Dhak Dhak

This is a story of four women of different age groups and backgrounds who have a common passion of going on a road trip riding their motorcycles. The eldest is Mahi a grandmother out to prove she is something to reckon with, the second is Uzma a middle aged housewife with a dominating husband and a teenaged daughter, the third is Shashi a young woman vlogger recovering from a broken relationship and the fourth is Manjari an orthodox, timid young woman on the threshold of getting married. They all their reasons to be a part of this 7 day road trip from Delhi to Leh organised by Shashi as an assignment to present to her boss so that she can move to Barcelona for a project.

The movie will specifically relate to women, bikers and to road trip/ adventure lovers in general. The plot is fairly predictable since we all know what happens on a road trip and just about everything happens here. The tyre puncture, the breaking down of bike, the minor accident, the roadside dhabas, one of them lost enroute and then found, the bad weather/ terrain, falling sick ---they are all there. Of the good experiences there is friendship, bonding, the spirit of adventure, self discovery and good times spent not forgetting the helpful truck drivers and fellow travellers. The movie has a well directed, fairly interesting narrative, some good acting by the four actors and excellent cinematography of the picturesque locations. It is not without flaws and cringe worthy moments but then which movie doesn't have them ?

It is a well intentioned road movie which tries to break the stereotypes. Four females are in a journey together , not only the literal one but also the internal one character wise and arch wise and the motorbikes are their souls . All four has to prove something, win their internal battles and finally they succeed . It's a feel good movie . If script would have been bit tighter it would have been a cult movie . There are a lot of lapses though fatima sharing the screen with ratna Pathak can not match the aura of ratna in few scenes , her internal bleeding seems forced . On the other hand diya is given a stereotype with surfacial character arch .

Great premise and average execution it is . One time watch won't hurt though .

It's about a group of courageous biker girls living their dream as a unit and biking the long roads around India.

There's no real supporting units or anything like the prep involved if this was done for real. It's remarkable that more punctures didn't occur. One bike is washed-away in what can be (arduously) described as action in slow mo but not the John Woo kind just very very slow shots of rushing waters and an age of repetition shots and then the panic of the actors but no clue of how to save a bike which would not start. The cinematography could not even save this dull plot.

This movie has the same theme of the group trying to find themselves and they eventually do; once the journey is completed. Now it's ridiculous that it took 2 hours 14 minutes for this to happen with so much dross context which could have been edited out.

However that's not even the worst bit. The older women unfortunately gets into health issues and they get her to a hospital. There they find out that she needs oxygen. This in what appears to be a built-up city/town and in a Hospital which already has modern equipment.

I'm sorry but this is just weird and stupid. How this is even possible is just ridiculous and the execution is just terrible. Even the actors look awkward as they express their gratitude that she's safe because they know how terrible the script is!

It's a shame as had they cut out this sheer stupidness it would have been a better road movie. I understand it's based on a book of a real trip but if the Director got creative influence then he really should have just stuck to the book!

It's far too long and wounded and repetitive on silly stories and narratives. Cinematography is excellent and there's some strong acting in parts but it's just really average I'm afraid.

The quote that sums it up is 'now I have the confidence to go on the nice wide roads' when she's on a B road and nothing like the six lane highways you get in Asia. Lol.

Film Review: Dhak Dhak streaming on Netflix

The theme of the film revolves around 4 women Uzma ( Dia Mirza) , Mahi ( Ratna Pathak Shah) , Sky ( Fatima Sana Sheikh) & Manjari (Sanjana Sanghi) who undertake the perilous journey from Delhi to Khardungla pass in Ladakh on their bikes ( yeah , an all women's biker gang !! ) in order to escape the monotony of mudane lives that they r living, constantly being judged for their actions as women in a male dominated society and basically not being able to live their lives in the way they want to!!

It is a story of adventure, with emotional backstories of each of the lead cast, a journey of self discovery and a way to prove to the world that women are no less capable than men in any way.

It is a simple film with great performances by the lead cast !! The film may seem a bit slow in the first half but as it progresses, there r a few heartfelt moments along banter between the women which will strike an emotional chord with the viewers. Women might relate to it better than men perhaps.

A decent one-time watch. Not bad at all. Cudve been a bit more fast paced in the first half though.

Going with 3/5 for this one... Adios 🙂!!

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The whole oxygen cylinder drama is utter nonsense and perhaps just added to create some tension in the climax which fails the movie miserably. Why would someone park a bike in the middle of the river? The director & writers must have been smoking weed while writing a ill-logical climax. By the end of the movie the "radhe radhe" girl is still a coward because she waits till morning to take the oxygen cylinder to the hospital because she doesn't have courage to talk freely to her mother. By the end of the movie, the team-lead is still a selfish women leaving her team behind because she couldn't accomplish her personal goals but in the end still makes to the cover of the magazine. Dia mirza culd have asked the cops to call her husband and get her talk to him & reached the hospital first, but hey the silly director wanted to show all girls show up together in the morning as a 'sign of unity'. 5 stars just because first hour is fine. Sequel of this movie ?? Change the director and story writers and then plan one.