Dhol (film)

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Dhol
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Theatrical release poster
Directed by Priyadarshan
Written byStory:
Suresh Krishnan
Screenplay & Dialogues:
Manisha Korde
Based on In Harihar Nagar
by Siddique-Lal
Produced byShailendra Singh
Sarita Patil Satish Kaushik [1]
Starring Tusshar Kapoor
Sharman Joshi
Kunal Khemu
Rajpal Yadav
Tanushree Dutta
Arbaaz Khan
Om Puri
Murali Sharma
Tiku Talsania
Asrani
CinematographyPiyush Shah
Edited byN. Gopalakrishnan
Arun Kumar
Music bySongs:
Pritam
Score:
Gopi Sunder
Production
company
Distributed by Adlabs
Release date
  • 21 September 2007 (2007-09-21)
Running time
145 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget₹14 crore [2]
Box office₹23.27 crore [2]

Dhol (Drum) is a 2007 Indian Hindi-language comedy thriller film directed by Priyadarshan and produced under the Percept Picture Company. A remake of the 1990 Malayalam film In Harihar Nagar , [3] which was already remade in Hindi in 1992 as Parda Hai Parda , [4] the film stars Tusshar Kapoor, Sharman Joshi, Kunal Khemu, Rajpal Yadav, Tanushree Dutta, and Om Puri in lead roles, whilst Arbaaz Khan, Abhimanyu Singh, Payal Rohatgi, Murli Sharma, Asrani and Tiku Talsania feature in supporting roles. Released on 21 September 2007, it received mixed responses from critics upon release.

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Plot

Martand "Maru" Dhamdere, Pankaj "Pakya" Tiwari, Sameer "Sam" Arya, and Gautam "Goti" Sisodia are roommates in Pune who 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 shortcut 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 take loans from Martand’s maternal uncle at very high interest.

They believe the only way to get rich without working hard is to marry a wealthy girl. As luck would have it, a rich girl named Ritu arrives in their neighborhood with her grandparents. 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 out about her brother's, Rahul, killers.

All four of them try to impress Ritu, and they discover that Rahul died along with his friend Jaishankar "Jai" Yadav. They try hard, and finally, Pankaj decides to marry Ritu. Soon before marriage, Ritu finds the secret that Rahul and Jai were in contact with a notorious gang leader, Zikomo. Ritu finds that the four were bluffing all the time just to impress her, and so she starts avoiding them.

One day Zikomo finds them and kidnaps Ritu and her grandparents. He asks for them to hand over the Dhol if they want to see him alive, but Ritu's family members do not know about any Dhol. He confesses to killing Rahul and Jai. A fight ensues and Zikomo is killed in a self-explosion in the end. Ritu hands over the Dhol, and the four of them find it filled with money, realizing that Zikomo was after the money and not the Dhol. They run behind Ritu's car after she leaves, as the film ends.

Cast

Production

Most of the filming occurred at various locations in Pune, such as Koregaon Park, The Corinthians Resort and Club, and SGS Mall. [5]

Soundtrack

Dhol
Soundtrack album by
Pritam
Released2007 (India)
Recorded2007
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Label T-Series
Producer Pritam
Pritam chronology
Life In A... Metro
(2007)		Dhol
(2007)		 Awarapan
(2007)

Track listing

TrackSinger(s)DurationLyrics
"Oh Yaara Dhol Bajake" Mika Singh & Labh Janjua [6] 4:12 Irshad Kamil
"Namakool Namakool" Shaan & Kunal Ganjawala 5:00Ashish Pandit
"Dhol Bajake" (Version 2) Labh Janjua 4:28Irshad Kamil
"Haadsa" Sunidhi Chauhan & Akriti Kakkar 5:11Irshad Kamil
"Bheega Aasman"Shaan & Vijay Yesudas 5:32Irshad Kamil
"All Night Long" Usha Uthup 4:16 Mayur Puri
"Dil Liya Re" Shreya Ghoshal 5:14Amitabh Verma
"Dhol Bajake" (Version 3) Soham Chakraborty & Suhail Kaul4:11Irshad Kamil

Critical response

Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama gave the film 3 stars out of 5, writing ″On the whole, DHOL is a decent entertainer that has some really funny comic moments. At the box-office, the Priyadarshan brand should ensure impressive footfalls at cineplexes despite the dull period and coupled with its moderate pricing, DHOL should find a place in the director's successful films.″ [7] Syed Firdaus Ashraf of Rediff.com gave the film 2.5 stars out of 5 calling it ″funny in parts.″ [8]

Rajeev Masand gave the film 1 star out of 5, writing ″I’m going with one out of five and a suggestion to stay far, far away from Priyadarshan’s Dhol. The one star is for the smattering of genuine comedy you’re likely to find here, the rest is just indifferent film-making, an insult to your intelligence. You know, every time I walk out of the cinema after watching a Priyadarshan film, I feel like he can’t make a film worse than this. And every single time, he surprises me by surpassing his previous achievement.″ [9]

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