Review
De Dana Dan has marvelous entertainment worth. Given the fashion of most Bollywood comics - De Dana Dan is the most funny movie of this period --platform47.com
Director Priyadarshan is synonymous with comedies and the ace storyteller promises laughter in abundance. Handling so many characters, plus making a film on mistaken identities could be very tough, but the director gets it right. Pritam's music is good, while the RDB track, 'Paisa', is the pick of the lot. Salim-Sulaiman's background score is energetic. K. Ahambaram's cinematography is alright. The review would be incomplete if one ignored the dialogue writer's [Jay Master] contribution to the film. The lines are laced with wit and soaked in humour and bring the house down on several occasions. --platform47.com
Akshay brings a lovable goofiness to his character even though he s locked inside a wardrobe for a substantial chunk of the second half. Sunil Shetty is okay while Paresh Rawal and Manoj Joshi bring the house down with their remarkable bonhomie. The ladies, Katrina, Sameera and Aditi Govitrikar (as the money hungry wife of Rawal) are quite an eye candy, though Neha Dhupia does get to shoot off a few smutty dialogues. The supporting cast chips in with fine performances.
The best part about De Dana Dan is that gags aren t just mindlessly stitched together but flow out of situations that arise out of mistaken identities. Full credit should go to its crispy script laced with punchy dialogues from Jay Master and full credit to Priyadarshan for executing it with his masterly skill that makes the movie a hell of a rollercoaster ride, leaving the audience doubled up with laughs. --platform47.com
About the Actor
Akshay Kumar was born as Rajiv Hari Om Bhatia on the 9th September 1967 in Amritsar to a middle class Punjabi household. His father was a government worker. He grew up in Delhi and later in Mumbai s Koliwada area. He did his schooling at the Don Bosco School and his college years were spent in Khalsa College, where he showed an inclination for sports. He studied martial arts in Bangkok while working as a chef.
He came back to Delhi to teach martial arts when one of his students suggested he try his hand in modeling, which led to an offer to act in Deedar as the lead actor. Akshay was linked with several of his co-stars like Raveena Tandon, Shilpa Shetty, Pooja Batra and even Rekha. He is currently married to actress turned entrepreneur Twinkle Khanna and they have a son Araav.
Akshay Kumar didn t grab any headlines with his debut Saugandh in 1991. Deedar, Dancer and Khiladi were released in 1992. With Khiladi being one of the biggest hits of the year. In 1993, he came out with atleast six movies all of which fell flat. But he more than made up for it in 1994 with hits like Mohra with Raveena Tandon, Yeh Dillagi with Kajol and Saif Ali Khan and Mein Khiladi Tu Anari with Saif Ali Khan and Shilpa Shetty. He received a nomination for the Filmfare Best Actor award for his romantic role in Yeh Dillagi.
He tried his hand in the comedy stream quite successfully in 2000 with Hera Pheri, which was a laugh riot. Dhadkan with pal Suneil Shetty and Shilpa Shetty also was a good performer at the box office. In 2006 he starred in a sequel to Hera Pheri titled Phir Hera Pheri. As was the former, the sequel became a huge success at the box office. He established himself as a successful comedy actor with a series of comedy releases.
2007 proved to be Kumar's most successful year during his career in the industry, and as described by box office analysts, "probably the best ever recorded by an actor, with four outright hits and no flops." Singh Is Kinng was a huge success at the box office and broke the first-week worldwide record of Om Shanti Om, the previous highest figure. He also made a debut on the small screen with Fear Factor India.
About the Director
Priyadarshan was born in Thiruvananthapuram, India to Mr.Nair who worked as a librarian at the University of Kerala. He had an inclination to play cricket professionally but an injury to his left eye owing to a cricket ball dashed his hopes. He is married to Lizzy, a Malayalam actress also known as Lakshmi Priyadarshini, with whom he has worked with in several movies. They have two children, Kalyani and Siddharth.
Priyadarshan wrote and directed the Malayalam comedy Poochakkoru Mookkuthi in 1984 which became a huge hit. It was remade in Hindi as Hungama in 2003. He worked with friend Mohanlal in Boeing Boeing (1985) that was another comedy. Chitram (1988), with Mohanlal playing the lead was a commercial success. The movie was reworked in Hindi as Chori Chori with Mithun Chakraborthy. Abhimanyu (1991) was a story around the involvement of a man with the underworld. Gardish (1993) starring Jackie Shroff and Dimple Kapadia was a remake of Sibi Malayil s Kireedam.
Other movies include Kaala Pani (1996) an action-drama with Mohanlal and Tabu, Chandralekha (1997) and Virasat (1997) a copy of Kamal Hassan s Thevar Magan with Anil Kapoor, Tabu and Pooja Batra.
He later came up with a string of remakes including Hera Pheri (2000) (remake of Ramji Rao Speaking), Hungama (2003) (remake of Poochakkoru Mookkuthi), Hulchul (2004) (remake of Godfather), Garam Masala (2005) (remake of Boeing Boeing), Chup Chup Ke (2006) (remake of Punjabi House),Bhool Bhulaiyaa (2007) (Remake of Manichitrathazhu), Bhagam Bhag (2008) (Remake of Mannar Mathai Speaking) and Billu (2009) (Remake of Kadha Parayumbol).
- Aspect Ratio : 1.77:1
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- MPAA rating : NR (Not Rated)
- Product Dimensions : 6.75 x 5.3 x 0.5 inches; 3.2 ounces
- Director : Priyadarshan
- Media Format : NTSC, Multiple Formats, Anamorphic, Dolby, Blu-ray, Widescreen, HiFi Sound
- Run time : 2 hours and 41 minutes
- Release date : July 8, 2010
- Actors : Akshay Kumar, Suniel Shetty, Paresh Raval, Katrina Kaif, Sameera Reddy
- Dubbed: : Hindi
- Subtitles: : English
- Studio : Eros International
- Number of discs : 1
