 Genre: Comedy
Release Date: 5th November, 2010
Runtime: 120 mins
Director: Rohit Shetty
Writer: Robin Bhatt, Yunus Sajawal
Cast: Kareena Kapoor, Ajay Devgn, Mithun Chakraborty, Arshad Warsi, Tusshar Kapoor, Kunal Khemu, Johnny Lever, Shreyas Talpade, Ratna Pathak
Language: Hindi
Rating: 3/5
It’s an unwritten rule broken only by stellar exceptions. Sequels don’t do well. Three-quels, more so. Is Golmaal 3 really that exceptional?
For the first half, it is.
Consider the formula. Sand, surf, skin and swaying hips, unbelievable wire stunts, crashing cars, heists and hijinks, a borrowed plot, inept hooligans, smart-ass loafers, a superhuman Ajay Devgn, a mute Tusshar Kapoor (thank God?) and a snake-tattooed Vrajesh Hirjee. That’s the story of Golmaal 1, 2 and 3. If you’ve seen one, you’ve seen them all. Not much worse than the last, but not always much better.
Except that Golmaal 3 dares to do a few things differently.
Sequels follow Darwinian evolution. What works for the first generation is retained and magnified, the rest discarded. Golmaal 2 had so many exploding cars; it had an ill-fitted song sequence just to cram all that Diwali dhamaka action in. Golmaal 3 returns to its roots and re-assesses what really captured the masses the first time around and had them rolling down the aisles – the dialogues. This time, they really tickle.
Sure, there are sudden song sequences, flying automobiles, and kicks and punches that sound like bombs going off. But they are fewer. Instead, the film pulls a relentless flurry of punch dialogues. A host of self referential jibes at the unreal creature that is a Bollywood blockbuster takes it into Farah Khan territory.
It makes things easy. National awardwinner Mithun Chakraborty doesn’t have to do more than pull a few funny faces. His being there provides ample fodder for nostalgic comedy. The best lines are given to Kunal Khemu, and Arshad Warsistill displays perfect comic timing. Ajay Devgn is relegated to the action star that he naturally is. What a relief!
It’s completely silly, but it’s also a celebration of everything that’s silly about Bollywood movies. What better way to spend your Diwali?
Shiladitya Chakraborty
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