Dhoom

Rapidly paced and mildly angered

Watched this on the (repeated) recommendations of a friend; predictably, half Indian himself.

I would say Temu Fast & Furious knock-off, but I haven't seen any F&F movie, and it's more of an odd couple buddy movie I guess.

As with many of my forays into Indian movies, it's mostly average form and little substance.

The people in there are better dancers than actors. The 2+ hours runtime includes probably half an hour's worth of dancing and singing. They're all quite fetching too, as expected from Indian movies.

The cinematography is comparable to late 90s direct-to-DVD. Better than 80s direct-to-VHS, I guess. Except for the musical pieces. They're much better quality than the rest of the movie.

The plot is very forgettable (I already have), standard fare. Not to put a too fine point on it, but I second-screened this (all three, really, I'm a masochist) while doing repetitive, non-demanding work, and I don't think I missed any twist.
I don't even speak the language this was shot in ...

This being Bollywood, no explicit violence or nudity while coming as close as censorship will allow, but also a strangely lenient moral relativism despite being ostentatiously manichaean in its presentation.

As for representation, this movie is full of Indians. Joke aside, every character is very light-skinned, so, yeah, colourism is still going strong over there. Well, was, 20 years ago.