Dhol (film)

Dhol

Theatrical release poster
Directed by Priyadarshan
Produced by Satish Kaushik
Screenplay by Manisha Korde
Starring Sharman Joshi
Tusshar Kapoor
Kunal Khemu
Rajpal Yadav
Tanushree Dutta
Music by Pritam Chakraborty
Gopi Sunder (BGM)
Cinematography Piyush Shah
Distributed by Percept Picture Company
Release dates
  • 21 September 2007 (2007-09-21)
Country India
Language Hindi

Dhol (Hindi: ढोल; English: Drum) is a 2007 Bollywood comedy film directed by Priyadarshan, and produced under the Percept Picture Company. The film stars Sharman Joshi, Tusshar Kapoor, Kunal Khemu, Rajpal Yadav, Arbaaz Khan and Tanushree Dutta in lead roles. The movie is a remake of 1990 Malayalam film In Harihar Nagar written by Siddique-Lal[1] which was already remade in Hindi in 1993 as Parda Hai Parda starring Chunky Pandey.[2] The film released on 21 September 2007, and received mixed response from critics as well as public upon release; however, it was a moderate box office success.

Plot

Pankaj (Sharman Joshi), Sameer (Tusshar Kapoor), Martand (Rajpal Yadav) and Gautam (Kunal Khemu) are bound together by their ambition to make it big in life with the least effort possible. Each one tries his hand at finding a short cut to success but ends up being in even deeper trouble. Things get worse when the four decide to take some desperate measures to end their misery once and for all.

They believe that the only way to get rich without working hard is to marry a wealthy girl. As luck would have it, a rich girl Ritu (Tanushree Dutta) arrives in their neighborhood. All four set out with their individual plans to marry her but end up discovering a shocking truth. Ritu came to the city to find about her brother's killers. All four of them try to impress Ritu's grand parents but all their tricks turn on themselves.The four friends set out in their individual plans to marry Ritu but end up discovering a spine-chilling truth. This leads to much confusion, creating hilarious twists and turns, along with an element of thrill, crime, murder and suspense.

Cast

Soundtrack

Dhol
Soundtrack album by Pritam
Released 2007 (India)
Recorded 2007
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Label T-Series
Producer Pritam
Pritam chronology
Life In A... Metro
(2007)		 Dhol
(2007)		 Awarapan
(2007)

Track Listing

  1. Dhol Bajake – Mika Singh & Labh Janjua[3] - 4:12
  2. Namakool Namakool – Shaan & Kunal Ganjawala - 5:00
  3. Dhol Bajake (Version 2) – Labh Janjua - 4:28
  4. Haadsa – Sunidhi Chauhan & Akriti Kakkar - 5:11
  5. Bheega Aasman – Shaan & Vijay Yesudas - 5:32
  6. All Night Long – Usha Uthup - 4:16 (Lyrics: Mayur Puri)
  7. Dil Liya Re – Shreya Ghoshal - 5:14
  8. Dhol Bajake (Version 3) – Soham Chakraborty & Suhail Kaul - 4:11

Reception

Dhol opened to receive mixed reviews from top critics. Taran Adarsh rated it 3.5 out of 5, and claimed the film to be amongst director Priyadarshan's best works, and that it was a "hilarious laugh-riot" and "not to be missed!" However, at the box office, the film had an average opening, and grossed a nett 13.50 crores in its opening weekend. Due to the strong word-of-mouth and excellent public response; the film picked up much better in many places, though had a huge drop throughout the second week. It finished its theatrical run very poorly, and unlike its critical reception, it failed to deliver at the box office. The film was declared below average at the box office.

References

  1. ↑ Sreedhar Pillai (22 September 2007). "Fun and frolic". The Hindu.
  2. ↑ "Dhol's a remake". The Times of India. 18 September 2007. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
  3. ↑ http://www.labh-janjua.com/

External links

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