Thursday, January 22, 2009

Gag Disorder!

Who said comedies need a script and great punches? If you ask Rohit Shetty, the director of Golmaal Returns, he would tell you to just spoof some already unfunny movies, go to the internet and pick up some age-old one-liners and if it is a sequel, then pay a tribute to the original, and the movie is ready! It seems as if No Entry, Golmaal, Hungama and Welcome amalgamated to produce the disaster called Golmaal Returns.

The story is of K-serial obsessed Kareena Kapoor who suspects her husband when he spends one whole night on a yacht and cooks up a story to save his skin. Add to that a murder mystery, some villains and a dollop of confusion and you have the hotchpotch of a plot ready.

Even if you overlook some technical errors like the dead guy visibly blinking and the hideous and done-to-death scenes, you cannot discount great actors like Arshad Warsi (he laughs even before delivering the dialogues) and Ajay Devgan (he just looks bored) goofing up. Kareena Kapoor is back to her Mujhe Kuch Kehna Hai days and overacts to the hilt. Shreyas Talpade does a decent job but one tends to miss the presence of Sharman Joshi who was brilliant the first time around. But the man who steals the show is Tusshar Kapoor in what is probably the role of a lifetime for him where he has been amazingly consistent in both movies.

The movie has nothing original, lacks wit, chemistry and innovative gags. Even if you left your brains at home, you might have a lopsided smile but nothing more than that. And to think that they are coming up with a third sequel… Aarghhh!!!.....Continue

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