Golmaal Again (transl. Hotchpotch again) is a 2017 Indian Hindi-language supernatural action comedy film[5] co-produced and directed by Rohit Shetty, and written by Sajid-Farhad and Yunus Sajawal. The film stars Ajay Devgn, Arshad Warsi, Tusshar Kapoor, Kunal Khemu, Shreyas Talpade, Parineeti Chopra, Tabu, Johnny Lever, Prakash Raj and Neil Nitin Mukesh in the lead roles while Mukesh Tiwari, Sanjay Mishra, Vrajesh Hirjee, Murali Sharma, Vijay Patkar, Uday Tikekar, Sachin Khedekar, Ashwini Kalsekar are featured in supporting roles and Nana Patekar makes a special appearance as himself.
Directed by
Rohit Shetty
Produced by
Rohit Shetty
Sangeeta Ahir
Written by
Sajid-Farhad
Screenplay by
Yunus Sajawal
Story by
Rohit Shetty
Starring
Ajay Devgn
Parineeti Chopra
Tabu
Arshad Warsi
Tusshar Kapoor
Shreyas Talpade
Kunal Khemu
Johny Lever
Sanjay Mishra
Prakash Raj
Neil Nitin Mukesh
Music by
Score:
Amar Mohile
Songs:
S. Thaman
Amaal Mallik
Lijo George – DJ Chetas
Abhishek Arora
Cinematography
Jomon T. John
Edited by
Bunty Nagi
Production
company
Rohit Shetty Productions
Mangal Murti Films
Distributed by
Reliance Entertainment
Release date
20 October 2017[1]
Running time
152 minutes[2]
Country
India
Language
Hindi
Budget
₹720 million[3]
Box office
est.₹3.11 billion[4]
Golmaal Again is the fourth installment of the Golmaal franchise. Production of the film began in July 2016. Chopra signed to play the female lead after Kareena Kapoor opted out of the film because of pregnancy. Principal photography took place from March to July 2017. Produced on a budget of ₹72 crore (US$10 million), the film was theatrically released on 20 October 2017.
Upon release, the film met with mixed critical reviews, but broke several box-office records earning over ₹1 billion (US$14 million) in just 3 days of collection. It grossed ₹311 crore (US$45 million) worldwide in its whole theatrical run to become one of the highest-grossing Indian films of all time and the fifth highest-grossing Bollywood film of 2017. Golmaal Again ran for more than 50 days in theatres.
The story starts with Anna Matthew (Tabu) explaining she can see ghosts and spiritual spirits. The story continues with Anna narrating one such incident of her life. The story revolves around Gopal (Ajay Devgn), Madhav (Arshad Warsi), Lucky (Tusshar Kapoor), Laxman 1 (Shreyas Talpade) and Laxman 2 (Kunal Khemu), who are orphans living in an orphanage located in the picturesque Ooty, managed by the kind businessman Jamnadas (Uday Tikekar). One night, Gopal, Madhav, Lucky and the two Laxmans find a baby girl at the gate of the orphanage and decide to keep her in the orphanage and call her Khushi. One day, Madhav pranks and scares the easily frightened Gopal in an empty bungalow, resulting in a fight between the two then young boys. Gopal is punished and the five boys decide to leave the orphanage and Khushi is later adopted by a loving colonel couple.
Years later, Gopal and Laxman 1 are still estranged from Madhav, Laxman 2 and Lucky. The five, however, are reunited by the news of Jamnadas’s death. The five enter the orphanage and old bungalow where Madhav scared Gopal. There, they meet the colonel; they are also reunited with Anna Matthew, and Pappi (Johnny Lever), and other orphans living in the orphanage. They also meet with Damini (Parineeti Chopra) whom Anna introduces as the bunglow’s caretaker. At the special event for Jamnadas, businessman Vasu Reddy (Prakash Raj) reveals that the orphanage’s kids will be shifted elsewhere, while the orphanage in Ooty will be demolished. Soon, one by one, the boys get possessed by a ghost that talks in Nana Patekar’s voice. The five of them fight daily but finally make amends after Lucky is possessed. They push Gopal, who has fallen for Damini, to express his love to her. Just then, Pappi tells the five boys the girl who they thought was Damini is actually dead, causing them to flee Ooty but Anna stops them and reveals the ghost is Khushi, their childhood friend.
Khushi tells her short lived married life with Nikhil (Neil Nitin Mukesh). One night, however, she witnesses Nikhil killing Jamnadas as Jamnadas confronted Nikhil about the conspiracy of obtaining the orphanage. Khushi confronts Nikhil and is also murdered. With Vasu Reddy’s help, Nikhil proves Jamnadas and Khushi’s death as accidents. The boys plan to scare Vasu into confessing the truth but their plan is ruined by Nikhils arrival. This infuriates Khushi and she begins to brutally attack Nikhil but is stopped by Anna. Vasu Reddy convinces Nikhil to confess.
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