Dhamaka Review: Karthik Aryan Bang Performance and Ram Madhvani’s Remake Worked Watch Out Review

Star Cast: Kartik Aaryan, Amruta Shubhash, Mrunal Thakur, Vikas Kumar, Vishwajeet Pradhan

Director: Ram Madhvani

Streaming Platform: Netflix (watch here)

Ratings: 3.5/5 (three star) [yasr_overall_rating size=”large”]

Karthik Aryan great comic timing great actor and a lively person. Look at the films, this image of Karthik will come in your mind too. You have also been successful with this formula, in such a situation, the career is also touching the heights. But now the first risk has been taken. Leave comic timing, leave romance, Karthik has come in a serious character. Laughter has no place for jokes, only natural and serious acting has to be done. The name of the film is Dhamaka, the director is Ram Madhvani. We tell whether the risk was a profitable deal for Karthik.

Dhamaka Review: The Story

Arjun Mathur is a radio jockey, who tells people about the city in the morning and talks about the issues. One day suddenly during the show Arjun gets a phone call, the caller reveals his name that Raghubir Mahata and he threatens to bomb Mumbai’s C-Link. Taking her words as a joke, Arjun disconnects the phone, but Arjun and the rest of the office are shocked to see what happens the very next moment. Arjun sees from the window of his building that the Sea-Link is burning to a great extent.

There has been a bomb explosion. After this, some social issues have been covered in the film through the conversation of Arjun and Raghubir. Arjun interacts with Raghubir on-air on his channel’s prime time and tries to find out the motive behind him. Raghubir threatens her with more bomb blasts and at the same time puts forward his demand in front of her. Where Raghubir has his own motive, Arjun aims to bring a splashy TRP for his channel. To what extent do both go to fulfill their cause? The whole story revolves around why Raghubir does this bomb blast and why he calls Arjun to tell about it.

The Review and Analysis

In fact, this remake of a Korean film has been made in the same style as a reporter reporting an incident in the newspapers sitting at the table and writing a copy. Without going by chance. There is neither sound nor effect in the blast. Karthik Aryan was not a TV anchor. There is neither gestures of anchors on his face nor grown-up. The smartness of the anchors is also missing from their character. One scene in the movie is funny. Here, Arjun, who is doing live, is accused of taking bribe for not running a news and on the other hand the anchor sitting in another channel connects the line to him and starts asking for clarification on the allegations live. You can laugh at this explosive understanding of the makers. For Aryan to leave romance-comedy and adopt this seriousness, it is like a proverbial saying that shaving his head.

Now it is a remake, so no change has been made in the story. Some Bollywood spices have been put in, but the plot is there. In such a situation, no complaint can be made about the story. It is kept very crisp and everything is done very fast. The entire film has been completed in just 103 minutes. There is no scope for keeping songs and only one and only drama gets to be seen.

Star Performances

There is no doubt that Kartik Aaryan is looking quite different in this film from the rest of his films. Seeing Karthik in this film, one gets an idea of ​​his talent. Karthik, who has played the character of Boy Next Door till now, has played the role of a news anchor. There is an intensity in his character, which Karthik has kept a tremendous hold. Fear, dread, faith, regret, sadness… every expression is right on Kartik’s face. At the same time, Amrita Subhash and Mrunal Thakur have also done full justice to their characters.

Mrunal has also done a good job. Small role but managed to leave its mark. The role of reporter has been played with great seriousness. There are other characters in the newsroom who have compensated for the lapse of the makers. Amrita Subhash, who became Arjun’s boss, has also fit in her character. Whatever work was given to her, she did it. Vikas Kumar, who became the Inspector of Anti Terror Squad, is also right. Limited his character a bit but it cannot be said to be his fault.

Technical Aspects

Editing by Monisha Baldwa and Amit Kariya takes the film a notch higher. The film, about two and a half hours long, begins with exactly the same topic and ends with the same theme. The film focuses on its characters. ‘Dhamaka’ also takes some marks for its VFX. At the same time, the camera work of Manu Anand is superb. The film mainly passes in a single room and has been captured on camera in a very detailed manner.

Director Ram Madhvani who garnered accolades for directing Neerja and Arya (series), has tried to bring something different in front of the audience. Let me tell you, somewhere this film is reminiscent of A Wednesday directed by Neeraj Pandey, where a common man, troubled by terrorism, decides to take revenge. At the same time, along with Dhamaka politics and corruption, the running race in the society has been targeted. Through the conversation between a news anchor and a terrorist, Ram Madhvani has raised many issues, but not much has gone down. Some questions even feel left out.

The Last Words

The most positive side of the film is its actors. From Kartik Aaryan to Amrita Subhash and Mrinal Thakur; All the actors looked perfect in their characters. Where the film is weak is the second half. Somewhere in the film there is a sarcasm on politics, then somewhere on the media. Overall, it neither disappoints nor gives hope. The Kartik Aaryan starrer Dhamaka might throw your mind off a bit. What a person does to get something in his life, to what extent can he go, Ram Madhvani has shown a glimpse of that from his film. The blast can definitely be seen once for the message related to the film and the strong acting of Karthik Aryan.