The complaints that were a plenty when the Ram Gopal Varma protégé Rajat Mukherjee released Road with little effort from Vivek Oberoi as the main lead will be simply overridden come time for release of another Varma protégé´s film. E. Niwas, who like Rajat (whose next film Love in Nepal will not be associated with Varma) breaks away from the Varma camp to present Dum. A force to reckon with, in the form of one Vivek Oberoi. Niwas previously bedazzled the audience with the flawless Shool and tickled their ribs in his follow up comedy Love Ke Liye Kucch Bhi Karega. Dum reverts to the former category of more serious film making focusing on the life of a police officer and his personal conflicts with the dense flaws of the system. 

Predominantly a display of Vivek´s histronics and Atul Kulkarini´s excellent acting skills, Dum serves as a reintroduction for Diya Mirza who seems once forgotten. Though her other release Praan Jaye Par Shaan Na Jaye insists she will be displaying a wide range of talent, her role in Dum as Kaveri, Uday Shinde´s (Vivek Oberoi) girlfriend will seemingly be restricted to the must needed romance angle amidst the intense drama. 

Uday Shinde is the police officer in question. Your ideal, he is firm in his belief and approach for action when violations within the system and outside of the system occur. As he successfully becomes a police officer he faces a major challenge almost immediately. Unfortunately, the challenge comes from one of his own, another cop. Shankar (Atul Kulkarini) is a cop like Uday, however, his approach at law enforcement is much different which can simply be attributed to his mental views on life.

Uday and Shankar soon becoming two very opposing forces in the same field. Dum describes Uday´s battle to overcome Shankar´s evil manifestations and push through his views as the pure good officer. But he must get through Shankar first.