Golmaal Returns

Golmaal Returns
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Rohit Shetty
Produced by	Dhillin Mehta
Written by	Sajid-Farhad
Screenplay by	Yunus Sajawal
Based on	Pheka Pheki by Bipin Varti
Starring	Ajay Devgn Kareena Kapoor Arshad Warsi Shreyas Talpade Tusshar Kapoor Anjana Sukhani Amrita Arora Celina Jaitley
Music by	Pritam Ashish Pandit
Cinematography	Natarajan Subramaniam
Edited by	Steven H. Bernard
Distributed by	Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision Ltd
Release dates	29 October 2008 (2008-10-29)
Running time	135 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Budget	₹240 million (US$3.6 million)
Box office	₹1.08 billion (US$16 million)

Golmaal Returns is a 2008 Bollywood comedy drama film directed by Rohit Shetty. The film is a sequel to the 2006 film, Golmaal: Fun Unlimited with Ajay Devgn, Tusshar Kapoor and Arshad Warsi reprising their roles, whilst Shreyas Talpade replaced the role originally played by Sharman Joshi. The film also features Kareena Kapoor, Amrita Arora and Celina Jaitley in supporting roles.

The film is remake of 1989 marathi film Pheka Pheki starring Ashok Saraf and Laxmikant Berde. Where the role of Ashok Saraf is played by Ajay Devgn and the role of Laxmikant Berde is played by Shreyas Talpade in this film. The film's storyline also meets that one of 1973 film, Aaj Ki Taaza Khabar.

Produced by Dhillin Mehta under Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision LTD, the film released on 29 October 2008 and received mixed response from critics. However, managed to do very well at the box office.

On 5 November 2010, the film spawned an sequel Golmaal 3, which became the second highest grossing Bollywood film of 2010.

Plot

Gopal (Ajay Devgn) lives with wife Ekta (Kareena Kapoor), who is addicted to watching Indian dramas. He also lives with sister Esha (Amrita Arora) and a mute brother-in-law Lucky (Tusshar Kapoor). Lucky is in love with a deaf girl named Daisy (Anjana Sukhani). One night, while returning from his office, Gopal saves an attractive young woman named Meera (Celina Jaitley) from some dreaded goons. Due to the circumstances, both of them decide to spend the night at Gopal's friend's yacht.

When he arrives home the next day, his over-suspicious wife suspects him of flirting around with his female employees and having an affair with his secretary. Knowing how difficult it is to convince her with the truth, he invents a story about spending the night with a fictitious friend named Anthony Gonsalves. Ekta becomes suspicious and does not believe his story as she knows that he never had a friend by that name, and hence, she decides to write to Anthony visit her and to confirm Gopal was telling the truth.

Gopal meets Laxman Prasad (Shreyas Talpade) who has come to interview for a position in his office. He is Meera's boyfriend, which is not known to Gopal who asks him to pretend to be Anthony, and meet and convince Ekta that he was indeed telling the truth, in return for a job. Laxman agrees to do so, and everything goes according to plan until the address on which Ekta had written a letter to Anthony turns out to be real. Meanwhile, Gopal finds out that a dead body was found at the same location where he saved Meera from the goons. Investigating Officer Madhav (Arshad Warsi), who also happens to be Esha's boyfriend, does not get along with Gopal. He finds out that Gopal was missing from his home that very night and that the dead person was Gopal's colleague whom he had threatened to kill over a spat. Madhav also finds out that Laxman is not the real Anthony. He asks Gopal to get Meera to the police station to prove that Gopal had been with her, and did not murder his employee. In panic, his friends hire a woman called Munni (Ashwini Kalsekar) who needs money to get her boyfriend Vasuli (Mukesh Tiwari) out of jail. But Munni is kidnapped by the murderer.

In a rage, Vasuli comes to Meera's house, where Laxman and Lucky learn the woman was none other than Meera whom Gopal had saved from the goons that night. After an initial shock, they decide to go to the police station. However, Vasuli kidnaps Meera in anger, and they follow him, along with Madhav, Esha and Ekta in tow. Gopal learns that this was a plot concocted by his employer, Sawant (Murali Sharma) to frame him for the murder. The drama grows, as everyone attempts suicide, much to Sawant's anger. Finally, Sawant goes crazy and kills himself. Ekta and Gopal get back together in the end.

Lucky meanwhile marries the daughter of the president of Gopal's company who happens to be Daisy and becomes the new boss, giving a shock to the others. Gopal and Laxman are the junior bosses while Madhav is a 24-hour guard for Lucky.

Cast

Lead Cast:

• Ajay Devgn as Gopal Kumar Santoshi
• Arshad Warsi as Madhav Singh Ghai
• Kareena Kapoor as Ekta
• Tusshar Kapoor as Lucky
• Shreyas Talpade as Laxman Prasad Apte / Anthony Gonsalves
• Amrita Arora as Esha
• Celina Jaitley as Meera
• Ashwini Kalsekar as Munni
• Anjana Sukhani as Daisy Pachisia
• Mukesh Tiwari as Vasuli (Cameo appearance extended)
• Murali Sharma as Sawant (MD of Golden Fisheries)
• Sharat Saxena as Babloo Pachisia (Owner of Golden Fisheries)
• Vrajesh Hirjee as Anthony Gonsalves / Atmaram (Cameo appearance extended)
• Rakhee Tandon as Julie Gonsalves (Cameo appearance extended)
• Sanjai Mishra as Subodh Mehra (Cameo appearance extended)
• Shereveer Vakil as the Killer (Cameo appearance extended)
• Robin Bhatt as Gopal's neighbour
• Upasana Singh as Lucky's customer
• Siddarth Jadhav as Lucky's Assistant
• Ashish R Mohan as Hiren
• Gulshan Sharma.^[1]

Production

Ajay Devgn is paired opposite Kareena Kapoor.^[2] Amongst the rest of the multi-starrer cast, actress Amrita Arora is the love interest of Arshad Warsi^[2] whilst Celina Jaitley and Anjana Sukhani are paired opposite Shreyas Talpade and Tusshar Kapoor, respectively.^[3]

Originally expected to commence shooting for the film in Dubai on a forty-day schedule,^[4] the cast shot for the film in Goa on a twenty-day schedule.^[5][6] Shooting later continued in places like the Filmistan Studios in Mumbai,^[7] South Africa and Bangkok.^[8]

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was released on 19 September 2008 by director Rohit Shetty and actors Ajay Devgn, Tusshar Kapoor & Shreyas Talpade on the musical show Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2009.^[9] While the film's soundtrack contains six new songs composed by Pritam for the sequel, the album also consists of songs from the first film. Lyrics have been penned by Sameer.

The choreography and picturisation of the song Tha Kar Ke is heavily inspired by Sivaji song Athiradee.^[10][11][12]

Joginder Tuteja from IndiaFM gave the film's soundtrack 3 out of 5 stars and noted, that "Golmaal Returns is yet another winner from Pritam and guest composer Ashish Pandit who delivers what is expected from a soundtrack for a film belonging to action-comedy genre. No one attempts to do anything exceptional or different from routine but walk the path which has been successful in the months gone by. The music may not go the Race (2008) way but does well enough to ensure immense awareness about the film due to its fast paced approach."^[13]

Release

Reception

The film received mixed reviews from critics upon release, unlike its predecessor which was loaded with a positive reception. It mostly received negative reviews, though made an excellent budget of Rs. 300 million at the box office.^[14] Golmaal Returns grossed a huge Rs 120 millions in the first five days, surpassing Om Shanti Om.^[15] In the Mumbai circuit, the B+C centres had never seen collections like the film ever before.^[16] In the first week, its collection from box-office worldwide stood at Rs 720 million.^[17] The film was declared a Hit by Box office India.

Home media

The film was released on DVD on 10 December 2008. The release included a single disc edition with the film and special features being the making of the film, and three songs: "Golmaal Remix", "Meeoow", and "Tu Saala".^[18] On the Moser Baer release, it is one disc plus a bonus disc of Golmaal starring Ajay Devgn, Sharman Joshi, Tusshar Kapoor, Rimi Sen and Paresh Rawal.

Boxoffice

The film was a hit at boxoffice^[19] and the total gross of film was ₹1.08 billion (US$16 million)

Controversies

In 2008, Shakuntala Bhatia, wife of director Rajendra Bhatia filed a complaint against Shree Asthavinayak Cine Vision Ltd., accusing them of directly copying the story of her husband's film Aaj Ki Taaza Khabar (1973).^[20]

References

External links

• Golmaal Returns at the Internet Movie Database
• Golmaal Returns at AllMovie