Dhaam Dhoom

Dhaam Dhoom
Directed by	Jeeva Anees Tanveer P.C. Sreeram G. K.Manikandan
Produced by	Dr. Murali Manohar Sunanda Murali Manohar Jayakumay
Written by	S. Ramakrishnan
Screenplay by	Jeeva S. Ramakrishnan
Story by	Robert King Jeeva
Based on	Red Corner by Jon Avnet & Robert King
Starring	Jayam Ravi Kangana Ranaut Jayaram Lakshmi Rai
Music by	Harris Jayaraj
Cinematography	Jeeva P. C. Sreeram B. Rajasekar
Edited by	V. T. Vijayan
Production company	Media One Global Entertainment Metro Films Pvt.Ltd
Distributed by	Ayngaran International
Release date	29 August 2008
Running time	150 min
Country	India
Language	Tamil

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Dhaam Dhoom is a 2008 Tamil romantic thriller film, based on the 1997 American drama Red Corner. written, cinematography and directed by Jeeva shortly before his death and produced by Sunanda Murali Manohar, its stars Jayam Ravi, Kangana Ranaut and Lakshmi Rai in the lead roles. Jayaram, Anu Hasan and Srinath played pivotal roles in the film.

The film revolves around a Tamil Indian doctor who, two weeks prior to his wedding, goes to Russia for a conference pertaining to his occupation, that of a doctor. While in Russia he struggles to cope with the language because of the Russian reluctance to speak English, and eventually, due to the gruesome murder of a local woman, he gets imprisoned. How the doctor manages to get himself out of jail in order to get married to his lady love in India, with the help of an Indian female lawyer, forms the crux of the story.

Dhaam Dhoom released worldwide, after a long delay, on 29 August 2008. It was the last film that cinematographer Jeeva undertook before his death which occurred halfway through the production. The film, released as a tribute to Jeeva, was completed by his assistant G.K.Manikandan, and his wife Anees, and was overseen by cinematographer P. C. Sriram.

Gautham Subramaniam (Jayam Ravi) is a doctor from an Indian family who lives in Chennai. Since his father (Nizhagal Ravi) and mother are doctors, he wanted to become a doctor. Gautham gets an opportunity from the Government of India to go to Russia to represent India in a week long medical conference, along with five other young doctors. Gautham is delighted to receive this offer and packs his bags to fly to Russia. Meanwhile, his beloved is introduced on the frame which happens to be Shenba (Kangana Ranaut). She happens to be the same village girl in which Gautham's sister Sarasu (Anu Haasan) resides with her husband (Chetan) and so they two meet and fall in love. Despite initial frictions between her father and uncle (Pithamagan Mahadevan and Bose Venkat) with Gautham, they eventually agree to get the pair married. Gautham’s parents agree to the marriage, and as a happy man, Gautham is ready to marry Shenba after his return to India from his Russia trip.