1. The sound when a bullet flies through the air, or someone lands a punch in an old Bollywood movie (like the old pow, bam in 1960s Batman)

2. Used similarly to the expression Mojo to refer to libido, self-confidence, style and sex-appeal. E.g. if Austin Powers had been Indian, he might have lost his Dishoom and not his Mojo!

The word Dishoom probably goes back to the 1975 Ramesh Sippy film Sholay with Amitabh Bacchhan which is considered to be a Curry Western and is the highest grossing film in Bollwood

The two states of being are as a human being, or a hungry ghost. Semi-regularly you need to ask yourself which you are. Sometimes it is human. Others, alas, it is hungry ghost.

The hungry ghost seeks validity outside of themselves. Someone pining for an indifferent ex is a hungry ghost. Someone who arrives alone at 6:30 on Saturday night to a pub is probably a hungry ghost. Obsessive checking of mobile phones, chat sites or networks are clear signs that one is a hungry ghost.

The best thing to do is just stay home and ride it out. Read a book. Find some good clean fun.

"Dishoom" is the old sound effect used when someone would punch someone else(<i>a la</i> "pow!" or "bam!" or "sock!") in old Bollywood movies. Splendidly appropriated by Badmash.org's Flash parody of the 2004 Presidential debate.

The main sound effect for any violent scene in Bollywood movies.

the exagerated sound of a gun shot in Bollywood movies. It's the common anamanapia (sp?) associated with a bullet flying through the air. DISHOOM!

Origin from Sri-Lankan Language.
-Meaning- (Verb)
1) A Sri-Lankan Term for Bang.
2) A word someone would say when imitating a loud crash and/ or banging sound. Or sound effect.