Golmaal Again

About the film

Golmaal Again (transl. Chaos Again) is a 2017 Indian Hindi-language supernatural action comedy film written and directed by Rohit Shetty; produced by Rohit Shetty Pictures, Mangl Murti Films and Reliance Entertainment. The film is the fourth installment of Golmaal franchise and stars Ajay Devgn, Tabu, Arshad Warsi, Parineeti Chopra, Tusshar Kapoor, Shreyas Talpade, Kunal Khemu, Neil Nitin Mukesh and Johnny Lever.

The film was released in Diwali 2017. Despite clashing with Aamir Khan's Secret Superstar, Golmaal Again became one of the year's highest grossers, was a blockbuster at the box office and became the 46th highest grossing Indian film of all time. Its lifetime domestic net collection was more than ₹244 crores, while the worldwide gross ended at ₹310.98 crores. The film received mixed reviews from critics with praise for its humour and performances and criticism for its flaws in the technical aspects. A spin-off titled Cirkus was released on 23 December 2022.

Plot

Gopal, Madhav, Laxman, Laxman 2, and Lucky live in an orphanage in Ooty managed by businessman Joy Jamnadas. Gopal is afraid of ghosts, Lucky is mute and Laxman has a lisp. Gopal and Laxman are a duo, and the rest are a trio. Both have a mutual dislike for each other. They are also aware of the local librarian Anna's ability to see spirits. The boys find a baby outside the orphanage one night and take her in, naming her Khushi. One day, when Madhav pranks and scares Gopal in an empty bungalow belonging to Jamnadas' friend, Colonel Chauhan, the boys fight. Gopal gets punished, which prompts Gopal and Laxman to leave the orphanage, and soon, Madhav, Lucky and Laxman also do the same. Khushi is later adopted.

25 years later, the five work as plot seizers; Gopal and Laxman work for Babli Bhai, and Madhav, Lucky and Laxman 2 work for Vasooli Bhai. The group reunites after learning about Jamnadas' death. Returning to the orphanage after for Jamnadas' memorial, they meet Colonel Chauhan, now blind, and reunite with Anna and Pappi, a former orphan with memory loss. They meet Damini, the bungalow's caretaker and learn about Chauhan's daughter's demise. During the memorial, businessman Vasu Reddy reveals the orphanage will be demolished and replaced with his own building. Anna and Chauhan decide to rent out two rooms, upsetting Vasu. After the group leaves the orphanage and returns home, a ghost possesses Laxman and speaks in Nana Patekar's voice, rambling that Jamnadas's death was a murder, scaring Gopal. After, Gopal and Laxman call Anna, who lies that the ghost is still in their house and suggests they move to Chauhan's house. Later, the ghost possesses Madhav and prompts Vasooli to assign him, Laxman 2, and Lucky to evict Gopal and Laxman from Chauhan's bungalow for Vasu, indirectly bringing the three back to Ooty.

Upon reaching Ooty, the two groups fight. Madhav, Lucky, and Laxman 2 try to scare Gopal into leaving the house, but Gopal gets possessed by the same ghost and beats up Lucky and Laxman 2. Later, Vasu assigns Madhav, Lucky and Laxman 2 to burn down the house, but Lucky also gets possessed and starts talking in Nana Patekar's voice, scaring the group. The two groups decide to leave, but Anna and Damini convince them to stay for the birthday celebration, and the group reconciles. While Damini and Gopal talk outside, Pappi arrives and shows the photographs he took from the celebration. but Damini cannot be seen in the photographs and Pappi says that he cannot see anyone sitting beside Gopal. They realize that Damini is the ghost. The boys try to run along with Pappi, Babli Bhai and Vasooli Bhai. Anna stops them and explains that the ghost is Khushi.

Production

In July 2016, Rohit Shetty and Ajay Devgn announced the fourth installment of Golmaal series. Shetty again wanted to cast Kareena Kapoor who played the heroine in Golmaal 2 & Golmaal 3. However, she stepped out owing to her pregnancy and Parineeti Chopra was signed. After Tabu's entry in the film, Neil Nitin Mukesh was confirmed as the antagonist. Prakash Raj joined the film in February 2017.

Principal photography for the film commenced at Mumbai in March 2017. First schedule ended in April 2017. In June 2017, a major portion of the film was shot in Ooty. The filming wrapped up in July 2017, and post-production work was finished in the last week of August 2017.

Soundtrack

The music of the film have been composed by Amaal Mallik, Thaman S, Lijo George-DJ Chetas and Abhishek Arora while the lyrics of the film have been penned by Kumaar. The first track of the film titled as "Golmaal (Title Track)" sung by Brijesh Shandilya and Aditi Singh Sharma was released on 23 September 2017. The second track of the film "Neend Churai Meri" from the 1997 film Ishq has been recreated to "Maine Tujhko Dekha" for this film in the voices of Neeraj Shridhar and Sukriti Kakar and was released on 29 September 2017. The soundtrack was released on 6 October 2017 by T-Series.

The track "Maine Pyar Kiya" from the 1989 film Maine Pyar Kiya has been recreated to "Aate Jaate Hanste Gaate" for this film in the voices of Nikhil D'Souza and Anushka Manchanda and was released on 23 October 2017 by Saregama.

Reception

20 October 2017 was announced as release date of the film, coinciding with Diwali.

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