Golmaal returns and so do I??

The problem with staying outside India is that you start watching all the hindi movies.. and after some time you start to enjoy even the third grade movies.. in the recent 3-4 months a lot of hindi movies were released.. and most of them were like Indian cricket team on paper and performance wise on screen like Pakistani cricket team on most of the days.

So when I heard Golmaal Returns is getting released I was equally apprehensive of the result.. and was presuming this will be another dud packaged like diwali gift… but it turned out to be good..

Now Golmaal was always in my list of fav movies.. both the amol palekar one as well as the new one of AJAY, ARSHAD , TUSHAR and SHARMAN JOSHI..

So on a Thursday eve when I had nothing else to do.. I started watching GOLMAAL RETURN..the pirated version courtesy Internet . The initial few minutes was the buildup and I felt film will be a washout with nonsensical joke rehash and 15 mins into the movie I realized it has a story.. though it’s a lift…

NOW LET ME PUT A BIG SPOILER FOR ALL THOSE WHO THINK THE MOVIE IS A ORIGNAL RE HASH OF JOKES>>>>>

NO, THIS IS NOT ORIGNAL - it’s a full copy of 1973 movie.. most won’t have seen that movie as the movie had a very little known hero .. who we know now as a villan.. let me give you a hint.. LOTIA PATHAN.. of TEZAAB…yes the son of great JEEVAN.. yes buddies.. the hero was KIRAN KUMAR.

Now let me spoil it further by telling the name of the little known movie.. AAJ KI TAAJA KHABAR..



In the original -


Kiran kumar gets stuck in a giant ferris wheel with a woman all night due to power failure. He arrives home the next day, and meets a very suspicious wife, she doesn’t believe his story about the stalled ferris wheel, and he invents a story about spending the night with a fictitious friend named Champak Boomia. His wife never believes that he has a friend by that name, and decides to write to him to come and visit her. Kiran kumar then convinces his friend, Asrani to pretend that he is Champak, and thus convince his wife that he was indeed telling the truth. Asrani agrees to do so, and then everything goes for a six when the real Champak Boomia(Paintal) turns up.. result is CHAOS.. total chaos..



Now Replace KIRAN KUMAR with AJAY DEVGAN, ASRANI WITH SHREYAS TALPADE ( who is actually filling in for Laxman from the first GOLMAAL), throw in a TUSHAAR as a sidekick saala.. and ARSHAD WARSI as a confused mixup of madhav and Inspector.. throw in VASOOLI , AATMA RAM(VRAJESH HIRJEE) to remind us of first GOLMAAL and a KAREENA KAPOOR with a overdose of Teleserials and some innuendo and jokes..…. The BHELPURI ready is packaged as – GOLMAAL RETURNS.


Since it’s a bhelpuri.. its chatpati and so most will like it.. somewill find it TEEKI.. somewill find it AWESOME..somewill find it TASTY.. and it will be a HIT.. so go out and enjoy.


Fuljadi dialogues of the movie-

Yeh pehli main nahi tha na .. reminder to the first Golmaal ( or second as first will always be amol palekar one)

Aajkal toh bina ringtone ke phone bhi hit hone lag gaye.

Dekho kaise chipak raha hai.. Isi liye toh har jagah mall he mall ban rahe hain .

Anthony aa gaya hai abh amar, akbar bhi aa jaayenge.. milke picture dekhnege.

Yeh madhav hai pehle bhi black black khel chukka hai….Yahan pe barf kyun nahi pad rahi hai..

BALAJEEEEE…. Watch it to understand it ;-)

Pehli main heroine le gaya dusri main naukree..teesri main ; rahega hee nahi.. a legpull on Gunga Tushaar



Fuss bombs..
Lara dutta marries brian lara she becomes- LARA LARA..

The Climax.. straight out of the comic book




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Arrey yaaron purra ho gaya … ab move to ratings and commenting….. Phadne ka hai toh phaad daalo…
Ratings, Comments, Discussion and Criticism are more than welcome..

wow on the new TARGET Commercial ;-)

Some time you hear a beat and you get hooked to it..
it happens with me lot of times..
and once i am hooked to it i am not satisfied till i find out who is the real composer and hear the orignal song.. the same happened to me when i saw the new TARGET commercial.. with the gals grooving on setting up there room..


Song is called Calabria, its sung by Enur feat Nastasja.
watch the orignal one and get hooked too..


Lyrics Used in the Target Commercial

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Walk It Gently And No Break Nah Bone

Whoop Whoop
When You Run Come Around,
Cu(Z) I Kno Ur The Talk Of The Town Yea

Best Shown Overall, Shiny And Tall,
One Touch Make A Gal Climb Whoever You Are,
Brass Hat, Hatter(As In Hotter) Than Fireball
Whoop Whoop!
You Not Small You Not Lickle At All

Survey on Retention..

Results of a recent survey

Why Employees Quit

Asked 3000 employees, "What is the most important factor influencing your thoughts about leaving the organization?"

My career. I don't have opportunities to grown or advance here.
28%

My desire for change. I want to try something new.
15%

My work. I don't like what I do it doesn't make the most of my talents.
14%

My finances. I want to earn more money
14%

My job conditions. I don't have the Flexibility, commute, etc that I need
10%

My manager. I don't like working for him or her.
9%

My organization's mission. It conflicts with my personal values.
5%

The economy. I think better jobs in my field are available.
3%

My colleagues. I don't want to work with or around them.
2%




Why Employees Stay

Asked 3000 employees, "What is the most Important factor influencing your plans to stay with the organization?"

My work. I like what I do.
34%

My career. I have significant development or advancement opportunities here.
15%

My job conditions. I have flexible hours, a good commute, etc
14%

My organization's mission. I believe in what we do.
9%

No desire for change. I am comfortable to this person.
9%

My finances. I expect a desirable salary, bonus or stock option in 2008
8%

My manager. I am committed to this person.
4%

The economy. I don't think there are other job Opportunities for me out there.
4%

My colleagues. I have strong relationships on the jobs
3%

kahani ek raat kee

Do diwane shahar mein, raat mein aur dopahar mein aabodana dhundhate hain ek aashiyana dhundhate

This hindi song in husky voice of bhupinder sums up this movie in 1 line..



When I have summed up the movie in 1 line why the hell am I writing the whole review.. hmm need a reason right.. reason is.. since there is no review posted on it on MS.. I mouthpadded and got it listed so need to post too and above all it’s a GOLDIE HAWN movie.. she has hardly acted in a handful of movies over such a long career.. and also its about NY… a place adopted by me till recently as my home..
We all have in our life moved from one city to another and many cities just embrace us and we adopt it and the city adopts us but sometimes we just feel out of towners..
I had felt the same with Chennai.. never able to relate to it and become a chennaite.. I was always an outsider there.. but this story is not about Chennai.. its about the big apple.. now living in this city for sometime I can relate to it.. it has a pull, an energy.. which you can get pulled into or can be scary, especially the underbelly which is exposed at night. if you are rubbed the wrong way.. so what does one does when he is planning to move out of NY to a countryside… is nostalgic.. is contemplating... lands up in a hotel over a weekend and has nothing to do.. Except to look for apartments online as the weather is less then decent outside.. so once again I start switching channels and land up on a channel showing a movie of my fav star and NY… watch it.. and here is the review.. Thanks USA (not the country.. the channel network) for showing me one more movie of my fav star..



Now imagine Steve Martin, Goldie Hawn and John Cleese in one movie.. what could be nearest.. Govinda, Chunky in Aankhen and david dhawan style comedy or Akshay, sunil shetty in a priyadarshan’s herapheri or to be precise phir herapheri… that means a lot of slapstick comedy…a buffoonry.. where you keep you brain aside and just watch and laugh..
The story starts with Henry (Steve) getting a high paying job offer in NY. While in actual he has lost his job and just can’t share this with his wife. So he takes a flight out of Iowa to NY and suddenly his wife Nancy(Goldie) joins him to surprise him.. and the fun starts, now the plane can't land in New York and is rerouted to boston, luggage is lost and then the hotel reservation is messed up and to beat it.. their credit card was decined.. that too because his daughter has maxed it out with her attached card and all this happens in quick mins. There's just nothing funny about it.. right.. there is the way the couple act and react.. now they have to spend a night in the city till the morning before he takes his interview.. here there tryst with the city starts.. a city they despise and they keep falling into situations.. and finally when the night is over.. they are no more outsiders.. they are also newyorkers..
Now the movie has its own moments.. but I have seen steve in better movies.. but he was classic in the scene after he was high on drugs.. and then he does the ad lib to get the job.. John cleese was excellent as a snobbish hotel manager for the world but is a cross dresser in his room and above all Goldie for her giggly self.. Surprisingly.. a movie where Goldie acts above 40’s and look her age..
I feel the movie was a disappointment when it was released as not heard much about it even though it has 3 people known for their comic timings.. but a good watch over DVD over a lazy weekend.

Some interesting scenes –
Goldie and Steve making out on park and mayor inaugurating a statue next to them.. and they come into public..
both chased by horse ridding police in central park
Steve’s return from jail where he has taken LSD thinking of it as asprin.
Goldie giving piece of mind to policeman and then giving sweet talks to hotel manager.
Steve offering Goldie the role of partner in his new advertising job.

TRIVIA –
Released in 1999.
Runs for 90 mins and except few mins.. u run with it.
Director: Sam Weisman
When googled came to know it’s a remake of 70’s movie of same name..

Cast –
Steve Martin -(Henry Clark )
Goldie Hawn – (Nancy)
John Cleese (hotel manager- forgetting name now Mr Mesault or something like that)
Mark McKinney, Oliver Hudson (in real also he is Goldie’s son) and ex Mayor of NY Rudy Giuliani in a guest appearance.

Ratings, Comments, Discussion and Criticism are more than welcome..