Dum Maro Dum

Dum maro dum is the third movie directed by Mr. Rohan Sippy, who makes movies only with Abhishek Bachchan. First a love story (Kuch na Kaho) then a Con story (Bluffmaster) and the latest one is an out and out crime thriller, dealing with the drug mafia(s) of Goa.

The movie starts with Lorry (Prateik Babbar) who needs money to pursue his education abroad, where his girlfriend had already got admission. One of his friend named Ricky offers him the required sum if he agrees to become a drug courier and deliver the drugs in USA.

The other angle of the story deals with ACP Vishnu Kamat (Jr. Bachchan) a cop with a death wish who has been entrusted with the duty to clean sweep the roads of Goa from drugs.

And the third angle of the story deals with a singer cum musician Joki (Rana Dugabali), who is a friend of Lorry and wants to save him from the claws of the drug business as he has previously lost his love (Bipasha Basu) due to this trap to the drug king of Goa (Aditya Pancholi).

The story is very interestingly woven out, as all the three angles of the story meet at the airport where Lorry is about to fly with drugs to USA.

The most impressive part of this movie is its story no doubt, the writes have done a lot of hard work to write the story as well as the screen play. The first half of the movie is fast pased and interesting, with all the other drama aside a major question that keeps on repeating is the identity of "Michael Barbosa" a character on the lines of "Keyser Soze" from the cult classic movie "The Usual Suspects" even the audience keep on guessing about his identity, but it is my bet that you wont be able to guess correctly till climax . The second half drags for some time, but the movie gets to a steady pace after some time. The movie contains a lot of drama, a few pappy numbers, a few unwanted songs and reasonably good performance from overall cast.

The beauty of any script lies in not leaving any loop holes in the story, and Dum Maro Dum scores here, about all the angles of the story are revealed and with proper reasoning as well. The camera work is very good, especially the sequence where Abhishek Bachchan raids for the very first time.

Overall a decent outing for a thriller fan, a recommendation to watch with a parental guidance for mild violence and some rough language.

Rating ***1/2.