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What's in a Name

‘Dhoom’: Cool

Around the recurrent roar on the roads, which should suffice as Dhoom’s synopsis, is a hip, stern cop (Bachchan) trailing a band of baddie bikers led by Abraham’s imposing, but perpetually posing character.

The cop enlists a ‘coolio’ (Chopra, who walks away with the best lines) to help nab the bikers, since he’s a road-scholar in motorbikes and the art of its maintenance.

That apart though, in this constant, callous cat and mouse chase, you’re not quite sure what is getting robbed (perhaps banks, as we’re told initially?), how is it getting robbed, where’s the loot tucked, and what happens to the bounty eventually.

All you know in this way-too-easy looking heist-feast is that less than half a dirty dozen delinquents ride quick monsters, which propelled by nitrogen oxide, can zoom beyond 300 km/h. You also know, much later, that a girl (Esha Deol) in an awfully grotesque get-up is also part of this group (who is she, not sure).

And I guess that’s all you need to know, since the reason of your existence is not to reason what you see on the reels, but to rein in the attempted adrenaline-kick.

A still from Dhoom: Rimii & Abhishek Bachchan

A still from Dhoom: Rimii & Abhishek Bachchan

If that’s purely your palette, you may find this desperately wannabe racy Hollywood fix infinitely less disappointing than me.

What you can’t help but wonder as you exit this faux-neverland set to a fantastically upbeat number (Dhoom Machale) is why you weren’t the one on those mean machines. And of course, “Wish there were roads between Mumbai potholes to snake those around like that, to begin with!”

In short, it's all about one brave cop. One smart thief. One cool rider. And very nervous viewers.

PS:
Tata Young

Don't miss the Tata Young number after the film ends. You're in for a real surprise!

Also, PS:
dear action directors. The gravity-defying sequences straight from Matrix have been absolutely maxed-out at the movies.

If you don’t mind, can we move on from those gyrating, slo-mo air summersault stunts, please?

Rest is all right, thanks very much.

Rating: * *

CREDITS
Prod: Aditya Chopra
Dir: Sanjay Gadhvi
Cast: Abhishek Bachchan, Uday Chopra, John Abraham,
Esha Deol, Rimii Sen

Rating Index: * * * * * Just brilliant * * * * A cut above * * * Enjoyable
* * Average * Bomb

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