What is it?

 Rohan Sippy's forthcoming movie `Dum Maaro Dum' is a thriller set in the backdrop of scenic locales of Goa. Starring Abhishek Bachchan, Bipasha Basu, Prateik Babbar, Telugu star Rana Daggubati and Aditya Pancholi, the story deals with gangsters and drugs. Deepika Padukone does a cameo in a sizzling avatar and will be seen grooving to the title track, which in fact is the remix version of Zeenat Aman's classic song `Dum Maaro Dum' from `Hare Rama Hare Krishna'.

 The Story

 Goa. Paradise on Earth. But every Paradise has a few snakes.

 Multiple lives collide brutally one day at Goa Airport... and change forever.

 ACP Vishnu Kamath (Abhishek Bachchan)

 A self destructive cop fleeing his own past, Kamath is given the job of destroying the brutal local and international drug mafia in Goa. As he begins his ruthless, relentless campaign and takes on the murky drug world... he discovers nothing is what it seems.

 Lorry (Prateik Babbar)

 A student on the verge of following his girlfriend to a US University. But when his scholarship gets rejected, his life threatens to spiral out of control, until he meets a smooth talking hustler who promises to get it back on track. For a small price. His soul.

 DJ Joki (Rana Daggubati)

 A local musician and mute spectator to what is happening around him, Joki drifts aimlessly through life after an encounter with the drug mafia cost him everything he held dear. Today he discovers history has a nasty habit of repeating itself. Will he finally have the guts to take a stand?

 Zoe (Bipasha Basu)

 An aspiring airhostess who saw her dreams turn to dust; Zoey in a way represents Goa itself. A child of the hippy generation, a mix of local and foreign culture, innocence and beauty have gradually been replaced by cynicism and abuse.

 Lorsa Biscuta aka the Biscuit (Aditya Pancholi)

 A ruthless local businessman, the Biscuit has his finger in every Goan pie, legal or illegal. The point person between all the various Mafias operating in Goa, the Biscuit finds himself pushed to the extreme limit with Kamath's arrival. But he knows who to turn to:

 A mysterious shadow

 The ultimate drug kingpin.  Many names, many identities but no one knows who he is..

 We hurtle into the bylanes, beach shacks and raves of Goa with Lorry as his life spirals out of control, with Joki as he tries to redeem the past and with Kamath as he goes no-holds-barred after the mysterious shadow figure behind it all...

 Punctuated with a soundtrack that moves from pulsating dance tracks to haunting Konkani songs, shot right in the midst of the teeming international tourist hotspots, `Dum Maaro Dum' takes you on a dramatic, thrilling trip filled with twists, turns, suspense... and a shocking finale!

 The Arrival

`Dum Maaro Dum' unfolds its action on 22nd April 2011.