<p>Total Dhamaal</p>.<p>Hindi (U)</p>.<p>Director: Indra Kumar</p>.<p>Cast: Ajay Devgn, Riteish Deshmukh, Arshad Warsi, Javed Jaffrey, Madhuri Dixit, Esha Gupta, Anil Kapoor</p>.<p>Rating: 2 stars</p>.<p>A dash of this plus, a pinch of that and something of almost everything. Now mix it all up and voila! You have Total Dhamaal. </p>.<p>Si señor, summer’s already here and don’t we need something cool and new?</p>.<p>But sadly, the latest edition in the ‘Dhamaal’ series is an ode to its own past — so hung up on the past that even some of its songs are remixed versions.</p>.<p>We get the old ingrediants in a new container — many contenders for a huge amount of money, a treasure hunt, mad race, a humane angle and a happy ending.</p>.<p>Total Dhamaal is one of those film that’s still hung over on The Hangover. Even the cute primate, Crystal the Monkey, makes an appearance.</p>.<p>The cast consists of a motley of comedians, each with their own masterstroke.</p>.<p>The film must be appreciated for giving a good amount of screentime to each one of them.</p>.<p>This is the reason one is able to sit through the movie without feeling a “dhamaal” of boredom, apart from a good joke here and there.</p>.<p>There is the thief Ajay Devgn and his sidekick Sanjay Mishra; a not-so-happy Gujju-Marathi couple Anil Kapoor and Madhuri Dixit; police commissioner Boman Irani and his deputy Vijay Patkar; brothers-in arms Arshad Warsi and Javed Jaffrey; a Bengali helicopterwala Johnny Lever and a tender coconut-sipping South Indian Ali Basha to name a few.</p>.<p>Phew! Imagine the budget!</p>.<p>That listed, one is also convinced they didn’t have enough cash left for the scriptwriter.</p>.<p>The movie mostly deals with physical comedy accompanied by ugly Bollywood background sound cues (can someone take those away?), which is supposedly to tell you: “Hey, that last sentence was the punchline.” With the elections here, demonetisation too makes its way into the story.</p>.<p>This film may not be a great choice for the weekend, but one can certainly watch it for the sinful joy of being able to make fun of it.</p>
<p>Total Dhamaal</p>.<p>Hindi (U)</p>.<p>Director: Indra Kumar</p>.<p>Cast: Ajay Devgn, Riteish Deshmukh, Arshad Warsi, Javed Jaffrey, Madhuri Dixit, Esha Gupta, Anil Kapoor</p>.<p>Rating: 2 stars</p>.<p>A dash of this plus, a pinch of that and something of almost everything. Now mix it all up and voila! You have Total Dhamaal. </p>.<p>Si señor, summer’s already here and don’t we need something cool and new?</p>.<p>But sadly, the latest edition in the ‘Dhamaal’ series is an ode to its own past — so hung up on the past that even some of its songs are remixed versions.</p>.<p>We get the old ingrediants in a new container — many contenders for a huge amount of money, a treasure hunt, mad race, a humane angle and a happy ending.</p>.<p>Total Dhamaal is one of those film that’s still hung over on The Hangover. Even the cute primate, Crystal the Monkey, makes an appearance.</p>.<p>The cast consists of a motley of comedians, each with their own masterstroke.</p>.<p>The film must be appreciated for giving a good amount of screentime to each one of them.</p>.<p>This is the reason one is able to sit through the movie without feeling a “dhamaal” of boredom, apart from a good joke here and there.</p>.<p>There is the thief Ajay Devgn and his sidekick Sanjay Mishra; a not-so-happy Gujju-Marathi couple Anil Kapoor and Madhuri Dixit; police commissioner Boman Irani and his deputy Vijay Patkar; brothers-in arms Arshad Warsi and Javed Jaffrey; a Bengali helicopterwala Johnny Lever and a tender coconut-sipping South Indian Ali Basha to name a few.</p>.<p>Phew! Imagine the budget!</p>.<p>That listed, one is also convinced they didn’t have enough cash left for the scriptwriter.</p>.<p>The movie mostly deals with physical comedy accompanied by ugly Bollywood background sound cues (can someone take those away?), which is supposedly to tell you: “Hey, that last sentence was the punchline.” With the elections here, demonetisation too makes its way into the story.</p>.<p>This film may not be a great choice for the weekend, but one can certainly watch it for the sinful joy of being able to make fun of it.</p>