Film : Golmaal Returns

Banner : Shree Ashtavinayak Cinevision Ltd

Producer : Dhilin Mehta

Director : Rohit Shetty

Cast: Ajay Devgan, Kareena Kapoor, Shreyas Talpade, Celina Jaitley, Arshad Warsi, Amrita Arora, Tusshar Kapoor, Anjana Sukhani

Rating: 2/5

Gathering thoughts on this film is by far the most difficult task. The film is as good as it is bad. It’s funny in parts and awful in most. Golmaal Returns is one of those films that take the audience for granted and play back old content, only rehashed. After having seen movies like Masti, Golmaal, No Entry, Garam Masala, welcome and the endless list; GR is just another film to join the illustrious list. Bottom-line, it’s the same confusion, sexual jokes and circling plot that even Golmaal returns takes the help of.

The film essentially gyrates around Gopal (Ajay Devgan) and wife Ekta (Kareena Kapoor) who share a love-doubt relationship. Staying with them are their respective siblings, Esha (Amrita Arora) and Lucky (Tusshar Kapoor). While Ektas’ doubts galore, Gopal does not help by playing macho man to Meera (Celina Jaitley), saving her from brutes. After having saved her and providing her with shelter in a private yacht, he returns home to his overdramatic wife only to be questioned and cross-examined about his deeds. To set things straight he employs Laxman (Shreyas), but things only get worse. In the meanwhile Gopal is being investigated for the murder of a fellow worker in his company and leading this probe is ACP Madhav (Arshad Warsi). One thing leads to another and at a point before you know it everyone is in the mess, knee deep. The acquitting of Gopal, the realization of a television serial inflicted wife, the triumph of love and some amusement is in a nutshell Golmaal Returns.

To a great extent Golmaal Returns tries to explore a lot many new areas, but sadly fails in succeeding. This can be attributed to the fact that...