Dhamaal
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| Directed by | Indra Kumar |
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| Story by | Paritosh Painter |
| Based on | It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World by Stanley Kramer |
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| Cinematography | Vijay Kumar Arora |
| Edited by | Sanjay Sankla |
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Production company | Maruti International |
| Distributed by | Shemaroo Entertainment |
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Running time | 137 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Box office | est. ₹50.73 crore |
Dhamaal (transl. Fun) is a 2007 Indian Hindi-language comedy film directed by Indra Kumar and produced by Ashok Thakeria. The film stars Sanjay Dutt, Riteish Deshmukh, Arshad Warsi, Aashish Chaudhary and Javed Jaffrey in the lead roles, with Asrani, Sanjay Mishra, Murli Sharma, Vijay Raaz, Manoj Pahwa, Tiku Talsania and Prem Chopra in supporting roles. Inspired by Stanley Kramer's It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963), it is the first installment of the Dhamaal film series.
In 2011, the film spawned a sequel, titled Double Dhamaal, with the lead cast reprising their roles. A third reboot sequel, named Total Dhamaal, was released in February 2019, with only Deshmukh, Warsi and Jaffrey returning with an entirely new cast and a fresh story, having no connections to its predecessors.