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Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal - Notepad

Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal

John Abraham, Arshad Warsi, Boman Irani Dir: Vivek Agnihotri
wogma rating: Switch channels if it's on cable (?)
quick review: Does racism really need promotion? How does it make sense to unite people from the sub-continent and have them alienate themselves from the world that they are living in? Don't take movies so seriously, you say? Then movies should stop taking on serious issues!
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Plot Summary

South Hall County Club has an all South Asian Football team. They don’t have finances. They don't have good players. They don't have the confidence to win. See their road to overcome these obstacles.

What Worked

  • The jerky movement of the camera for the car scenes was good.
  • The flashback scenes were shot well.
  • The way it was not spelt out why John Abraham was not taken in the Aston team, but left the audience to decipher from other information given.

What did not

Note: This section simply lists the things that I did not like in this movie. This is not the overall impression about this movie. Please read the full review here

  • I know very little about football. But, that a football team with such a loser for a goalkeeper can go from rags to riches amazes me. True, they should be given credit for not making him change overnight, but given that he didn't improve over the season, can a team really win consistently?
  • The lighting in scene of a rainy night looked too put-on for an outdoor setting.
  • Death of the county club owner. The most unconvincing death scene ever.
  • How come so many people who lived abroad all their lives had no accent at all?
  • The "thi, hai, rahegi" dialogue. (was, is, will be). How....yuck!
  • Cheesy symbolic dialogues with the flower arrangement used as the symbols.
  • Tony Singh's (Boman Irani's) contrived speeches.
  • Why wasn't the team practicing before the interval?
  • Dialogue between Shaan and Sunny in the hotel room. - Lame, inane, it had it all.
  • Mother facing the father-son divide...oh p-lease!
  • How come Tony Singh and Sunny's dad don't age over 20 years?
  • The animated bird-view shot of the field and the animated fireworks!
  • The soap-opera-ish twists and turns towards the climax.
  • Shouldn't the loving, caring, doctor girlfriend run to he ailing boyfriend who might be dead as soon as the game is over, instead of cheering?

Nitty-Gritty

This section lists things that I think are not important to the overall impact of the movie. In most cases, it could be explained away by something like, "we noticed the glitch after the scene was shot and there were schedule/budget issues and thus we could not re-shoot it". I like giving the makers the benefit of doubt, but I am amused nevertheless. Hopefully, they will tickle you too.

  • The tell-tale signs used in the beginning of the movie to show the sorry state of affairs of the South Hall County Club were really sorry.
  • Why was the English lady, Anne in soft focus/out of focus all the time?
  • The matching of the prize money amount with that of the money required for the lease of the ground was all too convenient.
  • Why were Dalip Tahil's co-commentators wearing constipated looks?
  • Is "Hindustaniyat" a word?

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External Reviews

21 reviewers have given Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal an average rating of 1.7/5.0. 3 yays, 10 nays, 8 so-so. See all external reviews »

Readers' Ratings

1 readers have given Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal an average rating of 3/5.0. 0 yays, 0 nays, 1 so-so. See all reader reviews »

Comments (8)

Ashok:

Wasnt THAT bad.. I would say somewhere between 2 - 2.5

Some people genuinely enjoyed it.. The Manchester united scene before the interval was really great!

posted 4 years, 6 months ago Ashok has posted 5 comments and has rated 0 movies. See Ashok's page for more details.
kiran:

The movie is not at all engrossing. Its copied from chakde but chakde is a much better effort.. give it a misss

without worrying a bit abt missing out on anything

posted 4 years, 6 months ago kiran has posted 1 comments and has rated 0 movies. See kiran's page for more details.
Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal Review | DesiPundit:

[...] at Without Giving the Movie Away is supremely disappointed at this attempt at highlighting racism and feels Bollywood should stop tackling serious [...]

posted 4 years, 6 months ago
Amit Shukla:

"Goal" is fairly entertaining. Its tells its story in a simple, non-preachy manner. The rootless feeling among Asians leaving in an alien land is quite well-reflected - they feel unwanted and unloved. Football is their ticket to acceptance and success. True, the racism angle is handled in an amateur fashion, but we can overlook a few shortcomings because on the whole "Goal" is a feel good film which will get you smiling. John Abraham is absolutely the right choice for the role, ably supported by Arshad and Bomman. Bipasha is wasted, though she and John do have some very sweet moments together. Definitely worth a watch.

posted 4 years, 5 months ago Amit Shukla has posted 2 comments and has rated 0 movies. See Amit Shukla's page for more details.
H.D.Motiramani:

Engrossing after Interval,The movie has positives as well as negatives.Positives are that Goal of John Ibrahim's Father and Tony the best player of 1985 are met in the end.The message:" you can achieve your goal if you have perceiverance" does come out. The scene of different coloured flowers and the dialogue of the wife of the coach(Boman Irani)is something that noone can ever forget.The comedy sequence on change the channel and the coach's point of argument as to why he helped is also something that will be remembered for a long time.
The negatives are also too many.Not much attention has been given to all the players. Only Captain.Sunny,Debashish,Montu and Goalkeeper get the attention whereas any outdoor game is a team effort.
The sequence of Sunny getting beaten on his nose is a bit too much of exagerration.
all said and done,The movie of the Director Vivek Agnihotri is better than his previous one named Chocolate which not many will remember.

posted 4 years, 5 months ago H.D.Motiramani has posted 1 comments and has rated 0 movies. See H.D.Motiramani's page for more details.
TinuAnand:

Goal was supremely boring movie of recent times. Meetu has given some points in detailed ratings... I would have even given that... :)
This movie is a total waste of money...Recommend it to some of your friends if you want some sweet revenge :D

posted 4 years, 5 months ago TinuAnand has posted 4 comments and has rated 0 movies. See TinuAnand's page for more details.
Alisha:

i love goal and john and arshad. they rok like hell. in our skool, we had sports day and the school soccer team did a few tricks on the song of goal, HEY DUDE! ISNT THAT COOL??!! i really wanna watch it.

posted 4 years, 5 months ago Alisha has posted 2 comments and has rated 0 movies. See Alisha's page for more details.
Alisha:

all the people who dont like it are lame!
LOL! :))

posted 4 years, 5 months ago Alisha has posted 2 comments and has rated 0 movies. See Alisha's page for more details.

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