Dhamaal - A promising ride

September 6th, 2007 1 Comment »

Male bonding is truly in. If the three men were not good enough in HEYY BABYY, there is an addition of two more in this week’s comic caper DHAMAAL that stars as many as five male leads. And guess what, there is no leading lady in the film!
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DHAMAAL is about an absolute ‘dhamaal’ that is created in a non stop rollercoaster ride that Roy, Aditya, Manav and Boman take. And hot on their trail is a cop named Kabir Nayak.

Roy [Ritiesh Deshmukh] always believed that he was the smartest detective ever born on this side of the planet. Overconfident but an out and out idiot, Roy could in fact not get even one thing right and instead of solving a case, only turned it into even more complicated.

He also had to content himself with a pair of brothers who had their own shortcomings. Adi [Arshad Warsi], unlike Roy didn’t consider himself as a great detective. Instead he projected himself as a great singer. The only truth here being that he was never the voice behind the songs he used to sing; it was that of a tape which played whenever he wanted to gain people’s attention.
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Adi’s younger brother Manav [Javed Jaffrey] was a loser too. An over grown kid who could hardly keep a secret to himself, he had a habit of speaking too much and too quick. So much so that it led him from one trouble to another, hence creating an absolute ruckus in whatever he did and wherever he went.

To add more misery to the tale, there was Boman [Ashish Chowdhry] who could get scary with anything and everything. Always getting scolded by his father [Asrani], he was an element of fun for his friends who couldn’t help but mock him. A young man, he was the closest cousin that trouble ever had!

Roy, Adi, Manav and Boman - Together they were small time conmen and just the perfect recipe of disaster and ‘dhamaal’. But wait there is more - Inspector Nayak. Kabir Nayak [Sanjay Dutt].

An inspector who had been hunting for a criminal named Bose [Prem Chopra] for ten years, he did nab him, but dead! Around the dead body were the usual suspects - Roy, Adi, Manav and Boman. But before his death, Bose had told the foursome a secret which could change their lives forever. As Kabir questions them, the cat is thrown out of the bag even as they all make their escape from Kabir’s clutches!
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A chase follows and the five of them start running towards their ultimate goal. What was this goal?

Join the fun as DHAMAAL promises to stick to it’s title and ensure a ride that is made of gags, laughter and thrills.

Directed by Indra Kumar, DHAMAAL releases all over on 7th September.

Apna Asmaan - Success, but at what cost?

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They say if one has to achieve a height, aim for the skies. Howsoever difficult it may seem, howsoever far it may be and howsoever impossible it may sound, always have a piece of sky for yourself. Something which you could call - APNA ASMAAN.
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Budhhi [Dhruv P. Panjuani] was also staring at this sky. Actually not him, but his parents were. And which parents wouldn’t? After all like every other normal couple, even Ravi [Irrfan Khan] and Padmini [Shobana] too wanted only the best for their teenage son. The only difference being that their son wasn’t normal.

He was special.

He had neuro problems and was mildly autistic. Not able to study and learn things the way children of his age could do, he picked up things at his own pace. So much so that it lead his mother to frustration even his father always believed that one day things would turn out to be all fine and he would be able to live a normal life.

But deep inside, he also carried the guilt of being responsible for his son’s mental state [in spite of not being responsible for it, as confirmed by all the doctors]. It so happened that when Buddhi was a little child, he was accidentally dropped by Ravi. And now Ravi carried this burden with him forever.
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Kamini was not the one to take things lying down and only wait for a miracle to treat her son to normalcy. A gold medalist in Mathematics, she wanted her son also to be excellent in studies and couldn’t tolerate it when he scored less marks in his school subjects. His flair for art didn’t quite impress her while the constant taunts from her mother-in-law only aggravated her situation.

In such circumstances, her only hope was Dr. Sen [Rajat Kapoor], a neurologist who constantly tried to make her understand over the years that it wasn’t as easy for Buddhi to be like any other normal child the way she wanted. Having a soft corner for both Padmini and her son, he wanted them to understand that Buddhi was indeed a special child and just differently-abled.

On the other hand Dr. Sathya [Anupam Kher] had a different way of looking at things. A qualified Ayurvedic physician, he had invented a drug which could convert a dumb individual into smart, even though it had it’s side effect of memory loss. Aiming for a Nobel Prize, he could well have Buddhi as a patient on whom he could test his drug.

Ravi meets Dr. Sathya and in one of those desperate and week moments, agrees for the drug to be administered to his son. Buddhi turns into a genius but forgets about his past. Also, he comes across as a confused and a puzzled guy which only makes things complimented.

Final nail is hit in the coffin when Dr. Sathya’s past is revealed and the ill effects of the drug start becoming clearer.

Did Ravi and Padmini end up paying a high price for the well being of their son? Was the piece of sky that their son got good enough for him to make a place for himself there?

A film about modern day obsession about achieving success at any cost, Kaushik Roy directed APNA ASMAAN has been traveling the globe in festival circuits and is all set to release this Friday i.e. 7th September.

RGV Ki Aag - Arrival of evil

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Evil comes in many shapes and sizes.
Evil could be within or outside you. Evil could be mortal or immortal. Evil could be a human being or an external force.
Evil could be BABBAN!
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Because Babban [Amitabh Bachchan] was someone who was far more than just an average human being. He was psychotic, he was ruthless and as he believed, he was immortal. He was also someone for whom no other human being was worthy enough to stand in front of him, look into his eye and build a conversation.

With an unmatched animal instinct, he was a force which could well be undefeated. But Inspector Narsimha [Mohanlal] though otherwise. For him, Babban was just another criminal. A criminal who was mad for sure but not invincible.

An encounter specialist, he had once arrested Babban. And now he wanted him dead. Dead, because Babban was out of jail and given him scars which could only be washed away with Babban’s blood.
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To aid him in his revenge, Narsimha roped in two small time crooks Heero [Ajay Devgan] and Raj [Prashant Raj]. The two being childhood buddies, they were inseparable and now aimed at making it big in the city of Mumbai. Little were they aware that they would soon be getting into a game which would make them juggle between life and death.

In this tough journey of their, they found the love of their life though. While Heero found Ghunghroo [Nisha Kothari], an unspoken bond developed between Raj and Durga [Sushmita Sen]. Ghughroo was everything that a man may ‘not’ want! Almost tom boyish in her persona, she was a huge Rajnikanth fan and an auto driver to boast. Loud mouth, over confident and coming with an ‘I-Care-A-Damn’ attitude, she was soon won over by Heero.

On the other hand Durga Devi was what one considers as an epitome of womanhood. With a massive tragedy behind her, she could have been one broken soul. But it had only made her stronger. Stronger enough to make sure that the person who did this to her and her family was not spared.
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Battlelines were drawn. At one end there was Narsimha along with Heero and Raj while on the other there was Babban with his equally evil aide Tambhe [Sushant Singh].

A fierce battle was about to begin. A battle which would have no rules, no timelines and no conclusion except death. A battle which would involve fear, blood and ‘aag’!

Releasing all over on 31st August all over, RAM GOPAL VARMA KI AAG also stars Urmila Matondkar in a special appearance as ‘Mehbooba’.

Victoria No. 203 - The chase begins again

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OCEANS 11, 12 and 13 may have made one believe that heist thrillers are back in vogue. But the fact is that they were never out of circulation. Whether it was 50s, 60, 70, 80, 90s or the current century, audience has always been enthralled by thrillers that have involved a heist, especially involving diamonds. Hence it hardly comes as a surprise when 70s comic thriller VICTORIA NO. 203 is revived and presented in it’s modern avtar.
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There is an exhibition of some of the rarest and exquisite diamonds in the world. Worth more than 100 crores, these diamonds are now the object of desire for Bobby Bombata [Javed Jaffrey], a multi millionaire industrialist, his moll Devyani [Preeti Jhangiani], a burglar Tora [Tora Khasgir], her brother Karan [Rajesh Khera], a criminal Ranjit [Kamal Sadanah], a diamond expert Jimmy [Jimmy Sheirgill] and last but definitely not the least, two small-time-but-quite-old crooks Raja [Anupam Kher] and Rana [Om Puri].

The girl who is driving their object of desire in her horse carriage Victoria No. 203 around the town? Sara [Sonia Vinod Mehra].

So how did it all start?

Bobby Bombata wanted these diamonds as a part of his collection at all costs and for this he hires the services of Tora to do the impossible. She does the impossible but in the process gets killed by Ranjit. She still doesn’t let go of the diamonds and hides them in, where else, but Victoria No. 203.

A helping hand comes in the form of Raman, driver of the carriage, but police arrest him on charges of attempted murder and Victoria is close to being abandoned.

Well, that doesn’t quite happen as Raman’s daughter Sara, otherwise a call center trainee, takes it on her to get her father freed and for that starts driving Victoria through the city of Mumbai.
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One of her many passengers of the day turns out to be Jimmy who doesn’t take time in falling in love with her. Nonetheless, it turns out later that he too had an agenda of his own.

But were these the only players in the game? No! Because the most interesting angles to the story were still to be revealed - Raja and Rana. While Raja loved ’shabaab’ and ’sharaab’, Rana was more sober and focused on work.

Their work? Small time thefts, conning people and being in and out of jail!
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Standing up for each other in the toughest of situations, they now were in lookout of their biggest prize catch ever - Diamonds that were worth 100 crores!

Who will be the first to catch hold of the diamonds? And who will own them eventually? And last but not the least, were the diamonds really in Victoria?

Directed by Anath Mahadevan, this comic caper is produced by Kamal Sadanah and has been readied in quick time. With music by Viju Shah, the film is getting readied for an August 31st release.