Triyom Films’ Non Stop Dhamaal (UA) is a comedy film about an aspiring director, an aspiring writer and an aspiring actor.
Satinder (Annu Kapoor) is an aspiring director while Amar (Manoj Joshi) is an aspiring writer. Khatri (Priyanshu Chatterjee) finances their maiden film but in return, he asks them to arrange for the required organ/s when the need arises as his mother’s organs are all in urgent need of replacement. If they fail to do so, they would have to pay Khatri Rs. 20 crore instead of the Rs. 10 crore borrowed from him. Satinder and Amar sign Raju Bhangarwala (Rajpal Yadav) to act in their film and they put the same condition about the human organs on him. Soon, Khatri’s mother needs a heart transplant but Raju is, obviously, unwilling to donate his heart. Therefore, Satinder and Amar are given only 10 days by Khatri to pay him Rs. 20 crore for defaulting. How they manage to pay Khatri the penalty is shown thereafter.
Irshad Khan’s story is childish — and that’s putting it mildly. Why three aspirants, looking for a break, would agree to arrange for human organs is beyond comprehension. Twists like Raju not having read the agreement while signing, Raju being blackmailed by people, etc. are all so idiotic that even the comedy created because of those twists fails to have the desired effect. The screenplay, written by Irshad Khan and Vikash Kumar Vishwakarma, is half-baked and quite pathetic. Except for some comic moments, the drama absolutely and completely fails to engage the viewers. Irshad Khan’s dialogues are ordinary.
Annu Kapoor acts very well and impresses as Satinder. Manoj Joshi does a very fine job as Amar. Rajpal Yadav is good in the role of Raju Bhangarwala. Asrani is alright in a brief role as Jassubhai. Priyanshu Chatterjee lends fair support as Khatri. Vikram Kochhar (as Shareef), Rajesh Jais (as Bansal), Shreyas Talpade (as himself), Kamlesh Sawant (as police inspector Gaitonde), Rajeev Nigam (as Salim Tempo), Sheena Bajaj (as Kaaya), Kurush Deboo (as Dilzaan Daruwala), Hemant Pandey (as a film distributor) and Payal Mukherjee (as a film actress) lend routine support.
Irshad Khan’s direction is below the mark. Rahul Bhatt’s music and Irshad Khan’s lyrics are very ordinary. Shabina Khan’s choreography barely passes muster. Anamik Chauhan’s background music is dull. Akash Aditya Tiwari’s camerawork is so-so. Moses Fernandes’ action and stunt scenes are devoid of thrill. Art direction (Suresh Pillai) hardly merits separate mention. Chandan Arora’s editing is reasonably sharp.
On the whole, Non Stop Dhamaal will prove to be a flop.
Released on 18-8-’23 at Gem (daily 1 show) and other cinemas of Bombay thru August Entertainment. Publicity & opening: dull. …….Also released all over.