dhoom ( english : blast ) is a 2004 indian action thriller film written by vijay krishna acharya and directed by sanjay gadhvi .

the film stars abhishek bachchan , uday chopra , john abraham , esha deol , and rimi sen in lead roles .

dhoom was the first action film produced by yash raj films in 16 years , since yash chopra directed vijay ( 1988 ) .

it tells the story of a motorbike gang committing robberies throughout mumbai and the police officer who teams up with a motorbike dealer to stop them .

earning over ₹ 290 million ( us$ 4.5 million ) nett gross in india , the film became one of the top-grossing hindi films of 2004 .

it spawned a film series , with its sequel dhoom 2 , released on 24 november 2006 , and dhoom 3 released on 20 december 2013 .

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dhoom has style , but no substance . dhoom has gloss , but no script . dhoom has thrills in abundance , but the outcome is least exciting . in short , dhoom ranks amongst yashraj ? s weakest films .
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well , i was recently watching dhoom 3 and a plot came to my mind for dhoom 4 . it should be a “comeback” - but comeback of which villain ?
‘dhoom’ series has been going very strong with each film surpassing the previous one dominantly .
best playback singer ( female ) - sunidhi chauhan ( dhoom machale . . . )
probably my character from dhoom reloaded could have been a high profile shooter or a hacker .
on the whole , dhoom is a terrible letdown thanks to its insipid script . at the box - office , dhoom will lose its sparkle after the first day or two of glory !
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it is the third dhoom movie . i did not see the plot coming . music is good .
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hey ! just to keep it short and to the point . firstly , it would be a khan playing the main character . obviously not aamir khan since he ' s already done it . stakes has been raised by aamir so dhoom reloaded will be with either salman or srk . secondly , dhoom franchise is a theme based movie . all the dhoom parts had no story and a similar plot . dhoom part 1 became a cult because of realistic scenes and the attitude potrayed by mr . abraham . expect dhoom reloaded to be a no brainer like the last installments .
the best song ever dhoom machale from the movie dhoom yeahhh . . . i realize that the video quality is crap , but when i posted this i couldn ' t find the whole song anywhere on youtube . . . : p
dhoom cast list , listed alphabetically with photos when available . this list of dhoom actors includes any dhoom actresses and all other actors from the film . you can view additional information about each dhoom actor on this list , such as when and where they were born . to find out more about a particular actor or actress , click on their name and you ' ll be taken to page with even more details about their acting career . the cast members of dhoom have been in many other movies , so use this list as a starting point to find actors or actresses that you may not be familiar with .
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the third installment of the dhoom franchise has been directed by vijay krishna acharya and will hit the theatres on december 20 , 2013 .
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nothing can be said about the plot as of now . but rumors were prabhas bagging the project . as of now yrf has officially announced dhoom 4 .
best lamb biryani and chicken thighs cooked ( forgotten what they are called ) in the tandoori oven ever . however i am not indian , so i am not completely sure what i am talking about : ) . my wife ( she is indian ) and i have been at dhoom many times for dinner . never disappointed . by the way , dhoom has disappeared from all of the food delivery sites and tonight they are not answering their phone ! is dhoom doomed ? ?
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we worked with milin at dhoom events and from day 1 he was extremely responsive , reliable , professional , and helpful . dhoom was organized and available to offer help / suggestions during the planning process . they were also able to offer mc services , assist in organizing the baraat , and proved their ability to mix between different types of songs / time periods / genres / etc . during the reception . we would be happy to recommend dhoom to anyone interested in an excellent dj service provider for an event .
aamir khan ' s dhoom : 3 trailer that released on october 30 is creating quite a buzz online . the aamir khan and katrina kaif starrer is a year end release .
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thank you dhoom events for truly making our wedding a such a joyous celebration ! our diverse family and friends all commented on how much they loved all the music . some even requested the playlist !
milin and dhoom events did an awesome job at my wedding . music selection was great . very professional , courteous and timely . thank you for making our day so special ! robert and linda tassara
aamir khan ' s dhoom : 3 trailer that released on october 30 is creating quite a buzz online . the video has already got 3 , 476 , 353 views in 3 days of its release .
for what producers had described as the widest ever release of an indian film in china in more than three decades , dhoom 3 arrived here on july 25 not with a bang , but with a whimper .
amitabh bachchan is also said to be playing a key role , which is kept in suspense . vaani kapoor or parineeti chopra might grab the chance to play the sexy lady in the new film titled ‘dhoom reloaded’ .
rumors are there that hrithik and amitabh will be a part of dhoom 4 . hrithik is a good actor , but with his great body he is limited to do certain characters . i think roles like these will gain him good acclaim .
abhishek bachchan and uday chopra who were seen in all the first three films will be missing and current bollywood heartthrob ranveer singh will play the hero . so , this ‘dhoom’ will be a cat and mouse game between ranveer singh and salman khan .
dj milin from dhoom events made our wedding memorable by creating the perfect ambiance with the led lighting and by playing fantastic music . his was organized , responsive and his professional experience enabled him to execute our vision flawless and keep our guests entertained .
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milin and his team at dhoom were fantastic and very professional . kept an entire dance floor packed for two nights in a row . loved their blend of indian and american music . didn ' t narrate too much which we appreciated : ) highly recommend !
dhoom events is a great company . we hired them for dj and dhol for our hindu - jewish wedding in september 2013 . milin is great and extremely helpful in planning all aspects of music for the wedding . he is very responsive and gives great recommendations . one the day of the event , dholi viral and dj vinit were amazing . viral got the crowd pumping for the bhaarat - he is very talented . dj vinit kept everyone on the dance floor all night playing a great mix of music . the lighting at the event was also done by dhoom events and really transformed the room . aside from being a great company , each person i met was friendly and fun to talk to . i highly recommend dhoom events if you want your event to flow smoothly !
i placed the order for my family party where we order from dhoom restaurant they have given use bad smell uncooked biryani must be day old because when i opened the tray smell came and the chicken color had changed . i feel really very embarrassed . . .
dhoom events did a great job with my sister ' s wedding ! they were very responsive , flexible and willing to make accommodations for our bi - cultural event . and they throw a great party ! all of the guests danced and had a great time .
dhoom events was excellent in all their contracted services ! we worked directly with the owner milin , for providing the entertainment at our mendhi party and wedding celebration . for us , the most important elements were finding a dj that would be able to contract live musician , baraat horse , and be able to cater to our mixed american / indian crowd . boy , did they deliver ! ! dhoom events provided some great entertainment ! manish was the best mc for our wedding ! he was energetic , friendly , and helpful when we were anxious and on - edge . he and his team took care of everything professionally and flawlessly . dj vinit and mc manish were fantastic in facilitating the wedding day , and the team did a great job keeping everyone on the dance floor and having a good time . dhoom events really knew how to manage our multicultural group , and it was clear that they had the expertise we were seeking . dhoom events also helped us contract ' big bob , ' the baarat horse who was a huge hit . we applaud
i literally wanted to spice up my taste buds after staying in business district of secaucus on a 2 weeks business trip and there is no better place than dhoom . even though you dont get the authentic indian food taste , it does taste better for . . .
i am a big fan of indian food . i just smell of those aromatic herbs & spices which makes a indian resturant exotic . great drinks to match the food . good food , good service & a good experience in all . thanks a lot dhoom ! ! !
there comes several schematics and adrenaline rushed chase scenes and just when the abhishek bachchan & uday chopra duo are about to capture the villains abhishek bachchan double - crosses the good guys . and now the total bad guys are 4 - thus signifying the title “ dhoom 4 ”
after john abraham , hrithik roshan , and aamir khan , bollywood box office king , salman khan is all set to do the villain role in the fourth film in the blockbuster series . it may be noted that villains have more mileage in the ‘dhoom’ series than heroes .
solid solid solid . i dont even know why i bothered researching the handful of south asian dj ' s in the tri - state area for my wedding and holud events . from the very start , dhoom was professional and remained so even after signing the contract . they took real care to study our itinerary almost minute by minute to ensure we covered all our bases . they insisted on making it the best possible event for us and we are so glad they did . days before the wedding a million things popped up and we werent able to focus as much on the little details but dhoom did this for us . on the day of , dhoom also got their hands a little dirty by helping with odds and ends that didnt even fall into their scope of responsibilites . all the niceties aside , dhoom actually delivered in a major way with music , sound , lighting and solid mc ' ing . the dance floor never stopped and mc manish was spectacular at getting the crowd going . he even found us at the end taking pics outside the venue and made sure we made it back
yes , dhoom , directed by sanjay gadhvi , contradicts all expectations . you saunter into the cinema hall expecting the banner to change lanes [ from mushy love stories to thrillers ] , but this bike ride is as nightmarish as driving a bmw on a road full of potholes .
the view in china , however , was that the film’s performance was underwhelming in comparison to usual china film group releases — which are backed by the government — and the performance of low budget domestic films that made more in a single day then dhoom 3 did in a week .
thank you dhoom events ! our reception was great . our dj , milin , did a great job with introductions , entertainment and keeping the show moving ! the music and entertainment was great and pleased everyone at our indian – american event . milin was able to work well with us and all of our last minute changes . the photo booth was a great add on and the guest enjoyed it so much , it was so much fun looking through the photo binder after our event ! we would recommend dhoom events to anyone getting married or just looking to have a fun event !
we had dhoom events for our wedding an they did such a fantastic job ! everything from the announcements to the music on the dance floor was perfect . special shout out to the mc chirag , he did a great job keeping the crowd hyped up the whole time . highly recommend ! !
thank you dhoom events ! dj , chirag , did a great job with introductions , entertainment and keeping the show moving ! the music and entertainment was great and pleased everyone at our wedding and reception event . dj chirag was very flexible and able to work well with us on our last minute changes .
best dj experience ever ! ! ! all my guests were so happy with the music ! my two most important things were the music and the food and dhoom did not dissapoint ! by far , my favorite vendor ! never had to stress about anything with milan and chirag . thank you , guys ! ! !
we worked with milan and dj chirag for our wedding events this past november 2017 for our wedding events . music was one of the priorities for our wedding weekend and we could not have been more happy . when we first contacted dhoom , we spoke to milin who talked with us about what our musical vision was for our wedding ! he was engaging and was very knowledgeable about his field . prior to the events dhoom sent us reminder emails with different details that we needed to provide . prior to the event we spoke to our dj - dj chirag who went through our entire itinerary with us along with individual name ' s pronunciation .
to start with , the viewer has witnessed such chor - sipahi , cat - n - mouse games time and again . however , dhoom not only takes its inspiration from several bollywood flicks , but also seems slightly similar to a few hollywood thrillers [ coincidental ? ] , namely the fast and the furious and biker boyz .
yashraj films . the banner is a brand to reckon with today . it goes without saying that the expectations from every yashraj product are gargantuan . but after having watched dhoom , you wonder whether you ? ve entered the wrong cinema hall or perhaps , the makers weren ? t able to control this [ mis ] adventure after a point !
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the problem with dhoom is that it relies too heavily on thrills to take it forward . that explains why the bike chase , at several points in the story , is far more interesting than the story itself . in fact , all you remember at the end of the show are some expertly executed chases [ allan amin ] , not the drama .
aamir khan ' s dhoom : 3 trailer that released on october 30 is creating quite a buzz online . the video has already got 3 , 476 , 353 views in 3 days of its release . aamir , who ' d be seen in a full - fledged negative role for the first time , impresses with his bike stunts and ' scary joker ' act . ' hats ' off to him ! katrina kaif ' s acrobatics make for an interesting watch . the lady seems to have worked hard for the movie . abhishek bachchan and uday chopra also star in the yash raj movie . the third installment of the dhoom franchise has been directed by vijay krishna acharya and will hit the theatres on december 20 , 2013 .
best dj ! from my sweet sixteen to my wedding , we have stuck with dj milin . he is absolutely amazing and knows how to keep the party going . we had the best time having dhoom events for our wedding this past september . i can not even count the number of guests who kept asking about our dj because of how great the music was that night . highly , highly recommend ! ! !
our night was made even more special thanks to dj vinit from dhoom . from the ceremony music to the very last song . . . i couldn ' t have asked for a more romantic and fun night . and it was all executed flawlessly ! honestly , kudos to you and your staff for making it so perfect ! it was all truly special and magical , and i hate to sound hokey , but i mean it . bringing two families from two different cultures can be difficult - - but your music provided a common ground for everyone to have fun and dance the night away . the songs were a perfect mix for exactly what i had hoped for ! i received many compliments on what a fun celebration it was , and it was thanks in part to dhoom being there . thank you again for creating such a celebratory atmosphere for me and my husband !
milin and dhoom events are absolutely incredible ! for anyone that wants to make sure you have a packed dancefloor - old and young , indian or not - they know how to get the job done ! i ' ve been to so many weddings were the crowd dies off at some point in the night and was amazed to say our dancefloor during our reception was packed by everyone until the last second ! so much so that my wonderful father in law wanted to extend the reception for an hour because everyone was having so much fun : ) . milin , thank you for flawless execution , wish i could relive the day ! one of the most memorable parts of the weekend was when you guys on cue started playing the joote dedho song at the perfect time when the shoes got stolen during the ceremony , will never forget it ! ! everyone needs to use dhoom !
dhoom starts with a bang , and continues with a lot more right until the end . the tale begins in mumbai where a sophisticated gang of robbers is sweeping through the city , giving nightmares to the police department . they come like wind , sweep the place and disappear on their hi - tech bikes - the slickest and fastest riding machines on the road . jai dixit ( abhishek bachchan ) , an honest police officer is brought in on the case . soon he is on the trail of the robbers - a gang headed by kabir ( john abraham ) , an evil perfectionist with an attitude . jai ropes in the services of ali ( uday chopra ) , a happy - go - lucky garage mechanic and a prodigious bike rider . the two don ' t get along at first , but soon jai realizes that the clown can ride bikes like the wind and decides to team up with him to try and bring the robbers to justice . kabir soon catches up on jai - ali ' s teaming up and his arrogance pushes him to take up the challenge openly . from the mean streets of mumbai , the chase shifts to the sun kissed beaches of goa . and so starts the hunt . . . where sometimes the hunter becomes the hunted . dhoom reinvents the classic cops and robbers tale and brings it into the 21st century . with fast bikes , big action , non - stop fun and a thrilling story that leaves you out of breath , dhoom is a powerhouse of adventure and excitement waiting to explode . its like your favourite roller coaster ride . . . once youre on , the only thing you want to do is to go back and take that ride all over again ! come let dhoom take you to the ride of your life !
dhoom events were great at the wedding . all our friends and family had a great time . starting from the baarath van , which was on point , to the reception . the team was responsive and also accommodated last minute changes and requsest . over all well organized , only thing they can improve on is mixing the songs showing off some crazy djing skills : ) anyway all in all the event was successful and we including our guest had a ball .
g from the baraat to the reception . my brother had a powerpoint he made to go along with his speech . he had trouble with the clicker , and milin took time out to help him with the technical difficulties . mc manish called me the week of my wedding to review what i expected and go over pronunciations of names ; he was eloquent and had great crown control . the mixes were fantastic and timing of music was impeccable . he played music that managed to entice the entire crowd . a lot of our guests didn’t end up eating dinner because they wanted to keep dancing . we got a photobooth from dhoom events as well , and we were very satisfied ; i’ve seen photobooths that have been small with poor lighting . also , we highly recommend dhoom events to everyone . we still get compliments about how our reception was the best they’d been to months after the event . we had such a blast !
local hit the continent , written by blogger han han , opened on the same day and made $ 64 million in the first week . a horror movie set in beijing called the house that never dies made $ 59 million . in a competitive box office where earnings have of late been dominated by overseas imports — only last month transformers 4 became the most successful film in chinese box office history making $ 300 million — dhoom 3 ’s $ 2 . 65 million barely left a mark .
the success of 3 idiots likely prompted the china film group to bring dhoom 3 to china . the state - run company , according to reports , secured rights to screen the film in 2 , 000 screens around the country . opening on july 25 , the film has brought in $ 2 . 65 million in its first week , according to the chinese box office . producers yash raj films hailed the earnings for breaking into the chinese top ten for the week , coming in at ninth .
milin and chirag at dhoom events were so easy to work with ! they were very professional in the planning stages and organized all the events ( flow and times ) very well . they definitely got the party going and within 10 minutes of playing baraat music , our guests were raving about the music and dj ! milin and his team were also very accommodating and incorporated all our requests . even better , they were very reasonably priced . definitely recommend them for your wedding / reception and any other party !
i did not have an indian wedding but dj milin and his team provided excellent music and lighting for my wedding in a warehouse loft . my husband and i created playlists for each segment of the night and he stuck with them , with some crowd - pleasing additions . he also created the logo with my name and my husband ' s name that was projected onto one of the walls throughout the reception . you can ' t beat dhoom if you need both a dj and lighting specialists for your wedding .
dhoom events did a phenomenal job at our engagement party , wedding and reception ! we were impressed with milin from when we first met him . he was very professional , and prompt in responding to our emails which is critical when trying to plan a wedding . he was very helpful throughout the entire process and always gave us his honest opinion . we were planning our wedding from connecticut and were having it in long island , but even with the distance , milin was always able to accommodate our crazy schedules . the day of our event was perfect , milin , mc manish , chirag and the entire dhoom team were absolutely amazing and i cannot thank them enough for how seamlessly our day went . our reception was very organized and mc manish did an excellent job not only mcing , but also coordinating all the details that i may have missed with our venue . milin and his team kept the music going all night and kept everyone on the dance floor . with all the stress of planning a wedding , milin and his team too
considering that he had already lifted turkish superstar tarkan in dhoom , this is a dead give - away ! the prelude is the same , while the parts with ' dooba dooba . . . ' are again lifted straight off the ' kuzu kuzu ' part in the original . but , strangely enough , the main tune which goes , ' dil samandar ' does not seem to be a direct lift ! but just one listen to the complete samples below ( don ' t stop mid way ! ! ) would easily prove the inspiration !
our experience with dhoom events was absolutely stellar . music is incredibly important to us so finding the right dj was paramount in putting together our perfect wedding . luckily we came across milin and his company . milin was incredibly professional and responsive from the outset . he never came across and sales - y or pushy and seemed to genuinely care about our interests . we read excellent reviews for one of his djs ( chirag ) and requested him for our two - day event . milin made it happen . dj chirag was such a pleasure to work with . he spent time on the phone with us prior to the wedding in order to review our timeline and learn name pronunciations . he even gave us helpful suggestions along the way . chirag was incredible during the wedding weekend - he shined as both a dj and emcee . his music selection was perfect and he was able to keep everything moving with ease . most importantly , chirag was incredibly receptive and accommodating to any and all timeline changes , delays , etc . and never skipped a beat . we recommend dhoom wihtnout hesitation !
the film’s lengthy , and unwieldy , chinese title further puzzled moviegoers , who were left wondering what the the magical car god : the magic thief’s passion could possibly be about . marketing failures aside , the launch of dhoom 3 in china has served another reminder of the vast — and untapped — potential of the chinese film market for bollywood . films from india were hugely popular here in the 1970s , the only overseas films allowed back then . raj kapoor is still a household name in china , and ‘awara hoon’ still crooned by taxi drivers in beijing .
milin and his team for doing such a stellar job on every detail of our wedding ! the live tabla , sitar , and shinai players for both the ceremony and cocktail hour were talented , professional , and ably managed the unexpected rain ! our wedding day is a day that was memorable and magical - the best day of our lives . dhoom events added to the memory by bringing the fun and unifying all the variety of cultures , and you can never hear
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dhoom events did an incredible job creating our ideal wedding musical experience ! the djing was top notch for our mehndi / sangeet event ( dj vinit ) and our wedding ( dj milin ) - - both events were so different in their music and everyone loved the music and dancing ! our family and friends were on the dance floor till very end for both events . generally , very professional and courteous throughout , with excellent suggestions on how to improve our planning for the two events , and they coordinated everything without a hitch ! would highly recommend if you want to have an amazing and fun indian wedding and dance the night away !
the favourite indian action franchise is back with a dhoom / bang . this time jai dixit and ali return to match their wits with the enigmatic clown thief , sahir , who has the city of chicago in his thrall . the pursuit that ensues is thrilling , entertaining and emotional by turns . it is a journey that will test all the players to their breaking point , where the game of chess played between sahir and jai will never be won until all the secrets have been unlocked . in this battle of revenge and dignity the lines blur and the conventional definition of good and bad don ' t apply anymore . prepare to watch a spectacle that will thrill you and move you .
the tale begins in mumbai where a sophisticated gang of robbers is sweeping through the city , giving nightmares to the police department . they come like wind , sweep the place and disappear on their hi - tech bikes - the slickest and fastest riding machines on the road . officer jai dixit ( abhishek bachchan ) is brought in on the case . soon he is on the trail of the robbers - a gang headed by kabir ( john abraham ) , an evil perfectionist with an attitude . jai ropes in the services of ali ( uday chopra ) , a happy - go - lucky garage mechanic and a prodigious bike rider . the two reluctant partners join forces , and soon jai realizes that the clown can ride bikes like the wind . kabir soon catches on to jai - ali ' s teaming up and his arrogance pushes him to take up the challenge openly . from the mean streets of mumbai , the chase shifts to the sun kissed beaches of goa . and so starts the hunt - where sometimes the hunter becomes the hunted . dhoom reinvents the classic cops and robbers tale and brings it into the 21st century . with fast bikes , big action , non - stop fun and a thrilling story that leaves you out of breath , dhoom is a powerhouse of adventure and excitement waiting to explode . it ' s like your favourite roller coaster ride - once you ' re on , the only thing you want to do is to go back and take that ride all over again .
milin and his team did such an amazing job for our wedding . we can’t even put it into words . the music was fantastic . everything song we requested was played and other songs that went with the general theme of what we liked . we asked that milin set - up in the balcony of our wedding reception venue and he worked with our venue production coordinator to make our wishes happen . the sound quality was loud as desired - perfect for dancing ! if he was unsure about anything , milin checked in and made sure that our speeches , first dance , dance floor session , etc . were perfect for our big day . if you want a fun , enjoyable yet classy indian wedding , i highly recommend you chose dhoom events !
the tale begins in mumbai where a sophisticated gang of robbers is sweeping through the city , giving nightmares to the police department . they come like wind , sweep the place and disappear on their hi - tech bikes - the slickest and fastest riding machines on the road . officer jai dixit ( abhishek bachchan ) is brought in on the case . soon he is on the trail of the robbers - a gang headed by kabir ( john abraham ) , an evil perfectionist with an attitude . jai ropes in the services of ali ( uday chopra ) , a happy - go - lucky garage mechanic and a prodigious bike rider . the two reluctant partners join forces , and soon jai realizes that the clown can ride bikes like the wind . kabir soon catches on to jai - ali ' s teaming up and his arrogance pushes him to take up the challenge openly . from the mean streets of mumbai , the chase shifts to the sun kissed beaches of goa . and so starts the hunt . . . where sometimes the hunter becomes the hunted . dhoom reinvents the classic cops and robbers tale and brings it into the 21st century . with fast bikes , big action , non - stop fun and a thrilling story that leaves you out of breath , dhoom is a powerhouse of adventure and excitement waiting to explode . it ' s like your favourite roller coaster ride . . . once you ' re on , the only thing you want to do is to go back and take that ride all over again !
dhoom events was my vendor of choice for my wedding on june 3 , 2017 . milin lead the team and from day 1 , he won me over with his calm voice and his pitch as to what he will deliver . there are a lot of good dj’s out there who have made their name into a brand name . dhoom events is a team . without a team , there’s no dj . milin represents just that . him and his team , along with dj chirag , who did my garba / sangeet night , were simply outstanding . i was there to see a little bit of behind the scenes work , and i must say that everything was handled very professionally and we did not even feel a bump . starting from the garba / sangeet night , dj chirag lead the night and did an awesome job getting the crowd on the floor . we were there until we were told to stop by the venue . songs selection was perfect and he pitched in where needed to , and got everyone moving . come wedding day , milin and his team lead the way . i cannot say enough words about how much at ease i was because i knew milin was taking care of it . i saw him move and work alongside his team . a true quality of a leader . when i saw that , it inspired and humbled me , that there are people out there who work hard for what they do . he lead the baraat like a full force hurricane . my family and friends danced for almost an hour . he moved the pace so perfectly that everything got done on time . come reception , he was the star of the show . made me and my bride look like the king and queen . the night was lead by mc manish and dj milin . they crushed the dance floor and my family and friends can’t stop talking about how much fun they had . their motto is your event , your way . simple , to the point , and perfect . i know there are a lot of you out there looking for a brand name dj . dhoom events is a premiere company and a huge brand . whether it be a grand event , or something simple , they will make you happy . they have my highest recommendation ! ! thank you guys for creating a great memory for us . we will never forget our wedding .
pop video meets shampoo ad in director sanjay gadhvi ' s energetic and ultra - glossy sequel to his 2004 bollywood action thriller , dhoom . a vacuous but entertaining genre - hopper , it sees abhishek bachchan and uday chopra reprise their roles as the chalk - and - cheese mumbai cops - this time , they are on the trail of a master - of - disguise thief ( hrithik roshan ) , whose hi - tech heists provide the stunt - packed centre pieces for an otherwise rambling picture . hunky roshan and his wannabe accomplice ( played by aishwarya rai ) sizzle , and help to hide the many plot holes with their strong chemistry and model looks . elaborate musical sequences and a pumping soundtrack add to the overall breathless vibrancy , though chopra ' s misfiring comic interludes are a pace - slowing annoyance .
i came here twice , for buffet and for evening dinner . chef chetan invited me to check it out , because he knows that my absolute favorite cuisine is the indian . thank you ! it was totally delicious ! ! immediately knew it was going to be a good meal just based on how good the restaurant smelled . buffet was very fresh with lots of vegetarian options . absolutely tasty ! ! and the food looks as good as it tastes because the presentation is really nice ! it ' s fresh indian cuisine , spiced just right . aromatic as it should be ! ! i love the decoration of the restaurant , it ' s special and cool . i ' ts not a typical indian restaurant . and the seats are very comfortable . i will definitely recommend all my friends to visit this place . please , if you like indian food do yourself a favor , make dhoom your favorite . and if you never try it before , this is the best place to do it .
one of the finest indian cuisine i have found in this area . such a brilliant concept of incorporating the whole bollywood theme into the decor of the restaurant . the interior lightings were just so perfect , making the atmosphere so cozy and lounge - y . we came here on a friday night to get dinner before a movie at the kerasotes . it was quite a search due to the limited dining options in secaucus , but i ' m so glad i came across dhoom on my search . excellent customer service from the seating hostess as well as our server . wide selection of drinks and they have some great original cocktails on the menu . i totally got hooked to the indian punch ! we ordered samosas for appetizer and chicken curry accompanied with rice and naan . all of which was super delicious . just some tips : one entree and one order of rice are quite enough for 2 people . if you come here in a group , i ' d definitely recommend ordering few different things to be shared ; )
i had little respect for sanjay gadhvi after his futile attempt of making bollywood version of highly adorable my best friends wedding . but with dhoom - he back on track . its interesting to see yashraj into action - thrillers who generally stick to love themes , proving they are developing into professional production houses . a good storyline filled with witty one - liners , good comic scenes , great songs , plenty of flesh and of course great action sequences - a perfect recipe for a masala bollywood action . the pace of the movie is so good that you don ' t want to leave your seat . abshishek ' s performance is good - within the boundaries of his can ' s and cannot ' s . uday chopra overacts . john abraham fits the role to the
t
. heroines have small roles but oozing with sex - appeal ( the action theme demands it - remember ? ) . abhishek - uday combo is similar to 48 hours and evokes good mirth . an entertaining fare from start to finish . go watch it ! ! !
i love to dance , and my husband and i knew that we wanted to have the best music for our reception . we hired dhoom events based on their great reputation , and they went above and beyond our expectations . dj milin was professional and prompt to respond to my multitude of phone calls and emails . he provided great suggestions for entrances . given our busy work schedules , milin made appointments at my house to make it more convenient for me . he even offered to format our table seating electronically so we could project it . milin also made us a cd to play music through the sound system of our venue during the lunch . our wedding planner also said it was refreshing to work with milin since he spoke to her directly about specifics of our event , e . g . , the size of our white dance floor . on a side note , the quality of our dance floor was also much better than others we’ve danced on . our big day went flawlessly due to dj milin’s meticulous itinerary . they had the crowd entertained and goin
the tale begins in mumbai where a sophisticated gang of robbers is sweeping through the city , giving nightmares to the police department . they come like wind , sweep the place and disappear on their hi - tech bikes - the slickest and fastest riding machines on the road . officer jai dixit ( abhishek bachchan ) is brought in on the case . soon he is on the trail of the robbers - a gang headed by kabir ( john abraham ) , an evil perfectionist with an attitude . jai ropes in the services of ali ( uday chopra ) , a happy - go - lucky garage mechanic and a prodigious bike rider . the two reluctant partners join forces , and soon jai realizes that the clown can ride bikes like the wind . kabir soon catches on to jai - ali ' s teaming up and his arrogance pushes him to take up the challenge openly . from the mean streets of mumbai , the chase shifts to the sun kissed beaches of goa . and so starts the hunt - where sometimes the hunter becomes the hunted . dhoom reinvents the classic cops and robbers tale and brings it . . .
high - speed criminals terrorize a city , and it ' s up to one man and his sidekick to bring them down in this action thriller from india . a crime wave hits the city of mumbai when a gang of daring thieves on souped - up motorcycles , led by the corrupt but methodical kabir ( john abraham ) , stage a series of daring and lucrative robberies , then go into hiding posing as pizza delivery drivers . the police have been unable to track down the bandits thus far , so top detective jai dixit ( abhishek bachchan ) is given the assignment of bringing them to justice . jai enlists the help of mechanic and expert motorcycle rider ali ( uday chopra ) , and while ali ' s neo - slacker attitude doesn ' t mesh well at first with jai ' s no - nonsense efficiency , they learn to work as a team . but as they begin to tighten the net around kabir ' s gang , the clever thief realizes the police are closing in . dhoom star abhishek bachchan also starred in another major bollywood production , phir milenge , both of which received their american debut on the same weekend .
the world ' s oldest desert , the namib - a solitary railway line . . . a royal family on a royal journey . from the sky . . . like lightening . . . a flash . . . the centuries old royal crown is stolen . back in action . . . dhoom : 2 reinvents the action comedy genre and propels it into the 21st century . ali ' s ( uday chopra ) dream of becoming a police officer has come true . he is now acp jai dixit ' s ( abhishek bachchan ) right hand man . together they are trying to keep a tight leash on the crime in india , little do they know what they are going to be up against . enter aryan - mr . a ( hrithik roshan ) a high tech international thief after pulling off a series of impossible heists all over the world . his next target is mumbai , india . the case is given to acp jai dixit and ali helping them put the pieces of the puzzle together is acp shonali bose ( bipasha basu ) . for the last two years shonali has been tracking these amazing thefts and is now an expert on this thief , who no one has seen . once in mumbai mr . a finds his match in sunehri ( aishwarya rai ) . a petty yet clever thief . she makes him an offer he finds very hard to refuse . a partnership aryan accepts . and so the game begins . the cops , jai , shonali and ali and they are after aryan and sunehri - the robbers . from the desert of namibia to the backwaters of goa , the mean streets of mumbai and the ancient forts of rajasthan and finally to wild and exotic rio brazil . does acp jai dixit manage to nab mr . a ? go on ! enjoy the ride ! ! once again ! ! !
this review is for the current groupon that allows you to share 2 drinks , 1 app , naan , 2 main course dishes + 1 desert for $ 55 . this deal is still available & i suggest you grab it before its gone ! honestly , this was a lot of food for 2 people , but we are not complaining . we started off with the madras pepper shrimp - - a curried , garlicky shrimp that comes on a tortilla chip . if you like spice , you ' ll love this . from the main course we opted for the kakori kababs & the murgh haryali kabab . the kakori is an established favorite and scored over the green murgh ( chicken ) kabab for us . maintaining the authenticity of the scared tandoor ( flame grill ) is the specialty of dhoom and till they keep doing that , we ' ll make sure to keep going back for more . by far the best kababs in new jersey . the meal was accompanied by black daal , naan and white rice ( at no extra charge ) and the daal was a great accompaniment to the grilled delicacies . to wrap it all off , the manager vivek s , suggested kulfi falooda & we went with it . he also surprised us with complementary ras malai and it was absolutely fresh and luscious . if i had to choose though , i would opt for the kulfi , because it was so good - just like it ' s back home in bombay . happy to report that the service this time was top notch and had the personal touch . the manager was great with his suggestions and a special mention for the innovative drinks menu with many bollywood theme drinks like the sholay 75 - a flaming cockatail named after the 1975 bollywood western blockbuster sholay ( flames ! ) . we had a great time and left with plenty of leftovers .


inland empire is an internationally co-produced 2006 film written and directed by david lynch .

the feature took two-and-a-half years to complete , and was lynch 's first film to have been shot entirely in standard definition digital video .

the film is a co-production of france , poland and the united states .

it premiered in italy at the venice film festival on 6 september 2006 .

the film tells the story of an actress ( laura dern ) whose world becomes nightmarish and surreal when she starts to take on the personality of a character she plays in a film .

the cast includes such lynch regulars as dern , justin theroux , harry dean stanton , and grace zabriskie , as well as jeremy irons , karolina gruszka , peter j. lucas , krzysztof majchrzak , julia ormond , and diane ladd .

there are also very brief appearances by nastassja kinski , william h. macy , laura harring , terry crews , mary steenburgen , and ben harper .

the voices of harring , naomi watts , and scott coffey are included in excerpts from lynch 's rabbits website project .

inland empire was named the second-best film of 2007 ( tied with two others ) by cahiers du cinéma , and listed among sight & sound 's " thirty best films of the 2000s " , as well as the guardian 's " 10 most underrated movies of the decade " .

inland empire ( film )

a film projector projects the title
inland empire
in black and white .
when it comes to movie - making , california’s inland empire has it all .
alongside lynch’s pitch was a banner with the slogan ‘without cheese there wouldn’t be an inland empire . ’
if you want to answer the questions ,
who starred in the movie inland empire ?
and
what is the full cast list of inland empire ?
then this page has got you covered .
lynch’s reasoning was simple : “i ate a lot of cheese during the making of ‘inland empire . ' ”
this cast list of who was in inland empire includes both lead and minor roles . ( 15 items )
without cheese there wouldn ' t be an inland empire & cheese is made from milk . get it ?
ie film commission services do include serving as an advocate to local government entities because the inland empire needs a new incentive bill , according to davis .
secondly after inland empire . . . wow . . . i wouldn ' t be in a rush to make another film either , after that .
inland empire cast list , listed alphabetically with photos when available . this list of inland empire actors includes any inland empire actresses and all other actors from the film . you can view additional information about each inland empire actor on this list , such as when and where they were born . to find out more about a particular actor or actress , click on their name and you ' ll be taken to page with even more details about their acting career . the cast members of inland empire have been in many other movies , so use this list as a starting point to find actors or actresses that you may not be familiar with .
submissions are now open for the inland empire film and beer competition which will occur on october 14 , 2017 at the california theater in san bernardino california .
eligibility : the inland empire film and beer competition is open to all residents of the world . films must have been produced by january 1 , 2016 .
copyright 2007 david lynch mc for the us and international . copyright 2006 inland empire productions , inc . printed in the usa
so that is my interpretation of inland empire , hopefully it is somewhat understandable . what are your thoughts on the movie ?
inland empire local resident rule # 1 at least one ( 1 ) leader who lives , works or has shot in california ' s inland empire must attend at least their film’s total inland empire film festival ( ieff ) screening block plus the 2018 ie holiday eve awards show , in order for their film to be screened . ( leaders who supply proof of having personally attended any film festival that is physically located in the inland empire , qualify as ieff local leaders ) . a production ' s leader is the film ' s producer , screen writer , production director , director of photography , editor and / or key cast member ) . all submissions must include in its filmfreeway cover letter that local resident’s name ( s ) plus inland empire home or office street address . submissions may be disqualified if this street address is not supplied in the cover letter .
attracting those film companies in the first place is the job of the inland empire film commission , the san bernardino - based agency that provides 24 / 7 services to production crews and scouts , serving as a film advocate to local government entities .
one of the submitted film ' s leaders who lives in the inland empire region of southern california , usa is required to attend at least their own film ' s block of screenings . see other rules to complete your submission ! under 5 minute film
one of the submitted film ' s leaders who lives in the inland empire region of southern california , usa is required to attend at least their own film ' s block of screenings . see other rules to complete your submission ! under 10 minute film
one of the submitted film ' s leaders who lives in the inland empire region of southern california , usa is required to attend at least their own film ' s block of screenings . see other rules to complete your submission ! under 15 minute film
, dern mentioned that her husband was from the inland empire ( an area east of los angeles county , including riverside and san bernadino county ) . lynch confesses he stopped listening to what she was saying because he loved the sound of the words
inland empire
, and finally decided on these words as the title of his movie because
i like the word inland . and i like the word empire .
taking place in california ' s inland empire , an actress ( laura dern ) gets caught up in a mystery , landing her into trouble .
starting this year ( in addition to its short film screenings ) the inland empire film festival ( ieff ) will also begin screening five ( 5 ) ieff judge selected top music video award finalist ( www . ietmv . com ) .
lynch hasn’t made a picture since 2006’s “ inland empire . ” now , he tells the sydney morning herald that “inland empire” represents the end of his filmmaking career . it’s a changing business , after all , and there isn’t much room anymore in the blockbuster - and franchise - minded industry for creatives like him .
in order for a short film to reach final qualification to win top movie honors and / or the grand prize , its inland empire local leader must be present at the ie holiday eve awards show .
following is a list of awards to be presented for the inland empire film and beer competition competition . other awards may be included at the prerogative of the jurors and / or slate inc . management .
welcome to the riverside county film commission , your one - stop resource for film and tv production in film friendly riverside county .
winners will be announced during the awards ceremony to be held at ritual brewery in redlands california . a variety of awards and prizes will be presented to various winners of the inland empire film and beer competition .
“inland empire” is rated r ( under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian ) . it includes adult language , partial female nudity , bloody violence and ubiquitous menace .
inland empire was david lynch ' s first film not to be scored by angelo badalamenti since the two first worked together on 1986 ' s blue velvet . any original score for the film was composed and performed by lynch himself . a soundtrack for the film was released on september 11 , 2007 .
one of the submitted film ' s leaders who lives in the inland empire region of southern california , usa is required to attend at least their own film ' s block of screenings . see other rules to complete your submission ! a family friendly film which is under 15 minutes screens outdoors under the stars
when nikki gets a visit from her neighbour , she is asked questions like : - is your husband in your film ? - is there a murder in your film ? which also reveals some of the processes in making a film . what i love about inland empire is all the layers , that intertwines .
so , it ' s finally here - the british release of david lynch ' s mesmeric inland empire , a film i and other contributors to this blog have been over - excitedly discussing for what seems several years now .
lynch fans already know about his use of transcendental meditation and how it affects his work . the characters and scenes of inland empire are informed by his long time practice of tm .
the city of pomona , at the western end of the region , has been a local draw because of its “everywhere” settings in the inland empire , according to victoria howard , location manager and founder of film pomona in 2011 .
film noir : parts of the film mimic the genre , especially scenes of a private investigator .
a listing of credits on wednesday with a film review of “inland empire , ” using material provided by the filmmakers , misidentified the editor . it was david lynch , not mary sweeney . ( ms . sweeney was a producer of the film , along with mr . lynch . )
the inland empire film and beer festival seeks short films from around the world . the shorts films can be narrative , web series premieres , documentary , or experimental . there will be a special category for those films that utilize the world ' s healing beverage of beer in their film .
inland empire is a 2006 film written and directed by david lynch , starring laura dern . it was a u . s . - poland co - production . it involves a movie star becoming trapped in the world of her film as the result of a curse , reliving an old story involving infidelity and murder . the film takes place on multiple planes of reality . its tagline is ,
a woman in trouble .
inland empire premiered at the venice film festival on september 6 , 2006 , and opened in limited release in the u . s . on december 6 , 2006 .
overview : the inland empire film and beer festival seeks to feature new voices in independent cinema . if you incorporate beer into your film that ' s will be rewarded as well . this is a juried competition featuring a jury of industry professionals from a major hollywood distribution company , media personalities , and marketing directors .
up until inland empire , the straight story was the least recommendable of lynch ' s films . the straight story was easy to follow and well - acted , but the drama wasn ' t stimulating . . .
inland empire opens and contracts in your imagination while you watch it - - and you ' re still watching it well after it ' s left the screen . it ' s a long but thoroughly absorbing three hours .
cheese refers to the lousy work of hollywood , and without a cow , there would be no milk and without milk there would be no cheese , and without cheese , there wouldn ' t be an inland empire .
every complete 2018 mv submission will become an award semi - finalist . plus its local resident will receive a formal invitation in the mail encouraging that artist to attend this year’s inland empire film festival ( ieff ) on indigenous people ' s holiday eve , october 7 , 2018 .
inland empire is a wild ride . . . . very hallucinogenic in nature . i am now looking at the david lynch movies , especially the ones between twin peaks and twin peaks : the return , to . . .
the title of the film came to lynch when dern told him that ben harper , her boyfriend ( later husband ) is from inland empire . he immediately realized that he wanted this to be the title of the film . ( source : catching the big fish , david lynch , 2006 , penguin group , p . 143 . ) lynch consistently writes the title of the film in all capitals , for unknown reasons .
since cecil b . demille’s “birth of a nation” in 1919 , and shirley temple as “heidi” in 1937 – both shot in the san bernardino mountains – to “star trek” in 2009 , the inland empire’s 27 , 000 square miles have provided the perfect setting for hundreds of film - friendly shooting locales .
in my opinion david lynch has made three masterpieces , each about a
woman in trouble
: twin peaks : fire walk with me , mulholland drive , and inland empire . mulholland drive is by far the most accessible , really the only one which is accessible at all because you really have to be a fan of the show to enjoy fwwm and i think you really need to be at least of fan of lynch ' s other movies to enjoy inland empire .
i simply can ' t stand this movie . david lynch has his moments for me ( namely
blue velvet
and
mulholland dr
) but
inland empire
is his most self indulgent and utterly meaningless film to date . laura dern is shockingly committed to this material , turning in one truly bizarre performance . no matter what lynch says ( or does not say ) about the picture ,
inland empire
is meaningless and the exact definition of artistic masturbation . ( and believe me , i have given this film more chances that it deserves . i sat through it 3 times . )
i ' ve said this before here a while back , but mulholland dr . and inland empire are very similar films in the subject matter they tackle - specifically as you say , the space or void between the actor and their audience by using film as a medium ( or digital in the case of ie ) - but they are solid inverses of each other . mulholland dr . is about a woman trying a to escape reality by falling into a dream and inland empire is about a woman trying to break out of a nightmare to return to reality .
inland empire ( lynch for some reason is insistent on the capitalisation of the title ) is an experience to say the least . whether you view it as one of lynch ' s best movies or an elaborate joke on the audience depends on how you view the director’s work as a whole . i am unapologetic in my love of lynch and whilst i am not quite blind to his faults i am very much a fanboy . for this reason , inland empire is a work of mind - fucking brilliance .
“we want to encourage elected officials to vote for a new incentive bill – the inland empire needs this and it is imperative that california does this . combining a strong state incentive program with the county incentive program sends a positive message to the industry . ”
inland empire was , i believe , done all on digital cameras ( somebody please correct me if i ' m wrong ) , the format was new to him . if he had been using celluloid his final product would have looked much , much different .
now also offering the new entering hollywood actor intensive 13 day residency , with a new outdoor theater being built for 2018 ( pictured above is the new construct prep fence ) , the inland empire film festival highlights explorations of regional / local film makers plus international talent employment support . every indigenous people ' s day eve , southern california artists and other regionally connected film makers gather to share their work in an intimate , informal , pressure free luxury housing complex holiday short film marketing desert retreat in rancho cucamonga , california’s solamonte theaters usa
“things changed a lot , ” said lynch , whose most recent narrative film was 2006’s inland empire . “so many films were not doing well at the box office even though they might have been great films , and the things that were doing well at the box office weren’t the things that i would want to do . ”
in poland , janek and smithy drive to the site of a few trailers in the woods , looking for the phantom . gordy comes out of a trailer and tells smithy that the phantom is gone . he says that he “talked , mumbled something about inland empire . ”
california film & tax credit program has been renewed with even more incentives for filmmakers . check out the program on the california film commission website !
to qualify for consideration , an mv leader who lives , works or has shot in the inland empire region of california , usa must agree to attend at least their own film block . ( leaders having attended a previous ieff qualify as locals ) . a leader is the producer , song writer , production director , director of photography , editor and / or recognizable cast member ) . submission must include in its film freeway cover letter leader ' s name plus inland empire street address . submissions may be disqualified if address is not in cover letter . ieff prefers that the inland empire local leader make the submission . prior to submitting mv w / poster must be listed in www . imvdb . com . previously released mv submissions must include a link to its public urltoken post . any world premiere mv submission must include an uploaded teaser / trailer of the submitting mv or include in its submission overview section a complete story board displaying images in the production photos section of its submission .
barely over 10 years ago , in december of 2006 , a buddy and myself took a bus 350 miles to nyc ( with the sole intention ) to see inland empire in nyc , knowing it would not be playing in our area . we took a bus back 2 hours later .
during this time , i learned david lynch was planning to downsize from celluloid to video with a project called inland empire . getting rid of all the “production” associated with film and moving to digital has tremendous cost savings . by omitting shooting on celluloid , we filmmakers would omit having to house and feed 42 people . we also omit the excessive equipment rental costs and several hundred thousand dollars of unneeded expenses associated with a project shot on film .
your finished film as per the specifications above . your film should not be shorter than 4 minutes and not longer than 50 minutes . this includes credits .
lynch shot the film on a pd - 150 , which is not merely an outdated low - end digital camera but one that doesn’t run at 24p ( a mode designed to deliver an image that looks somewhat like film ) . the pd - 150 produces images that look like nothing but video . the visuals in inland empire look as if they’re decomposing before your eyes , as if any minute they are going to disappear into a void , and the extreme lighting adds to the effect of the film’s porous borders . [ 4 ]
i am sad to say i could not make it through ' inland empire ' . i don ' t understand david lynch ' s use of dream - like imagery . i was lost in the story , an found the film way too creepy and unentertaining . typical lynch fans may find plenty to love , but everyone else should stay as far away from this one as possible .
nikki / susan herself begins to show shades of this late in the film .
) the rest of the film does this to several characters with lighting tricks .
by rational you are in the ' cult ' of no film school then .
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david lynch’s inland empire ( us / france / poland , 2006 ) , produced nearly a decade after the films that rodowick discusses in the opening chapter of his book , aligns cinema with a form of spectatorship that is characterised by a sensation of disappearance . my interest in this film is not in terms of its place in lynch’s œuvre . what intrigues me most is the way that it summons cinema as ( to borrow rodowick’s phrase ) a “modality of desire” that is characterised first and foremost by aphanasis , a lacanian term for the disappearance or fading of the subject . in inland empire , the spectator finds him / herself drawn to a blind field —a space that one can look at but that cannot look back at you—a spectatorial space that is primarily constituted by the film’s engagement with ideas of cinematic scale .
lost in character : happens to nikki on several occasions , it ' s hard to tell which scenes are real and which are parts of the film within a film .
the film was made by studio canal ( who had also produced lynch ' s last two films , the straight story and mulholland drive ) , lynch ' s companies absurda and asymmetrical , and the polish film festival camerimage ( their first film production ) .
that being said i think inland empire is lynch ' s most daring and creative movie , basically throwing away any concern for the studios or the audience and making the film he really wanted to make . i wouldn ' t blame anyone for hating the film because of its nearly impenetrable story and strangeness but i do think the bizarre connections make sense in some way for both the story and the themes that lynch is trying to portray ( regardless of how it was made ) . the film is extremely dreamlike but unlike mulholland drive i don ' t think the film depicts a dream or fantasy . in my opinion the film is a lot more similar to twin peaks : fire walk with me as it depicts a woman caught in a battle between supernatural forces . i will give my interpretation of the events of the film and its subtextual meaning .
“inland empire” isn’t a film to love . it is a work to admire , to puzzle through , to wrestle with . its pleasures are fugitive , even frustrating . the first time i saw it , i was repulsed by the shivers of lynchian sadism , a feeling doubtless informed by my adoration of the far more approachable , humanistic “mulholland drive . ” on second viewing , though , “inland empire” seemed funnier , more playful and somehow heartfelt . certainly , there is nothing but love in ms . dern’s performance , which is as much a gift to us as to the director who has given this actress her greatest roles . it’s easy to get lost in a david lynch film , but ms . dern and her amazing rubber - band mouth , which laughs like the sun and cries us a river , proves a magnificent guide .
after taking the lead in a new movie hollywood star nikki grace learns the script is based on an old polish film , which was abandoned after the two lead roles of the film were murdered , thinking the film is cursed nikki ' s imagination runs riot .
dark is not evil : many interpretations of the film indicate that the creepy rabbit people and the strange women that appears at the beginning of the film are actually trying to help the lost girl . . . but being a film of david lynch , you never know .
inland empire revolves around an actor , nikki grace ( laura dern ) , and the tumultuous journey of her performance in a film that bleeds into and out of both the film that we are seeing and the film being made . but the porous borders between story worlds do not end there : the film that is being made , on high in blue tomorrows , is itself ghosted by an earlier absent and unfinished work , 47 . in familiar lynch style , this journey sees the character unfold and fracture into various other characters and identities—with dern’s diverse , split characters slipping , sliding and being flung between these various interlocking stories . “i thought of it as playing a broken or dismantled person , with these other people leaking out of her brain , ” dern said in a telephone interview . [ 7 ] and with a sizeable portion of the action taking place on / through dern’s face as nikki and the character she is to play in the film - within - the - film ( susan ) and a host of other fractured characters hustle for appearance or find themselves thrown into visibility , this sense of people “leaking out of her brain” seems to be a particularly apt description of both dern’s relation to her part and of inland empire itself .
the problem with trying to come up with a single interpretation for this movie is that this defies lynch’s explicit intent . i’ve found a couple of other explanations that seem at least as convincing as this one , linked to at the bottom of this post . but before i advance my hypothesis about inland empire ‘s plot , let’s clarify some terminology .
inland empire situates itself on the fringes of the film industry as well as on the fringes of what we think of as cinema . running for an uncomfortably long three hours , calling for repeated viewings , and slipping over into additional scenes on lynch’s website and on the dvd release ( also incorporating earlier short films by lynch that were posted on and made for his website ) , inland empire also largely bypassed the traditional theatrical exhibition route with lynch distributing the film and dvd ( at least in the us and canada ) himself . it is also the first film that lynch has shot entirely in digital video . and while lynch’s decision to shift to digital is certainly significant , more interesting is the kind of camera he used . rather than turning to high - end digital video for this project , lynch used a low - resolution domestic quality camera . as amy taubin writes in her essay , “the big rupture : david lynch , richard kelly , and the new cinematic gestalt” :
inland empire
presents itself as a hollywood movie ( and a movie about hollywood ) in the guise of an avant - garde mega - meta art movie . when people say
inland empire
is lynch ' s
sunset boulevard ,
lynch ' s
persona ,
or lynch ' s
8 1 / 2 ,
they ' re quite right , but it also explicitly invokes connections to stanley kubrick ' s
the shining ,
jean - luc godard ' s
pierrot le fou ,
bunuel and dali ' s
un chien andalou ,
maya deren ' s la - experimental
meshes of the afternoon
( a lynch favorite ) , and others .
the apparent obscurity of a david lynch film can be pierced if you follow the ear from blue velvet . lynch goes down a tunnel darkly : the ear in blue velvet , the keyhole of the blue box in mulholland drive , the cigarette burn in the silk in inland empire . down that tunnel you ' ll find the underbelly of society , like the bugs in the undergrowth of the garden that ' s being watered in blue velvet . lynch does something differently in inland empire , he brings laura dern back thru the tunnel ( hole ) - she arrives back to affluent society as her underbelly self . the moment is quite shocking when the ' star ' with her common accent is told to ' get out ' by the man who has been her seducer ( or does she seduce herself / ) . following this clue gives an overview and an undertanding of the plot line . but inland empire is perhaps more confusing than the other two films mentioned because of the plethera of chracters , some who are not referred to elsewhere in the film , i . e . the man to whom the ' common ' laura dern confesses . perhaps some of these moments cannot be clarified but if attempted further viewings of the film would be needed and at a running time of 3 hours that ' s a daunting task . hats off to laura dern - what a performance !
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but predictably , the most inventive ideas have appeared on forums , in particular that of lynch ' s own inland empire site . there , posters have mused at length on what the director was intending the film to signify . the permanence of memory ? the future of eastern europe ? his own body of work ? telepathy ? the natures of men and animals ? the terror of one woman ( but not dern ) at the loss of her husband and child ?
maybe i will come back , and write a more cohesive take on this film later , but right now i just want to voice how genuinely shocked and amazed i am by this bizarre film .
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how nikki and the other characters wind up in these rooms — how , for instance , the pampered blonde ends up talking trash in a spooky , b - movie office — is less important than what happens inside these spaces . in “inland empire , ” the classic hero’s journey has been supplanted by a series of jarringly discordant scenes , situations and setups that reflect one another much like the repeating images in the splintered hall of mirrors at the end of orson welles’s “lady from shanghai . ” the spaces in “inland empire” function as way stations , holding pens , states of minds ( nikki’s , susan’s , mr . lynch’s ) , sites of revelation and negotiation , of violence and intimacy . they are cinematic spaces in which images flower and fester , and stories are born .
two instrumental easy listening tracks recorded by the mantovani orchestra are used in the film , both in conjunction with the filming of on high in blue tomorrows , highlighting the idealized , romantic style of the film .
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which brings us to the most puzzling part of the film : the scenes in poland , some seeming to recreate the ill - fated film that led to the deaths of its protagonists . of several recurring motifs , the most emphatic is an ancient gramophone player . if we indulge lynch in his use of metaphor here , infidelity is literally the same old song , going back hundreds of years , and the film is filled with crimes of passion : wives killing lovers , husbands , rivals . similarly , inland empire is riddled with holes , not in terms of plot but in imagery that echoes stab wounds and bullet holes , another visual rhyme that enables the freefalling nikki to go from one ( imagined ) place to the next .
inland empire is lynch’s true masterpiece in experimental filmmaking . lynch is so much more than just an eccentric film director , he is a true artist that brings you the gallery of his minds eye and leaves the interpretation of his art up to the viewer and allows you to see what you want to see . as with all the films and television lynch has ever written , from blue velvet to twin peaks : the return don’t fight it with your traditional sensibilities just go along for the ride and you won’t be disappointed .
“things changed a lot , ” lynch tells the sydney morning - herald in an interview published earlier today . “so many films were not doing well at the box office even though they might have been great films and the things that were doing well at the box office weren’t the things that i would want to do . ” asked point - blank if inland empire would be his last film by an interviewer who doesn’t seem to think that lynch’s 2014 duran duran concert documentary counts , lynch says , “yes it is . ”
a nightmare from the mind of david lynch . inland empire is his most disjointed and fragmented which also makes it the most dreamlike . his startling images instantly strike different emotions in viewers . at 3 hours long , this surreal masterwork is not an easy watch and can be a frustrating one but can be a rewarding one if in the right mindset . laura dern puts in a brave performance in the leading role .
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david lynch has never been one to play by hollywood ' s rules of filmmaking - - or storytelling - - but lynch is trying something new for his latest work : he ' s distributing it himself . and the director of such cult classics as blue velvet and mulholland drive has also shot inland empire on digital video - - another first for him . he still won ' t say what it ' s about .
if it sounds like an overly intellectual exercise , though , this is more a pop - art challenge than an ordeal , an experiment in comprehension that will surprise many who think that a movie needs a clear narrative to make sense . many will hate it , and that’s their prerogative , but for those intrigued by lynch’s recent direction — his incredible flair for mood and dream logic — inland empire is a terrific , albeit labyrinthine , funhouse of a film , rich with the promise of mystery in all its dark , inviting doorways .
of course , it ' s also a tour - de - lynch , in which we virtually revisit spaces and images and faces ( laura dern , justin theroux , grace zabriskie , harry dean stanton . . . ) that resonate with memories of
eraserhead ,
blue velvet ,
twin peaks ,
wild at heart ,
lost highway ,
mulholland drive ,
inland empire
itself - - and some perpetually unfinished lynch movie of the future . because , in the inland empire , nobody can quite remember if it ' s today or two days from now , because yesterday and the day after tomorrow are all transpiring in the present tense . or , as one character puts it so memorably ,
i suppose if it was 9 : 45 , i would think it is after midnight .
klavier konzert ,
a piece composed by polish modernist composer boguslaw schaeffer , also features in the film .
remember , when filming at a private property in unincorporated riverside county , a film permit is required from rcfc .
antony todd is senior lecturer in film studies , london college of communication , university of the arts , london .
i was close to the sound during the film and it worked . i was mainly interested in finding the album to see the breakdown of tracks and the credits for each track . i didnt know this time around that lynch was involved as much as he is . although angelo badalamenti is not credited for music , he is thanked in the inner sleeve . i enjoy lynch ' s continuity of sound throughout all his work including the direct influence i feel when listenining to inland empire , to a lot of his other amazing ethereal throw downs .
or they were for me , at least . thus far , the response to the film has been distinctly divided - if lynch ' s last feature mulholland drive seemed to restore the warm consensus that surrounded him during the first series of twin peaks , inland empire has shattered it anew . ( after the recent nft screening of the film , an event you might imagine to have been filled with happy - clappy lynch devotees , there were as many sceptics as zealots . my colleague xan brooks summed up the un - wowed school of thought when he told me he thought the movie resembled
the work of an old genius with alzheimer ' s
) .
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stars laura dern and justin theroux have both said they have no idea what the film is about . see more »
and
inland empire
is very much a movie about acting , built around a towering performance by dern that is itself about giving ( and watching ) a towering performance . there ' s a moment , when dern ' s distorted , clown - like face is actually projected onto someone else ' s head , which has got to be the ultimate actor ' s nightmare :
this is what i do : i make big , grotesque clown - faces to parrot human behavior .
you ' ll want to scream ; you probably will . lynch has actively campaigned ( with a cow , on sunset boulevard ) for an academy award nomination for dern , and for very good reasons . not only is dern mind - blowingly terrific , but a nomination itself would be a meta - expansion / continuation of
inland empire ,
and the performance ( s ) she gives in it .
well you took the same comment thread and started talking about something hugely irrelevant , with frankly a very poor assessment of a film . this being film discussion i gave my own rating of the film in question and you absurdly inflated my score to an impossible one - and talked a out a ' hot mess from south america ' ? ? talk about irrelevant
in many respects , inland empire can be seen as the latest instalment in this long - running cycle . and as with so many of its predecessors—most notably s unset blvd . and what ever happened to baby jane ? ( robert aldrich , us , 1963 ) — the woman at the centre of this film , precarious though that centre may be , is a woman in trouble ( and a woman in trouble is also , in fact , its official subtitle ) . as much a eulogy for cinema as a homage to film acting –and female performers in particular—the two are inextricably bound here and are bound through the ways that the latter has served to articulate an idea of cinema that is tied to an experience of scale . cinema appears in this film as both a lost object and in , and as , its possible futures—when dern / nikki states early on in the film that “this is a story that happened yesterday but i know it’s tomorrow” , the story she is referring to could well be that which the film is telling about cinema itself .
in this sense , you might say ,
inland empire
is a digital film , through and through . not because lynch shot it with the relatively small sony pd - 150 digicam and fell in love with the smeary , malleable and unstable texture of digital video ( where the brightest los angeles sunlight can be as void and terrifying as the darkest shadow ) , or because the first pieces of the movie were digital shorts he made for his web site before they grew and crystallized into a narrative idea .
inland empire
unfolds in a digital world ( a replication of consciousness itself - - hence the title ) , where events really do transpire in multiple locations at the same time ( or multiple times at the same place ) , observers are anywhere and everywhere at once , and realities are endlessly duplicable , repeatable and tweakable . this is a digital dimension where , to paraphrase jean - luc godard , there ' s no difference between ketchup and paint and light and blood : on the screen , it ' s red .
david lynch believes that his new film makes sense . in fact , that it makes perfect sense . and not only is he not joking ; he’s saying this about the most screwed - up , far - out film he’s made since eraserhead . it’s a three - hour psychotropic odyssey that throws conventional narrative out of the window . characters mutate and morph , time zones overlap , and wormholes connect worlds within worlds within worlds . but through it all lynch maintains an astonishing sense of commitment that almost dares you to keep up : if mulholland drive laid down the gauntlet , inland empire ( lynch insists the title be capitalised ) is the duel that follows , a mystery like nothing you’ve ever seen before .
it’s been more than a decade since david lynch released inland empire in 2006 . and even before taking on the job of directing a new season of twin peaks , lynch didn’t seem to have any trouble filling his time , painting , acting , composing music , making weird lo - fi commercials for his line of coffee , and , of course , extolling the virtues of transcendental meditation in the late 2000s . now that new season is done and ready to be unleashed onto the world , and lynch insists that the experience hasn’t made him miss the process of making a feature film .
asked point blank whether he has made his last feature film , lynch paused , and then confirmed it . “yes . ”
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the conversation between the homeless black woman and the asian girl is a reference to lynch ' s short film darkened room .
well i spent two years editing my film . it ' s been up on vimeo for 3 weeks and . . .
similarly , in the decade where of all unlikely events david cronenberg went mainstream , his fine london - set portrait of delusion , spider , rarely rates a mention now . i have a feeling the more david lynch ' s mulholland drive is ( rightly ) ushered into the canon , the more inland empire will become an unwatched footnote ; and the garlands for there will be blood shouldn ' t obscure paul thomas anderson ' s wonderfully sui generis punch - drunk love .
it’s a fair statement to say that no american filmmaker has made a greater contribution to the realm of surrealism as david lynch . his debut film , eraserhead , still stands as a benchmark in surrealist horror , and lynch would go on to define surrealism in film through his later works blue velvet , twin peaks , lost highway , mulholland drive and inland empire . but what gives lynch’s strange masterworks their life and longevity is his keen artistic eye , his fascination with the light and dark of american life and his brilliant command of character and melodrama . it’s a powerful and heady brew , one that has earned david lynch a legion of devoted fans and earned him a place as one of the greatest filmmakers in history .
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even if that proves to be the case , however , lynch has pledged that the new twin peaks will be plenty cinematic . he recently told ew , “i see it as a film . a film in parts is what people will experience . ”
the film was shot with sony pd - 150 digital cameras . lynch at the time frequently stated that he was done shooting on film . lynch has since backtracked somewhat , saying that he is falling back in love with celluloid . he preferred digital because he could shoot on the fly with much more fluidity , not having to constantly stop to reload film , reset lighting cues and move clunky camera equipment . this enabled him to experiment far more , finding scenes as he shot and improvising greatly on set . he also felt that avoiding lengthy downtime helped the actors to stay in an unbroken mood . many scenes in inland empire mock the tedious nature of the traditional filming process , with nikki and devon spending most of their time on the film set sitting in darkness waiting for the crew to set up shots . every time they finish shooting a scene , a crew member yells ,
check the gate !
this refers to the practice of making sure that the just - completed shot is free of film scratches and
hairs ,
something lynch no longer had to worry about shooting on digital .
i have read that this was his first all digital film also . he was fascinated by being able to film anywhere he wanted at any time it seems . i also read that he made up a lot of the film as he went along . he very well might do this in all of his films though . he leaves things abstract enough to warrant it at times .
as an actress starts to adopt the persona of her character in a film , her world starts to become nightmarish and surreal .
thanks for opening up the discussion again on this brilliant film . i hope it finds a more general audience eventually . and to anyone who is hesitant to watch it , the film is extremely effective with or without any meaning , reason , or interpretation .