Thursday, October 30, 2008
Golmaal Returns : Review
Two years ago, Rohit Shetty came up with a breezy entertainer Golmaal, which, most people agree, is the capable director's finest work to date. The comic scenes hit the right notes and buttons. Perhaps, that must've prompted its producers [Shree Ashtavinayak] and Rohit to continue with the Golmaal series.Seriously, what was the writer thinking when he came up with a pathetic screenplay? And how did a talented director like Rohit Shetty agree to ride on it? And how could an accomplished actor like Ajay Devgan green signal this enterprise? Screenplay writer Yunus Sajawal makes a mincemeat of the material, so much so that your head starts aching after a point and you want to tear your hair in disgust. The 35-year-old Kiran Kumar-Radha Saluja comedy Aaj ki Tazaa Khabar [1973] is the inspiration for Golmaal Returns. No issues with that, it's an interesting concept.
Gopal (Ajay Devgan), who lives with his wife Ekta (Kareena Kapoor), sister Esha (Amrita Arora) and a dumb brother-in-law Lucky (Tusshar Kapoor), grinds to a halt in a yacht after saving an attractive woman Meera (Celina Jaitley) from some goons. Both end up spending the nighttime on the yacht and when he comes home the next day, his distressing leery wife who is also a hardcore fan of the saas-bahu serials, smell fish. Gopal knows it's going to be hard to quell her suspiciousness, so he concocts a cock-and-bull story about having stayed the night with a fabricated friend called Anthony Gonsalves. Ekta refuses to buy his yarn and writes to Anthony (on a fictitious address given to her by Gopal) asking him to visit her. Gopal convinces his junior at work, Laxman (Shreyas Talpade) to pretend to be Anthony. Everything goes according to plan till the address to which Ekta had written to Anthony turns out to be real! If that isn't complication enough for Gopal, a dead body is discovered at the location where he had saved Meera. The Investigating Officer, Madhav (Arshad Warsi), who is Esha's boyfriend and also who cannot stand the sight of Gopal, learns that the latter had been missing from home that eventful night and begins checking on him.
Golmaal Returns was never meant to be a thinking man's film, but the attitude is, no-brainer comedies have worked and this one will work too. To give the credit where it's due, a few jokes/sequences involving Tusshar and Shreyas do bring a smile on your face, but in the absence of a tight screenplay, the film falls like a pack of cards.
Mind blowing performance by Tushaar Kapoor and Shreyas Talpade offers best fiestas of humor. Doubtlessly, you are sure to break down with laughter as these character jape simultaneously on each other. A few sequences do entertain you, but they're few and far between. Not enough to camouflage the defects. In view of the fact that the writing is so weak, there's not much that director Rohit Shetty can do to save the ship from sinking.
Ajay Devgan is likable. Kareena does the suspicious wife act well. Celina stays on your mind even after the show is over. Arshad Warsi is relegated to the backseat. Amrita Arora is strictly okay. Anjana Sukhani gets no scope. Vrajesh Hirjee is alright. Sharat Saxena, Rakhi Vijan, Sanjay Mishra, Murli Sharma, Mukesh Tiwari and Ashwini Kalsekar fill in the blanks.
Again, fallible technical aspects are a big letdown; neither music nor cinematography is up to the mark. Except, Neeraj Sridhar's 'Tha Karke' and 'Meow' by Suzy Q, nothing offers best scores.
On the whole, there's tremendous curiosity to watch Golmaal Returns and the terrific promotion has only enhanced the excitement. But the film is a major letdown in terms of content. As a whole, 'Golmaal Returns' is a light-headed entertainer, on the buttons plainly for pie-eyed individuals, while for others, enjoy if you want to.. At the box-office, expect a terrific start for the film, but Golmaal Returns lacks the power to stand on its feet after the initial euphoria settles down.
In simple, barring a few jokes and gags, this Golmaal pales when compared to its first part. You can watch this film, if you are wishing to spend your time without any serious jobes. My verdict about this film is 'Watch it… Kill your time'...
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Mammootty's new flick
Mega star Mammootty's new movie is 'Love in Banghok' , which is to be directed by Rafi Mecartin. The script too will be handled by the director's themselves. The film is considered to be a family entertainer. Earlier Rafi Mecartin had written the script of Mammootty's mega hit 'Mayavi' , directed by Rafi's brother, Shafi.
Love in Bangkok is the story of an orphan Machu (Mammootty), who grows up to be a rich businessman who deals in waste paper and other scrap material. The others in the cast are Salim kumar, Bijukuttan, Jayasurya Lalu Alex, Sooraj Venjaranmoodu, Janardanan, Sruthilakshmi and Dipasha. The film has music by Suresh Peters, and is being shot in Karaikudy, Chennai, Kochi and Bangkok.
Other films that are in progress with Mammootty in the lead are 'Kutty Shranku' by Shaji.N.Karun and the billingual movie 'Vande Matharam' having the Action king Arjun along with him.
Latest news that is in relation with Mammootty is that Akku Akbar, who tasted big commercial success with the recent Jayaram movie ‘Veruthe Oru Bharya' will team up with him for his next venture. The movie which is planned to be on the scripts of Reji Nair ( 'Pattalam', fame) will have the megastar in the role of a mahout. Akku will start shooting for this Mammootty flick by the early months of next year.
' Love In Bangkok' is being produced by the directors Rafi and Mecartin and distributed by Vysakh films. It is slated for release on January 23, 2009. Though his recent releases like 'Parunthu' and 'Maya Baazar' didn't do well at the box office, Mammootty is expecting a great come back with these type of films in his kit.
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Wednesday, October 29, 2008
'Twenty 20' is struggling to make into theatres......
Amma's much awaited new film 'Twenty-20' will grace the theatres only by 7th of November. This multistarrer features almost all the stars from the Mollywood. The huge star cast follows Mammootty, Mohanlal, Suresh Gopi, Jayaram, Dileep, Prithviraj etc in it. This film also features all the leading ladies in the industry too. This type of a film which features all the leading artists of a industry in it is for the first time in the history of world cinema.
The discussions with the various exhibitors’ organizations about the number of release centers in still on, but it is almost finalized that the movie will make into 111 theatres on the same day. ‘Twenty 20’s release will be on 89 theatres of the 48 A class centers while 22 B class centres will also release the movie on the same day.
The film, produced by Dilip and directed by Joshi, is made by and for the Association of Malayalam Movie Artistes (AMMA). All the artistes have come together in the film to set up a fund for helping those artistes who are ailing and also to strengthen their pension fund.
The fans associations of various stars are planning in different ways to celebrate the release of the biggest movie of the times .In the capital city the movie will get released in four theatres, of which each will be charted for the fans of each stars in the initial days .
Let's hope this much hyped film willnot get much delayed again. Hold your breath until the 7th of November.
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