Blast) is a 2022 Indian Telugu-language action comedy film directed by Trinadha Rao Nakkina, written by Prasanna Kumar Bezawada, and produced by People Media Factory and Abhishek Agarwal Arts.
It stars Ravi Teja, Sreeleela, Jayaram, Chirag Jani, Sachin Khedekar, Tanikella Bharani and Rao Ramesh.
The soundtrack and musical score was composed by Bheems Ceciroleo, while cinematography and editing were handled by Karthik Gattamneni and Prawin Pudi.
[2] Jayan Pakshitap alias JP, a business magnate and head of J. P. Orbit, is known for taking over companies in a ruthless manner.
He sets his sights on Nanda Gopal Chakravarthy's People Mart and decides to present it as a birthday gift to his son Atharva Pakshitap.
Swami, a street-smart unemployed man and Anand's doppelganger, lives with his family consisting of his father Vasudeva Rao, mother Yashoda, and younger sister Subbu.
A sequence of comedic events ensues, where Swami manages to fool JP and Atharva every time while arranging Subbu's marriage and donating his shares to the employees.
[11] Paul Nicodemus of The Times of India gave 3/5 stars and wrote "Overall, Dhamaka is an action-packed comedy that relies heavily on mass entertainment quotient.
"[12] Ram Venkat Srikar of Cinema Express gave 3/5 stars and wrote "Dhamaka, in all, delivers what it promised.
"[13]Idlebrain gave 2.75/5 stars and wrote "Dhamaka depends majorly on Ravi Teja’s energetic/comic performance and entertainment/mass episodes.
"[14] Srivathsan Nadadhur of OTTplay gave 2.5/5 stars and wrote "Dhamaka lacks a novel plot but it gives exactly what would one expect from a typical Ravi Teja entertainer and a director like Trinadha Rao Nakkina, who has films like Cinema Choopistha Mava and Nenu Local under his belt.
Sreeleela proves to be a natural with comedy and the song-dance routine, continuing her good form after Pelli SandaD.
"[15] Janani K of India Today gave 2/5 stars and wrote "10 minutes into the film, we get a deja vu feeling as it reminds you of Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo".