Damadamm! Review
Damadamm! Review
Business rating: 0.5 / 5 star
Star cast: Himesh Reshammiya, Purbi Joshi, Sonal Sehgal.
What’s Good: A couple of songs; Purbi Joshi’s acting.
What’s Bad: The holes in the screenplay; the routine story.
Verdict: Damadamm! is a dull fare which will bomb at the ticket windows.
Loo break: A couple in the two halves.
Watch or Not?: Watch it if you are a fan of Himesh Reshammiya’s music.
HR Musik’s Damadamm! (UA) is the story of Sameer (Himesh Reshammiya) torn between two girls, Shikha (Purbi Joshi) and Sanjana (Sonal Sehgal). Sameer and Shikha work in the same office and love each other. But Shikha is over-possessive and keeps nagging Sameer, especially if he speaks to any other girl. Sameer feels suffocated in the relationship because of Shikha’s over-possessiveness and nagging nature. One day, Shikha goes out of the city to her home town and is scheduled to return after some days.
In the intervening period, Sameer is introduced to his boss’ (Rajesh Khattar) sister, Sanjana, who joins the office. Sameer and Sanjana become very friendly, a fact that troubles Shikha when she returns. Shikha’s insecurity drives her to say incorrect things about Sameer and Sanjana’s relationship. This infuriates Sameer so much that he breaks off from Shikha. Obviously, Shikha is crestfallen and tries to make amends with Sameer but the latter is in no mood for a compromise.
Soon, Sameer’s boss puts forth a marriage proposal before him – he wants Sameer and Sanjana to marry each other. Sameer accepts the proposal. Shikha leaves the job and applies in another company. What happens then? Does Sameer marry Sanjana? Or does he return to Shikha? Does Shikha keep quiet or does she revolt? What stand does Sanjana take?
Damadamm! Review – Script Analysis
Himesh Reshammiya’s story about a young man torn between two women is not new as one has seen many films with similar story lines. Subrat Sinha’s screenplay is too simplistic and also a case of very convenient writing. Two major defects in the screenplay relate to the second half. Firstly, the good times Sameer and Shikha have spent in the past are revealed to the audience in the second half, only when Sameer starts repenting his break-up. Since the good times had transpired in the past, it is incorrect for the writer to only highlight Shikha’s irritating qualities in the first half while blacking out her praiseworthy qualities so that they can be shown at a later point of time in the drama. Secondly, when the estate broker, Lily Aunty (Lily Patel), tells Sameer that Shikha had wanted to buy a house for the two of them, Sameer feels miserable about breaking off from Shikha. Does that mean that Sameer is greedy and that he didn’t want the house to slip out of his hands or does it mean that he is appreciating Shikha’s sacrifice? Although the writer would have the audience believe that Sameer was appreciating Shikha’s sacrifice, it is very possible for the audience to actually assume that Sameer was greedy. Worse still, Sameer lies to Shikha when he wants to make up with her, by telling her that he had so missed her nagging and over-possessiveness. When did he miss Shikha’s nagging and over-possessiveness? The reason why he started to miss her was because he learns that she had booked a flat for both of them to live in.
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Given such a flawed screenplay, the audience cannot be expected to enjoy the drama which, even otherwise, is very predictable. What’s more, there aren’t any surprises or shocks whatsoever. Dialogues (Subrat Sinha) are ordinary.
Damadamm! Review – Star Performances
Himesh Reshammiya has loosened up a lot compared to his earlier films. That he doesn’t have the looks of a hero is true but his acting is fairly good. Purbi Joshi does an absolutely splendid job. She makes every scene she appears in worth watching because of her talent. Sonal Sehgal looks very pretty. Her performance is quite nice. Rajesh Khattar is natural. Ashwin Dhar lends good support. Lily Patel is alright.
Damadamm! Review – Direction & Music
Swapna Waghmare Joshi’s direction is nothing to shout about. Her narrative style is commonplace and flat. Music, scored by Himesh Reshammiya, is good. The Madhushala’and Umrao jaan songs are the best numbers. The other songs are fairly appealing. Lyrics (Shabbir Ahmed, Sameer and Himesh Reshammiya) are passable. Song picturisations (Raju Khan) are ordinary, also because none of the three lead players is even an average dancer! Background music (by Sanjeev Srivastava) is functional. Oystein Lundstorm’s cinematography is fair. Editing (Aarif Shaikh) is average. Production values are ordinary.
Damadamm! Review – Komal Nahta’s Verdict
On the whole, Damadamm! Is a dull fare which won’t do well at the box-office.
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Komal Nahta, the Editor of Koimoi.com, is Bollywood’s most trusted trade analyst & film reviewer. You can follow him on Twitter and check out his Video Blog.
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24 Comments
raone to bilkul bakwas hai
Himesh is splendid in his own way. He has nothing to prove to anybody. Of course, you can’t expect much from him in the acting department. He neither has the training nor the experience by his side. But he sure is willing to learn.
By the way, all you HR critics, did you know that he prays for the goodwill of ANYONE who listens to his music everyday?
xoxo
Rij™
DAMADAMM VS RA-ONE hahahahaha
himesh ko acting nehi ata or srk ko singing. to donoi superflop hai………
DAMDAMM is a nice movie……… film is good atleast in the last part. first part have funny moments……….. enjoyable movie.
IS DIWALI SIRF DAMADAMMM ……..
for himesh suitable line will be ‘CHALA MURARI HERO BANNE”
I must say RA ONE is one of the worst movies i have ever seen. Instead of spending too muchj on Advertisement they could hv improved the story part. They hv tried to copy hollywood. Too cheap comedy! I can’t expect it from KING KHAN. SUPER FLOP.
Himesh has done a better job. I think instead of watching RA ONE at once watch DAMADAMM twice. Entertaining movie.
I give this movie 3/5 stars.
NO TOUCHING!
I think HR dont do the acting..because its voice so irritating and the biggest reason to flop the movie is HR.I dont know why the director taking HR as a Hero in their film.i think they are mad
Rating: 2/5 for movie ,4/5 for VFX, 2.5/5 for music
These Critics think that they are god.Now the truth is RaOne is not so favourite in people.I have watched it and the people is laughing over it on each scene.They just came to see Kareena and his body dancing.The VFX was good actually v. good but the whole concept is like a chutney.Mix of So many Hollywood Ficks.SRK is failed to execute a good concept.Hell the game company looks like a sabji market with a horrible boss,SRK is nowhere looking southindian.the only good actor is the chinese in the film.The songs are just dance tracks that put in the film forcefully to entertain people but they failed.The climax Was so rubbish.Well Damadamm is based on real type characters and thats its plus point.I am gonna watch it and it will really be good i hope so in comparison to raone.Thats the reality of Raone.SRK better try next time without so much indian drama.
All stupid guys here chck news.
Taran Adarsh gave Ra.one 4/5
only mid-day &hindustan times gave it a poor rating.
Damamdamm is 0.5/5 evrywhere.
Himesh SUCKSSS.
Do us a favour himesh,STOP YOUR NONSENSE
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