The plot is once again inspired from old Hindi films, a couple of English ones and mixed with a clever dollop of nostalgia. The main story revolves around Pritam (Mithun), a widower and his three sons Madhav(Warsi), Laxman(Khemu) and Lucky(Tusshar) who due to business rivalries cannot see eye to eye with Gopal(Devgan), his brother Laxman(Talpade) who are actually the sons of Pritam’s ex lover Geeta(Ratna Pathak). The ex-lovers situation is uproariously executed in a Hindi film spoof and Mithun Da reprising his disco dancer role. Daboo(Kareena) tries to get the old couple together but in the process has to convince the whole family to live together.

From the performances, Devgan just can’t crack it at comedy. He is pretty wooden and I think Shetty just picks him up for representing sanity in this mad atmosphere. Arshad Warsi, Tusshar Kapoor and Shreyas Talpade are the main rib-ticklers while it was great to see Johny Lever back in form. His two cronies Vrijesh Hrijee and especially Sanjay Mishra whose way of spelling was just hilarious also liven up the already frenzied air. Perhaps, the more interesting aspect (for me who prefer humor to be more subtle than slapstick) of the movie was Kunal Khemu’s idiomatic dialogues which packed a nice little punch of their own. Kareena is for the glamour but goes through the motions well. Mithun and Ratna Pathak Shah are good.

Overall, the fun remains until the jokes and acts begin to get repetitive but neither the film claims nor expects to be some logical device. Total Paisa Vasool. Watch it for timepass but I just hope no more Golmaal movies are in the pipeline.

Rating : 2.5/5