The third instalment in the super-popular ‘Dhoom’ franchise, released in theatres today. After two stellar performances by John Abraham and Hrithik Roshan in the first two films, its Aamir Khan’s turn to play super villain in Dhoom 3. Vijay Krishna Acharya, who last directed Tashan, replaces Sanjay Gadhvi, the director of the first two films. Does Dhoom 3 live up to the humongous expectations? Let’s find out.

The film starts with the ‘The Great Indian Circus’, which is mortgaged at the West Chicago Bank in Chicago. The circus is owned by Iqbal (Jackie Shroff) who has taught his son Sahir (Aamir Khan) all the tricks of the trade. Due to budget constraints, Iqbal kills himself as he is unable to continue running the show.

A few years later, West Chicago Bank is robbed by a thief who only leaves behind a Joker’s mask. He doesn’t leave any clue behind, because of which the police is unable to nab him. The Mumbai police, headed by India’s best cop ACP Jai Dixit (Abhishek Bachchan) and Ali (Uday Chopra) travel to Chicago to investigate the case and nail the criminal, as the thief leaves behind a message written in Hindi.

Meanwhile, Sahir reopens his father’s dream, ‘The Great Indian Circus’ and hires Aaliya (Katrina Kaif) to assist him.

The rest of the film is a revenge tale. Sahir is determined to destroy the West Chicago Bank, while Jai and Ali take it upon themselves to catch him red-handed. Who wins the battle? Watch the movie to find out.

Dhoom 3 Movie Review

Screenplay and Direction: Dhoom 3 delivers everything that it promises and more – high-octane action sequences that sometimes does tend to test the limits of your logic, a super-hot leading lady, a super cool villain who is always one step ahead of rest, a super-cop hell-bent on nabbing the thief and amidst all the emotion and action Uday Chopra provides the much-needed comic relief. But what makes Dhoom 3 the most gripping of the three films is the highly emotional storyline – without revealing much, you feel for Aamir’s character in the film especially in the second half.

Scenes to look forward to:

• The introductory scene of Jai and Ali is hilarious, what with Jai making a grand entry on a rickshaw and eventually succeeding in riding his three-wheeler on top of the slums in Mumbai.
• Sahir’s first robbery is high on action and extremely unrealistic, but it works big time. In fact, the audience were laughing and whistling all the way through!
• Katrina’s strip tease in her introductory song Kamli. Aamir asks her to entertain him for 5 minutes in a way that he shouldn’t be able to take his eyes off her. What follows is a subtle strip tease that the men in the audience will love!
• The last 20 minutes which includes the highly emotional climax
• Revealing more would kill the suspense element that the film has. So in short, every action scene is worth the price of your ticket!

Technical aspects: Dhoom 3 is high on production value, a lot of money has been spent on design, filming the action sequences and also the songs. The results are outstanding. The film’s music is a mixed bag. Dhoom Tap, Kamli and Malang stand out, not because of Pritam’s composition, but more due to the way the songs have been picturised, choreographed and performed. The only major gripe with Dhoom 3 is its length. At close to 175 minutes (2 hours 55 minutes), the film stretches way too long.

Performances: Dhoom 3 was probably the biggest test of Aamir Khan’s career, a role that many thought he couldn’t pull of with the same energy, magnetism and charisma of his predecessors (John and Hrithik). But Aamir excels, he is brilliant in Dhoom 3. (Spoiler alert: He delivers the performance of the year as Samar, award-deserving). Katrina Kaif has very little to do, except look stunning in every frame, which she does. Abhishek Bachchan plays his role well, he has more to do here compared to Dhoom 2 where he was completely out shined by Hrithik’s presence. Uday Chopra is brilliant, he will forever be remembered for playing the character of Ali.

To sum things up, if you loved the previous two films, you will love Dhoom 3. It has everything that you hoped for and a lot more in the form of a solid storyline. Go for it. You won’t be disappointed!

Box Office: The film has already opened to packed-houses all over. With no competition in the next few weeks, Dhoom 3 has all that it takes to break all previous box office records and set new ones. Winner all the way!

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