Review: Dhol, a nightmare in the name of comedy
Published on Fri, Sep 21, 2007 at 22:28, Updated on Sat, Sep 22, 2007 at 08:46 in Entertainment section

NOT SO FUNNY: Of all the actors in this mangled mess of a film, it's only Rajpal Yadav who gets a few laughs out of you.
I'm not sure if the director's lost his hearing already, but I suspect we certainly will if we have to watch another film like this in which the actors don't talk to each other, they scream and shout and yell out their lines to each other.
In the second half, when Dhol becomes a thriller of sorts, you've really had enough. I challenge even Priyadarshan himself to sit through the entire two-and-half-hour duration of this film, without hoping for a power failure, or even an earthquake - any reason really for the film to be stopped midway.
Of all the actors in this mangled mess of a film, it's only Rajpal Yadav who gets a few laughs out of you, but I have to say here he's got such a hostile manner of acting, that he makes all those vulgar, loud dialogues in the film seem even more vulgar just by the aggression of his performance alone.
I'm going with one out of five and a suggestion to stay far, far away from Priyadarshan's Dhol. The one star is for the smattering of genuine comedy you're likely to find here, the rest is just indifferent film-making, an insult to your intelligence.
You know, every time I walk out of the cinema after watching a Priyadarshan film, I feel like he can't make a film worse than this. And every single time, he surprises me by surpassing his previous achievement.
Rating: 1 / 5 (Poor)
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i won't say priyan is best or worst..me as malayali liked many movies of him..normaly a dir makes a star
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You are wrong Masand its not a nightmare or something like that …it’s a good comedy
however its remake of
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You are right. I have not seen Dhamal but my cousin said it had old ghese pitte old jokes and
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seriously recommned priyadarshan to go through rajeev's reviews...i am sure he will find some humour and wit in his future
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Masand always extols the english stuff, while he looks down at indian cinema and the hardwork behind it. and almost
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