Any body watched this movie yet?
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have't watched it but defenitly gonna watch it.. it has good songs..:) especially dus bahane..juz love that one..
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well it isn't getting great reviews...
one positive review:
Dus is full-on timepass
Raja Sen | July 08, 2005 19:15 IST
Dus is a film riding high on self-confidence.
Anubhav Sinha, the director, has thrown together a big budget and an edgy background score – take a bow, Ranjit Barot – with a high-flying ensemble cast, sure his film will work.
Abhishek Bachchan shows off panache gathered over the last two years, a look of ease that only comes with success. Sanjay Dutt has always had the John Wayne swagger. And Shilpa, Shilpa, Shilpa – Lord, this lady kicks a** just so superbly.
The film begins with the ultra-stylised Hey Now, Hey Now track, a catchy, music video introduction to the cast of the film. Abhishek preens self-indulgently, playing the camera with unbelievable gusto. Even as the others show up, making their calculatedly cool screen appearances, the stalls whistle the loudest for the small B. This man has arrived, and, as his assuredly wicked grin proves, he knows it.
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Then come a fleet of Bentleys, and we see the men – Sanjay, Suniel Shetty, Zayed Khan and Abhishek – walk out, all in immaculate black suits, shades wrapped tightly around eyes. Reservoir Dus? But wasn't that Kaante? Fear not, this isn't. These dudes aren't bank-robbers, they're cops, albeit in designer -- sartorial, not spy-foiling -- gear.
The film looks good.
Which is now a Bollywood standard: even the most mediocre film looks slick. But Dus is different, more John Woo than Ramu's Factory, made with an eye to be nothing but cool. The script is secondary, the logic is redundant, and realism is anything but that. Dus is about nothing but attitude, and, to be fair, the film has quite a bit of that.
The lads and lass are part of the Indian government's anti-terrorist cell, an outfit that functions in a peculiarly dark office building, and seems to be operational only between three and four in the morning. They start by going on a bomb diffusing mission, and we soon realise the group dynamics – Dutt leads the squad, younger brother Abhishek is the Most Valuable Policeman, and Zayed Khan is the slightly geeky explosives expert. And Shilpa Shetty, well, she is Lara Croft.
The plot of the film is dashed simple – or is it? A terrorist no one really knows, has planned something big in Canada, in 10 days. What, it isn't known. All they have is a name – Jaamwal – and a few clues from assorted secret agents from faraway lands – Sanjay Dutt mouths the word 'Bulgarian' a couple of times in an attempt to get some secret-agent cred. Finally, the gang lands up in Canada, which is the assumed locale for the big finale.
Like it's Hollywood counterparts – all those inane blockbusters starring Jean Claude Van Damne, or anything with Ben Affleck wielding a gun – Dus is unassumingly bereft of realism. In Dus, Delhi has a visible coastline at the AIIMS flyover, Hummers bounce in the air when shot at, and the home minister's office resembles a particularly radical advertising agency. All is wild, and all is for effect.
For the first half of the film, this effect is well achieved. Popcorn is munched contentedly as the action simmers along, double-quick. There are points where the script slags, but the film's pace doesn't really dip. The film is insubstantial yet streamlined. There is drama, minus detailing: Zayed tries his hand at a bomb with great heroics, but the explosive's timer doesn't really tick lethally away, staying conveniently stagnant. Still, the masala's there, and packaged well.
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But it falters. The buildup crackles nicely, yet the culmination is clumsy. The climaxes are weak, and the film increasingly comes unspooled in the second half. The ensemble cast is great for the pre-dhamaka preparation and the post-boom glare-filled conversation, not to mention the midstream laughs – it's just that the bangs they're aiming for, the high action moments peter out into tame whimpers.
The acting is good, for the most part, except the script lets it down near the end. The film races snappily along to a predictable plot, but the audience laps it up because it looks so 'cool.' Abhishek Bachchan, as mentioned, is cooler than ice, and has moments in the film where he just freezes you with his remarkable attitude.
And to thaw you, there's Shilpa. Increasingly hotter with each film, Shilpa Shetty is probably the sexiest woman in the Indian film industry. In this film, she does an Angelina Jolie to supreme effect, making you wonder how the anti-terrorist cell can function with even the slightest efficiency if she's strolling around within ogling range. She does a pretty fabulous (almost) martial arts kick, and comes off with great poise. Of course, one does spend a lot of time forgetting the script and plotholes, staring dreamily at the bat-tattoo peeking through from just above her tailbone. Guess it's only fitting that a film of this name deserves this perfect 10.
Sanjay Dutt is a wee bit too old for the swagger, and totally comes undone at the film's climax. Suniel Shetty could have totally been cut out of the film. Raima Sen plays his wife, an unimaginably irritating character, the perfect muse for homicide. There's an annoying amount of filler, like a redundant love angle between Abhishek and an inexplicable Esha Deol.
Needless to say, Pankaj Kapoor lives up to his incredibly stellar reputation, and steals every scene he's in, seemingly without even trying.
Dhoom didn't dilute it's nothing-but-cool attitude with melodramatic sentiment. The masala was unadulterated. This is where Dus loses the plot. The film is meant to be ludicrous, visual, well packaged nothing. Adding typically overdone Bollywood emotion to it just doesn't work. The film's climax is a total letdown, though it must be mentioned that the director has optimistically left sequel-room. Gyarah, anyone?
This is full-on time-pass, sure. A racy actioner free of common sense, full of frilly thrills. And, as Mumbai parlance has it, 'total paisa vasool'.
It could have been (collegian accent) 'awesome', but ends up being awe-somewhat.
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Dus
By Taran Adarsh, July 08th, 2005 - 1400 hrs IST
Terrorists, bombs n bullets, anti-terrorist squads… Haven't we seen all this and more before? Post 9/11, film-makers across the globe have tried to depict mass-killings and atrocities by terrorist groups and how anti-terrorist squads put up a fight to diffuse the crisis.
After attempting love stories in the past [TUM BIN, AAPKO PEHLE BHI KAHIN DEKHA HAI], Anubhav Sinha's third outing DUS ventures on a different path altogether. DUS is different from films of its ilk because the story takes place in a span of ten days, with the conspiracy being hatched in faraway Canada. The key conspirator plans to wreck havoc when the Indian Prime Minister undertakes a goodwill visit to Canada…
An interesting idea without doubt, but interesting ideas don't necessarily translate into interesting, gripping, riveting, spellbinding 2-hour films.
What could've been an exhilarating thriller, with pulse-pounding moments, ends up being a run of the mill saga, courtesy a half-baked screenplay. Terrorism is a global issue and since DUS goes beyond the shores of India, the writers could've used their imagination and packed the film with moments that would've made your jaws fall on your knees.
The problem here is, every person talks about the much-dreaded terrorist [who is holed up in Canada], the terror associated with his name, his vast syndicate, his evil intentions, his nefarious activities… but when a lone member of the anti-terrorist squad corners the kingpin in the end, he comes across as a ordinary gangster, with no empire, no henchmen, no support-system to back him. So, what was this hullabaloo all about?
Director Anubhav Sinha tries to camouflage the defect [lackluster screenplay] with stylish execution, great music, hair-raising stunts, eye-filling visuals, but let's not forget that the moviegoer wants to listen to a captivating story at the end of the day. Everything else is secondary!
Sanjay Dutt, Abhishek Bachchan, Zayed Khan and Shilpa Shetty work for the anti-terrorist cell. They get to understand that a dreaded terrorist in Canada [of Indian origin] is set to wreak havoc when the Indian Prime Minister is supposed to visit Canada, killing thousands of innocent civilians in the process.
Sanju instructs Abhishek and Zayed to reach Canada and thwart the mission. On their arrival, they meet Esha Deol, who is entrusted the responsibility of helping them accomplish this arduous task. Suniel Shetty, the local cop, follows them since they're driving rashly. But they're confronted by gunmen at this point and Suniel gets injured.
Meanwhile, they kidnap Pankaj Kapoor, one of the henchmen of the terrorist, and try to extract information from him. And the search for the terrorist begins...
DUS is modeled on the lines of a Hollywood flick. You realize you're all set to watch a slick flick at the very outset [the film begins with the stylish and snazzy 'Dus Bahane']. The sequence thereafter -- the squad diffusing a bomb placed in a vehicle -- is expertly executed. In the following sequence, the squad reveals the conspiracy when they meet the Home Minister. So far, so good!
The story takes a turn when two members from the squad [Abhishek, Zayed] are assigned the responsibility of going to Canada to put a spanner to the mission. The first question that crosses your mind is, Why don't they seek help from their Canadian counterparts? If they're genuinely running out of time and when it involves the lives of 25,000 Canadians and also the Prime Minister of India, why not inform the Government of Canada so as to get on the task of nabbing the dreaded terrorist pronto?
Strangely, the two guys want to reach out to the terrorist without any gameplan, without any support from the locals, without much info on the terrorist. We're told that a representative of the squad [Esha Deol] would guide them in Canada, but she doesn't really contribute in taking the story forward. On the contrary, you find Abhishek and Esha exchanging lovey-dovey looks. Hello, but aren't they on a mission?
The first half of the film is racy enough, although you realize time and again that the writing could've been much better. But it's in the post-interval portions that the screenplay goes haywire. In the first place, when you've four lead characters and their love interests to look into, you automatically deviate from the core issue and divert the proceedings to romance and songs. Something similar happens here. Abhishek and Esha are attracted to each other, Suniel wants to patch up with his wife Raima, Zayed keeps thinking of Dia.
Frankly, one fails to understand what really prompted writers Yash-Vinay to focus on the romantic liaisons? Only the Sanju-Shilpa love story appears convincing, otherwise the romantic sequences of the remaining three pair looks contrived.
Even in the finale, when Abhishek learns of Esha's motive and confronts her, she suddenly realizes that she loves him and boards his aircraft. But minutes before their meeting, she had turned her face away from him in the stadium. Why this sudden somersault?
The finale has loopholes aplenty. How does Sanju realize that the person he just confronted is the dreaded terrorist? When no one knows what he looks like, when Sanju hasn't seen his pic ever, how did he zero on the terrorist? Again, no explanations are offered, no answers are forthcoming!
Anubhav Sinha has concentrated more on giving the film a slick look than narrating a gripping story and this fact reverberates at several points in the film. There's no denying that DUS bears the stamp of an upmarket product all through, but how one wishes the director and the writers would've ensured that the film has a power-packed screenplay to offer as well.
Writers Yash-Vinay have chosen an interesting idea, but the screenplay backfires completely. The writing is the most glaring defect of the enterprise and the flaws just cannot be overlooked. Dialogues [Anubhav Sinha] are quite good at places. Cinematography [Vijay Arora] is outstanding.
Vishal-Shekhar's music is top grade. 'Dus Bahane' and 'Deedar De' are already chartbusters and their placement is perfect. The engagement song, 'Chham Se', is also melodious. Allan Amin's stunts are electrifying. Surely, this guy can compete with the best in the West, if given opportunities.
DUS has a huge star cast, but at the end of the day it's Abhishek Bachchan and Sanjay Dutt [in that order] who stand out with spirited performances. Abhishek is likeable, while Sanju lends the right maturity to his role.
Suniel Shetty is okay, while Zayed Khan passes muster. Amongst girls, Shilpa Shetty is the best of the lot. Her stunt [at the start of the film] is awesome. Esha Deol wears a blank look. Dia Mirza and Raima Sen get minimal scope.
Pankaj Kapoor is efficient, proving yet again that he's amongst the finest actors on the scene. Gulshan Grover gets no lines to deliver, except look ferociously at the camera.
On the whole, DUS has an impressive star cast, the hit tracks 'Dus Bahane' and 'Deedar De'] and vibrant action as its trump card. But, on the flip side, the film doesn't have the content to keep you hooked to the proceedings for the next two hours. At the box-office, the film will embark on a strong start, but it doesn't have the merits to sustain after the initial curiosity subsides. The terrific start will ensure a quick, part recovery for its distributors, before it slows down.
Rating:- * *.
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Is Abhishake competing with his Dad on the number of movies that he will release this year? :p
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^ 
didn’t noticed that..
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so anyone saw it yet??
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the movie is almost entirely shot in Calgary 
thats where I live…but sadly they arent playing the movie in the theatres here…so I have to wait for the DVD to come out 
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Film review: Dus
By: Sarita Tanwar
July 9, 2005
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EK BAHANA DE DO: The Dus cast
Dus **1/2
Dir: Anubhav Sinha
Cast: Sanjay Dutt, Sunil Shetty, Abhishek Bachchan, Zayed Khan, Shilpa Shetty, Esha Deol, Pankaj Kapur, Gulshan Grover
The plot
20th Century Fox spent too much time gunning for Zee TV’s Time Bomb 9/11. They ought to have had a look at Anubhav Sinha’s new film Dus, which seems more inspired by the real-time thriller 24.
The Anti Terrorist Cell (ATC) gets information about a terrorist threat that’s going to take place in ten days, where more than 25,000 lives will be lost. The head of the cell (Sunjay Dutt), along with his team (consisting of Abhishek Bachchan, Zayed Khan and Shilpa Shetty), makes it his mission to get to the bottom of it.
As things unfold, they realise that an international terrorist, Jamvaal, is the brain behind the impending disaster.
Following a lead, Sanjay assigns Bachchan and Khan to go to Canada to catch hold of Himmat (Pankaj Kapur), an accomplice of Jamvaal to know more about this plan. The problem is that time is running out and so are the clues.
What to look out for
The film’s stylish look — cinematographer Vijay Arora deserves ten on ten. The fabulous locations are a plus point — Calgary has been beautifully explored.
The hair-raising stunts by Allan Amin are of international standard. Vishal-Shekhar deliver a couple of rocking songs (Dus Bahane and Deedar De) and Sinha’s shot-taking and inter-cuts are really breathtaking.
Sinha also gives the film a slick look and feel, which adds to its spirit. And of course, the performances bring the screen alive — Sanjay Dutt is superb in the emotional scenes with Abhishek; Pankaj Kapur brings the house down with his humourous portrayal; Sunil Shetty is sincere and restrained; Abhishek once again proves why he’s the new eye-candy — he’s fantastic in the title song; Zayed Khan looks refreshing, and is improving with each film but his character was just too annoying.
The film begins with the Dus Bahane song and only if Sinha had managed to keep the same essence throughout the film…
The sore points
The treatment may be new but where Dus fails is in its feeble screenplay. Writers Yash and Vinay borrow heavily from many films: The engagement song is straight out of any Karan Johar movie; the car sequences have been shot exactly in Dhoom style (including the vroooom in the background); the Abhishek-Zayed friendship is a lot like Jai-Veeru in Sholay; a bomb-in-a-car sequence that’s straight out of Speed; Shilpa’s actions stunts a la Charlie’s Angels; Jamvaal’s description and then the suspense of his identity is sketched on the lines of The Usual Suspects.
Analyse that
The script wavers at several levels: The reasoning behind Sunil’s wife (Raima Sen) leaving him is unconvincing; Jamvaal’s motive behind blowing up 25,000 people is never explained; why the government decides to disband the ATC is not credible; why the chief of the ATC depends only on his two colleagues for an operation of this magnitude is difficult to digest.
The climax takes the cake — the melodrama is enough to weep in revolt.
Sanjay forgetting the tragedy that’s about to happen, leaving the captured Jamvaal and rolling down on the floor sobbing is hilarious without intent; Zayed (in dark glasses) screaming “Nahin, nahin, nahin”; Sunil breaking down. And at the exact minute when the bomb is to go off, Abhishek telling his older brother about his bad habit — smoking. Yeah, it can kill.
The verdict
Watch it if you don’t question what you watch. Or if you’re an Abhishek fan. In that case, don’t miss the Dus Bahane introduction song. Quite easily, that’s the best part of Dus.
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Dus : Movie Review
10th July 2005 00.30 IST
By Nitika Desai
Anubhav Sinha’s movie Dus is a slick product - made with heavy budget and huge star cast. To have as many as eight known Bollywood stars in a movie is no small feat. But to relegate a movie’s story to the backdrop and to give precedence to what is secondary - style, action, stunts, dresses, visual appeal - is a big flaw. That is what handicaps Dus.
Dressed in black, the quartet - Abhishek, Sanju, Zayed and oh-so-shapely Shilpa - almost look like models flaunting their zany outfits, besides some attitude, of course. They are not. In Dus, they are the members of an Anti-Terrorist Cell. They are the people who diffuse bombs, take on the terrorists and thwart possible attacks.
The ATC, led by Dutt, is deft in handling terror situations. The swaggering Abhishek is the dude who maintains his cool in the dangerous of situations and the catty Shilpa can surprise the bad guys with her martial arts skills and a kick into their butts. Zayed plays the man who is a bit flippant in diffusing bombs, but luck, luckily, stays on his side all the time.
The dashing foursome get a mission to stop a terrorist from unleashing terror in Canada when the Indian PM visits there. No one has seen the terrorist. What they know about him is his name - Jamwal.
Despite the absence of story, there indeed are certain things about Dus worth appreciating. Director Anubhav Sinha tells the movie’s story at an electric pace. Dus is replete with high quality action scenes and stunts, previously unseen in Bollywood films. The background music by Ranjit Barot adds the extra punch.
However, the climax takes the fizz away, firstly because it is long-drawn, secondly the way the identity of the “much dreaded terrorist” is revealed lets you Abhishek Bachchan is the one who stands out in the colorful cast ensemble of Dus. Sanjay Dutt looks intense, but age has begun to show on his face and body language. Zayed Khan is amusing in his clumsy antics. Sunil Shetty hardly leaves any impact except looking dashing.
Among the ladies, Shilpa Shetty is unmatchable. Her sylph-like figure is a constant distraction from what is going on the screen. Raima Sen is oddly cast while Esha Deol gets a few moments to display her histrionics.
All said, Dus is a movie that will appeal to those who dig action thrillers, no matter what the story is. Brawns, bullets, bombs, high-speed chases, pyrotechnics - all is on the platter in Dus. The romance, in-between, is a sore thumb.
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It was love from Canada in music video director-turned-filmmaker Anubhav Sinha's last two flicks -- 'Tum Bin' and 'Aapko Pehle Bhi Kahin Dekha Hai'. Now, Anubhav brings terror in his bag. It was noticed in Anubhav's earlier films that he has a good control over technical skill for cinema. After all, he is a technical engineer and has brought some effect with him. Besides, the applause for this particular department made him go to make a thriller this time.
'Dus' was actually started years back by its producer Nitin Man Mohan with another technical wizard Mukul Anand. The film then had Salman Khan and Sanjay Dutt as its leading men. Later, due to the sad demise of Mukul Anand, the film got shelved. However, the title of the film never get off from the mind of Nitin Man Mohan. So, when Anubhav Sinha was eyeing for a big break out of his mentor company T-Series, Nitin gave him this title and money, and decided to make a film that was poles apart (as claimed by Anubhav himself) from the original 'Dus'.
After a series of flops, filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt has accepted that he had lost the pulse of common viewer too. But, in Anubhav's case he is yet to accept this fact. His first film 'Tum Bin' was a moderate success and the second one a clear flop. 'Dus' is a turning point not only for Anubhav Sinha, but for all new film directors who win the trust of a filmmaker like Nitin Man Mohan. If Anubhav fails again, it will be loss for many new film directors too.
click for larger view 'Dus' is a film that deals with neo-terrorism. The title has nothing to do with the film; it's just a date that a terrorist outfit marks for the final attack. And, the code name for the attack is Jeet. The film has Pankaj Kapoor playing an outlaw after the great success in 'Maqbool'. But, many may not remember his first role as a Muslim terrorist in Manirathnam's 'Roja', a film that started a new trend where Pakistan was put as a villain on screen for the first time with its name.
Back to 'Dus', a team of special officers assembles to crack the code of Jeet. The team has Sanjay Dutt as DIG Siddhant of Anti-Terrorist Cell and is assisted by Shashank (Abhishek Bachchan), Aditi (Shilpa Shetty) and Aditya (Zayed Khan). With the help of Canadian police officer Dan (Suniel Shetty) and Neha (Esha Deol), they need to unearth the barbaric plans of deadliest terrorist Jamwal. 'Dus' has many angles to look at. At first, it has psychological pressures of the team that unites to finish Jamwal. The time set for the action is just one week.
The characters are very diverse; Siddhant cannot compromise with his duties and every other thing comes later for him. Shashank is a cool guy who never loses his temper. He reads the problem, and seconds before the bang happens, makes it safe for himself and others. Aditya is a fun-loving boy who loves action even if he is to play with bombs. The story line also has emotional strings. If Dan is suffering from his past love life and his son's death, Anu (Dia Mirza) is fantasizing about her dream man.
'Dus' is heavy in action thanks to some death defying sequences choreographed by stunt director Allan Amin. He has used latest techniques and effects to bring 'Dus' near to any Hollywood action movie. But if Indian people wanted to see just action on screen, won't they watch 'War of The Worlds' by Steven Spielberg? No one will doubt that Allan and Anubhav both cannot beat Spielberg in this respect.
So, after watching 'War of The Worlds', why would people come to see 'Dus', one wonders? The first plus point that favors good opening for the film is its multistarrer cast and its promotion. The title song has done enough to generate curiosity for the film.
It does create "Dus Bahane' (ten pretexts) for the people to watch it. This title track written by Panchchi Jalonvi has very good composition by Vishal Shekhar. But, that's it. There is just only one more song, an item number by Mayte Garcia, that has the entertainer value in the film.
Anubhav Sinha gets the biggest opportunity in his career to make it big in Bollywood, but he chooses a story (written by Yash Vinay) that has hardly anything new to tell. Though, as a dialogue writer Anubhav has improved a lot, the story progression is not in rhythm. The film's pace tries to confuse viewers, as it doesn't move with the pace of the film.
Among the actors, it's a Sanjay Dutt film and all other actors have just been used as props to fill the space. Abhishek Bachchan gets a role where he doesn't have to emote much; an area where he has been weak so far. Suniel Shetty overacts once again, and all the girls other than Shilpa, do not have much to do.
Background music of Ranjeet Barot succeeds a bit to create a right kind of ambience. But the overall impact of the film is that it has shine and a grand show, but lacks a soul. Not a very good going for Anubhav Sinha and his team.
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‘Dus’ a fast-paced, stylish thriller
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Film: “Dus”; Starring: Sanjay Dutt, Abhishek Bachchan, Shilpa Shetty, Zayed Khan, Suniel Shetty, Esha Deol, Raima Sen, Pankaj Kapoor; Director: Anubhav Sinha
This film is so cool, you probably need sun glasses to watch it. Unlike its thriller-predecessors like Sanjay Gupta’s “Kaante”, Vikram Bhatt’s “Elaan” and Rajiv Rai’s “Asambhav”, Dus isn’t phoney-cool. Nor does it seem like a poor country cousin of Hollywood’s “Die Hard” and “Mission Impossible” series.
Sure, the screenplay writers Yash and Vinay have borrowed huge chunks - sometimes without alteration - from several Hollywood action flicks. And the whole cool-dude attitude that every protagonist wears like designer clothes is straight out of the ultra-chic “Men in Black” prototype that serves as an imperialistic role model for large-screen heroism.
Nevertheless you have to hand it to Anubhav Sinha. He handles the extra-large canvas and cast with pulsating panache. The hectic but steady narrative never allows us to dwell on the absurd and wild liberties taken with time and space to accommodate the breakneck pace.
As Sinha transports his characters from Delhi to Calgary on a mission to save the world (or is it just the Indian prime minister?) from international terrorism, he makes sure the film doesn’t take itself too seriously.
“Dus” is an interesting mix of action and reaction, of satire and spoof, of desire and frisson. The characters are derived from westwards but driven by homespun emotions. While they wear their languorous attitude till the last dying scream on the superbly assembled soundtrack, they also take time off to do their dal-chawal act.
There’s a contrived engagement song where Sinha lets us know in subtle hints that there is a kind of triangular tussle between the bride-to-be (Dia Mirza, in a blink-and-miss role) her fiancée and Zayed Khan who’s the bride’s brother Sanjay Dutt’s subordinate.
But it’s the men who matter. After “Sarkar” last week here again is a film that focuses on masculine motivations with almost single-minded devotion, so much so that even Shilpa Shetty is one of the guys. Tall lissome and utterly devoid of oomphy coquettishness she delivers the kick in the villain’s groin with as much panache as her male colleagues.
The bum-chum camaraderie among the men doing state-sanctioned espionage work has never been better. Abhishek Bachchan and Zayed Khan are masterfully cast against each other (much more so than Bachchan and Uday Chopra in
the similarly-mooded Dhoom).
Their constant squabble specially about claiming the attentions of their boss and idol Sanjay Dutt, lends an edge of ironical sentimentality to what’s predominantly a sharp shoot from the hip.
As for the plot… not much there, I’m afraid. The one-liner about a group of anti-terrorists preventing a designer-armageddon is filled out rather sumptuously with characters that seem to have lived a life beyond the camera. Fortunately for the febrile fabric of the volatile tale, the technique applied to the characters’ conflicts isn’t namby-pamby.
Though shot in scenic Calgary, Vijay Arora’s cinematography is more attuned to the characters than you’d generally discover in a saga celebrating the dudes’ dynamism. But the editing gives the director’s music-video antecedents away.
Repeatedly the shots are syncopated and rendered unnecessarily terse. Moments of tension and drama are lost in the wild endeavour to scamper to the finishing line without losing the audience’s interest.
The director understands the dynamics of an action film well. Though modelled on indigenous sources the narrative never looks alienated from our soil. That fine but neglected actor Ninad Kamath’s cameo as a traitorous patriot lingers after the shimmering shindig. He’s framed in a borrowed way. But his thoughts, we can almost see, are purely desi.
At the end, the triumph of “Dus” is the triumph of eye-catching packaging. Every component gets its fair share of stare from the absorbed viewer. Every sequence has a well-coordinated blueprint to see it ahead of the audience. Barring a few women characters (like Esha Deol) everyone is in-sync with the mood of a gathering storm, albeit in a stylish teacup that Anubhav Sinha has created.
The performances are uniformly endearing. Sanjay Dutt as the group leader is vulnerable strong and conflicted. The hint of a relationship with Shilpa Shetty is given a dignified place in the narrative. Suniel Shetty as a cop battling inner demons gets into the swing of things.
Pankaj Kapoor takes away a large slice of the punch lines and audiences’ attention. His accent, body language and unpredictable outbursts of emotion are grandiose and yet meshed well into the narrative.
But the film finally belongs to the Zayed-Abhishek pair. Zayed’s baby-brat place in the task force gives him a chance to evince a smile from the audience. He makes the best of the opportunity. For Abhishek, “Dus” is one more step ahead for the rapidly evolving actor. His death sequence ensures him the maximum ovation from the audience.
As for casting, the achingly young and pretty Raima Sen as Suniel Shetty’s pregnant wife… where did that come from?
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Box Office Collections
By Taran Adarsh, July 09th 2005 - 0930 hrs IST
Dus - Opening Day
Theatre 1st show 2nd show 3rd show 4th show Total Capacity %
New Empire [Mumbai] - 40,331 40,331 40,331 1,20,993 1,20,993 100%
Minerva [Mumbai] - 41,033 41,033 41,033 1,23,099 1,23,099 100%
Geeta [Worli] 22,638 22,638 22,638 22,638 90,552 90,552 100%
Gaiety [Bandra] 28,990 28,990 28,990 28,990 1,15,960 1,15,960 100%
Chandan [Juhu] - 31,200 34,328 34,328 99,856 1,02,984 96%
New Era [Malad] 20,900 35,555 34,990 35,555 1,27,000 1,42,220 89.29%
Woodland [Virar] 12,373 12,373 12,373 12,373 49,492 49,492 100%
Cine Park [Vapi] 21,607 21,607 21,607 21,607 86,428 86,428 100%
Chhayadeep [Dehradun] 16,765 16,765 16,765 16,765 16,765 16,765 100%
http://www.indiafm.com/boxoffice/collections.shtml
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^ I think Ghazala is getting more than excited over this movie :p
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This movie is on hindijoy now.
but the print isnt great.
i just watched the first half of the movie, and it looks alrite.
no one can beat sanju baba. it is action packed movie with some nice stunts.
but dont try to find logic in this movie. its the kind of movie which you watch just for entertainment.
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Deedar De :bhangra: - Awesome Track!
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^yeah great track indeed.
The movie Suck Ass. If you are fan of American Action Flicks then this will be boring for you.
If you are not then watch and try to understand because my brain is dead understanding all those stupid logics 
Btw a Muslim is a terrorist, if you know what I mean 