

Since the museum heist is almost a trap set by Jai (Abhishek Bachchan), the trick was in how Aryan would get into the museum, and the solution presented itself because of the location. Vijay said, "Personally I've always been fascinated by museums, a sense of history and one feels transported in time. He then mentioned the diamond robbery sequence set in the museum where Hrithik's character poses as a statue while he patiently manoeuvres a remote controlled car to execute the heist. It also sets up the thief as someone who is after rarities, a connoisseur." A train hurtling down the Namibian desert. Of course the sequence would not have been the same if it didn't have the sense of speed. It felt audacious at the time to see if we could pull off Hrithik as an old lady with a fortune. The writer shared the idea behind the robbery as he said, "Aryan's character in 'Dhoom 2' was supposed to be someone who leads an almost invisible life, and he can do that because he's a master of disguise."Įxplaining further, he stated how a brave choice of transforming Hrithik's character into an old lady, led to one of the most iconic action sequences of Hindi cinema, "The first heist was planned as emblematic of this aspect of Aryan. Vijay deconstructed three key action sequences from the film starting with the 'The great train robbery'. The second instalment of the franchise 'Dhoom 2' released exactly 15 years ago and furthered the audience's fascination for the genre.Īs the film celebrates its 15th anniversary Wednesday, Vijay Krishna (Viktor) Acharya, the writer of 'Dhoom' and 'Dhoom 2' and the director of 'Dhoom 3', opened up about designing the biggest action sequences in the Hrithik Roshan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan-starrer 'Dhoom 2'.

Laced with thrilling action and foot-tapping music, the film wowed the audience as it made way for a full blown franchise. Mumbai, Nov 24: Yash Raj Films' 2004 release 'Dhoom' established a new style of heist-action films in India.
