Laughter sans Logic!

If you are a fan of "Golmaal- Fun Unlimited" and if you have seen "Golmaal Returns"- you will wonder why I was looking for logic in the first place. Well, my answer to that is, I have not seen Golmaal in full and I did not think it was funny from whatever I saw of it.

I was not particularly keen on watching the sequel either but chose to watch it because there was nothing else in theatres and the tickets for "Fashion" were sold out. I would not say it was a totally wrong decision because sitting in the plush multiplex at Bangalore and enjoying a plethora of stars moving around at a hand's distance (front row seat, you know!) was definitely not bad! To add to it, some of the gags did work for me, some were OK but there were quite a few that were borrowed from the badly made Priyadarshan films of the 80's which was irritating!

Let me not get into the story line which is oh so thin that it will not be visible to the naked eye. It is a script that centers around situations and characters and tries to draw a cohesive storyline around it but fails miserably. The saving grace of course is Tusshar Kapoor (and you read that right!) who makes his presence felt on screen after the prequel. Shreyas Talpade is an enjoyable addition to the group. Arshad Warsi as the laughing cop pulls off quite a few scenes. But, it is Ajay Devgan who kinda irritates. There is nothing wrong in his acting; he pulls off the comic scenes pretty well too. But, when an actor who is in his 40's and who looks as old tries to pass off as a cool dude, it really irritates. Scary hair and gawdy clothes aside, Devgan is passable.

The less said about the ladies the better- Amrita Arora is decent compared to her other outings, Celina Jaitley grates on your nerves, Anjana Sukhani walks around a couple of times wearing skimpy outfits and smiling at Tusshar and then there's Kareena Kapoor- what a waste of talent and star power! She is all over the promos but you don't get to see her as much in the movie. "Tu saala kaam se gaya" does not appear in the movie at all while the "meeeow" song appears during the end credits.

Pritam has done a good job with his music and Nataraja Subramanian's camera work is extra ordinary especially during the song sequences. The whole "Thaa kar de" song is picturized in the same style as "Thee Thee" song from Sivaji (Tamil). Editing is good for a comedy and the movie unfolds very fast! The references to Balaji Telefilms and Ekta Kapoor is in good taste. Mukesh Tiwari and Ashwani Kalsekhar score better than the lead cast in their brief appearance towards the climax.

The last 5 minutes more or less summarize the extent of seriousness with which the movie was made. But, if the public is happy, is there any cause for worry?