Golmaal Returns

The Golmaal8217; gang is back. This time around, they are running around Goa, trying to be as silly as the last time, but they can8217;t quite hack it. It8217;s hard being foolish and funny at the same time.

The first Golmaal8217; wasn8217;t scintillating, and this follow-up suffers from what most sequels do: the male leads, barring one, are the same, but it8217;s not even the same-old, same-old. You8217;ve seen the gags before, and the lines are risqueacute; some are in plain bad taste, without being smart.

Kareena, who8217;s supposed to be the star of this show, turns out to be a big factor in this flick being the way it is8212;there8217;s nothing particularly new about a suspicious wife keeping tabs on her husband, and there8217;s nothing particularly new in the way Kareena plays it: because it8217;s a Balaji production, she8217;s called Ekta, and all she seems to do is to watch soppy saas bahu8217; serials which come from the stable.

And her spouse, played by Ajay, matches her step by step: he can8217;t muster up enough enthusiasm to give anything novel to his role, other than show off his size zero waist, just like his heroine8217;s. Only, unlike her, he doesn8217;t bare it all the time.

The rest struggle to rise above the script. Arshad Warsi, playing a hysterical cop, laughs like a hyena. Vrajesh does some bungee jumping in a kiddie plastic pool. Celina, Amrita and Anjana could be interchangeable. Only Shreyas Talpade, sliding in and out of a slippery character called Anthony Gonsalves, creates some mirth.

As well as Tusshar, who plays dumb here, with a great deal of expression. Not much else happens. What else can you expect from a movie which has lines like shaque, what the f8212;8216;.

Shucks.