#12YearsOfDhoom – Interesting trivia about ‘Dhoom’ that will surprise you

Trivia 6

The movie was supposed to have sports cars instead of the bikes but then the director Sanjay Gadhvi thought to use motorcyles as the actors' faces would be seen clearly and personally too he liked motorbikes as a young kid.

Trivia 5

The music composer Pritam didn't have it easy composing the song "Dhoom Dhoom". The artist Tata Young was unable to get the correct pronunciation of the word "Dhoom" and used to pronounce it as "Doom". Eventually, it was kept that way.

Trivia 4

'Dhoom' was Yash Raj Films first action film in 16 long years, since his last 'Vijay' (1988)

Trivia 3

'Dhoom' was Abhishek Bachchan's first hit movie after a string of flops.

Trivia 2

The concept of the movie occurred in the mind of Aditya Chopra when he was watching the movie 'Kaala Patthar' (1979), that was his father Yash Chopra's creation. There was a song in the movie "Dhoom Mache Dhoom", which was slightly turned around as "Dhoom Machale". That film starred Amitabh Bachchan whereas 'Dhoom' starred his son Abhishek Bachchan.

Trivia 1

The negative role of Kabir essayed by John Abraham was originally offered to Sanjay Dutt who turned down the offer, citing date issues. That was when Aditya Chopra decided on roping in a younger actor for the negative role and approached John, who willingly accepted the film.