Dhoom

Director: Sanjay Gadhvi
Starring: Abhishek Bachchan, John Abraham, Uday Chopra, Esha Deol and Rimi Sen
Music: Pritam

Hindi Cinema has really come of age. The style of narration is changing. The actors are now no more bound with set pattern of roles. They want to try their luck in each kind of role, if it has life to it.

Aishwarya Rai started it in 'Khakee'; Kareena carried on with it in 'Fida' and now look who is walking in. It is turn of Esha Deol who not only adorns Bikini in this Yashraj Films and plays vamp for the better part, but there is much more from her in it.

'Dhoom' may have been inspired from 'Biker Boys' but that does not make it to be written off so easily. Many pundits, mostly in their late forties or so, may not have liked it, but it's going to click with the teenager audience.

Thanks to its slick promos and hit music, 'Dhoom' is all set to write off the adversaries that its director Sanjay Gadhvi faced in his first film 'Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai'. Sanjay has teamed up with some promising new comers and some veterans alike.

If a new comer like Pritam has helped in music then an old timer 'Allan Amin' has constructed some of the most chilling and thrilling action sequences. Produced by Aditya Chopra, 'Dhoom' is a film for generation Y. the film has everything.

in what makes a film succeed, a good story line, pacy screenplay, good looking boys, sensuous girls, techno music and most importantly, a setting that relates with today's audience. No wonder the film has opened to full houses and it will walk away with flying color in days to come.

'Dhoom' is the story about three young men. Jai Dixit (Abhishek Bachchan) is happily married with a lovely and Bengali speaking wife Sweetie (Rimmii Sen). He works as ACP-crime branch in Mumbai Police.

His normal routine is broken with a spate of robberies in town. These heist are done with a group of people who come on super bikes and vanish in air within seconds. Police has no clue of that.

When ACP Dixit takes charge he looks at the crime from the angle of thieves. In Ali (Uday Chopra), a bike mechanic and a racer too, he finds a new hope. Ali who already has become friendly with ACP's wife, but ACP Dixit manages to get him in the groove.

Once Ali is in his side, ACP Dixit confronts the robbers head on. This gang is headed by Kabeer (John Abraham) and works in a Pizza center for namesake. All the attempts to nab the gang remain futile and then police plays a game.

On the other hand, ACP Dixit and Ali fight in public and Ali lands up in getting a seat in the gang. After doing many bank robberies, the gang plans to rob a casino on New Year's Eve.

Despite a very high security, the gang succeeds in looting all the cash from casino's treasury but ACP Dixit has a clue as to what is going on. The final chase sees an exciting climax where Ali is shocked to know that his love Sheena (Esha Deol) whom he thought was just a dancer is also part of this gang.

How will Ali confront with the situation? How will ACP Dixit nab the criminals and will he succeed in his efforts or not? Will Kabeer be able to meet the open challenge that he throws on ACP Dixit?

'Dhoom' keeps you entertaining throughout the two and half hour. The genre of comic thriller is back with a bang. It has hit the bull's eye and if everything goes as planned; 'Dhoom' will walk away with victory at the box office too.

If director Sanjay Gadhvi was written off in his first film because of a very weak story line, it is the story and screenplay by Vikas Acharya that helps him the most in 'Dhoom'.

Vikas Acharya may have taken inspirations from movies like 'Mad Max' and others but he manages to make people sit and watch what's happening on the screen. Though in pre-interval the film lacks the pace and slows down a bit but after the interval it takes off and moves very fast with a vertical graph.

Sanjay Gadhvi has also taken every care to make the film co-relate with youngsters who make a major portion of moviegoers these days. Characterization of its cast is perfect and each actor does or her part too well. Sanjay Gadhvi also gets lucky in the music department and Pritam comes out as winner.

The film does not belong to any particular actor. In fact, it is the chemistry between all the three lead actors that produces fireworks in the film. If Abhishek is presented as a cool dude working as a police officer, John Abraham very well personifies the anti-hero factor.

No other actor comes to mind when one sees them doing these roles. Ali plays a vital link between the two and his comic portrayal of his role provides relief when tension is high but also brings commoner 's pain of not getting a right girl for him.

Rimmi Sen looks sensuous once again. She may not emote well in most of the scenes but she looks pretty and that was the main job assigned to her. Esha's body show comes as a surprise in the film, maybe because she thought it was her last chance to lock horns with destiny.

Seeing Esha in a bikini may come as a shock to many but she has managed to do her job well. In a character, which oscillated from gray to white, Esha holds herself intact with the character.

The setting is right, the ambience attractive and that makes overall effect of the film work in its favor. The film will work in multiplexes and in smaller towns alike.

After a long time the heroes of Bollywood have taken the story to the road, and makers like Ram Gopal Verma must feel very happy that a new genre is taking shape in Bollywood. A very paisa Vasool film indeed!