Dhamaal
Finding ‘W’
By Vishal Verma

Rating:- * * *

What is it?
Its raining laughter’s in Bollywood. Partner, Hey Baby, and now Dhamaal. Indra Kumar finds the pulse of the aam junta and delivers a hilarious situational comedy. What makes ‘Dhamaal’ stand out is its humor which is better than ‘Partner’ and the plot which doesn’t seems to be inspired from any Bollywood flick. The only thing which seems to be inspired is its performances. Especially Javed Jaffrey- he is outstanding.

The movie has its flaws like its wafer thin story line which doesn’t have any twists and turns. Some slapstick and double meaning humour which is not in good taste. The length is also a minus point. Quite a few where already leaving the cinema hall early. Situations are predictable.

This fun filled caper is a 2 hrs joy ride, if you don’t mind the length and logic.

Whats it all about?
Roy (Riteish Deshmukh – only gets better), who believes that he is the best detective in the world; Manav (Javed Jaffery- superb), who actually happens to be the biggest idiot in the world, but is blissfully unaware about it and his elder brother. Aditya aka Adi (Arshad Warsi- looks exhausted ), whose encyclopedic half knowledge about everything only adds to the great expertise of this group; the final component of which is Mr Scared of everything, Boman (Ashish Choudhary- wonderful).

These four lovable idiots live and work together. Doing small time can jobs, the thought of earning an honest living has never even crossed their minds. One day, while trying to save a dying man. Bose (Prem Chopra), they get their big break. He informs them about the hidden hooplah of 10 crores beneath a W, somewhere in Goa. Unfortunately for them Police Inspector, Kabir Nayak (Sanjay Dutt) has been chasing Bose for the last ten years. He finally finds him. Only dead! Desperate for his promotion, he questions the suspicious looking foursome he finds next to the body. Inadvertently they blurt out the secret before managing to escape. Now begins the mother of all chases – finding W. As one misadventure follows after another, the five are thrown into hilarious a situation.

What to look out for?
The trio of the popular stage play ‘Look No Evil, Hear no Evil, Speak No Evil- Balwinder Singh Suri, Paritossh Painter and Bunty Rathod do a good job in providing funny entertaining moments. The aircraft episode is the best according to me. 

Indra Kumar narration is unassailable. He proves his flair of comedy after ‘Masti’. Even his earlier flicks like ‘Dil, Ishq, had a fine dose of humor.

Talk about performance, well here I go, This is Javed Jaffery’s best till date. His character may not be convincing to some elites but he is really superb in his timings.
Riteish Deshmukh only gets better with every film.
Ashish Choudhary is remarkably impressive.
Sanjay Dutt is competent as ever.
Vetern asrani is in fine touch
Manoj Pawa is fine. 
And finally Vijay Raaz in a short cameo is excellent.

Production values are adequate.

What Not?
The plot becomes predictable and the climax is far stretched. Much to the audience surprise.  Arshad Warsi looks tired and exhausted. After the Munna Bhai series the audience will have high expectations on the chemistry between Sanjay and Arshad but sadly there is hardly any.

Conclusion: A 2+hrs laughter which hardly gets challenged. Go for it!