He is cornered by Dixit and Ali with nowhere to go. They kill all the other gang members except Kabir, who tries to escape on his bike. The gang flees, except for Sheena, while Dixit and Ali give chase to Kabir. Kabir then viciously beats up Ali for his betrayal, but Ali is saved by Dixit's timely arrival at the scene.
Kabir manages to escape from Dixit and goes back to the gang's truck, where Ali has kept Sheena bound and gagged. It is revealed that Ali was working for Dixit the whole time, and a fight ensues. Kabir and his gang swiftly loot the casino on New Year's Eve, but they soon realize that Dixit has led them right into a trap. Kabir sets his eyes on the largest casino in all of India. The gang later goes to Goa to perform one last big heist before disbanding forever.
Ali falls in love with Sheena ( Esha Deol), another gang member. Kabir then lures Ali into his gang as a substitute for Rohit, the gang member who was killed by Dixit. He is proven correct, and Dixit's failure apparently causes him to part ways with Ali. Kabir ( John Abraham), the leader of the gang, eventually taunts Dixit, claiming that Dixit can't catch him even if he is right in front of him. Dixit seeks the help of a local bike dealer/racer named Ali Akbar Fateh Khan ( Uday Chopra) and devises a trap to catch the gang, but it fails. The story starts in the city of Mumbai, where a motorbike gang (a gang of robbers on hi-tech motorbikes, led by charismatic Kabir, is sweeping through Mumbai, outwitting the police at every turn) starts breaking into banks and other public places and vanishes onto the Western Express Highway.Īssistant Commissioner of Police Jai Dixit ( Abhishek Bachchan), a no-nonsense cop, is called onto the case. It spawned a film series, with its sequel Dhoom 2, released on 24 November 2006, and Dhoom 3 released on 20 December 2013. The film developed into a cult over the years upon its release.
It received mixed reviews, with praise for its performances, action sequences and music, but criticism for its script and was compared to other Hollywood action-thriller heist franchises like Fast and Furious, Death Race and Ocean's. It tells the story of a cat & mouse game between a motorbike gang which commits robberies throughout Mumbai and a Mumbai police officer who teams up with a motorbike dealer to stop them.Įarning over ₹290 million (US$3.9 million) nett gross in India, the film became one of the top-grossing Hindi films of 2004. The cinematography was done by Nirav Shah, and the original soundtrack was composed by Pritam, while Salim-Sulaiman provided the background score for the film.ĭhoom was the first action film produced by Yash Raj Films in 16 years, ever since Yash Chopra directed Vijay (1988). It is the first installment of the Dhoom franchise. The film stars Abhishek Bachchan, John Abraham, Uday Chopra, Esha Deol and Rimi Sen. Blast) is a 2004 Indian Hindi-language action-thriller film directed by Sanjay Gadhvi and written by Vijay Krishna Acharya and Aditya Chopra who also produced the film.