Like Jane Austen with guns.

 Dhoom Dhaam (2025) opens with a violent robbery, and a masked man with a mouthful of blood, but forget about that for now - this is a romantic comedy.

 

The families of Koyal Chadda (Yami Gautam) and Veer Poddar (Pratik Gandhi) are just putting the final touches on their impending arranged marriage.  The pandit has compared their horoscopes, and it's an amazing match, like ram and Sita only nobody has to be set on fire.  There's only one catch - the couple need to be married within the next two weeks, or they'll have to wait two and a half years for the next auspicious date.  Do they accept?

 They do.  Cut to the honeymoon suite, where Veer awkwardly prepares to make his move.  Suddenly there's a knock on the door, and two armed men (Eijiz Khan and Pavitra Sarkar) burst in and demand that Veer tells them where Charlie is.  Veer patiently tries to explain that he doesn't know any Charlie, but they don't believe him, and things are about to turn violent when Koyal throws boiling water at them, picks up the gun, and drives the men away.  Briefly.  The pair make their escape and pick up some shoes from a neighboring hotel room; Koyal gets sensible flats while Veer is stuck with fluffy bunny slippers.

The pair try calling their families, only to learn that they are all playing cards with a new friend named Pradeep (Anand Potdukhe), and when the family hands Pradeep the phone he demands to know where Charlie is.  They get a call from a CID officer named Sanjay Reberio (Mukul Chadda), who delivers some useful exposition and urges them to bring him Charlie as soon as they can.

 This sends Koyal and Veer on a scavenger hunt through the city, while dodging their armed and increasingly angry pursuers.  What does Charlie have to do with Koyal's skeezy ex boyfriend Arya (Prateik Babbar)?  Or her aggressively cheerful uncle Kushwant (Kavin Dave)?  Those are plot details, and they matter less than you might think, because this is a romantic comedy.

Okay, it's also an action comedy, but the real focus is on Veer and Koyal finally getting to know each other.  Veer discovers that Koyal isn't the sheltered and highly traditional girl she's been presented as, but also that she is brave and compassionate and has learned some hard lessons trying to navigate modern India as a woman, while Koyal discovers that Veer is the naive veterinarian that he appears to be, but he's also riddled with phobias and still is willing to risk everything to protect his new wife.  There's some tension about whether they'll find Charlie in time, but the real question is whether or not they'll choose to stay married.

Yami Gautam and Pratik Gandhi are charming, with an easygoing chemistry, so while this is a decent action comedy it's a pretty good romantic comedy.