Every time you try to predict a dialogue, it cheats you with something you hadn’t imagined even though what you hear may be lamer. Still, this is one of the more satisfying Hindi films that I've seen in recent weeks. The only marvel is the use of color and light and the visual treatment given to some of the scenes. Story-wise whatever there is to see in the film, you've already seen in the promos of the film or in a film from the 80s-90s. Where's the room for complexity and profundity here? I mean, we are talking about an Additional Commissioner of Police breaking into rap while cleansing the streets of Goa. But that would be out-of-tone depth for such a superficial film. It'd also have been interesting to see a couple of things explored further, for example, Kamath's misjudging people, or a misused woman's internal struggle. Bipasha Basu's role has absolutely nothing important about it.Īt some level, I guess the roles of everyone other than ACP Kamath ( Abhishek Bachcan) were meant to create pathos for the plight of the Goan middle-class population stuck between a corrupt administrations and drug dealers.
Rana literally looked like a block of moving wood which would making grunting, squeaky voices every once in a while. What's the point of a pause in a sentence, if you can predict when it's going to come because you know the actor so well now? Prateik Babbar doesn't look one bit like the seventeen year old he plays. That " Abhishek Bachchan" attitude has worn off long-long ago. That is, throwing in 'facebook','twitter','google' in a line won't make it hip and popular. No, lines trying too hard to be cool dialogue don't count. Rest is all blah comes and bigger blah goes. The only thing "cool" about the film is the conceptualization of some of the scenes, in terms of post-production work, including editing. While most of the moves, twists and turns are predictable, there are actually a few events that took me by surprise - more like "wow, they actually did that in a Hero-oriented, Hindi film" than "whoa! Didn't see that twist coming! Cool!!"
Whatever happens after that has to work twice as harder to become interesting. It introduces its 5-6 main characters and lays out the situation - none of which you can care about because there is zero attempt by any character to connect with me AND there is nothing compelling about the story so far. The hour-long, pre-interval screen time is spent only in set-up. HappySing - "Dum Maaro Dum may be an album to hide from your parents (yes, at any age) after listening to that title song, but there are a few good songs in the album and while you love everything from Jiyein Kyun to Te Amo, Jaana hai and Thayn Thayn aren’t disappointing."Ĭan it get any sadder than that? Yes, it can. Hindustan Times - "On the whole, Pritam has proved with this album that he has the capability of churning out interesting tracks. Milliblog - "Dum maaro dum is selectively entertaining." Here is what other's think about the music. Unfortunately, I am certainly disappointed by Jaideep Sahni's lyrics. For one, I didn't have that much of a problem with the title song as others did on twitter. I'm sure the songs will sound fantastic in the new Dolby system. Morever there is the new sound mixing system to look forward to. Hopefully he will fare better under the hands of a different director. I mean, just check out those ants walking up, how cool is that! But Amit Roy's cinematography has been known to annoy. It actually exists, no wonder the Goan government is objecting to the release of the film - "It puts Goa in bad light".Īn interesting concept with stylish execution might be the perfect ingredients for a thriller. Also a deeper look into the nexus of Russian drug-dealers that has a strong hold in Goa's underbelly, sounds really interesting. One because I liked Rohan Sippy's earlier do with Abhishek Bachchan (as if you hadn't figured it out yet). I hope so mainly because, the film could have decent content. Anyway hopefully, this one is just a promo video and will have no place in the film. I for one loved the rap he did in Bluffmaster. But that still doesn’t take away the apprehension when you see the trailer of Dum Maaro Dum, what with a cop doing rap. For, he did do things differently in Paa, Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Se, Raavan. One argument could be that his roles all require him to be suave and that's how a suave Abhishek Bachchan is. Now the very same things have become a drudgery. There was something very slick about his stylish walk and the pauses in his dialogue deliver. There used to be a time when I looked forward to an Abhishek Bachchan film, those were the days of Bluffmaster and Kuchh na Kaho.
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