Dhoom film series
File:Dhoom series.JPG Dhoom DVD cover.
Directed by	Sanjay Gadhvi (Dhoom, Dhoom 2) Vijay Krishna Acharya (Dhoom 3)
Produced by	Aditya Chopra
Written by	Vijay Krishna Acharya
Starring	Abhishek Bachchan (Dhoom,Dhoom 2,Dhoom 3) Uday Chopra (Dhoom,Dhoom 2,Dhoom 3) Aamir Khan (Dhoom 3) Hrithik Roshan (Dhoom 2) John Abraham (Dhoom) Aishwarya Rai (Dhoom 2) Katrina Kaif (Dhoom 3) Bipasha Basu (Dhoom 2) Esha Deol (Dhoom)
Studio	Yash Raj Films
Distributed by	Yash Raj Films (Dhoom,Dhoom 2,Dhoom 3) AMC Entertainment (Dhoom,Dhoom 3)
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Box office	(2 films): 222.5 crore (US$44.39 million)

Dhoom (Hindi: धूम, English: Blast) is an Indian buddy-cop action film series. The movies are centered around Jai Dixit (Abhishek Bachchan), an ACP who finds himself fighting a group of bad guys or thieves.

Overview[link]

[edit] Dhoom (2004)

ACP Jai Dixit, (Abhishek Bachchan) a no nonsense cop, is called on the case. He seeks the help of a scatterbrained, clownish downtown racer named Ali (Uday Chopra) and devises a trap to catch the thieves, but fails. Kabir, (John Abraham) the leader of the gang, eventually taunts Dixit by saying that he won't be able to catch Kabir even if he were right in front of him. He is proved correct and the failure of Dixit seemingly leads to the end of his partnership with Ali.

Kabir then lures Ali into his gang to replace Rohit who was killed by Jai. Jai is married to Sweety (Rimi Sen). Ali also falls in love with Sheena (Esha Deol), one of the gang members. The gang later goes to Goa to perform one last big heist before disbanding forever. Kabir now sets his eyes on the biggest casino in India. Kabir and his gang swiftly rob the casino on New Year's Eve, but soon, they realize that Jai has lured them right into a trap. Ali was working for Jai the whole time and a fight stages.

Kabir manages to escape from Jai, and goes back to the gang's truck where Ali tied up Sheena. Kabir then viciously beats up Ali for his betrayal. Kabir holds Ali at gunpoint, and is about to shoot him when Kabir is shot in the hand. The gang minus Sheena then boards the truck, while Jai and Ali follow. A fight ensues between Kabir and Jai on top of the truck, while Ali fights the other gang members Rahul and Tony inside. Ali fights his way into the driver's seat. Kabir tries to escape on his bike. He is then cornered by Jai and Ali. Kabir decides to commit suicide instead of going to jail, and rides his bike over the edge and into the water. The movie ends with Jai and Ali bickering.

[edit] Dhoom 2 (2006)

The police are baffled by a master thief known only as Mr. A (Hrithik Roshan) because he leaves an 'A' symbol after each robbery. Mr. A steals a priceless English crown by sky diving onto a train across the Namibian desert, disguising himself as queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, stealing the crown, and escaping on a sand-board.

He is pursued by ACP Jai Dixit (Abhishek Bachchan), his former classmate ACP Shonali Bose (Bipasha Basu), and Sub Inspector Ali Akbar (Uday Chopra), the comic relief. They try to catch him in the act as he robs a Mumbai museum, but fail after a long chase with Mr. A on rollerblades.

Mr. A, in the meantime, is caught by the wiles of Sunehri (Aishwarya Rai Bachchan), who claims to be A's number-one fan. Attempting to catch Sunehri in the act, Shonali breaks her leg. Mr. A agrees to take Sunehri into partnership, not knowing that she is actually working for Jai.

Mr. A and Sunehri fly to Copacabana, where Mr. A plans another big heist. Jai and Ali follow. While in Brazil, they stay with Shonali's twin sister Monali and uncover that Mr. A's real name is Aryan. Aryan, who has trusted Sunehri with his life, finds out that she is working against him and accuses her of treachery. She then realizes that she loves him and joins him in earnest. Their heist is a success; their escape, not so much. In the end Sunehri shoots Aryan who falls off a cliff, though Sunehri claims she did it out of love. However, it is implied that even this was a last-resort faked death, planned out by Aryan and Sunehri, as in the end they are seen working at a restaurant in Fiji. Jai drops in unexpectedly but leaves them alone once Aryan hands over the details of where he has stashed the loot from all his robberies. Jai then talks to Ali over the phone and tells him to return to India, since they have a new case.

[edit] Dhoom 3 (2013)

On 2 February 2011, Yash Chopra confirmed that the third installment of the series would go on floors at the end of 2011 featuring Aamir Khan playing anti-hero and planned for a Christmas 2012 release.^[1] Vijay Krishna Acharya was worked about one year on the script of Dhoom 3. According to Yash Chopra "It is possibly one of the best scripts coming out of our production house (Yash Raj Films)." When talking about Dhoom 3 Khan went on commenting that "Victor's script really won me over and I look forward to working with him." Aditya Chopra decided to cast a new face for the female lead, but was unable to find a perfect debutant. And eventually selected Katrina Kaif for the role. ^{[2] [3]}

It was announced that the composer of Dhoom and Dhoom 2, Pritam, will return once again to compose the music of the third installment.^[4]

The principal photography of the film was expected to start from November 2011, taking about 11 months to complete. ^[5] But it was later postponed to May 2012 because Aamir Khan wanted time to finish Reema Kagti's Talaash.^[6] In March 2012 reports claimed that shooting of Dhoom 3 is indefinitely postponed due to future commitments of Aamir Khan. But Yash Raj Films however denied the reports by saying "This is absolutely baseless. DHOOM:3 starts shooting in May 2012 and Aamir Khan joins the schedule in June as per plan." ^[7]

Reportedly,the producer of the film, Aditya Chopra wanted to make the film in 3d format, feeling that the success of Haunted 3D showed that Indian audiences have opened up to 3D cinema viewing . But actor Aamir Khan is not convinced as he thinks 'making a 3D film needs more expertise'.^[8] Some sources still maintain that the film will release in 3D.^[9]

Influence[link]

The movie had a significant cultural impact among urban Indian youth. It was blamed for an increase in incidents of street racing, bike-borne theft and stunting on public roads. Besides, there was a new impetus to the bike-modifying scene with youth going in for modifications to their bikes ranging from free flow exhaust systems to addition of NOS kits.^{[original research?]}

In Malappuram district of Kerala, four members of a group of criminals had cracked the floor of South Malabar Gramin Bank in the early hours on 30 December 2007 and looted 25 lakhs and 80 kilogrammes of gold, a total worth of Rs. 8 crores, considered to be one of the biggest thefts in Kerala’s crime records. The Kerala Police have arrested four people in connection with this and the leader admitted that he was inspired by Dhoom. The media in India drew parallels to Dhoom 2.^[10][11]

Release and revenue[link]

Film	Release date	Budget	Box office revenue
			India (net)	Outside India	Worldwide (gross)
Dhoom	August 27, 2004		29 crore (US$5.79 million)[12]		72.5 crore (US$14.46 million)[13]
Dhoom 2	November 24, 2006	35 crore (US$6.98 million)[14]	80.3 crore (US$16.02 million)[15]	$8.57 million[16]	150 crore (US$29.93 million)[13]
Dhoom 3	2013

References[link]

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Uday Chopra (Hindi: उदय चोपड़ा; born 5 January 1973) is a Bollywood actor, producer, and assistant director.

He is the son of Yash Chopra^[1] and brother of Aditya Chopra, and worked as an assistant director on a number of his father's and brother's movies under the Yash Raj Films banner.^[2] In 1994, he produced Yeh Dillagi starring Akshay Kumar, Kajol and Saif Ali Khan. He made his acting debut in the movie Mohabbatein.^[2] Chopra has mostly done films under his father's production house. He starred in 2004 in the action thriller Dhoom and, in its sequel Dhoom 2, released in 2006.^[3] At end of June 2011, there was speculation that Uday was focusing on film direction and had taken a break from acting.^[4] He is currently in Los Angeles learning film making at UCLA.^[5]

Filmography[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Uday Chopra at the Internet Movie Database
• Official website