Film: DE DANA DAN
Rating: 3.25/5
Banners: Venus Records and Tapes, Eros Entertainment, Baba Arts Limited Production
Cast: Akshay Kumar, Katrina Kaif, Sunil Shetty, Paresh Rawal, Neha Dhupia, Sameera Reddy, Archana Puran Singh, Aditi Govitrikar, Asrani, Chunky Pandey, Johny Lever, Manoj Joshi, Rajpal Yadav, Supriya Karnik, Tinu Anand, Vikram Gokhale, Sharat Saxena, Himani Shivpuri
Music: Pritam Chakraborty, Rdb, Ad Boys
Cinematography: N K Ekambaram
Director: Priyadarshan
Producers: Ganesh Jain, Girish Jain, Ratan Jain
Release Date: November 27, 2009
Story:
A whacky entertainer, the story is set on the backdrop of Singapore and here is Nitin (akshay) who is one in all for the industrialist Archana (archana puran), he takes care of everything for her. But then, his sole aim in life is to get rich so that he can marry his sweetheart Anjali (Katrina) who has been helping him financially. On the other hand, there is Ram (suniel), Nitin's best friend, who is working as a courier delivery man and he has got a girlfriend Manpreet (sameera) whose parents are from a high society. Then, there is also the businessman Harbans (paresh) who is currently riddled with loans and the only solution he sees is by getting his son (chunkey) married to a rich family so that he can take good dowry. The story takes a turn when Harbans meets Manpreet's parents and hatches a plan so that his son's wedding is fixed with Manpreet. Driven to the corner, both Nitin and Ram decide to come up with a kidnap plan and are partly successful when things go upside down. What is that and whether they are successful in their love stories or not forms the rest of the story.
Presentation:
The director has come up with a rip roaring theme and both the presentation and narrative has been excellent. The dialogues are a highlight, the script is under grip and the screenplay is adept. Background score is good and two songs can be taken home for sure. Cinematography was above average, costumes were excellent and the art department was impressive. Akshay has come up with a fabulous act once again while Suniel fits well in the matured role, the real show stealer once again is Paresh Rawal. Katrina is seductive as ever while Sameera heats up the screen, nothing for both in terms of performance. The rest of the bandwagon like Johnny Lever, Asrani, Archana Puran Singh, Sharat Saxena, Rajpal Yadav, Vikram Gokhale, Tinu Anand and others have contributed effectively.
Conclusion:
The film touches base with a southern hit and Priyadarshan has handled so many characters very well. There are places when the momentum comes down but overall, the film has got good energy and many scenes where audience cannot help but grin. While the first half goes on in a normal mode, in no time, the velocity picks up and reaches the peak in the second half. Overall, the comedy factor has worked well and also few performances. Technically well made, the credit goes to the writers and the director for staging the entire show under one roof. This one will go well with the masses and also for those who look for two plus hours of time pass entertainment.