When you make such a movie, you are doing an experiment hoping that enough people will like the jokes and make the movie earn more than the cost. So, one way of helping this process along is by having a host of characters in the movie (and with none of them being the mega stars who charge a whole host of money and decrease the chance of your movie becoming a hit); then you add in some jokes of all varieties (including jokes that are more adult - and this seems to work, with the very adult jokes full movie, Grand Masti, becoming a big hit this year, 2013). There are a number of movies that have come in with the concept of people getting mistaken for each other, and the resulting comedy capers. Add in the concept of all of them being in a confined space such as a hotel, and things get even more chaotic (for an example of how action inside a hotel can be converted into a massive comic scene - just watch the movie, De Dana Dan which had most of the sequence inside a hotel with chases and what-not inside the hotel itself).
One Two Three takes 3 different people - played by Tusshar Kapoor, Paresh Rawal and Suniel Shetty all in a hotel, all coming from very different backgrounds and with different personalities. So what brings them all together ? All of them have come to the same city, staying in the same hotel, and with the same name, Laxminarayan. And you can guess the rest of the confusion that erupts when they are all in the same hotel, especially when you have Dons also involved, and when one of them sells undergarments, you can understand where the adult humor comes in. Some of the other cast include Esha Deol, Sameera Reddy, Upen Patel, Neetu Chandra and Tanisha. A whole host of characters, but none of them are of the mega-star kind who would charge an arm and a leg, and who would throw a tantrum if you did not revolve the movie around them.
Tusshar is the poor guy from Mumbai, living with his widowed mother, with the ambition being to become more of a successful gangster, kill some people, make a name and then marry the daughter of another don. So, he comes to Pondicherry to kill another Don, on whom he has got a contract.
Suniel Shetty is a secretary, come to the city to buy a vintage car from a dealer (and who would not want to buy a car from a dealer such as Sameera Reddy).
Paresh Rawal is a dealer in undergarments, who has come to Pondicherry to meet up with a new supplier (Esha Deol). Both of these ladies have their own struggles, with both of them being under debt and desperate to strike the deals for which Suniel and Paresh have come to the city. And then Upen Patel and Tanisha are there in the auto showroom, but actually are doing diamonds, hiding in the car which Sameera is trying to sell. And of course, the police is also hunting for these diamonds. A sleeper movie (since not too many people remember the movie), but it made money and even though it is easy to dismiss as another of those crank comic capers, it did reasonably well.
De Dana Dan was a comedy movie that was released in 2009. The movie was directed by the famous director, Priyadarshan (who had directed many other hit movies such as Hera Pheri, Hungama, Garam Masala, and many others). The movie starred the combination that last was seen in the 2006 Hera Pheri, namely Akshay Kumar, Sunil Shetty and Paresh Rawal. In addition, the movie also starred as the female leads, Katrina Kaif and Sameera Reddy, and also starred Neha Dhupia, Chunky Pandey, Archana Puran Singh. The movie aims to be a comedy, with some amount of seriousness, the comedy being in the interactions between the characters, set in an overall situation where the main leads are in a poor financial condition and as a result, are unable to be with their loved ones. The music for the film was somewhat catchy with some of the numbers such as "Rishte Naate" and "Paisa Paisa" being remembered.
The movie was an above average earner, with the movie making a decent amount at the box office, both in India and abroad, thus increasing the reputation of Priyadarshan.
The movie is primarily about 2 poor male Indians in Singapore. Nitin (Akshay Kumar) and Ram (Suniel Shetty) are in a poor financial condition, and love 2 girls, Anjali (Katrina Kaif) and Manpreet (Sameera Reddy). Both of them are rich girls and whose parents are not agreeable to the idea of their daughters marrying poorly. Nitin works as the all-in-one servant to Archana Puran Singh who owns supermarket stores and who favors her dog Mulchand Ji, and there is a running tiff between Akshay and Mulchand Ji. Akshay's father owned a large debt to Archana Puran Singh and Akshaya is trying to pay off the debt by working like this, although he acknowledges that the debt will not be repaid so easily.
Ram in turn came to Singapore as an actor in Chinese films, but now works for a courier company. The movie runs through a mad-cap situation where the marriage of Manpreet is originally planned to the sun of Paresh Rawal (Chunky Pandey). Both Nitin and Ram decide to earn money by kidnapping Mulchand Ji, but the plot changes when the dog runs away, and then it is assumed that Nitin has been kidnapped. Paresh Rawal is a swindler who looks to this marriage as a way for his son to get a large sum of money. Neha Dhupia is a high class call girl, Shakti Kapoor is a person who has affairs behind his wife's back, and then there is an assassin also involved. The highlight of the movie is a madcap scene in the Pan Pacific Hotel in Singapore where the movie finally comes to a happy ending.
Dus is a fast-paced action thriller starring a number of Bollywood stars Sanjay Dutt, Sunil Shetty, Abhishek Bachchan, Shilpa Shetty, Pankaj Kapoor, Esha Deol and Zayed Khan. The movie was released in 2005, and was a decent hit (costing around Rs. 20 crore, and earned a revenue of Rs. 43 crore). The movie was directed by Anubhav Sinha, with production by Nitin Manmohan and Sohail Maklai. Music was by Vishal-Shekhar, and Ranjit Barot. The movie was fairly long, being around 2 hours & 20 minutes. Music for the film became quite popular, and the title song of 'Dus Bahane' was a hit. The movie also had a twist, in that one of the popular heroes was sacrificed at the climax of the movie, something that a lot of movies avoid. The movie is about the effort of the Anti Terrorist Cell (working somewhat similar to what you would expect the RAW to function, but without all the glamour that the movie depicts) to stop a massive bombing of which it does not have much information, and for which there are only 10 days left. Sanjay Dutt is the head of this organization, with the name of Siddhant Dheer. Along with him, his younger brother Shashank Dheer (Abhishek Bachchan), Aditya Singh (Zayed Khan), Aditi Kumar (Shilpa Shetty) are the others in the organization. Neha (Esha Deol) is an agent in Canada who starts the entire process, by reporting the existence of a plan being spear-headed by Jambwal, about whom they do not have any information, and whose identity they do not know.
The movie attempts to play the game of multiple double-crossing, about people betraying each other, about people not being who they claim to be. Because the ATS does not know the identity of Jambwal, they cannot even confirm that if they catch a person, whether that person is Jambwal or not. And this happens when they catch Mehendi (Pankaj Kapoor), an agent of Jambwal who is terrified of Jambwal. They are trying to interrogate him to find out more Jambwal, but they land in more problems. The car provided to them by Neha is rigged to explode if it slows down (English movie Speed?), so who is Neha. Zayed Khan is a bomb expert who can detect if a bomb is planted, and what are the chances of defusing it in time. They are further trying to not reveal their plan to the Canadian police, even though the plan involves the terrorists bombing a stadium where a match is ongoing, so as to attack the Indian Prime Minister who will be there to attend the match (on May 10th). They uncover traitors in their midst, although each of these traitors extract a cost. The action peaks in the end, as they are at the stadium where there are multiple bombs planted, and their mission is to get the bombs away without loss of life (with the bombs being constructed of C4, a military explosive (where did terrorists get C4 from?)). The movie is a much watchable movie, be sure to watch (although the logic can sometimes fail).
Videos of songs from the movie:
Dus Bahane (Sung by KK, Shaan)
Deedar De (Sung by Sunidhi Chauhan)
Chham Se (Sung by Sonu Nigam, Shaan, Babul Supriyo, Sunidhi Chauhan, Sapna Mukherjee)
Lyrics from the movie Dus:
Dus Bahane: Here Now Here Now, Everybody Put Your Hands Up In The Air Now Here Now Here Now Everybody Put Your Hands Up In The Air Uski Aankhon Mein Baatein, Baaton Mein Jadoo ( Say Here Now Here Now )-2 Uski Aankhon Mein Baatein, Baaton Mein Jadoo Jadoo Mein Kho Gaye Hum Hogaye Beqabu I Looked At You, You Looked At Me,Aur Hogayi Mushkil And You Became My Destiny Tuhi Meri Manzil ( Dus Bahane Karke Legaye Dil Legaye Dil Dus Bahane Karke Legaye Dil )-2
Here Now Here Now, Everybody Put Your Hands Up In The Air Now Here Now Here Now Everybody Put Your Hands Up In The Air Yeh Dil Topehle Aisa Nahin Tha Kisne Behkaya Aisa Sapna Dikhaya Kyun Yeh Aankhein Meri Dekhe Ussi Ko Soche Bina Hi Usse Apna Banaya Kyun Jeena To Marne Se Ab Hai Kahi Mushkil Khudko Jo Khoya To Woh Hogaya Haasil ( Dus Bahane Karke Legaye Dil Legaye Dil Dus Bahane Karke Legaye Dil )-2
Here Now Here Now, Everybody Put Your Hands Up In The Air Now Here Now Here Now Everybody Put Your Hands Up In The Air Kisne Kisiko Haske Bulaya Baatein Banake Koi Jadooo Sa Chalaya Tha Bas Dekha Dekhi Dil Se Hui Thi Duniya Bhulake Koi Aaise Dil Pe Chaya Tha Kiske Bin Kya Hoga Yeh Kh Sake Na Dil Khudko Yeh Samjhana Ab Ho Gaya Mushkil ( Dus Bahane Karke Legaye Dil Legaye Dil Dus Bahane Karke Legaye Dil )-2
Uski Aankhon Mein Baatein, Baaton Mein Jadoo Jadoo Mein Kho Gaye Hum Hogaye Beqabu I Looked At You, You Looked At Me,Aur Hogayi Mushkil And You Became My Destiny Tuhi Meri Manzil Dus Bahane Karke Legaye Dil Legaye Dil Dus Bahane Karke Legaye Dil (dus Bahane Karke Legaye Dil Legaye Dil Dus Bahane Karke Legaye Dil) - 2
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Hain Ishq Toh Ishq Toh - 2 Hain Ishq Toh Ishq Toh Gale Se Laga Le - 2 Ek Jhalak Ko Ankh Taras Gayi - 3 Aa Saamne Aur Tham Le Teri Aamanat Yaar Main Deedar De Deedar De Deedar De Deedar Le Deedar De - 2 Hain Ishq Toh Ishq Toh Gale Se Laga Le
(Abhi Koi Armaan Rang Na Laya Abhi Koi Dil Ko Chal Nahi Paya) - 2 Abhi Koi Aankhon Mein Sapna Nahi Hain Abhi Koi Jadooo Chal Nahi Paaya Tu Pyar Ki Yeh Kashtiyan Kar De Jara Ve Paar Re Deedar De Deedar De Deedar De Deedar Le Deedar De - 4
(Abhi Koi Dil Main Jashn Hua Hain Abhi Koi Taza Zakhm Mila Hain) - 2 Abhi Khamoshi Bhi Khamosh Si Hain Ke Koi Mujhko Soch Raha Hain Bechainiya, Betaabiyan Karne Lagi Singar Ve Deedar De Deedar De Deedar De Deedar Le Deedar De - 4 Hain Ishq Toh Ishq Toh Gale Se Laga Le - 2 Ek Jhalak Ko Ankh Taras Gayi - 3 Aa Saamne Aur Tham Le Teri Aamanat Yaar Main Deedar De Eedar De Deedar De Deedar Le Deedar De – 2
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Chham Se
dil kutch kehta hain lab kutch kehtey hain behke behke se hum hote hain jo kehna chahe woh keh bhi jaye aaise lamhe toh kam hote hain pyar mein koi nayi baat nahi yeh aaisa jo ho jaye dhunde nigaahein jab har pal usko apna dil kho jaye aankhon mein kyon chehra uska thodasa dhundhlaye re cham se woh aa jaye cham se aa jaye cham se woh aa jaye man pe cha jaye cham se woh aa jaye cham se aa jaye
mausam ka har andaz bhi teri adaa ban gaya chahat ka yeh ehsaas bhi teri wafa ban gaya tera chehra aankhon mein tera pehra khwaabo mein kabhi dil ki raaho mein yeh hota hain ho jaaye de cham se woh aa jaye cham se aa jaye cham se woh aa jaye man pe cha jaye cham se woh aa jaye cham se aa jaye
jaayegi jab tu deke judaai bhi tanha si hogi dilki tanhai bhi ehsaas tere dil ka aankhon semeri chalka betaab hoke jab uski hi yaad mein dil ghabraye re cham se
dil kutch kehta hain lab kutch kehtey hain behke behke se hum hote hain jo kehna chahe woh keh bhi jaye aaise lamhe toh kam hote hain pyar mein koi nayi baat nahi yeh aaisa jo ho jaye dhunde nigaahein jab har pal usko apna dil kho jaye aankhon mein kyon chehra uska thodasa dhundhlaye re cham se woh aa jaye cham se aa jaye cham se woh aa jaye man pe cha jaye