However, since the screenplay is confusing, more so in the post-interval portions and thanks in no small measure to the unusual Christian names of many of the main characters, the audience gets bored. The film keeps dropping and picking up intermittently although, it must be said, it does not completely lose its grip on the audience. On the minus side are the several dips in the screenplay, especially in the second half. The dialogues (by Purva Naresh) are very entertaining at places and the background score is effective. Generally speaking, the pace is maintained in the first half. There are several twists and turns, keeping the audience interest alive for a good part of the drama. Shridhar RaghavanвЂ™s story and screenplay has its highs and lows. Dum Maaro Dum Review вЂ“ Story & Screenplay Rana Daggubati does a fairly good job in his debut attempt. The job now is to find out who Barbossa is and thatвЂ™s not an easy task because not many seem to know his identity and also because he uses different aliases in different cities.Дoes ACP Kamat succeed in his mission? Who is Barbossa? Is he alive? What role does Joki play in tracing Barbossa? Does Laurie muster the courage to help the police? What about Zoe? Answers to all these questions are revealed in the climax of the suspense thriller. Joki had been a helpless spectator then.ДЄnyway, even while ACP KamatвЂ™s cleaning-up exercise is on, he realises that Biscuita is himself a drug dealer but the kingpin is one Michael Barbossa. JokiвЂ™s boss, Biscuita, had used his influence to get her out of jail within days but after that, he had forced Zoe to become his own girlfriend in spite of being a married man. JokiвЂ™s concern for Laurie is born out of the fact that five years ago, his girlfriend, Zoe ( Bipasha Basu), had similarly landed in the police net while she was training to become an airhostess. He tells Laurie to reveal all but the latter does not spill the beans as he fears for his familyвЂ™s security. Joki (Rana Daggubati), working for a rich businessman, Carlos Biscuita (Aditya Pancholi), realises that Laurie is a mere pawn and he pleads with ACP Vishnu Kamat to go soft on him, guaranteeing him that he was innocent. Initially reluctant, simpleton Laurie had agreed and now, he was in the police net after getting caught red-handed. His friend, Ricky, had brainwashed him into carrying an assignment of cocaine with him, for a fee.

Laurie, who lives in Goa, was on his way to America for further studies. In his clean-up exercise is caught Laurie (Prateik) who was being used by Ricky as a carrier to smuggle out cocaine from the country. He begins work with two assistants, Mercy (Muzammil S. Vishnu Kamat ( Abhishek Bachchan) is summoned by the chief minister of Goa (Bugs Bhargava) to wipe out drugs, prostitution and other vices that have spoiled the fabric of Goa. He has to find out who the drug lord is.ДЇox Star Studios and Ramesh Sippy EntertainmentвЂ™s Dum Maaro Dum ( A) is about the drug menace in Goa. Abhishek is called in to cleanse Goa of drugs, prostitution and other problems. Watch or not?: Watch it for the style and the song more than for the substance (abuse).

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