De Dana Dan - Movie Review

Be forewarned. DE DANA DAN is the most bizarre film from the maharaja of laughathons, Priyadarshan. Not even in your wildest dream you'd think that Priyadarshan would place almost an entire film in a hotel and have its entire cast, comprising of 26 [or is it 27?] characters, most of them weirdos, interacting with each other. Brings back memories of BLAME IT ON THE BELLBOY? May be!

But Priyadarshan needs to be credited for pulling it off. There are times when you laugh hysterically at the most outlandish jokes and situations. There are times when a raised eyebrow or a wide-open jaw makes you break into a guffaw.

Be cautioned. DE DANA DAN is a loud film, with each and every character screaming on top of his/her voice, with the characters shouting, running, even floating and swimming in the end.

But what do you expect in a Priyadarshan film that has a title like DE DANA DAN? The promos never promised path-breaking or thought-provoking cinema that would give birth to debates and discussions. So why look for logic in this one?

DE DANA DAN makes no qualms of narrating a story you haven't heard before. Here, the story is non-existent and it's left on Priyadarshan to mix-n-match those two dozen characters and keep the momentum alive for the next 2.45 hours.

DE DANA DAN promises laughter and entertainment and sticks to its promise. This one's not for the hard-nosed types, but for those who worship escapist cinema. Who want to chuckle, giggle and chortle at those mindless jokes. In short, DE DANA DAN is a pure dhamaal entertainer!

Nitin [Akshay Kumar] is a butler, cook, driver, watchman, gardener to a wealthy female industrialist [Archana Puran Singh] in Singapore. Like any young man, Nitin too dreams of a better life. He desperately wants to become rich and marry the love of his life, Anjali [Katrina Kaif], who supports him financially.

Ram [Suniel Shetty], Nitin's best friend, also came to Singapore with the dream of striking it rich, but ended up a courier delivery man. He falls for Manpreet [Sameera Reddy], but her high society parents will never approve of marriage, not unless Ram has lots and lots of money.

In the midst of all this is Harbans [Paresh Rawal], a shrewd businessman, who's looking for ways to multiply his income and avoid his debtors. He decides the best way would be to marry his son [Chunky Pandey] off to a girl whose parents can give him a large dowry. He is introduced to Manpreet's parents at a function and is impressed by their social status. He introduces himself as a well-established businessman, impresses them and they decide to get Manpreet and Harbans' son married.

With several factors working against them, Nitin and Ram soon reach a dead end in their relationships. When both receive ultimatums from their girlfriends, they realize that only a life of vice can help them out of their misery. They come up with an audacious plan to kidnap someone important and demand a ransom.

The kidnapping goes awry and both hide at a local hotel while waiting for the ransom money. But misfortune is never far and the kidnapping spirals out of control.

Meanwhile, Manpreet's wedding reception is being held at the same hotel that Nitin and Ram are hiding in. Soon, they are joined by a motley set of characters including a Chinese Don [Asrani], a hired assassin [Johny Lever], a 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.

DE DANA DAN is atypical Priyadarshan film that has the unmistakable stamp all over it. But, at the same time, DE DANA DAN is erratic and uneven - energetic at times, lethargic at places. Also, the culmination to the film is very similar to the director's earlier works, with the entire cast running helter-skelter.

On the flip side, you miss Akshay's presence in the second hour. He disappears [gets locked in a cupboard] for at least 20 minutes and the focus, hence, shifts to the other characters. His fans will miss his presence, for sure. Besides, the film tends to get very lengthy towards the second half and overtly verbose too.

Director Priyadarshan is synonymous with comedies and the ace storyteller promises laughter in abundance. Handling so many characters, plus making a film on mistaken identities could be very tough, but the director gets it right. Pritam's music is alright, while the RDB track, 'Paisa', is the pick of the lot. Salim-Sulaiman's background score is energetic. K. Ahambaram's cinematography is alright.

The review would be incomplete if one ignored the dialogue writer's [Jay Master] contribution to the film. The lines are laced with wit and soaked in humour and bring the house down on several occasions.

DE DANA DAN has so many characters that it gets difficult to pinpoint or single out any one actor. Akshay is at his best in a Priyadarshan film and DE DANA DAN proves it. Suniel is natural to the core. Paresh is incredible; he pitches in a superb act. Katrina and Sameera don't have much to do. Amongst the plethora of actors, Johny Lever, Neha Dhupia, Manoj Joshi, Asrani, Vikram Gokhale and Archana Puransingh deserve special mention.

On the whole, DE DANA DAN is targeted at the masses and it delivers laughter in abundance. Leave your brains behind to enjoy this madcap entertainer!

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Marry me, Karan Johar!

Recently, a female fan from Uzbekistan in Central Asia has sent filmmaker Karan Johar a carpet and a love letter confessing her feelings for him.

We usually hear about actors and actresses receiving fan mail and stalkers making their lives difficult. Katrina Kaif has had a stalker since May this year, a fan from the Middle East landed at Shahid’s shoot a while ago and Minissha Lamba also had stalker trouble.

Karan Johar is the first filmmaker to receive fan mail of this nature. A source close to the production house tells us, ‘On Sunday, Karan received a parcel from Uzbekistan. He was surprised. He saw the carpet with the design of his face and was delighted. It was only when he read the letter in which the lady named Dilbahar had proposed marriage to him was he embarrassed. No female fan has ever proposed marriage to him before.’

The source adds, ‘Karan Johar is one of the most stylish directors and he is as well-known as his films. He is constantly in the limelight promoting his films and for his famous friends and clout in the industry. He has a way with words too and makes utterly romantic movies which are adored by the female community. Also, people in Eastern Europe and Central Asia are very conservative with little contact with the opposite sex. They love Indian movies and Bollywood personalities.'

Karan Johar has a very busy day today and was unavailable for comment. In a past interview he had said he was looking forward to settling down and maybe he should consider the heartfelt proposal.

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Shahid sculpts eight-pack abs for 'Chance Pe Dance'

Aamir Khan and Shah Rukh flaunted six-pack abs, but Shahid Kapoor is doing two better -- he will show off eight-pack abs in his forthcoming film "Chance Pe Dance".



Trainer Abbas Ali said they managed to achieve the new look in a very short time for"Chance Pe Dance", directed by Ken Ghosh. "Shahid had to look cosmetically presentable. After 'Kaminey' we had only two months in hand to change his complete look. It's Shahid's sheer hard work, dedication and consistency that transformed him from what he used to look a couple of years ago to his present look," Abbas told IANS. "His body in 'Chance Pe Dance' is better than all his previous films. Shahid told me that dancers are coming from abroad and he wants to look like god and move like god. I had to change the entire training to bring that look along with flexibility and muscle endurance which was required for his dance performance," he said. Shahid first started working on his body for Vishal Bharadwaj's "Kaminey" as he had to run with horses in a scene.

"Shahid didn't have a muscular body. I was training him only for fitness. Shahid didn't want a picture perfect body in 'Kaminey' because the film shows that he comes from street and doesn't workout in high-tech gym," said Abbas. For "Chance Pe Dance" Shahid needed a sculpted body and practiced five days a week. He also had to work on his diet. "Shahid is a vegetarian and he doesn't even takes egg so first class protein, which is required to build lean muscle, was not there. White carbohydrate was removed from his diet, like white potatoes and pasta. We added brown carbohydrate like brown rice, sweet potato, oats instead. "We didn't go for low carbohydrates because if you go for low carbohydrates your performance level goes down in real life. He has to dance so we couldn't go for low carbohydrates." "Chance Pe Dance", in which Shahid plays a struggling actor opposite Genelia D'Souza, is set for a Jan 15 release.

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Song Promo Alisha from movie PYAAR IMPOSSIBLE

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Akshay in Bigg Boss 3 for DE DANA DAN, Katrina Kaif on bed rest!!

Akshay in Bigg Boss 3 for DE DANA DAN, Katrina Kaif on bed rest!!
Khiladi of bollywood Akshay Kumar who plays the lead in Priyadarshan’s upcoming flick ‘De Dana Dan’ and is already making waves for his sizzling rain song with co-star Katrina Kaif, will have to enter the 'Bigg Boss 3' house without Katrina kaif beacause Katrina kaif is ill.

Sources close to Katrina Kaif say that the firangi beauty has been advised by doctors at Leelavati Hospital to take complete bed rest for at least one week, which means she can not take part in any of the promotional events of the flick as it is releasing worldwide on November 27.

Though Katrina Kaif had been feeling weakness for the last few days but it deteriorated after her return from Udaipur. She had to visit a doctor at Leelavati, who diagnosed her as suffering from viral fever. Now, Katrina Kaif will have to rest at home for at least a week as the disease is contagious and may spread to other people.

However, as the release date of the flick is November 27, Akshay Kumar and other members of the flick like Suniel Shetty, Neha Dhupia, Sameera Reddy, Paresh Rawal etc will continue with their promotional activities for the flick.

It is as continuation of that promotional strategy that Akshay Kumar along with other cast members will enter the Bigg Boss’ house today and mingle with the inmates of the house. Akki is especially interested in Vindoo Dara Singh, who is also taking part in the reality show this time

Khiladi Akshay Kumar and others will remain in the Khandala house of Bigg Boss for almost fifteen minutes and then leave. The event will be shown to viewers by Colors channel in its Thursday episode.Akshay in Bigg Boss 3 for DE DANA DAN

Earlier, the producers of the film had planned to take the entire cast including Katrina Kaif to the house. In fact, Katrina Kaif was expected to be the main attraction of the show, but unfortunately she got stuck with her bad health.

In any case, Akshay Kumar-Katrina Kaif hot rain number has already created a huge buzz in the market and everybody wants to see this happen on the big screen. Akshay Kumar-Katrina Kaif’s sizzling hot chemistry in the song is sure to leave the viewers gasping for breath.

The grapevine has it that Akshay Kumar –Katrina Kaif rain dance is in no way inferior to perfectionist Aamir Khan-Kareena Kapoor’s rain dance for their upcoming flick ‘3 Idiots.’ Even though, Kareena Kapoor has a perfect figure and knows a thing or two more than Katrina in the field of dancing, Katrina’s sex appeal can not be underestimated.

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Salman Khan and David Dhawan fallen out completely

Salman Khan and David Dhawan fallen out completely
Bollywood Rock Star Salman Khan and Director David Dhawan might be called as the winning duo, but if the latest reports are to be believed, the two have fallen out completely.
Buzz is that Salman Khan is furious with David Dhawan for delaying the sequel of the hit film PARTNER. Salman is yet to get any update from David on that project. On top of that, David directed HOOK YA CROOK with John Abraham leaving his friend Salman Khan's project in the doldrums. Now, Salman Khan is in revenge mood.

Grapevine has it that Salman Khan is using his influence to kick David Dhawan out of a forthcoming film project that will have the star in the lead. Apparently, Salman Khan already conveyed his displeasure with David Dhawan to the producer and is making sure that someone else replaces him soon.

Salman Khan, who is known to harbour grudges for long has best friend Director David Dhawan on the radar this time. Well, let's hope Salman Khan's latest act is not the end of this JODI NO 1.

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