dhamaal (; english translation: "fun") is a 2007 indian comedy film directed by indra kumar and produced by ashok thakeria. the film stars sanjay dutt, ritesh deshmukh, arshad warsi, aashish chaudhary and javed jaffrey in the lead roles while asrani, sanjay mishra, vijay raaz, manoj pahwa and tiku talsania are featured in supporting roles. it is heavily inspired from rat race which is a 2001 american comedy film directed by jerry zucker, and some scenes are shot-for-shot copies from other mr. bean movies. it is the first installment of "dhamaal film series". the film was remade on 2008 kannada movie "mast maja maadi".