Dhamaal

For other uses, see Dhamaal (disambiguation).
Not to be confused with Damal (film).

Dhamaal
Theatrical release poster
Directed byIndra Kumar
Written by
  • Dialogues:
  • Paritosh Painter
  • Bunty Rathore
Screenplay by
  • Paritosh Painter
  • Balwinder Singh Suri
Story byParitosh Painter
Based onIt's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
by Stanley Kramer
Produced by
  • Indra Kumar
  • Ashok Thakeria
Starring
CinematographyVijay Arora
Edited bySanjay Sankla
Music by
Production
company
Maruti International
Release date
  • 7 September 2007 (2007-09-07)
Running time
137 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Box officeest. ₹50.73 crore[1]

Dhamaal (transl. Fun) is a 2007 Indian Hindi-language comedy film directed by Indra Kumar and produced by Ashok Thakeria. The film stars Sanjay Dutt, Riteish Deshmukh, Arshad Warsi, Aashish Chaudhary and Javed Jaffrey in the lead roles while Asrani, Sanjay Mishra, Murli Sharma, Vijay Raaz, Manoj Pahwa, Tiku Talsania and Prem Chopra are featured in supporting roles.[2] Inspired by Stanley Kramer's It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963), it is the first installment of the Dhamaal film series.

In 2011, the film spawned a sequel, under the title Double Dhamaal, with the lead cast reprising their roles.[3] A third reboot sequel, under the name Total Dhamaal was released in February 2019, with only Deshmukh, Warsi and Jaffrey returning with an entirely new cast and a fresh story, having no connections to its predecessors.

  1. ^ Dhamaal Archived 16 June 2020 at the Wayback Machine. Box Office India.
  2. ^ Gajjar, Manish (24 August 2007). "BBC - Shropshire - Bollywood - Dhamaal". BBC.com. Archived from the original on 24 April 2023. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  3. ^ "Double Dhamaal: Complete Cast and Crew details". Bollywood Hungama. Archived from the original on 24 April 2011. Retrieved 24 March 2011.