Cast: Ajay Devgn, Riteish Deshmukh, Arshad Warsi, Javed Jafferi, Sanjay Mishra, Ravi Kishan, Upendra Limaye, Sanjeeda Sheikh, Anjali Anand, Esha Gupta

Crew: 
Written by Balvinder Singh Suri, Paritosh Painter, Vedd Prakash
Cinematography by Sudhir K. Chaudhary
Edited by Sanjay Sankla
Music by Tanishk Bagchi, Aditya Dev, Neelkamal Singh, Sanju Rathod, Guru Randhawa, Gill Machrai, Rony Ajnali, Amar Mohile
Directed by Indra Kumar
Produced by Ajay Devgn, Bhushan Kumar, Krishan Kumar, Ashok Thakeria, Indra Kumar, Anand Pandit, Kumar Mangat Pathak

Ajay Devgn has been working majorly in franchise films. He is targetting the audiences who loved earlier films and trying to find an easy success. While the franchise fatigue is catching up, he is still trying hard to find that eluding success. Now, he has come up with Dhamaal 4 and let's discuss about the film in detail. 

Plot:
Guddu Rastogi (Ajay Devgn) fights with Pirate Leader Adhoora (Ravi Kishan) for the map of a treasure. Only Prithvi (Upendra Limaye) can decode the map but he escapes from Guddu and Adhoora. Lallan (Riteish Deshmukh) wants to marry a rich girl but he misunderstands Paaro (Anjali Anand) for a rich person. He marries her. Adi (Arshad Warsi) is married to Rosy (Sanjeeda Sheikh) and she stays away from him due to Manav (Javed Jafferi). Meanwhile Guddu falls in love with Aaliya (Esha Gupta) but her kids doesn't accept him. All of them get to know about the treasure while chasing Prithvi and who will find it forms the rest of the film. 

Analysis:
The movie tries hard to sell the similar jokes with call backs to the franchise films. Each scene is either a call back or a repeat of the similar scene. Ajay Devgn looks completely disinterested and many of his scenes are shot with a green screen. The shoddy edit and VFX are very clearly visible with him on screen more than others. He seems to be more or less given up on trying to tell good stories on screen. 

Riteish Deshmukh gets better storyline but his chemistry with Anjali Anand is not absolutely perfect to route for him. Sanjeeda Sheikh frames look too airburshed and Javed Jafferi jokes don't land either. The film feels like a random exhibition of gags that are popular within the franchise and in some Hollywood comedies. VFX work is so forgettable that every frame looks like an After Effects edit rather than people really sitting through and putting a thought to it. 

Ravi Kishan scenes, Upendra Limaye character and every beat just becomes abysmal from start to end. Dhamaal became a surprise hit and Double Dhamaal, Total Dhamaal succeeded despite being low on effort. Looks like the fourth film is also made with similar outlook. While some genuine moments seem to be attempted at places but they do not land well enough as the movie just feels too draggy and unfunny. Another franchise killer! 

Positives:
Few Genuine Moments

Negatives:
Actors Performances
Over dependency on VFX
No Original jokes
Try too Hard to tickle audiences with call backs

Bottomline: No Dhamaal only noise! 

Rating: 2/5 

 

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