Dhoom 3 Is The Most Non-Dhoom Movie - Abhishek

Even though most of the pre-release buzz about this year's mega Christmas release, Dhoom 3, is bring driven around Aamir Khan and Katrina Kaif; the resident cop (ACP Jai Dixit) of the franchise, Abhishek Bachchan is extremely secure and confident about his role in the film.

Indatimes.com caught up with Abhishek Bachchan to find out his take on the evolution of Dhoom and why Dhoom 3 is a little different from the first two films.

How do you compare the three films in terms of their mood and vibe?

For me, Dhoom, Dhoom 2 and Dhoom 3 are three different films. None of us had ever imagined that Dhoom would become this monster franchise.

I remember Adi saying that 'let us try to redefine the action genre, and make something that's young and cool, with good songs and bikes'. We never thought there would ever be a sequel. Adi wanted to try something new, we were three young guys who were trying to make it in the industry. And like the line goes 'tukka lag gaya' (we got lucky).

Dhoom was a classic, cops and robbers, caper film. The Good Vs. Bad plot was almost like arithmetic. When that did well, we decided to amplify it. So from Goa we moved to Rio De Janeiro, the star cast got bigger and we added an element of emotion.

You see, Dhoom was almost borderline frivolous and very unabashed and devoid of emotion in its screenplay. It wasn't serious. There's a robbery; a thief who can't be caught and then a super cop is called in and later there is a chor-police chase.

That base is consistent in all three films.

But in Dhoom 2 we introduced romance in the form of Sunheri's (Aishwarya Rai Bachchan) character. Now seven years later, if we had repeated the same thing people would be like come on guys, give us something more'.

Dhoom 3 is a bit darker, edgier and we have for the first time given the villain a very strong emotional reason for doing what he does.

So in that sense Dhoom 3 is the most non-Dhoom film of the three.

In the first two films you were facing contemporaries, but this time your antagonist is a senior and a huge star. So was it different for you to take on Aamir Khan, as compared to the experience with Hrithik Roshan and John Abraham?

For Jai Dixit they are all equal (laughs). You are bad I will catch you 'aur tumko dhoyunga main'. So that's how you have to see it as a character, and accept the challenge.