Dhoom (franchise)

Dhoom (Dhūm, meaning "Bang") is an Indian Hindi-language action thriller film franchise. The films revolve around ACP Jai Dixit (Abhishek Bachchan), an Assistant Commissioner of Police and his sidekick Ali Akbar Fateh Khan (Uday Chopra), who attempt to capture wanted, professional thieves. In an ode to common practice, the plot is often heavily influenced by the antagonist. It is the second largest Bollywood film franchise in terms of box-office revenue.[1]

Dhoom franchise
Directed by	Sanjay Gadhvi (Dhoom, Dhoom 2) Vijay Krishna Acharya (Dhoom 3)
Produced by	Aditya Chopra
Screenplay by	Vijay Krishna Acharya
Story by	Aditya Chopra Vijay Krishna Acharya (Dhoom 3)
Starring	Uday Chopra Abhishek Bachchan
Music by	Original Songs: Pritam Background Score: Salim-Sulaiman (Dhoom, Dhoom 2) Julius Packiam (Dhoom 3)
Cinematography	Nirav Shah (Dhoom, Dhoom 2) Vikas Sivaraman (Dhoom 2) Sudeep Chatterjee (Dhoom 3)
Edited by	Rameshwar S Bhagat (Dhoom, Dhoom 2) Ritesh Soni (Dhoom 3)
Production company	Yash Raj Films
Distributed by	Yash Raj Films AMC Entertainment (Dhoom, Dhoom 3)
Release date	1: 27 August 2004 2: 24 November 2006 3: 20 December 2013
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Budget	(3 films): $42 million
Box office	(3 films): $177 million

Dhoom
Created by	Aditya Chopra
Original work	Dhoom
Print publications
Comics	Dhoom: Redux 893
Films and television
Film(s)	Dhoom Dhoom 2 Dhoom 3
Games
Video game(s)	Dhoom: 3 The Game Dhoom: 3 Jet Speed
Audio
Soundtrack(s)	Dhoom Dhoom 2 Dhoom 3

The latest installment in the series Dhoom 3 has earned over ₹550 crore worldwide, making it the fourth highest-grossing film in the history of Hindi cinema. As of 2016, Dhoom is the fifth highest grossing film franchise in Indian Cinema.

Overview

Dhoom (2004)

A mysterious gang of bikers are on a robbing spree. ACP Jai gets Ali, a mechanic, to assist him in the case. With the clock ticking, it's up to them to nab the thieves red handed.

Dhoom 2 (2006)

Jai and Ali return, this time on the trail of an international thief who steals priceless artifacts and has chosen Mumbai as his next target.

Dhoom 3 (2013)

When Sahir, a circus entertainer trained in magic and acrobatics, turns into a thief to take down a corrupt bank in Chicago that ruined his father, Indian officers Jai and Ali are called to catch him.

Principal Cast & Character

Character	Film
	Dhoom (2004)	Dhoom 2 (2006)	Dhoom 3 (2013)
Jai Dixit	Abhishek Bachchan
Ali Khan	Uday Chopra
Sweety Dixit	Rimi Sen	Rimi Sen (Special Appearance)
Kabir	John Abraham
Sheena	Esha Deol
Vinod	Ajay Pande
Rahul	Arav Chaudhary
Tony	Farid Amiri
Rohit	Rohit Chopra
Shekhar Kamal	Manoj Joshi
Aryan Mr. "A"		Hrithik Roshan
Shonali Bose/Monali Bose		Bipasha Basu
Sunehri		Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
Sahir/Samar Khan			Aamir Khan Siddharth Nigam (Young)
Aaliyah			Katrina Kaif

Crew

Occupation	Film
	Dhoom (2004)	Dhoom 2 (2006)	Dhoom 3 (2013)
Director(s)	Sanjay Gadhvi		Vijay Krishna Acharya
Producer	Aditya Chopra
Screenwriter	Vijay Krishna Acharya
Original Story	Aditya Chopra
Music Composer	Pritam
Cinematographer(s)	Nirav Shah	Nirav Shah Vikas Sivaraman	Sudeep Chatterjee

Release and revenue

Film	Release date	Budget	Box office gross revenue
			Worldwide	Worldwide (inflation adjusted)	India	Overseas
Dhoom	27 August 2004	₹110 million[2] ($2.4 million)[3]	₹650 million ($14.44 million )[4]	₹1.85 billion ($19.5 million )	₹466 million[5]	$835,000 (₹39 million )[6]
Dhoom 2	24 November 2006	₹450 million[7] ($9.9 million)[8]	₹2.62 billion ($36 million )[4]	₹4.6 billion ($49 million )	₹1.14 billion[9]	$8 million[10] (₹362 million)[3]
Dhoom 3	20 December 2013	₹1.75 billion[11][12] ($30 million)[13]	₹5.892 billion ($101 million)[14][13]	₹8.06 billion ($110 million )	₹3.72 billion[15]	$35.6 million[16] (₹2.172 billion)[17]
Total	N/A	₹2.31 billion ($42.3 million)	₹8.162 billion ($151.44 million)	₹12.87 billion ($177.2 million)	₹5.326 billion	$44.4 million (₹2.573 billion)

Influence

The movie had a significant cultural impact among urban Indian youth. It was blamed for an increase in incidents of street racing, bike-borne theft and stunting on public roads. Besides, there was a new impetus to the bike-modifying scene with youth going in for modifications to their bikes ranging from free flow exhaust systems to addition of NOS kits.

In Malappuram district of Kerala, four members of a group of criminals had cracked the floor of South Malabar Gramin Bank in the early hours on 30 December 2007 and looted ₹ 2.5 million and 80 kilograms of gold, a total worth of Rs. 80 million, considered to be one of the biggest thefts in Kerala's crime records. The Kerala Police have arrested four people in connection with this and the leader admitted that he was inspired by Dhoom. The media in India drew parallels to Dhoom 2.[18][19]

Graphic novel

A graphic novel named Dhoom: Redux 893, has been published in 2012 by Yomics.[20]

Game

• An android game based on the 2013 film Dhoom 3, titled Dhoom:3 The Game has been released on the same year.[21]
• Another game titled Dhoom:3 Jet Speed released by 99games.[22]

Dhoom 4 false rumors

There have been large number of false rumors spread of a upcoming sequel to Dhoom 3, some rumors stating that Akshay Kumar would be in Dhoom 4.[23] However Yash Raj Films later clarified that they had never, asked Akshay for a role in the film. In fact they further even stated that they did not even have a script, plot, or even an idea, at that point.[23] The response that the production company gave even further clarified that there is currently no actors yet even signed or in consideration for the so called "Dhoom 4" by the production company. [24] This was not the first time such a rumor relating to "Dhoom 4" happened, when Shah Rukh Khan was rumored to be in the film, one of the directors at the production company stated a similar statement that there was no story for a "Dhoom 4".[25] The actor himself even stated that he had not yet been offered to sign up for a "Dhoom 4" film.[26] This was the same case when other actors were speculated, with the production house stating the same response.[27]

In fact in at some time in 2018, a spokes person of the production company stated that there were no current plans for the movie.[28] However, around the time of the release of Thugs of Hindostan, a film made by the same Director of Dhoom 3, some people from the production house stated the possibility of a release of "Dhoom 4" lays on how successful the movie is.[25][29]

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13. "Yearly Average Rates (58.5 INR per USD in 2013)". OFX. Archived from the original on 13 July 2017. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
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19. "D(h)oomsday: In Chelembra and Milan, gold robberies rival thrillers". The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 18 June 2008.
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21. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ninetyninegames.dhoomthree
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26. Pandey, Prachita (3 November 2017). "Shah Rukh Khan opens up on signing 'Dhoom 4'". DNA India. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
27. Media, Sanskriti. "No Salman, No Ranveer, No Dhoom 4 - Emirates24|7". www.emirates247.com. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
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