De Dana Dan (2009)

De Dana Dan is a dead comedy.All the actors just shout,shout and shout in the movie which instead of a comedy makes it look like a tragedy.Priyadarshan's direction is bad.The climax is weak The music is weak Dialogs are very good.Performance-De Dana Dan has India's best comedians,but there are only few who stand out.They are in this order-Johnny Lever,Vikram Gokhale and Asrani .Akshay Kumar too is good.Suniel Shetty is okay.Katrina Kaif and Sameera Reddy are forgettable.Neha Dhupia is fine.Chunky Pandey is also good.Archana Puran Singh,Paresh Rawal,Rajpal Yadav,Shakti Kapoor,Sharat Saxena,Tinnu Anand & Manoj Joshi shout.Overall De Dana Dan is boring.

Lets start off with the actors. The Hera Pheri trio (Akshay Kumar, Suniel Shetty and Paresh Rawal)all performed well with great comic timing as usual. Sameera Reddy and Katrina Kaif were also good. They starred opposite Akshay and Suniel (bet you can guess who was opposite to who) and did a half-decent job of it.Others such as Rajpal Yadav,Manoj Joshi and Chunkey Pandey also did well. The music is also good. The tracks 'Baamulaiza' and 'Rishte Naate' are, in my opinion, the best two of the bunch. It is a film that, when you watch, you shouldn't bother about how good the story is (it is OK). Instead, you should be looking for some comedy. Believe me, this has more than some comedy in it. Verdict: Mindless entertainment. Watch it - 8.5/10

With the team joins hands back again, the expectations are nothing short of yet another "Hera Pheri". The team needed a desperate hit to redeem themselves from the recent spate of flops in everybody's kitty. Needless to say the pressure surmounts and result is "De Dana Dan". De Dana Dan gives the opportunity to see all the Priyan's regulars under one roof. There is little something for everybody and to what extent the character is justified is a debate for another day. The laugh-riot owing to comedy of errors bear uncanny resemblance to Priyan's earlier outing "Hungama". There are streaks of "One Two Three" (under-rated, IMO). The writer should be applauded for being able to weave the intricate complex mesh of sub-plots and integrate it into the main storyline. On the same note, the director deserves brownie points for being able to cross the deliverable milestone. No doubt there is breadth in terms of sub-plots, however the downside is lack of depth in it. By the time a character and the sub-plot sinks into the audience, the story moves on. And when the tributaries join in, the confusion starts to seep in. In terms of performance the lead performers are do a fine job ie. Akki, Paresh, Suniel, Katrina in descending order of of screen time. Sameera Reddy hardly leaves an impression. The supporting cast as mentioned earlier are Priyan's regulars and seem under-utilised. But hey-ho, everybody seemed to have enjoyed the overseas holiday during the shoot. On that note, it seems basing the story in Malaysia was an overkill. Lets not forget "Hera Pheri" worked because of the simplicity which the audience were instantly able to connect. Pritam's songs deserve a special mention, great foot-tapping numbers are justified adequately with their picturisation. Finally Priyan could have come up with a better climax rather the water- shed.

He had a couple of decent flicks, Malamaal Weekly and Garam Masala were his best movies-- best for his typical situational/slap-stick comedy genre anyways.. This one is simply flat from the first 10 minutes onwards all the way to the end. It is utterly predictable, most of the comedians are completely under utilized. Particularly Paresh Rawal, he hardly had anything comedic other than a few lines here and there. I am not sure why some reviews say the movie is hard to follow, may be they watched bits and pieces, anybody over 10 should have no problem following whats going on, not only that, most can predict what will happen next.For a while you could count on Priyadarshan movies to be decent comedies, not any more.