Total Dhamaal (2019)
February 22, 2019Release Date
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Release DateFebruary 22, 2019
Original Nameटोटल धमाल
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 7m
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Total Dhamaal is a 2019 Indian Hindi-language adventure comedy film directed and written by Indra Kumar and loosely based on the 1963 Hollywood film It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World with some scenes borrowed from the 2015 film Vacation and some from the 2014 film Blended. Being a third part of Dhamaal but this is the third installment of Dhamaal film series franchise, it is produced by Ajay Devgn FFilms, Markand Adhikari (Sri Adhikari Brothers), Fox Star Studios, Maruti International, Pen India Limited and Mangal Murti Films. The film has an ensemble cast of Ajay Devgn, Anil Kapoor, Esha Gupta, Madhuri Dixit, Riteish Deshmukh, Arshad Warsi and Jaaved Jaaferi with supporting cast of Boman Irani, Johnny Lever, Sanjay Mishra, Pitobash Tripathy and Manoj Pahwa, a cameo by Niharica Raizada and special appearance of Sonakshi Sinha in song Mungda. The trio of Deshmukh, Warsi and Jaaferi was part of previous two installments while Sanjay Dutt was replaced by Boman Irani, while Devgn, Gupta, Dixit and Kapoor were new additions.
The film was released on 22 February 2019 and grossed around ₹230 crore (US$29 million) with a budget of ₹90 crore (US$11 million). It received mixed reviews, with praise for its humor and performances, but criticism for its writing and second half.
This is the last film released by Fox Star Studios before the acquisition of 21st Century Fox by Disney, which was completed in March 2019.