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)

To read the unedited version posted by Nauman – Click Here

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150 Comments

  • Taran adarsh gives it a 3.5/5… but he says leave ur brains n go for it…;) ha ha

    he does say u miss akki in 2nd half for 20min..
    nw u know hw much ppl love akki…:)

  • guys did u see my review is similiar to taran’s review. it means this is realy good movie. which positive points i mentioned he also did and which negative points i mentioned he also mentioned.
    plzzz now when u will go for ddd then plz check the timming that how long akki was in cupboard he stucked at interval point .
    ritvika did u see DDD in new castle greater union cinema ??? and wht timming of show ? must be after noon 5-6 pm show. how was the croud reaction in new castle???
    i watched it at greater union sydney ( burwood )

  • Nauman- gud goin dude… looks like taran has copied ur review..;) nauman u `ll soon become d moderator of this website…;)

  • Thx Amish
    u know in 1997 i saw Kunal Kohli’s Review of Gupt ( programm name watch Chalo Cinema on zee tv ). i really liked his way of talking and mentioning of positive and negative points. then i didnt miss any review from him till 2000 and then Taran Adarsh came in ETC with bollywood bazar. i also liked him coz Taran likes masala movies and Kunal preferred serious cinema.
    since 2000 till now i am great fan of Taran. u guys dont know how i spend my Friday coz every Friday he has to put review of new releases.
    i was very famous among my friends and they says that just give the name of movie to nauman he will start from releasing date and he will finish with his box office prediction.
    i know about the releasing date of any movie especially last 3 yrs movies.
    i had a dream to give the review on tv or on net. and i did it in Pakistan. when i was in Pakistan then i gave some reviews of movies on a pvt TV channel and some times in a local newspaper.
    i was finding a path , and now i got that path and i am also lucky that most of the movies in Australia release on Thursday then i can watch it before u guys and i can put my review.
    From now I will try to watch every movie on Thursday or Friday and I will put my review in indicine. I know my choice and indicine’s choice is different , coz I like masala movies and they don’t but in serious cinema I hope we will have same rating.
    I m hope full that indicine will give me this chance to avail.

  • guys do u know why akki stucked in cupboard in DDD???
    he has a blaim that he always edit the role of other actors. so he needed to proof that he doesnt do it so it this time he edited his role and stucked in the cup borad for 30 min. and he gave the chance to other actors to perform. and this situation proved that audience really miss him.
    this the the power of star.

  • Nauman- ya even i used to like kunal kohli`s reviews.. he was gud…:)

    i watched ETC channel yday wer these 3 stars wer with taran… it was full of masti…;)

  • super duper blockbuster flop film . I saw the moview & it has no story at all . JUST slapstick comedy film nothing else . music is just average . akki done overacting in this film . also the film is very loud . rajpal jadav done a good job . katrina just nothing to do in this film .priyadarshan direction just ok .

    my rating for this movie 2/5 .

  • Saju- stop posting reviews from rediff…. watch d movie n den comment…;)

    Nauman- movie has average start at d box office… 40-50% collection for mornin shows.. expected to pick up by evenin… holiday for EID s tom.. so collections `ll be better tom i guess…:)

  • Raghu- u mean to say Taran adarsh, buzz 18, some others in naachgaana r akshay fans so dey gave 3.5/5?

    anyways i `ll take ur advice.. thanku.. `ll watch it tom…:)

  • Saju Dey:
    please save ur this kind of comments for Veer coz u hv to say all these things for Veer as well.
    Amish:
    r u satisfied with 50 % opening ??? wht was the morning show collections of KI, LAK , APKGK , SIK , Welcome

  • raghu:
    i gave
    Tashan 1.5/5
    CC2C 2/5
    8 x 10 Tasveer 1.5/5
    Blue 3/5

    if i am Akki’s fan then why i did tashan and 8 x 10 1.5 star ???
    i m 100 % genuine

  • Yesteray i watched this movie..

    This is out and out entertaining film..

    Positive side ..

    1)Akshyay kumar is too gd..he did his role with ease…It’s realy hard not to laugh when he is on the screen..is true..
    2)johny lever,monoj doshi..are extremely gd..

    3)Actually every body..archana puram,tinuanand,even sunil shetty..all r gd

    4)Last sequence is too gd..special effect is nice..we saw same kind of flood scene in tum mile,but it is better..even very gd..

    5)Music is also gd..can’t say bad..

    6)Priyadarshan’s direction..it’s really tough to handle with all these charectors,,

    Negative side..

    As all r saying too many charectors

    length of the film(3 hrs..almost)

    Girls did not get much importance..i mean romantic side is neglected a bit..

    As a whole it’s 4 out of 5…definately..

    Worth to watch..

  • Bristi
    thx for good review atlease now we have 2 persons who gave 4/5.
    Just remember Dhamaal (2007) there wasnt any single scene of any female , no hereon , no song , no romance but boxoffice status Hit and most of the critics gave it above 3 star . And now they are trying to make Dhamaal 2 .
    it means romance and songs are plus point of the movie not neccessory.
    Bristi are u female or male and r u akki’s fan , Srk’s fan or neutral ???

  • Nauman…Ya i agree romance and song r not necessary..there r so many films don’t have any fimale charectors even i know…even in bengali legendary Satyajit ray did so many gd films..with out any female charectors..
    But compare to apkgk i wrote as Everybody ll expect katrina as a nice role again..
    By the way nauman I am a female..and Akki’s fan..I wrote before also..from…khiladi days…
    even I liked mr and misses khiladi ofdavid ji..which was a flop..but Akki..I liked so much..
    I like sharukh as a romantic hero…he is un comparable…

  • Nauman- collections r for mornin shows only… it s said its better than kurbaan but not as gud as APKGK… but APKGK was released with limited prints.. so tat may be 1 factor…

    APKGK was released at around 800 prints and DDD around 1100 prints.

    SIK , welcome and KI and LAK had better openin i guess.. around 60%.. Blue had around 70% openin..

    Bristi- thanks for d review.. :)

  • I am agree with RAGHU that the film has nothing in it . i mean that no story just slapstick comedy . AMISH says that opening of the film is about ( 40- 50) % which is average for a big budget film . the films budget is about 40 crores . Also has big star cast . I am not expecting from this film . thax

  • De Dana Dhan Has A Good Start

    Friday 27th November 2009 12.30 IST
    Boxofficeindia.Com Trade Network

    De Dana Dhan opened well in its morning shows. The collections for the first few shows were on average in the 70% region. At many places the collections were excellent with full and near full houses while some places in Bengal and South had collections in the 50-60% region.

    E Square in Pune had a 77% start with first show having 450 tickets sold from a possible 584. At Wave Ludhiana the film opened to 100% collections in first two shows with collections being 29,680 for each show. Indore opening ranged from 70-100% while Ahmedabad was 60-70%.

    The morning start is good at multiplexes but not bumper like a Love Aaj Kal. The collections should get better as the day goes along and evening collections have a good chance of being big.

  • Saju Dey:
    who cares about ur expectations????? just wait for tomorrow when bollywoodhungama and boxofficeindia will show real figures for day 1 . i bet it will more then 6 cr.

  • saju dey:
    ab aa maidaan main . now amish put real figures which are above 70 % and near to LAK.
    guys i want to say one fact that tomorrow is Eid so muslim audience is busy for eid preparation like clothing , decorating their homes , getting animal for slaughter. so they will go to cinema tomorrow after noon show because 1st day of eid they hv to prayer and get to gether with thier families. after lunch they will be free for movie and i m 100 % sure that from saturday afternoon show DDD will pick extreamly.
    and sunday will get huge collections.

  • Nauman- sorry for wrong report… was tellin bout mornin show in banglore.. APKGK and LAK opened big in bangalore so..

    dude.. here EID s today.. my frnds told me.. but holiday s tom so every1 `ll go tom for movie startin from mornin shows… lets hope for d best…:)

  • Nauman what about the Gale Lag Ja.. Looks like it was edited out from the final cut..

    By the way, our review coming up soon ;)

  • Here in UAE eid has started yesterday…6 days holidays for eid and national day…sa here de dana dan r giong packed house..
    what about other places in overseas..
    ddd ll be hit sure..it ll pick up…am waiting for superhit…u know golmal opening was very bad due to Mubai blast..but it picked up..ddd also..as it is a clean nice family entertainer…

  • @ INDICINE TEAM

    GALE LAG JA song is not there in the film… but it will be added after 3-4 days as a bonus…said priyadarshan. u can confirm this on bollywoodhungama.com

  • indicine :
    yes it wasnt here as well i was waiting for that song till end but didnt show. official running timming is 175 min but when i saw movie started at 9:15 and finished 12:05 , 10 min interval so it was total 160 min .
    so may be they deleted some scenes and one song.

  • nauman, i told u before i watched ddd last night, it was good movie.
    i gave 3 n half star.
    now u can check taran review. he also give 3 n half star

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