Dhol (2007 film)

Dhol
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Priyadarshan
Screenplay by	Manisha Korde
Starring	Sharman Joshi Kunal Khemu Rajpal Yadav Tusshar Kapoor Tanushree Dutta Payal Rohatgi Arbaaz Khan
Music by	Pritam Chakraborty Gopi Sunder (BGM)
Cinematography	Piyush Shah
Distributed by	Percept Picture Company
Release date(s)	September 21, 2007
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Dhol (Hindi: ढोल) is a 2007 Hindi movie directed by Priyadarshan, and produced by the Percept Picture Company starring Sharman Joshi, Kunal Khemu, Rajpal Yadav, Tusshar Kapoor, Arbaaz Khan, Payal Rohatgi, Om Puri, and Tanushree Dutta in lead roles. The screenplay written by Manisha Korde is a partial adaptation of the 1990 Malayalam film In Harihar Nagar written by Siddique-Lal.^[1] Music was composed by Pritam. The film was shot in Pune, Maharashtra.

Plot

Pankaj (Sharman Joshi), Sameer (Tusshar Kapoor), Martand (Rajpal Yadav) and Gautam (Kunal Khemu) are bound together by their ambition to make it big in life with the least effort possible. Each one tries his hand at finding a short cut to success but ends up being in even deeper trouble. Things get worse when the four decide to take some desperate measures to end their misery once and for all.

They believe that the only way to get rich without working hard is to marry a wealthy girl. As luck would have it, a rich girl Ritu (Tanushree Dutta) arrives in their neighborhood. All four set out with their individual plans to marry her but end up discovering a shocking truth. Ritu came to the city to find about her brother's killers. All four of them try to impress Ritu's grand parents but all their tricks turn on themselves.The four friends set out in their individual plans to marry Ritu but end up discovering a spine-chilling truth. This leads to much confusion, creating hilarious twists and turns, along with an element of thrill, crime, murder and suspense.

Cast

• Sharman Joshi as Pankaj a.k.a. Pakkiya
• Tusshar Kapoor as Sameer a.k.a. Sam
• Kunal Khemu as Gautam a.k.a. Goti
• Rajpal Yadav as Martand a.k.a Maru
• Tanushree Dutta as Ritu Tripathi
• Om Puri as Dadaji
• Payal Rohatgi as Sophie
• Arbaaz Khan as Jaishankar Yadav (Jai)
• Murli Sharma as Zikomo
• Rasika Joshi as Landlady
• Asrani as Pankaj's brother in law
• Tareena Patel
• Tiku Talsania as Inspector Subhash Dongre / Maru's uncle
• Farida Dadi as Dadiji
• Prerna Virender
• Tora Khasgir
• Khalid Siddiqui

Music

• Dhol Bajake - Mika Singh and Labh Janjua^[2]
• Namakool Namakool - Shaan and Kunal Ganjawala
• Dhol Bajake (2) - Labh Janjua
• Haadsa - Sunidhi Chauhan and Akriti Kakkar
• Bheega Aasman - Shaan and Vijay Yesudas
• All Night Long - Usha Uthup
• Dil Liya Re - Shreya Ghoshal
• Dhol Bajake (3) - Soham Chakraborty and Suhail Kaul

References

1. ^ Sreedhar Pillai (22 September 2007). "Fun and frolic". The Hindu. http://www.hindu.com/mp/2007/09/22/stories/2007092250530200.htm. 
2. ^ http://www.labh-janjua.com/

External links

Dhol at the Internet Movie Database

• Dhol Movie Review