Dhoom Dhaam
Cast: Yami Gautam (Koyal Chadda), Pratik Gandhi (Veer Poddar), Pavitra Sarkar (Bhide), Eijaz Khan (Sathe), Mustaq Khan (Watchman), Veena Mehta (Watchman’s wife), Babla Kochar (Gulshan Chadda), Neelu Kohli (Nandini Chadda), Veronika Arora (Peehu), Dharmesh Vyas (Vedant Poddar), Nimisha Vakharia (Suhasini Poddar), Mukul Chadda (Sanjay Rebeiro), Pratik Babbar (Arya), Garima Yagnik (Kanika), Swapnil Dhogde (Police Constable 1), Kuldeep Sharma (Police Constable 2), Anand Vikas Potduke (Pradeep), Bruno (Tushie the dog), Kavin Dave (Kushwant kapoor, mamaji)
Director: Rishabh Seth
Producer: Jyoti Deshpande, Aditya Dhar, Lokesh Dhar
Production: Jio Studios, B62 Studio Production
Script and Screenplay: Aarsh Vora and Aditya Dhar
Cinematography: Siddharth Vasani
Editing: Shivkumar V Panicker
Music: Shor Police (Clinton Cerejo and Bianca Gomes)
Original Language: Hindi
Release Date: 14th February 2025
Rating: 3/5
Veer and Koyal enter an arranged marriage and the fun begins in their wedding night suite when they are accosted by two unidentified people incessantly questioning the whereabouts of Charlie…
While both galavant across Mumbai, they discover facets of each other’s personalities that couples usually do in a longer span of time, one onion peel at a time. Veer gets nervous and rightly so, after all, what chance does he: a claustrophobic, acrophobic and slightly hydrophobic individual have against closet ace car racer Koyal. Koyal who is best friends with DJ Kanika who parades herself as an NGO worker publicly, who is on first name basis with the bartender, who does not hesitate to start a very violent brawl at the club while spewing expletives that were definitely not taught to her in the all girls convent she studied in. When Veer discovers that Koyal’s reason to rush into an arranged marriage was probably to get over her excessively liberal minded ex-boyfriend (cameo played hilariously well by Pratik Babbar), he is supportive but clear that he is not interested in being a rebound.
As the both continue to tear through Mumbai, dodging thugs and attempting to locate Charlie, the pendrive, they, of course, start falling for one another. When Koyal delivers her monologue regarding issues faced by women, Veer states he’s not judgemental; just that Koyal would probably get bored of his quiet ways and her temperament is beyond his scope of handling.
When Veer still insists on following traffic protocols such as putting the seat belt in place and using polite lingo while talking to thugs, Koyal also can’t help but step up and step in. Losing patience at his obtuse and almost placid reactions, she begins addressing him as “Tu”, stating “aap se tu and tu se chu main waqt nahi lagega”. It’s not the first time that Yami gautam plays a strong female lead, other examples being, Article 370 and URI: The Surgical Strike among others.
Koyal’s wild ways manage to convince Veer to undergo exposure therapy to help deal with all the phobias that he has accumulated. We get treated to an impromptu strip tease by Pratik Gandhi and also an action sequence, where he intervenes to protect Koyal like a knight in shining armour. Both executed quite well by Gandhi.
The movie sometimes seems to try too hard to establish differences between the leads and there are some over-dramatic moments, though some of the comic timings do work well. Was not impressed by the monologue delivered by Yami Gautam. While women face issues everywhere, they are not that chronic in a place like Mumbai where the events are set and the issues raised seemed more like complaints rather than addressing a hard hitting issue. The makers were perhaps attempting a Karthik Aryan, who famously recited ‘The many woes faced by boys attempting to make a relationship work’ in the movie Pyaar ka Punchnama. You can check out our review regarding Chandu Champion, where Karthik plays Indian Paraplegic Olympian winner Muralikant Petkar.
Enjoyed the music, all the numbers, ‘Silsila’, ‘How Are you?’ and ‘Haseeno’. They play at right moments in the background and are quite catchy. During Silsila, the leads bond over fireworks, which seem like a typical romantic trope from a Korean drama or Japanese anime, though, since it’s still a novel idea as far as Indian Cinema is concerned, we will give it marks.
Veer and Koyal who have carried names that are totally contrary to their personality, make a statement that opposite personalities are not necessarily opposing personalities.
You can also check out our review on the Korean drama , While The Phone Rings, where the makers have introduced unique contrasting leads.
