De Dana Dan Movie Review: use of brain strictly prohibited!
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To start with, De Dana Dan is NOT a sequel or extension of Hera Pheri series and not upto the mark of Priyadarshan’s previous movies… and the magic is missing in this 2hrs 40mins film.
Though the star cast of trio Akshay Kumar, Suniel Shetty and Paresh Rawal is combined here too, the chemistry these three actors had earlier is nowhere seen in the new flick. Infact there is hardly any sequence where we see the three in a single frame, except at the “Priyadarshan style” climax where the full cast is seen together!
Akshay Kumar plays Nitin who is a butler, cook, driver, watchman and gardener to a wealthy female industrialist, Archana Puran Singh, in Singapore. He has a supportive lady-love Anjali, Katrina Kaif. Nitin dreams of a better life and fast money.
Suniel Shetty is Ram who is Nitin’s best friend. He comes down to Singapore to make it big but ends up as a courier boy. He falls in love with Manpreet, Sameera Reddy who is from high society with parents not approving of their relation!
Paresh Rawal aka Harbans wants to earn money by getting his son, Chunky Pandey married to a rich heir. He selects Manpreet as he is introduced to her parents in a party.
Both Nitin and Ram are pressurized by their girlfriends to marry and they come to a dead-end in their relationship. It is then when they plan to kidnap a dog named Moolchandji and demand ransom!
The plan goes waste and they land up in a hotel with the cops behind them. In the same hotel is Manpreet’s reception party held. Soon they are joined on-screen by Chinese Don Asrani, a hired assassin Johny Lever, an ACB police inspector Sharat Saxena, a club dancer Neha Dhupia, an ambassador Vikram Gokhale, a young frustrated double-crossing wife Aditi Govitrikar, a letch Shakti Kapoor, a drunken waiter Rajpal Yadav and a dead body nobody wants to check into the hotel!
The film is revolves inside a 5-star hotel with all the casts running around reminding of the Hollywood movie “Blame it on the Bellboy”. De Dana Dan is a movie hastily filmed and gives you no time to breathe, gasp, feel, absorb react or relate. The film takes time to kick-off and nothing much happens in the first half while the second half is lengthy and excess verbose.
The dialogues are humorous and do tickle your funny bone. Pritam’s music strikes the cord well. K Ahambaram’s cinematography is all right.
The story makes you confuse and leaves you wondering what you are doing inside the theatre hall! An advice to all – try not to plan the weekend simply on De Dana Dan. And if you do, don’t forget to leave your brain at home!
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