MOVIE REVIEW
Banner: UTV Motion Pictures
Cast: John Abraham, Bipasha Basu, Priyanka Chopra, Anil Kapoor, Arshad Warsi, Boman Irani, Naveen Andrews
Director: Vivek Agnihotri
Producer: Ronnie Screwvala
Music Director: Pritam
Lyricist: Javed Akhtar
Cinematography: Atarsingh Saini
Screenplay: Rohit Malhotra, Vikramaditya Motwane
Story: Rohit Malhotra
EXCLUSIVE REVIEW BY HANUMANT BHANSALI
Year 2007 has witnessed a whole revamped arena of stories being told, which have emphasized on a dramatic journey of dreams, relationships, bonds and honour with a pinch of sport?
Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal is a UTV Motion Pictures release and is in the news from the pre production days, thanks to the rumours related to fall out between the Kabul Express stars, John and Arshad.
Directed by Vivek Agnihotri, Goal is set in the light of an optimistic trait known as hope. The film is the story of a football club which raises above all bars to regain its place in stardom.
Southhall United is a football club which is going through a major hurdle – unavailability of stars, lacks of funds, spectators and most importantly, there is no coach. Though, all these miseries don’t stop them from dreaming about the cup.
Anne, head of city council joins with Johny Bakshi, a sports commentator, in order to get hold of a large piece of land that belongs to the club. They pressurize the club by emphasizing on its uninspiring and lacklustre performances. The two, hope that the team loses yet again, which will give them an opportunity to take away the land from the club.
The owner of the club, Sir Devi Dhayal Dhariwal is optimistic about retaining the land belonging to the club. Shaan (Arshad Warsi) hopes in to avoid the fall of the Southhall United Club.
On the other side, Sunny Bhasin (John Abraham) is a football player and hopes to play first division football and become the member of a top league. He is all game for football anytime. Likewise, he cannot withstand Shaan and his team at any point of time. Tony Singh (Boman Irani), the coach, brings in Sunny to the team and slowly he mingles with the other members.
The story moves to a point where Johny tries to lure Sunny away from the club.
The film, on the whole, brings in a lot of predictability imbibed in the flavor of patriotism, racial discrimination and a rushing finale.
The story folds at various stages bringing out a lot of dimensions to the already told tale. Post-interval, things actually get interesting and the climax pumps you up in the right way.
Just when you thought, that everything is right in the movie, things aren’t quite so. John Abraham’s sudden attitude change is indigestible. Moreover, songs like Billo Rani don’t quite gel in the proceedings.
Director Vivek Agnihotri makes a fair attempt in presenting a simple story. A laterally good job compared to his first film Chocolate. Cinematography is good and the art direction is worth an applause.
Actingwise, John Abraham and Arshad Warsi are show stoppers. They deliver superb performances, to say the least. Bipasha Basu in her brief role adds to the beauty of the love story between John and her. Not to miss, the flawless show of Boman Irani.
After a super successful Diwali, Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal may survive the misses at the box office because of its thrilling second half.
Radiosargam Movie Rating: 6/10
Hanumant Bhansali
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