Dhaam Dhoom - A Review

Hi frenz..

After a great struggle by my friends to get tickets for the movie "Dhaam Dhoom", we got our chance to watch the movie last evening at sangam cinemas.
Its long time I wrote a review so consider this as a work of amateur.
The movie created a lot of hype as its songs charted in the Top Hits right from day one of the music release.

Cast:

Gautham -" Jeyam" Ravi
Shenba - Kangana Ranaut(Introducing)
Arthy - Lakshmi Rai
n many more..

Review:

The film starts with a homage to the late cinematographer-director Jeeva whose memories linger in our mind whenever we come across the beautiful shots of Russia in the film. The way of dispalying titles portrayed novelty. The first shot showing the flow of the phone number from Shenba's(Kangana) phone to that of Gautham's(Ravi) was a new try n worked good. The first song "Pudhu Pudhu" started then.
Along with Ravi, there was a rapper whom I first failed to recognize. It was Guna, one of the members of Hip-Hop Group "Yogi B n Natchatra". A good song n a highly commendable camerawork.
Gautham(Ravi) who is a doctor by profession and expecting his marriage in a fortnight, starts for Russia half-heartedly to attend a medical conference. The "Bride-to-be" Shenba(Kangana) keeps on talking to him thru mobile. Then the second song comes ( in a span of 15 t0 mins after the first one!!). A beautiful song "Aazhiyilae" composed on the basis of the Anandha Bhairavi rocks u.
Then zoom!! The story goes to Russia. The director shows u the strict conditions of Russia where terrorism, drug smuggling, etc. is very much prevalent. There Gautham meets a model n another song "Thiku Thiku"(Oh my God! Not Again a Song!!). The next morning, the model is found dead at Gautham's Room n he gets arrested. It turned out that the model was none other than the daughter of Asst.Commissioner of Police there. Gautham s unable to explain his situation as the Russians speak nothing but their native language and lands up in Jail.Then comes flashback. The director has placed the flashbacks cleverly so that one doesnt get too much bored.
Raghavan Nambiar(Jayram), an officer in the Indian Embassy tries his best to comfort Gautham that his case will be well taken care by the Embassy . Jayram comes up with a good show in the movie but still lack the aggressiveness of a villain(Yup! Believe me!! He s playing the negative role!!). Amidst all these chaos comes Aarthy(Lakshmi Rai) as the attorney for Gautham. While returning from court, a mob tries to take down Gautham during which he escapes from police custody. Then it is a continuous Cat & Rat show. Gautham is being chased by police as well as the mob. Meanwhile, Aarthy develops a liking for Gautham which lasts for only one song "Sakiye"[Ha.. Ha..] after which Gautham tells about his engagement and Puff! goes the one-side love out of air.
Lot of flashbacks follow showing how Gautham fell for Shenba and the both the families reactions n other stuff. And Srinath, the actor who played "baachu" in "Ullam Ketkume and as the Indo-Australian in "Unnale Unnale", comes as Ondipuli more commonly known as "Chinnadhu"[??]. He keeps the bone tickling with his cheeky timing comedies. And Of course, second half has its own share of songs!! Till the day of marriage, Shenba hopes Gautham will return and waits for him.
How Gautham realises the dirty play of Raghavan and how Aarthy assists him to escape from the clutches of Russian law is the climax?
And since this is a tamil romantic film with Jayam Ravi in the lead, the end should be a happy ending and so Gautham and Shenba lived happily ever after.

One Hitch is that the song "Uyyalalo" didnt feature in the movie. But it didnt matter as there were song, songs all the way.
Jayam Ravi has given a consistent perfomance especially stunts and dance.
Kangana Ranaut as a debutant plays a girl next door character but still doesnt fit into the shoes of the likes of Meera Jasmine in "Sandakozhi". But a really fresh start to her career in Kollywood.
Lakshmi Rai has donned a really good character role unlikely to her previous movies where the glamour quotient was more than scope for acting . Here she has grabbed her chance and given her best.
"Pithamagan" Mahadevan, Bose Venkat, Nizhalgal Ravi, Chetan, Anu Hasan and company filled their roles to expectations.

Jeeva has written, directed the script well. And most importantly it didnt remind me of any other foreign or indian movies. He has caught the beauty of Russia in every frame and it is really a bad fortune for Kollywood to loose such a great technician.


PLUS: Cinematography, Screenplay, Stunts in Russia
MINUS: A desperation at last 15 mins to end the movie which results in a flurry of events, weak and guessable climax.


Though this film had most of the right ingredients in the right proportions, it still leaves a feeling that something is missing!
Anyway it provides a good entertainment and joins the loooooong[Pretty Long!!] line of always-welcomed romantic movies in Kollywood.
So this weekend, grab a movie ticket or two and enjoy the "Dhaam Dhoom" with a bag of Popcorn and Dhoom!!