''Dhoom Dadakka'' is a 2008 Indian-Pakistani Hindi-language comedy drama film directed by Shashi Ranjan and starring Anupam Kher,

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Cast

* Anupam Kher as Mungilal *

as Fursat Lala *

as Johnny English *

as Jignesh * Sammir Dattani as Ranbir *

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as Rahul *

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as Shivani Sawant * Bhavana Balsavar as Mungilal's sister *Zac as Zac * Shama Sikander * Jackie Shroff in a guest appearance

Production

The film is an Indian-Pakistan production. Shama Sikander returns after a hiatus in a glamorous role. Anupam Kher, Gulshan Grover and Satish Kaushik sang a

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song in the film.

Soundtrack

Reception

A critic from ''

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'' wrote that "Despite of three big dadas of comedy - Anupam Kher, Satish Shah, Satish Kaushik - sharing celluloid space in a single film, the outcome is not as expected".

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, writing for ''

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'' stated that "On the whole, DHOOM DADAKKA could've been a decent timepass flick, but it misses the bus".

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'' opined that "No prizes for guessing, I’m going with zero out of five for director Shashi Ranjan’s Dhoom Dadakka, it’s a showcase for some of the worst acting you’re likely to see at the movies in a long, long time". Ameeta Gupta of '' Rediff.com'' rated the film two-and-a-half out of five stars and said that "Not a movie for all unless comedy is your poison".

References

{{Reflist 2008 comedy-drama films