NipPierce Wow, this is a REALLY bad movie!

Ameriatch One of the best films i have seen

MusicChat It's complicated... I really like the directing, acting and writing but, there are issues with the way it's shot that I just can't deny. As much as I love the storytelling and the fantastic performance but, there are also certain scenes that didn't need to exist.

Merolliv I really wanted to like this movie. I feel terribly cynical trashing it, and that's why I'm giving it a middling 5. Actually, I'm giving it a 5 because there were some superb performances.

Ganesh Salian (salianmoviereview) De Dana Dan directed by Priyadarshan is awful! This Comedy movie turns out to be a horror one.Seriously! You actually tend to cry not because of the jokes but because you have wasted your time and money on this movie.The only thing that made me smile in this movie was Johnny Lever.He simply is mind-blowing! Talking about the story,was there supposed to be a story? Screenplay is penned very bad.The music is below average Performances-Johnny Lever is the star of the show!Akshay Kumar is okay.Suniel Shetty is average,Katrina Kaif is fair.Sameera Reddy is bad. Asrani is plain.Chunky Pandey is decent.Paresh Rawal,Vikram Gokhale,Rajpal Yadav,Aditi Govitrikar,Shakti Kapoor,Neha Dhupia,Tinnu Anand,Manoj Joshi,Sharat Saxena and Archana Puran Singh ham.On the whole,De Dana Dan is a letdown.

Ash Dahiya Alright when i first went to see this movie it was a full house in the theatre and i could not get a ticket and instead i watched kurbaan but since de dana dan had a full house it increased my expectations for the movie and then when i went to see it the next week..........Disappointment, seriously i was expecting this to be a quality movie after reading the reviews but what happened.It isn't a Kambakht Ishq but still it could be close because it gets a little stupid and did i mention at one point i was not even able to follow the story line because it got so confusing but then the reason it isn't a kambakht ishq is because first of all it isn't entirely stupid and it does have it's funny moments and overall it really is not a must watch but if you have nothing else to do i guess go watch it.

vinhu1985 I just watched this Movie.... A movie which is full of totally Unnatural and Silly Jokes..!! Its a bundle of Extreme coincidences! Which occur all through the movie, From the beginning to the end..biggest goof is that in the end, just a blast in the Tank creates a Big TORRENTIAL FLOOD!! It reminded me of the movie Titanic!! In the same way the water gushes like floods to fill the whole hotel! which seemed to have some 30 to 40 floors..!! May be tank contained gallons and gallons of water.Even the ending was not satisfactory, the movie comes to an abrupt end.. It leaves all the characters in the movie totally confused and unclarified even in the end..however overall, not a total bad movie,its was not a total waste of time,it was an entertaining movie, its has good comedy and it can make a good evening..I'm giving it rating 6 out of 10...

bobbysing One simple question to start with……In the current scenario, are we always supposed to see a Bollywood Comedy leaving our thinking brains at home?......Really fed up with this phrase often used to praise mindless comedies, I was completely taken back by the treatment given by Priyadarshan to his latest script-less movie called "De Dana Dan". Once again taking his inspirations from the English flicks, "Screwed" (2000) "Blame It on The Bellboy" (1992) and "The Towering Inferno" (1974), the director delivers a completely over the top and loud movie which miserably fails to impress the viewers in any of its department.With more than 20 characters in the script, played by all well known actors of the Industry, the project has too many things to deal with. It really remains a questionable decision that even after the presence of the famous "Hera Pheri" comic trio, what was the need of roping in almost everyone related to comedy genre in the industry ranging from the veterans Asrani & Shakti Kapoor to the currently famous Johny Lever & Rajpal Yadav. Priyadarshan may have successfully dealt with them all in few of his previous projects but this time he simply slips disastrously.Storyline has never been the major highlight of a Priyadarshan project. But in "De Dana Dan", he very daringly treats the story requirement of a movie in the most careless manner. Starting with few good scenes moving around a Kidnapping plot, the movie starts going into various opposite directions with a desperate plea to make you laugh. Post interval it looks like the director and the whole unit somehow lost their original script in the transit and just went on with the shooting as per their outdoor schedule.After an hour the movie has nothing related to a story and it just has all its characters confusingly following each other with mistaken identities. Collectively living in the same five star hotel, everyone keeps barging into unknown rooms trying to create some hilarious scenes for the viewers. And the most surprising part is that post intermission the biggest star of the movie, Akshay Kumar simply vanishes from the screen for more than half an hour. He gets locked in a closet and remains there for a good amount of time. But what was the use of locking your most sellable star like that. "De Dana Dan" has loads of absurdities in its narration, which fail to convince even if you take them as a part of a brainless comedy flick. For instance, a full grown man (Akshay Kumar) has been kidnapped but the whole Indian community (in Singapore) and the entire media is searching for a kid instead, because that is the only photograph available of the kidnapped person. In the climax the top floor water reservoir of a more than 30 story hotel gets exploded due to a bomb. And that shockingly brings a major flood like situation in the entire multistory building with everything floating in the heavy water flow. In fact the silly watery sequence hilariously resembled the one recently seen in "Tum Mile".Performance wise this is a perfect example of a film with the most numbers of stars, where not even one makes his presence felt in the end. For the first time ever, I found Paresh Rawal, hamming with his intentional Punjabi accent. The viewers are sure going to miss the cult Paresh Rawal act of his previous hit comedies. Akshay Kumar is not entirely there in the movie. He starts off with some good scenes with Archna Puran Singh, but later gets lost in the overcrowded star-cast. Not using him as per his much applauded comic timing is entirely the fault of his director. Suniel Shetty does his act with an unconcerned ease and he seems to be included only to complete the famous comedy trio.Both Katrina Kaif & Sameera Reddy can count their major scenes on one hand. They only contribute in the film as its female lead and nothing else. In comparison, Neha Dhupia makes a better impact in her few moments on the screen. Archana Puran Singh shouts more and acts less. Aditi Gowariker once again proves that she is better model. Shakti Kapoor repeats his sex maniac act. Asrani, Tinnu Anand & Manoj Joshi are routine, but Chunkey Pandey, Rajpal Yadav and Johny Lever are simply wasted in their unimportant roles. Sharat Saxena & Vikram Ghokhle are miscast as they simply do not belong to the comedy genre.Pritam's music is not outstanding as expected. But the RDB track "Paisa Paisa" is a major hit which also has its own history in the Punjabi Music Industry. The track was the opening song of the Debut Album of Manak-E released few years back, which had music by RDB and was also promoted well with a music video on the leading Punjabi channels. It was indeed quite thoughtful of both RDB and Akshay to use the song with the same singer in the promotional campaign of the movie. However as usual, all the songs are inserted in the script without any specific need. Background score by Salim-Suleman is energetic and Cinematography is fine as per the requirement of the subject but the film tends to go over length due to its bizarre climax.On the whole, it's just another instance of better promotion and poor content. Few weeks before, I could understand the success of "Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani" (though I personally rated it quite low) as it had a worth praising act by Ranbir Kapoor, good songs and some hilarious scenes with mass appeal, but if "De Dana Dan" goes on to become a big Hit then I really fear what kind of projects we are going to get in the near future.And lastly one sincere request for the director, who gave us the cult "Hera Pheri"……..Please take a break and re-invent yourself on priority basis…!