De Dana Dan Review – By Nauman

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This isn’t the official Indicine De Dana Dan Review. It was written and posted in the comments section by one of our readers Nauman. We have slightly edited the review, fixing some of the wrongly typed cast names and few grammatical mistakes.

Thanks for the review Nauman.

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Story:

Akshay and Suniel are good friends but poor. They are in need of money because their girl friends (Katrina and Sameera) are rich. They hatch a plan to kidnap Akshay’s owner Archana Puran Singh’s Dog because its the only thing she loves the most. In return, they demand Rs 1 crore. Unfortunately the dog escapes and returns back home. The next day, when Archana doesn’t find Akshay, she assumes its Akshay who has been kidnapped and tries to try to free him.

Other side Paresh Rawal and Manoj Joshi are arranging a wedding ceremony of Sameera and Chunky Pandey in a hotel, there are lots of characters here and every single character has some or the other misunderstandings and confusions. Akshay and Suniel are also in the very same hotel, trying to hide away from the police and Archana.

De Dana Dan Review

Well the story is fantastic. Can u imagine someone trying to kidnap a dog?? But that does happen in this movie. Movie starts very well with Akshay and Archana’s relations then after 15-20 min falls when lots of characters come one by one and the directors takes around 30 min introduction them. Pre interval parts are also fantastic especially when Akshay runs away from Katrina’s father (played by Tinu Anand).

Post interval portions aren’t too good because just before interval Akshay is stuck in a cupboard and for 30 mins in the second half, he is missing. But then Paresh Rawal and Manoj Joshi run the show, their chemistry is mind blowing. As soon as Akshay comes out from the cupboard, the non stop comedy resumes once again till the climax.

Climax too is fantastic. A bomb blasts in the swimming pool of the hotel and the whole hotel is flooded with water. The idea is new and good.

Performances:

De Dana Dan belongs to only two actors Akshay Kumar and Johny Lever. Both stole the show. It was Johny’s best performance ever. You cant imagine De Dana Dan with out Johny Lever. You can replace Akshay in this movie but you cant replace Johny.

Akshay is superb he’s done a fantastic job and its hard not to laugh when he’s on screen. But he has nothing new to offer, his performance was similar to every other Priyan – Akki combo movies like Garam Masala, Bhagham Bhag, Hera Pheri but he always does well in such roles.

Paresh Rawal, Manoj Joshi, Suniel Shetty, Rajpal Yadav and Shakti Kapoor are all good. The girls – Katrina Kaif, Sameera Reddy and Neha Dhupia are okay. They don’t have much to do.

Direction:

Priyadarshan is king of this kind of masala comedy movies and he always does well except his last two releases (Billu Barber and Mere Baap Pahle Aap). This time he uses his old formula and succeeds.

Negatives:

• A lots of characters, and some have nothing much to do (Shakti Kapoor and Neha Dhupia). But if you remove Shakti’s character from the film then you have to remove Johny Lever’s characters too, but you cannot imagine De Dana Dan without Johnny.
• First 30 mins of the second half, lead stars Akshay and Suniel are missing. Fans will miss them on screen.
• Movie starts from Akshay and Suniel’s planning of kidnapping the dog, but later on writer slipped from main theme of the movie and he starts Sameera and Chunky’s wedding . Priyadarshan should have focused on one subject either the kidnapping or wedding ceremony.

On the whole De Dana Dan is a typical masala comedy, which more often than not works at the box office. Its also expected to open big due to the Eid week and it has potential to sustain as well.

Rating: (One of the Best comedies in Bollywood)

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