The occupational hazards of being an amateur critic. I have mentioned this in the past. And I guess it is too beaten to death to expect any sympathy or empathy. I asked for it I guess. Double Dhamaal is way up on the charts when it comes to inane comedy. But what keeps beating me is that why would a bunch of actors who are known for their comic timing and their skill in front of the camera actually make such a compromise and be part of a movie that is just downright ridiculous. I just don’t get why the likes of a Sanjay Dutt, Arshad Warsi and Javed Jaffrey would stoop to the levels of making it so obvious that their cash flow situation is in dire straits and they need the money really bad. I can still understand the situation of Kangana Ranaut and Mallika Sherawat and even Ritiesh Deshmukh but the former 3 put me at sea completely. Nahin Samjha :S
If the complete lack of even a semblance of direction doesn’t get to you, I am certain that the disgusting performances would easily do that. I am quite certain that most of you would be aware that the first edition of this series was based on the fantabulous comedy directed by Stanley Kramer “It’s a Mad Mad Mad World” which starred the evergreen Spencer Tracy. It was bad enough that Indra Kumar copied one of the better comedies made in the world to date – one that was extremely clean in humour as well as execution – and made it into a mockery of comedy. 4 years down the line, he has put us through one more such pain. And this time around he has kind of mished and mashed some kind of a spoof on Oceans 11 – or any other movie that you can think of which has a casino robbery in it. Basically nothing much that you can look forward to.
I am not delving too much more into the story coz it is quite bad. The same 4 irritants – Adi (Arshad Warsi), Roy (Ritiesh Deshmukh), Bomman (Aashish Chaudhary) and Manav (Javed Jaffrey) realize that Kabir (Sanjay Dutt) is now a big man into real estate but is all thanks to his wife Kamini (Mallika Sherawat). They decide to teach him a lesson but in the bargain get conned themselves of Rs.250 crores. The chase moves to Macau where they now try to get even once again with Kabir who owns a casino by now. The idea is to rob the casino and make Kabir suffer.
Watch Double Dhamaal if you are a fan of the slapstick and the ridiculously pathetic versions of comedy that have be show cased in the past in the likes of Masti, Dhamaal, Dhol, Thank You, Welcome etc. etc. etc. If you don’t like these attempts at comedy then I would recommend that you stay away from the halls. But then as always, I went out of the theatre feeling quite disappointed not because of the movie but because a significant chunk of the audiences actually laughed at some of the pathetic jokes. Sad sign for the days to come.
Watch the trailer at http://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi3551894553/
If the complete lack of even a semblance of direction doesn’t get to you, I am certain that the disgusting performances would easily do that. I am quite certain that most of you would be aware that the first edition of this series was based on the fantabulous comedy directed by Stanley Kramer “It’s a Mad Mad Mad World” which starred the evergreen Spencer Tracy. It was bad enough that Indra Kumar copied one of the better comedies made in the world to date – one that was extremely clean in humour as well as execution – and made it into a mockery of comedy. 4 years down the line, he has put us through one more such pain. And this time around he has kind of mished and mashed some kind of a spoof on Oceans 11 – or any other movie that you can think of which has a casino robbery in it. Basically nothing much that you can look forward to.
I am not delving too much more into the story coz it is quite bad. The same 4 irritants – Adi (Arshad Warsi), Roy (Ritiesh Deshmukh), Bomman (Aashish Chaudhary) and Manav (Javed Jaffrey) realize that Kabir (Sanjay Dutt) is now a big man into real estate but is all thanks to his wife Kamini (Mallika Sherawat). They decide to teach him a lesson but in the bargain get conned themselves of Rs.250 crores. The chase moves to Macau where they now try to get even once again with Kabir who owns a casino by now. The idea is to rob the casino and make Kabir suffer.
Watch Double Dhamaal if you are a fan of the slapstick and the ridiculously pathetic versions of comedy that have be show cased in the past in the likes of Masti, Dhamaal, Dhol, Thank You, Welcome etc. etc. etc. If you don’t like these attempts at comedy then I would recommend that you stay away from the halls. But then as always, I went out of the theatre feeling quite disappointed not because of the movie but because a significant chunk of the audiences actually laughed at some of the pathetic jokes. Sad sign for the days to come.
Watch the trailer at http://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi3551894553/
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