Dus (2005)

Siddhant Dheer lives a wealthy lifestyle with his brother, Shashank, and sister, Anu. Both Siddhant and Shashank work for India's Anti-Terrorist Cell (ATC), along with Aditya and Aditi. ... See full summary »

Director:

Anubhav Sinha

Writers:

Anubhav Sinha (dialogue), Vinay,

Stars:

Sanjay Dutt, Sunil Shetty, Abhishek Bachchan

3 wins & 8 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Sanjay Dutt	...	Siddanth Dheer
Sunil Shetty	...	Danish 'Dan'
Abhishek Bachchan	...	Shashank Dheer
Zayed Khan	...	Aditya
Shilpa Shetty	...	Aditi
Esha Deol	...	ATC Agent Neha
Pankaj Kapur	...	Himmat Mehndi / Jamwal
Diya Mirza	...	Anu Dheer
Raima Sen	...	Priya (Dan's wife)
Gulshan Grover	...	Irfan Khan / Jamwal
Ninad Kamat	...	Roy
Javed Sheikh	...	Dan's Supervisor
Mayte Garcia	...	Dancer
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Madison Lindstrom	...	School Girl
Rajendra Sethi	...	Altaf

Storyline

Siddhant Dheer lives a wealthy lifestyle with his brother, Shashank, and sister, Anu. Both Siddhant and Shashank work for India's Anti-Terrorist Cell (ATC), along with Aditya and Aditi. After interrogating a suspect named Altaf, they get information that terrorists are planning a major strike in Canada that may endanger 25000 lives during the month of May. Altaf tells them the mastermind behind this attack is a terrorist named Jambhal, who has a contact named Himmat Mehndi. Shashank, and Aditya fly to Canada, meet with ATC Agent Neha, and then abduct Himmat, who denies that profusely. The duo team up with Canadian Police Officer Danish "Dan", and together attempt to piece together whatever information they have gathered from Himmat, only to find out that no one is who they claim they are, and the duo find themselves entrapped in a web of deceit and lies, with no clues as to who is behind the threat - the countdown for which has already begun.

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Plot Keywords:

canada | terrorist | secret code | code breaking | slow motion scene | 

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Taglines:

Every hour, every minute, every second... counts.

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Thriller

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Release Date:

8 July 2005 (India)

Filming Locations:

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

£104,468 (UK) (8 July 2005)

Gross:

£198,586 (UK) (15 July 2005)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Neha Arts

Technical Specs

Runtime:

152 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

This film is inspired by the 1995 Hollywood blockbuster "The Usual Suspects". Though the entire movie differs in its screenplay, the characterization of Pankaj Kapoor bears resemblance to the character played by Kevin Spacey and the twist of the movie bears similarity.

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Goofs

In most of the film, Suneil Shetty has short hair but suddenly in several portions of the climax he has long hair, which the director tries to hide by shooting his scenes in extreme close ups

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Quotes

Neha: What happened here?
Shashank Dheer: Point 38 bullet and a man.

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Connections

References The Sum of All Fears (2002)

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Soundtracks

"Deedar De"
Written by Panchhi Jalonvi
Composed by Vishal Dadlani and Shekhar Ravjiani
Performed by Sunidhi Chauhan and Krishna
Courtesy of Super Cassettes Industries Limited (T-Series)

User Reviews

A lot of style but no substance

Dus had a lot of things going for it, good action, big star cast, chart topping music, and great production values. But it had no story and a very bad screenplay that led to its downfall. This is sad because it had a lot of potential to be great. The title song, Dus Bahane, is the best part of the movie, fast paced song by Vishal-Shekar, pictured well on Abhishek and Zayed is arguably one of the best Hindi film songs in history. The plot is too ridiculous, basically the India anti-terrorist group must stop a plot in Canada. Of the actors only four actors are worth watching; Abhishek Bachchan, Shilpa Shetty, Sanjay Dutt and Pankaj Kapur in that order. I don't even think this film is a decent time pass film.