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| Dhoom 2 धूम 2 ٢ ﺩﻬﻭﻡ | |
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| File:Dhoom2dhoom.jpgMovie poster for Dhoom 2 | |
| Directed by | Sanjay Gadhvi |
| Written by | Aditya Chopra |
| Produced by | Aditya Chopra Amit Chopra |
| Starring | Hrithik Roshan Abhishek Bachchan Aishwarya Rai Bipasha Basu Uday Chopra |
| Cinematography | Vikas Sivaraman Nirav Shah |
| Edited by | Rameshwar S. Bhagat |
| Music by | Pritam |
| Distributed by | Yash Raj Films |
| Release dates | November 24, 2006 |
| Country | India |
| Languages | Hindi/Urdu, Telugu, Tamil |
| Budget |  Rs. 66 Crores - Approx. |
Dhoom 2 (Hindi: धूम 2, Urdu: ٢ ﺩﻬﻭﻡ, Tamil: தூம் 2) is a 2006 Bollywood film directed by Sanjay Gadhvi. It stars Hrithik Roshan, Aishwarya Rai, Abhishek Bachchan, Bipasha Basu and Uday Chopra. The movie is a sequel to the 2004 hit, Dhoom. The film was released on November 24 2006. This movie has been dubbed into Telugu and Tamil; those versions were released on the same day as the Hindi-Urdu version.
The film is Gadhvi's fourth directorial venture after Tere Liye (2000), Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai (2002), and Dhoom (2004), and his third with Yash Raj Films. The film's score and soundtrack were composed by Pritam and lyrics were penned by Sameer. Cinematographers were ] and Nirav Shah; the film was edited by Rameshwar S. Bhagat. The film was shot partially in-studio, in India, and also on location in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil and Durban, South Africa.
The film has sparked controversy for a scene containing a kiss, and a court case is currently pending in India.
Cast
- Hrithik Roshan ... Aryan/Mr.A
- Abhishek Bachchan ... ACP Jai Dixit
- Aishwarya Rai ... Sunehri
- Uday Chopra ... Inspector Ali Akbar
- Bipasha Basu ... ACP Shonali Bose / Monali Bose
- Rimi Sen ... Sweety Dixit
Synopsis
Template:Spoiler The police are baffled by a master thief known only as Mr. A (Hrithik Roshan). Mr. A steals the crown jewels from a fast-moving train by sky-diving onto the roof of the train. ACP Jai Dixit (Abhishek Bachchan) and his assistant Ali (Uday Chopra) set out to catch the thief and restore the jewels. Lovely, scantily-clad women (Aishwarya, Bipasha, and Rimi) complicate the plot. Template:Endspoiler
Music
The film has six songs composed by Pritam. The audio of the film was released worldwide on October 19, 2006 by Yash Raj Music:
- Crazy Kiya Re - Sunidhi Chauhan & rap: Ravi Khote
- Touch Me - K.K. & Alisha Chinai
- My Name Is Ali - Sonu Nigam & Bipasha Basu
- Dil Laga Na - Sukhbir, Soham Chakraborty, Jolly Mukherjee, Mahalaxmi Iyer & Suzanne D'Mello & rap: Ravi Khote
- Crazy Remix - Sunidhi Chauhan
- Dhoom Again - Vishal Dadlani & Dominique Cerejo
Response
Box office
The movie had a very successful opening both in India and overseas.
Trivia
- Dhoom 2 was the first Bollywood movie to be filmed in Brazil.
- The film went into very wide release; 1,200 prints of this movie were distributed to Indian cinemas. This is a record for Indian movies.
- It was the first film from Yash Raj Films to have its songs available for download on iTunes.
- A kissing scene from the movie starring Aishwarya Rai and Hrithik Roshan has irked a lawyer who has filed a criminal case against them, accusing them of obscenity.
See Also
References
- The Hindu: Obscenity case filed against Aishwarya and Hrithik
- BoxOfficeIndia.Com: Box Office Results 24/11/06-30/11/06 (Collections in Ind Rs)
- India FM: Overseas Box-office: Rs. 18.75 crores in 10 days