Dhamaka Movie Review

 

Starcast: Kartik Aaryan, Amruta Shubhash, Mrunal Thakur, Vikas Kumar, Vishwajeet Pradhan

Director: Ram Madhvani

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A mentally messed-up Radio Jockey, Arjun Pathak (Kartik Aaryan) who simply is shown after a tune so as to chuckle-out-loud at how unmarried you are. The track is Kasoor and the purpose why it makes sense of being single is that it is a flashback montage of Arjun dwelling his happy existence together with his spouse Saumya (Mrunal Thakur). He is now sitting in his workplace with divorce papers in hand and receives a call giving hints approximately a bomb blast on Bandra Worli Sea Link.

He ignores the call and sees a portion of Mumbai’s 1600-crore ‘Golden Gate’ bridge getting erupted through a blast. Arjun gets the call again which he then makes use of to get the top spot back on TV. But he does not realized what is ahead of him or in store for him.

Dhamaka Movie Story

The principal problem Dhamaka faces is the template it chooses to execute. Forget international, Bollywood has given us toll many films following a comparable path, a few superb ones (A Wednesday, Table No. 21), a few suitable to pretty much respectable (Madaari, Knock Out), and some bleh (The Killer). Yes, all of these aren’t exactly much like every one is different but the fundamental sub-plot of those movies is set where the antagonist forcing the protagonist to do tasks on the gunpoint.

Now that we’re clear how they are associated with each other, in case you see the good ones from the above list they all had one element which was same. Movies like A Wednesday & Table No 21 had an excellent balance of terrible and suitable in them. Dhamaka misses that, the ‘terrible’ is so average that irrespective of how impeccable the ‘suitable’ is, it simply remains unexploded throughout. Haven’t seen the original (The Terror Live) so let’s now not draw any parallels.

This is excellent for the actor, but not so good for the film because of the antagonist's lack of connection to Kartik's plight. Aaryan's office window or a television screen were used to display the bomb detonation, reducing the total impact. A single room was all that Manu Anand's cinematography needed to capture the lead. It's difficult to avoid repetition while filming in a single location, yet Anand manages to keep your interest with some slow-mo, BGM-heavy passages, only to be shattered by the film's lesser parts.

 

Dhamaka Movie Acting

Kartik Aaryan is clearly putting all of his energy into this one, and anyone who has seen his previous work would know that. His character's news reporter persona comes across as overdone at times, but he makes up for it with dramatic undertones. There was a risk of his going overboard in each moment, but he maintains his composure and avoids going overboard.

As Kartik's first, harsh, trp-minded employer, Amruta Shubhash does okay in the film. It's mostly due of her character's limited story arc. Throughout the film, she sounds the same since there is no progress towards the conclusion.

Mrunal Thakur's surprise presence adds drama, but the execution is shoddy. Was there a need for a love story in the midst of all the action? There is no need to include it, but if you're going to do so, you must be honest about it, no matter how long it takes. When it comes to the romance between the two stars, the creators might have done a lot more than merely sing the song.

Dhamaka Movie: Direction, Music

Madhvani fails to bring in Jim Sarbh to balance the other side of the narrative in this one, which is a big problem. He exhausts Kartik's character by his use of stark contrasts like white, black, and gray. Because it fails to elicit any heart palpitations, the decision to display 90 percent of the bridge-blast sequences on TV was the wrong one.

The film features two songs, both of which work well together, yet each has a glaring distinction (apart from the genre of course). Kasoor, played by Prateek Kuhad, is the first character to establish chemistry between the two leads, and it works. Khoya Paya by Amit Trivedi, on the other hand, is a frightening music, but it has little impact since it comes late in the film, after everything has already been thrown out of place. Even if it's good, this doesn't work due of the script.

Final Verdict

A few years ago, the film might have been passable, but not in today's world, when there are superior films in the same genre.