# Dhamaal (film series)

Dhamaal is an Indian comedy film series directed and co-produced by Indra Kumar. The first two films featured Riteish Deshmukh, Arshad Warsi, Jaaved Jaaferi, Ashish Chaudhary, and Sanjay Dutt in lead roles. The third installment also featured Ajay Devgn, Anil Kapoor, Johnny Lever, Boman Irani, Mahesh Manjrekar and Madhuri Dixit along with the original cast, but Dutt and Chaudhary did not appear in the third film. Dhamaal was released on 7 September 2007. The film spawned two sequels: Double Dhamaal (2011), which was a direct sequel to the first film, and Total Dhamaal (2019), which was a reboot inspired by the story of the first film.

## Films

| Film | Release date | Director | Screenwriter(s) | Story | Producer(s) |
| Dhamaal | 7 September 2007 | Indra Kumar | Balwinder Singh Suri | Paritosh Painter | Indra Kumar, Ashok Thakeria |
| Double Dhamaal | 24 June 2011 | Indra Kumar | Tushar Hiranandani | Tushar Hiranandani | | Indra Kumar, Ashok Thakeria |
| Total Dhamaal | 22 February 2019 | Indra Kumar | Ved Prakash, Paritosh Painter, Bunty Rathore | Indra Kumar | Ajay Devgn, Ashok Thakeria, Indra Kumar, Markand Adhikari, Anand Pandit |

### Dhamaal (2007 film)

The first installment of the series, centers on the fictional incidents. The film stars Sanjay Dutt, Ritesh Deshmukh, Arshad Warsi, Aashish Chaudhary and Javed Jaffrey while Asrani, Sanjay Mishra, Vijay Raaz, Manoj Pahwa, Tiku Talsania and Prem Chopra are featured in supporting roles. It is heavily inspired from the 2001 American comedy film Rat Race directed by Jerry Zucker. Dhamaal was released on 7 September 2007, and gained positive reviews. It earned ₹50.73 crore worldwide The film was declared as a box-office success.

### Double Dhamaal (2011 film)

After the success of Dhamaal Indra and Sanjay re-united once again for sequel. The film was titled as Dhamaal 2: 420s, but is known as Double Dhamaal or Super Kameenas and also second installment in this series. The plot focused on Four idlers make elaborate plans to earn money by investing in buildings but are conned by Kabir, who leaves them unemployed and penniless. Soon, they are on the prowl to avenge their humiliation. Dhamaal 2 was released on 24 June 2011, and received mixed to negative reviews from critics upon release. Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes gave it a 20% rotten rating. Mayank Shekhar of the Hindustan Times rated the film with 1 out of 5 stars. According to Box Office India, the film had a good opening of 60 - 70% collections. At a few multiplexes, such as, Spice Noida, E Square Pune and Wave Ludhiana, the film almost opened at a 100% response. The film collected approximately ₹76.1 million net on its first day, according to Box Office India. The movie grossed ₹700 million worldwide. Box Office India finally declared it a "Average". The movie was remade in Tamil in 2000 as Sudhandhiram.

### Total Dhamaal (2019 film)

A sequel, Total Dhamaal, was commissioned after the release of the previous film and was also directed by Indra, with both Riteish Deshmukh and Jaaved Jaaferi reprising their roles and Ajay Devgn, Anil Kapoor and Madhuri Dixit were new additions in cast playing leading roles. Sanjay Dutt and some other actors which were in the previous two parts were not in this third installment.
The film focused on When a plane carrying a thief's treasure crashes in Janakpur, a group of eccentric people and seasoned con artists compete against each other to find it first. Total Dhamaal was released on 22 February 2019, and gained positive reviews. Himesh Mankad from Koimoi gives 3 star out of 5 says "Total Dhamaal is a fair clean entertainer that can be enjoyed with the entire family. It's definitely an improvement over previous installment Double Dhamaal". In opening week the film grossed ₹150 crore (US$17 million). In 12 days of its release the film crossed ₹200 crore (US$23 million) mark in gross collection. On 20 April 2019, the film was released on Disney+ Hotstar. The DVD was also released in August 2019 by Shemaroo.

## Cast and characters

This table lists the main characters who appear in the Dhamaal Franchise.
   * A dark grey cell indicates the character was not in the film.
| Character | Film | Film | Film |
| Character | Dhamaal (2007) | Double Dhamaal (2011) | Total Dhamaal (2019) |
| Deshbandhu Roy / Lallan | Riteish Deshmukh | Riteish Deshmukh | Riteish Deshmukh |
| Aditya "Adi" Shrivastava | Arshad Warsi | Arshad Warsi | Arshad Warsi |
| Manav Shrivastava | Jaaved Jaffrey | Jaaved Jaffrey | Jaaved Jaffrey |
| Boman Contractor / Aman / Prince Vithal | Ashish Chaudhary | Ashish Chaudhary | |
| Kabir Nayak | Sanjay Dutt | Sanjay Dutt | |
| "Babubhai / Johnny D'Costa | Sanjay Mishra | | Sanjay Mishra |
| Nari Contractor / Dhaba Owner | Govardhan Asrani |
| Anokhe Lal Shrivastava | Saanand Verma |
| Ishana / Prince Vithal | Karan Deol |
| Kamini | | Mallika Sherawat | |
| Kiya Nayak | | Kangana Ranaut | |
| Baba Batanand Swami / Bata bhai | | Satish Kaushik | |
| Mohsin Bhai | | Zakir Hussain | |
| Guddu Rastogi | | | Ajay Devgan |
| Prachi Malrotkar Rastogi | | | Esha Gupta |
| Avinash "Avi" Patel | | | Anil Kapoor |
| Bindiya "Bindu" Patel | | | Madhuri Dixit |
| Raju | | | Johnny Lever |
| Pilot Pintu Choskey | | | Manoj Pahwa |
| Commissioner Shamsher Singh | | | Boman Irani |
| Chinnappa Swamy | | | Mahesh Manjrekar |

## Additional crew and production details

| Occupation | Film | Film | Film |
| Occupation | Dhamaal (2007) | Double Dhamaal (2011) | Total Dhamaal (2019) |
| Director | Indra Kumar | | |
| Producer(s) | Indra Kumar, Ashok Thakeria | Indra Kumar, Ashok Thakeria | Ajay Devgn, Ashok Thakeria, Indra Kumar, Markand Adhikari, Anand Pandit |
| Writer(s) - Dialogues | Paritosh Painter, Bunty Rathore | Farhad-Sajid | Bunty Rathore |
| Screenplay | Paritosh Painter, Balwinder Singh Suri | Tushar Hiranandani | Ved Prakash, Paritosh Painter |
| Story | Paritosh Painter | Tushar Hiranandani | Indra Kumar |
| Cinematography | Vijay Arora | Aseem Bajaj | Keiko Nakahara |
| Editor | Sanjay Sankla | Sanjay Sankla | Dharmendra Sharma |
| Music | Adnan Sami | Anand Raj Anand | Gourov-Roshin |
| Background Score | Sanjoy Chowdhury | Sanjoy Chowdhury | Sandeep Shirodkar |
| Production Companies | Maruti International | Maruti International | Ajay Devgn FFilms, Maruti International, Sri Adhikari Brothers, Fox Star Studios, Pen India Limited, Mangal Murti Films |
| Distributing Companies | BIG Pictures, Shemaroo Entertainment, Zee Studios | Reliance Entertainment | Fox Star Studios |
| Running Time | 137 minutes | 140 minutes | 127 minutes |

## Reception

Box office
| Film | Release date | Budget | Box office revenue |
| Dhamaal | 7 September 2007 | ₹10 crore (US$1.2 million) | ₹50 crore (US$5.8 million) |
| Double Dhamaal | 24 June 2011 | ₹29 crore (US$3.4 million) | ₹71.81 crore (US$8.3 million) |
| Total Dhamaal | 22 February 2019 | ₹90 crore (US$10 million) | ₹228 crore (US$26 million) |
| Total | Total | ₹129 crore (US$15 million) | ₹349.81 crore (US$40 million) |
Critical reception
| Film | Rotten Tomatoes |
| Dhamaal | N/A (2 reviews) |
| Double Dhamaal | 17% (4.3/10 average rating) (6 reviews) |
| Total Dhamaal | 30% (3/10 average rating) (10 reviews) |