purely for the laughs it provides.

** (Two stars)



 
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