Rating: 2/5

Cast: Kareena Kapoor, Ajay Devgan, Arshad Warsi, Tusshar, Celina Jaitley, Shreyas Talpade, Anjana Sukhani, Amrita Arora, Ashwini Kalsekar, Mukesh Rishi, Sharat Saxena.

Director: Rohit Shetty

Do not return to Golmaal!

Perhaps five scenes in Golmaal Returns are genuinely funny but the audience was laughed, clapped and whistled at every second scene. Seeing them enjoy the film, I wondered if something was wrong with me, if I was depressed but no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't bring myself to enjoy the film because slapstick, childish and crude, is not my type of comedy.

In fact, I am not a fan of the first Golmaal flick and Kareena Kapoor was the only reason I had an iota of interest in the sequel.

Golmaal is about a husband Gopal (Ajay), his suspicious wife Ekta (Kareena) and his bespectacled sis Esha (Amrita) who has nothing to do but meet her boyfriend Inspector Madhav (Arshad) and tag along with Ekta. Lucky (Tusshar) is Ekta's mute hairdresser brother. Enter Meera (Celina) who is being troubled by some goons so Gopal saves her and spends the night with her. Laxman (Shreyas) is Gopal's new employee and Meera is his fiancée. The confusion caused due to the character Anthony Gonsalves, the murder of one of Gopal's colleagues and Ekta's over-active imagination forms the basis of this mindless movie.


Clearly, Golmaal has no script and relies solely on the actors'abilities to salvage the convoluted, pointless plot.

Kareena looks super slim and stunning. Her performance as the saas-bahu serial obsessed and influenced wife is first rate. She lights up the screen with her histrionics and presence and goes completely over-the-top as her character demands. She is particularly good in the scene where she thinks Gopal (Ajay) is dead. Amrita Arora does nothing but roam around in specs. Arshad is very likeable and Shreyas steals the show. Ajay is alright. One must be really unlucky to tolerate the mute Lucky (Tusshar). The character is so annoying that even Tusshar's sincere efforts cannot salvage it. Celina is tolerable and Anjana Sukhani was not required. Seriously, most of the characters were not needed.

The crude dialogue is full of sexual innuendos and demeaning to women. They keep referring to beautiful women as maal. The comedy is slapstick with people hurting their private parts, falling over each other and the like. Obvious digs are made at Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Saawariya which are in bad taste. Ajay's dialogue which lists his movies is interesting though.

The pristine locations are a feast for the eyes.


The film drags on pointlessly, making two hours seem torturous. The climax takes the cake for stupidity.

The makers of this film were focused on cashing in on the success of the original. They have upped the star quotient and forgotten the plot in the process. Golmaal Returns is an insult to your intelligence and makes its predecessor look far superior. Return, but only if slapstick stuff like Golmaal, Welcome and Singh is Kinng is your idea of entertainment.