The movie which is a joint production between Fox SearchLight Pictures and Ramesh Sippy Entertainment scores high on style and substance. After Abhishek Bachchan's disastrous portrayal of Beera in Ravan I was in two minds whether to watch this movie. But getting good feedback about the movie from my brother, I decided to bravely check out Dum Maro Dum (DMD).
DMD is a riveting tale of drugs, sex, money and personal tragedies set against Goa's beaches. So we have rave parties happening with goans and a mix of foreigners ranging from Israelis to Russians. The main characters are:
Lorry : Prateik Babbar (Lorry) who wants to join his girlfriend in the US and is held back due to lack of funds
Joki : Rana Daggubati (Joki) is a DJ who also owns a music shop and has a girlfriend Zoey (Bipasha Basu). Zoey is now the local businessman Lorsa Biscuta's arm candy.
Lorsa Biscuita: Aditya Pancholi (Lorsa Biscuita) plays the local businessman who has a pie in almost all the businesses from drugs to shipping.
Vishnu Kamath : Abhishek Bachchan (Additional Commissioner Police Vishnu Kamath) who goes from being the corrupt officer to a crusader against drugs.
Michael Barbossa: The most intriguing and shadowy character in the entire movie whom no one has either seen or heard.
The strong point about the movie is the story by Sridhar Raghavan. The movie has its weaknesses when the pace begins to slacken. Even though this is supposed to be Abhishek Bachchan's movie, the real hero and surprise package turns out to be Rana Daggubati (Joki). For a person who is making his debut in a Hindi movie, he comes out with a decent performance. It's also nice to see Aditya Pancholi playing the bad guy with sophistication.
Other interesting characters are Rane (Govind Namdeo) and Mercy. I was surprised with the movie climax and it could have been handled better. But it's for you (the viewer) to find out :)
The only grouse against the movie is the title song Dum Maro Dum. Deepika Padukone is definitely no match for the vintage Zeenat Aman. Remixes are fine but this one was bad. Except for Dum maro Dum you can't make out the rest of the lyrics. Sometimes it's better to leave the original untouched.
There was a wikileaks cable about the US Embassy's views on Bollywood. Atleast as far as Bollywood-Hollywood collaboration is concerned it hits the bulls eye. This movie which doesn't compromise on the script nor the style quotient is a perfect example of how such partnerships can bring lasting value to Cinema and the audience.
Overall it's a good movie and is worth watching atleast once.
(Image Courtesy: http://movies.sulekha.com/hindi/dum-maro-dum/pictures/1.htm)
1 comment:
Thats right man... Hollywood-Bollywood collaboration will definitely improve quality of entire movie. I liked this movie very much. Dum Maaro Dum song was okay but they could have done better remix.
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