Dhamaal (film series)

Indian film series

Dhamaal Film Series

Created by| Indra Kumar
Original work| Dhamaal (2007)
Owner|

* Reliance Entertainment
* Fox Star Studios

Years| 2007 - present
Films and television
Film(s)| List of films
Audio
Soundtrack(s)|

* Dhamaal
* Dhamaal 2
* Dhamaal 3

Dhamaal is an Indian comedy film series directed and co-produced by Indra Kumar. It stars Ritesh Deshmukh, Arshad Warsi, Javed Jaffrey and Sanjay Dutt in lead roles.[1]Dhamaal (2007) was released on 7 September 2007 and its also spawned three direct sequels Double Dhamaal (2011) and then its sequel Total Dhamaal (2019).

## Overview[edit]

### Dhamaal (2007)[edit]

Main article: Dhamaal

Four lazy friends named Roy, Manav, Aditya and Boman venture out on a race to find a hidden treasure in Goa. However, Inspector Kabir soon learns about their plan and sets out on their trail.

### Double Dhamaal (2011)[edit]

Main article: Double Dhamaal

Four idlers make elaborate plans to earn money by investing in buildings but are conned by Kabir, who leaves them unemployed and penniless. Soon, they are on the prowl to avenge their humiliation.

### Total Dhamaal (2019)[edit]

Main article: Total Dhamaal

When a plane carrying a thief's treasure crashes in Janakpur, a group of eccentric people and seasoned con artists compete against each other to find it first.

## Films[edit]

Film  | Release date  | Director  | Screenwriter(s)  | Story  | Producer(s)

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Dhamaal | 7 September 2007 | Indra Kumar | Balwinder Singh Suri | Paritosh Painter | Indra Kumar, Ashok Thakeria
Double Dhamaal | 24 June 2011 | Tushar Hiranandani
Total Dhamaal | 22 February 2019 | Ved Prakash, Paritosh Painter, Bunty Rathore | Indra Kumar | Ajay Devgn, Ashok Thakeria, Indra Kumar, Markand Adhikari, Anand Pandit

### Dhamaal (2007)[edit]

Main article: Dhamaal

The first installment of the series, centers on the fictional incidents. The film stars Sanjay Dutt, Ritesh Deshmukh, Arshad Warsi, Aashish Chaudhary and Javed Jaffrey while Asrani, Sanjay Mishra, Vijay Raaz, Manoj Pahwa, Tiku Talsania and Prem Chopra are featured in supporting roles.[2] It is heavily inspired from the 2001 American comedy film Rat Race directed by Jerry Zucker. Dhamaal was released on 7 September 2007, and gained positive reviews. It earned ₹50.73 crore worldwide[3] The film was declared as a box-office success.

### Double Dhamaal (2011)[edit]

Main article: Double Dhamaal

After the success of Dhamaal Indra and Sanjay Re-unite once again for sequel. The film was titled as Dhamaal 2: 420s, but is known as Double Dhamaal or Super Kameenas and also second installment in this series.[4] The plot focused on Four idlers make elaborate plans to earn money by investing in buildings but are conned by Kabir, who leaves them unemployed and penniless. Soon, they are on the prowl to avenge their humiliation. Dhamaal 2 was released on 24 June 2011, and received mixed to negative reviews from critics upon release. Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes gave it a 20% rotten rating. Mayank Shekhar of the Hindustan Times rated the film with 1 out of 5 stars.[5] According to Box Office India, the film had a good opening of 60 - 70% collections. At a few multiplexes, such as, Spice Noida, E Square Pune and Wave Ludhiana, the film almost opened at a 100% response.[6] The film collected approximately ₹76.1 million net on its first day, according to Box Office India. The movie grossed ₹700 million worldwide. Box Office India finally declared it a "Average".[7][8] The movie was remade in Tamil in 2000 as Sudhandhiram.

### Total Dhamaal (2019)[edit]

Main article: Total Dhamaal

A sequel, Total Dhamaal, was commissioned after the release of the previous film and was also directed by Indra, with both Riteish Deshmukh and Jaaved Jaaferi reprising their roles and Ajay Devgn, Anil Kapoor and Madhuri Dixit were new additions in cast playing leading roles.[9][10] Sanjay Dutt and some other actors which were in the previous two parts were not in this third installment.

The film focused on When a plane carrying a thief's treasure crashes in Janakpur, a group of eccentric people and seasoned con artists compete against each other to find it first. Total Dhamaal was released on 22 February 2019,[11] and gained positive reviews. Himesh Mankad from Koimoi gives 3 star out of 5 says "Total Dhamaal is a fair clean entertainer that can be enjoyed with the entire family. It's definitely an improvement over previous installment Double Dhamaal".[12] In opening week the film grossed ₹150 crore (US$19 million). In 12 days of its release the film crossed ₹200 crore (US$25 million) mark in gross collection.[13][14] On 20 April 2019, the film was released on Disney+ Hotstar.[15] The DVD was also released in August 2019 by Shemaroo.

## Cast and characters[edit]

This table lists the main characters who appear in the Dhamaal Franchise.

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>   * A dark grey cell indicates the character was not in the film.

Character  | Film

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Dhamaal
(2007)  | Double Dhamaal
(2011)  | Total Dhamaal
(2019)
Deshbandhu Roy / Lallan  | Riteish Deshmukh
Anokhe Lal Shrivastava  | Saanand Verma
Ishana / Prince Vithal  | Karan Deol
Aditya "Adi" Shrivastava  | Arshad Warsi
Manav Shrivastava  | Jaaved Jaffrey
Boman Contractor  | Aman / Prince Vithal  | Ashish Chaudhary
Kabir Nayak  | Munna Rastogi  | Sanjay Dutt
Babubhai  | Johnny D'Costa  | Sanjay Mishra |
Nari Contractor  | Hotel & Restaurant Manager  | Asrani
Kamini  | Simran Malrotkar Rastogi  |  | Mallika Sherawat
Kiya Nayak  | Princess Maria  |  | Kangana Ranaut
Baba Batanand Swami  |  | Satish Kaushik
Guddu Rastogi  |  | Ajay Devgan
Veer Rastogi  |  | Sunny Deol
Prachi Malrotkar Rastogi  |  | Esha Gupta
Roma Malrotkar Rastogi  |  | Raveena Tandon
Avinash "Avi" Patel  |  | Anil Kapoor
Bindiya "Bindu" Patel  |  | Madhuri Dixit
Raju  |  | Johnny Lever
Pilot Amyjot Randhawa  | Pintu Choksey  | Manoj Pahwa |
Commissioner Shamsher Singh  |  | Boman Irani
Chinnappa Swamy  |  | Mahesh Manjrekar
Chandni Malrotkar Rastogi  | Isha Koppikar
Sapna Malrotkar Rastogi  | Illeana D'Cruz
Sunaina Malrotkar Rastogi  | Tara Sutaria
Priya Malrotkar Rastogi / Sandhya Malrotkar Rastogi  | Tia Bajpai
Sonali Malrotkar Rastogi  | Yuvika Chaudhary |
Karan Rastogi  | Ahan Shetty
Amar Rastogi  | Arbaaz Khan
Ajay Rastogi  | Sohail Khan
Dev Rastogi  | Bobby Deol
Vijay Rastogi  | Saif Ali Khan
Ram Rastogi  | Akshay Kumar
Kunal Rastogi  | Suniel Shetty
Kishan Rastogi  | Kay Kay Menon
Vishal Rastogi / Vikas Rastogi  | Mahaakshay Chakraborty
Alisha Malrotkar Rastogi  | Priyanka Chopra
Saahil Rastogi  | Hrithik Roshan

## Additional crew and production details[edit]

Occupation  | Film

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Dhamaal
(2007)  | Double Dhamaal
(2011)  | Total Dhamaal
(2019)
Director  | Indra Kumar
Producer(s)  | Indra Kumar, Ashok Thakeria  | Ajay Devgn, Ashok Thakeria, Indra Kumar, Markand Adhikari, Anand Pandit
Writer(s) - Dialogues  | Paritosh Painter, Bunty Rathore  | Farhad-Sajid  | Bunty Rathore
Screenplay  | Paritosh Painter, Balwinder Singh Suri  | Tushar Hiranandani | Ved Prakash, Paritosh Painter
Story  | Paritosh Painter | Indra Kumar
Cinematography  | Vijay Arora  | Aseem Bajaj  | Keiko Nakahara
Editor  | Sanjay Sankla  | Dharmendra Sharma
Music  | Adnan Sami  | Anand Raj Anand  | Gourov-Roshin
Background Score  | Sanjoy Chowdhury | Sandeep Shirodkar
Production Companies  | Maruti International  | Ajay Devgn FFilms, Maruti International, Sri Adhikari Brothers, Fox Star Studios, Pen India Limited, Mangal Murti Films
Distributing Companies  | BIG Pictures, Shemaroo Entertainment, Zee Studios | Reliance Entertainment | Fox Star Studios
Running Time  | 137 minutes  | 140 minutes  | 127 minutes

## Release and revenue[edit]

Film  | Release date  | Budget  | Box office revenue  | Ref.

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Dhamaal | 7 September 2007 | ₹10 crore (US$1.3 million) | ₹50 crore (US$6.3 million) | [3]
Double Dhamaal | 24 June 2011 | ₹29 crore (US$3.6 million) | ₹71.81 crore (US$9.0 million) | [16]
Total Dhamaal | 22 February 2019 | ₹90 crore (US$11 million) | ₹228 crore (US$29 million) | [17][14]
Total  | ₹129 crore (US$16 million)
(three films)  | ₹349.81 crore (US$44 million)
(three films)  |

## See also[edit]

* YRF Spy Universe

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Total Dhamaal"
2. ^ "Double Dhamaal: Complete Cast and Crew details". Bollywood Hungama. Archived from the original on 24 April 2011. Retrieved 24 March 2011.
3. ^ a b Dhamaal. Box Office India.
4. ^ "Exclusive: First look - Its 'Double Dhamaal' time this summer!". Dailybhaskar. 21 May 2011. Retrieved 8 July 2011.
5. ^ Shekhar, Mayank. "Mayank Shekhar's Review: Double Dhamaal". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 26 June 2011. Retrieved 24 June 2011.
6. ^ "Double Dhamaal Starts Well At The Box Office". Retrieved 25 June 2011.
7. ^ Soumyadipta Banerjee. "Bollywood women on top". DNA. Retrieved 28 December 2011.
8. ^ "Double Dhamaal - Movie - Box Office India". www.boxofficeindia.com.
9. ^ "DEVGN TO PLAY THE LEAD IN TOTAL DHAMAAL".[permanent dead link]
10. ^ "Total Dhamaal box office collection prediction: Ajay Devgn, Anil Kapoor starrer set for double-digit opening". Zeebiz. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
11. ^ "Total Dhamaal 2019 | British Board of Film Classification". Bbfc.co.uk. 12 February 2019.
12. ^ "TOTAL DHAMAAL MOVIE REVIEW". Retrieved 22 February 2019.
13. ^ "Bollywood Top Grossers Worldwide Bollywood Hungama". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
14. ^ a b "Total Dhamaal Box Office Collection till Now – Bollywood Hungama". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
15. ^ "Total Dhamaal Digital Release Date". Hotstar. April 2019. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
16. ^ "Do you know how Double Dhamaal did at the Box Office?". Archived from the original on 28 March 2020.
17. ^ "Total Dhamaal – Movie – Box Office India". boxofficeindia.com.

## External links[edit]

* Dhamaal at IMDb
* Dhamaal at Bollywood Hungama
* Double Dhamaal official website
* Double Dhamaal at IMDb
* Double Dhamaal at Bollywood Hungama
* Total Dhamaal at Bollywood Hungama

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Indra Kumar and Tushar Hiranandani's Dhamaal

* Riteish Deshmukh
* Arshad Warsi
* Ashish Chaudhary
* Javed Jaffrey
* Sanjay Dutt
* Sanjay Mishra
* Ajay Devgn

* Dhamaal (2007)
* Double Dhamaal (2011)
* Total Dhamaal (2019)
* Full On Dhamaal (TBA)

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Films directed by Indra Kumar

* Dil (1990)
* Beta (1992)
* Raja (1995)
* Ishq (1997)
* Mann (1999)
* Aashiq (2001)
* Rishtey (2002)
* Masti (2004)
* Pyare Mohan (2006)
* Dhamaal (2007)
* Double Dhamaal (2011)
* Grand Masti (2013)
* Super Nani (2014)
* Great Grand Masti (2016)
* Total Dhamaal (2019)
* Thank God (2022)

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