It is to agree that to give a sequel to any film is an extremely challenging job. And Bollywood’s most sequels have often made this loud that the filmmakers cannot pick up all the ingredients needed to make a sequel better than the original. [break]
For examples, the sequels to Hera Pheri and Golmaal were disaster at the box office of Bollywood. Munna Bhai MBBS was an exceptional case.
With the sequels, the expectations certainly rise higher and the second part at least has to be at par with the original if not better than that.
Director Indra Kumar’s Double Dhamaal is stupid than funny. The first part – Dhamal (2007) –was both weird and tolerably funny.
Double Dhamal is full of clichés with the traits of the characters full of loopholes, mainly due to the lack of workout on script and execution.
The first that you will hate about the movie is it’s too loud. Every single character in the film is screaming aloud and the gags are just too over the top.
The bunch of friends – Adi (Arshad Warsi), Roy (Ritesh Deshmukh), Boman (Aashish Chaudhary) and Manav (Jaaved Jaaferi) – is the most unsuitable bunch of friends in Bollywood, most of them unfit to their characters.
In Dhamaal (2007), the film at least had an average plot and good humor to keep the clock ticking. Despite moving from Mumbai to Macau, Double Dhamaal has nothing more to offer than some exotic locations of posh infrastructures of Macau.
For those who are not being able to recollect the scenes of Dhamaal, let us do a short recap. Dhamal ended with these four friends along with Inspector Kabir (Sanjay Dutt) donating all the money they find after all that hassles to charity.
Two years after in Double Dhamaal, the four friends are still on the highway, waiting for somebody to meet an accident and give them the information about where his/her secret property is placed.
While all four of them are still jobless and are seeking ways to earn easy money, their friend Inspector Kabir has made a huge transition in life and is now a millionaire, driving a Mercedes. And not to forget is that Kabir has two pretty maidens with him – Kamini (Mallika Sherawat) and Kiya (Kangana Ranaut), his girlfriend and sister respectively.
The four of them turn envious of the exotic lifestyle of Kabir and fix on to con him. Sadly, every scheming attempt of theirs turns futile as Kabir outmaneuvers them every time. Who wins the battle? That is for you to find.
It seems like storywriter Tushar Hiranandani wrote the script after drinking too much of Red Bull or he must have watched some bad comedy films before completing the story for Double Dhamaal.
You cannot only predict the plots but also the dialogues. Talk about the dialogues – what was the Censor Board of India doing while screening the movie for the green signal!!!
Director Indra Kumar should seriously limit himself to making films like Dil, Beta, Raja and Rishtey than experimenting with the genre of comedy, which is not his cup of tea. All his comedy films Masti (2004), Pyaare Mohan (2006) and Daddy Cool (2008) have turned flops.
Arshad Warsi should stop being overconfident of himself. Jaaved Jaafery should limit himself to dancing and to Boogie Woogie, Aashish Chaudhary is picking up while Ritesh Deshmukh is typecast. Sanjay Dutt is definitely not at his best.
Mallika Sherawat and Kangana Ranaut are non-existing elements in the film. And the music adds on to you woes.
Go for it if you are one of those who are not selective about films and if you are READY to get mesmerized by one big circus where the guys are hogging the clichés while the girls have nothing to do. At your own risk, please!
Screening at QFX Cinemas.
The writer is Program Officer at Indian Cultural Centre.
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