Review of Dhoom 3 (2013) by Faris S — 24 Dec 2013

This is possibly the worst Hindi film that I have ever seen....I am really struggling to rank the elements of this movie - which is more worse than the other. Its an absolute race to the bottom....There are some many hidden messages in this movie that your mind is completely befuddled (pun intended!).

You start of thinking this is the latest version of Mumbai slums video game - India's answer to the PS3 and Xbox era. Well maybe not...then you get it - its really a BMW ad for their bike - pitching for their K 1200 Sport edition potential sales in India. After all India is notorious for its poor infrastructure and BMW motorcycles can definitely save the day.....hmm you missed the point. Its actually an audition for C grade Western actors ...The geniuses behind the film actually wanted to find the Indian version of Amrish Puri...To me it was really a elementary music school project submission upon which the teacher reviewed and commented "Hmm..Maybe your talents lie elsewhere. Now where did I keep my anti-depressant pills?".

Apart from the fact that the film plots and ideas are a blatant rip off of "The Prestige", "Now You see me" and Mission Impossible Hollywood franchise, the screenplay is so horrible, so badly developed and the dialogues so badly written that the film disclaimer should actually carry a note about the serious risk of self inflicted head injury (guess from what..) Its time somebody in Hollywood really sue these guys for copyright infringement...what irks me the most about this movie is the whole background score. The music is supposed to elevate the film, convey to the audiences the flow of the story and carry it ups and downs. The music is so bad that it almost obscures any good element if this movie ever wanted to convey one...You pitch the music to demonstrate the ebbs and flow of the plot, in here the music is everywhere and extremely intrusive and loud - Aamir Khan gets up in the morning, swivels his bed covers (and probably is going to take a dump or brush his teeth next) and the background score rings up the start of World War 3... Are you kidding me?

Aamir Khan in his role as the desi version of Tom Cruise fails miserably..You expect way more from one of India's finest actors. He overacts actually and does not put the much needed effort...This was a great opportunity for him as far as character development of both twin bothers Sahir and Samar was concerned- one of them a stubborn guy bent on revenge and the other a stuttering, shy bloke. The worst is Uday Chopra,the sidekick- you literally feel like getting up and slapping him...his jokes will make you puke. The saving grace is probably Abhishek Bachchan and Katrina Kaif. Abhishek carries the tough cop image pretty convincingly and Katrina Kaif looks absolutely gorgeous and lends her part really well. Pity they could have given her a much bigger role....

The circus dance sequences are choreographed nice (its again a rip-off of Cirque du Soleil) and one of the songs (junoon or something like that) is definitely good...but other than that the feel good moment is really when you exit the auditorium...