FENIL SETA recommends DHOL!
Filmmaker Priyadarshan has always given one of the finest movies in Bollywood. His movies are keenly waited and always succeed in entertaining a large section of moviegoers. Dhol, his lesser famous movie, was also one of Priyadarshan’s finest films and arguably better than his previous flicks like Bhagam Bhag, Chup Chup Ke and Kyon Ki.
The story of the movie: Gautam aka Goti (Kunal Khemmu), Martand aka Maru (Rajpal Yadav), Sameer aka Sam (Tushaar Kapoor) and Pankaj aka Pakya (Sharman Joshi) are four friends, who know each other since childhood. They have no plans for their future and they are unemployed. They can be labeled as ‘Samples’! When one of their friend becomes rich overnight after marrying a rich girl, they began thinking that even they should marry a rich girl so that all their problems get solved. At that time comes Ritu (Tanushree Dutta) in their neighbourhood along with her grandparents (Om Puri and Farida Dadi). The four simpletons decide to try on her. Ritu had come to the city to find about her late brother, Rahul Tripathi and the mystery behind his sudden death. How they four try to impress her and how they get into a big problem is what the movie is about! And later in the story enters Zikomo (Murali Sharma), the villain of the movie! He is in search of a Dhol and thinks that the four friends have it. To know what happens next and the mystery behind the Dhol, watch the movie!
Dhol is made in complete Priyadarshan tradition-they are lots of other actors; there is misunderstanding, confusion, problems and of course humour! But Dhol stands out from the rest of Priyadarshan flicks as the humour, though is illogical, is really very good and makes one laugh uncontrollably, especially the humour in the first half!
Dhol’s first half was outstanding! The entry scene of Tushaar, Rajpal, Kunal and Sharman (the pregnant lady’s sequence) was damn funny and gives you a hint of what to expect in the rest of the movie! The film gets better after Tanushree Dutta’s entry! And the scenes where the four make ideas to impress Tanushree and how their ideas work against was super-humourous! Trust me, these scenes are so funny that there is a strong possibility that you may fall off from your seats laughing!
In the 2nd half, the humour level drops, as the story demanded. The flashback sequence was good and the climax was excellent (the Priyadarshan tradition maintained in the climax too!). However, the last scene of the movie was quite shocking!
One of the other reasons why Dhol is worth watching is that along with humour, it has a good story too. In fact, the movie focuses on its actual story in the 2nd half, because of which the humour gets reduced. Because of this, all those expecting a complete laugh riot may get little disappointed. However when the film ends, we feel that we saw something which was funny, illogical but also sensible!
As far as the performance is concerned, the best among all of them was Rajpal Yadav! The actor, with his height, personality and funny character makes his presence felt and succeeds in providing laughter! The second best was Kunal Khemmu! Kunal Khemmu had done only serious roles (Kalyug, Traffic Signal and to a certain extent, Super Star). But with Dhol, he proves that he is great in comedy too! His voice, his long hair and of course his acting makes his performance a great one!
Tushaar Kapoor and Sharman Joshi-both give an equally good performance! Tushaar was great in the scenes where he shouted “GOTI, KALTI MAAR!!!” Sharman also makes his presence felt by a great performance, especially in the boxing scene.
Om Puri gets good scope in the first half. Farida Dadi, who played the role of Tanushree’s grandmom provided laughter especially in the first half. Asrani and Tiku Talsania both were okay.
Arbaaz Khan is also there in the movie who really does a great job. Same for Payal Rohatgi. Rasika Joshi was funny; Prerna Virender was great in the item number.
Murali Sharma’s villainous act was terrific! His character, Zikomo should be counted as ‘Most Remembered Villains of Bollywood’!
Pritam’s music was cool and trendy. The songs which stand out are the title track and ‘Dil Liya Dil Liya Re’. The item number in the beginning ‘Haadsa’ was brilliantly picturised.
Piyush Shah’s cinematography was okay. Action sequences was great and in some scenes, very funny!
Manisha Korde’s dialogues were wonderful and funny! They helped in making the movie successful! Her screenplay was also very effective.
Priyadarshan’s direction was as usual great. He did a great job in his old good tradition. I hope he continues with this for many years to come!
Some of the best scenes of the movie:
1. The song ‘Haadsa’
2. The entry of Tushaar, Sharman, Kunal and Rajpal (funny!)
3. The four singing loudly in the song which enrages Rasika!
4. The four pushing Om Puri’s car (awesome!)
5. The ‘pooja hawan’ sequence (excellent!)
6. The boxing sequence
7. Zikomo taking the four and interrogating them
8. The climax
On the whole, Dhol ranks as one of the most humourous movies of 2007! It has a good story and outstanding humour. Many have missed this movie in theatres. But now, go grab its VCDs/DVDs and watch it and have a good laugh!!
My rating-**** out of 5!
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