Gol Maal

Gol Maal

Hrishikesh Mukherjee was a big name in 70's with several hits like ANAND(1971),CHUPKE CHUPKE(1975) He made films with simple characters, situations plus he used to make good comedies with lot of ingredients like Look alikes, lot of mistakes identities something today's directors like Rohit Shetty, David Dhawan have made a mess out of The film released in 1979 and is till today known as one of the best laughations The film does have several stock characters of Hrishikesh Mukherjee like the simpleton hero, Utpal Dutt's character is similar to Om Prakash's in CHUPKE CHUPKE and later DINA PATHAK in KHOOBSURAT(1980) The story is somewhat in the similar vein but the film is superb and makes you laugh throughout The film is hilarious and makes for nice viewing and provides a nostalgic feeling The film does also have guest appearances like Amitabh, Rekha Amitabh is shown in a shooting scene of Hrishikesh Mukherjee's own film JURMANA(1979) which released in the same year later but didn't work perhaps The film keeps you involved throughout and isn't farcical like Rohit Shetty movies Direction by Hrishikesh Mukherjee is fabulous yet again Music by R.D.Burman is superb especially AANE WALA PAL which is still today remembered, Sung brilliantly by Kishore Kumar Dialogues leave you in splits Amol Palekar excels in the role which is second nature to him, he played similar roles very often later but he is superb in this and got the best actor award Equally superb in Utpal Dutt who can make you laugh even with a straight face, He is awesome Bindiya Goswami who got famous with this film does a good job Dina Pathak is hilarious, I never knew she was so good at comedy rest like David are their usual self

greatest of the comedy movies i have ever seen .Great hilarious work by both amol palekar and utpal dutt. the story revolves around ram prasad sharma and his boss . THE roll of the boss being played by utpal dutt .He want a person who can handle the accounts of his office .BUT he wanted the person 2 b unfamiliar with sports and films and parties. To get the service he acted as if he did not know anything about film and sports.He got the service but after sometime he had to play a double roll.after that he had few problems he had to cut his moustach and play a double roll. then after that he made one actress to play his mother . After that mother also played a double roll.

This is one of my favorite Hindi comedies of all time, as it is completely family friendly, has some genuinely hilarious moments and adheres to a subtlety in comedy which seems lost in the gyrating Govinda era of Hindi comedies. This is one of the few movies one can watch with the entire family and everyone, from the oldest to the youngest member, will enjoy it. A comedy of errors, our story begins with young CA grad Ram Prakash Sharma who is looking for modest employment. Enter his uncle, who advises him on how to behave to gain a position at the uncle's childhood friend, Bhawani Shankar's, company. Unfortunately, Bhawani Shankar is a man of strict tastes and fancies all young men of the time to be lazy and far too preoccupied with time-wasting activities such as sports, music and parties. Ram Prakash presents himself (according to the tutelage of his uncle) as the quintessential, too-good-to-be-true young man with no time for leisure and frivolities and all the time in the world for work and the serious things in life. Unfortunately, Ram Prakash's true self cannot be suppressed and he schemes to get out of work to watch a hockey match. Unluckiloy for him, Bhawani Shankar happens to see him at said match and confronts him, because of which Ram Prasad is forced to invent a twin, Laxman aka Lucky who is the very epitome of the sort of young man Bhawani Shankar detests. Things get further complicated when Ram Prasad is forced to invent a mother, having told Bhawani Shankar that she is still alive and ill as an excuse to go to the hockey match. What ensues due to the confusion is a tangled web of good old fashioned mix-ups and lies to keep the whole thing from falling in around Ram Prasad's ears. I would definitely recommend the movie to anyone who enjoys an interesting, non Givinda-esquire comedy, and of course, anyone who enjoys music as this movie has the very well known and loved Kishore Kumar number, "Aane Wala Pal".

Superb acting by the entire cast particularly Uttpal Dutt and Amol Palekar in a sincere person role make this one of the best made comedies of Indian Cinema. A Must see for everyone.

A comedy of errors in which a lie and a mistaken identity sets into motion a domino effect of such proportions that every time a character faces an obstacle your heart leaps into your mouth, only to fall back with a thud because you continuously feel the urge to laugh uncontrollably. Like any Hrishikesh Mukherjee movie, Gol Maal tells the story of next door people in the most heart-warming manner with a good dose of clean and genuine humor that takes a clean bite at the culture and traditions of middle-class India. Ramprasad Sharma (Amol Palekar), a chartered accountant by profession, is a colorful personality who is a sports junkie in the afternoons and an amateur singer in the evenings. With the help of his uncle he lands up a job at a trading firm and embarks on a mission to please his boss Bhavani Shankar (Uttpal Dutt in a hilarious turn) because his whole identity is fake considering his boss disapproves fashion, vehemently opposes the obsession of sports among the youth (although he is a secret sports fan himself), dislikes people who abbreviate their names and use recommendation to get a job, encourages purity of language, and sees mustache as a symbol of pride and a window to the soul. Ramprasad has none of the "good" qualities sans the mustache, his only saving grace, which he ends up losing in an attempt to save his skin after being spotted at a Hockey match by his boss. Remembering the plot of a movie an actor friend of his is doing, he manages to convince Bhavani Shankar that it was not him whom he had seen at the stadium but his jobless, good-for-nothing, clean shaven identical twin Laxmanprasad Sharma aka Lucky. So, during the day Ramprasad works as a straight-as-a-reed worker bee quoting quasi intellectual teachings of his imaginary father and in the evening takes on the role of his mustacheless notorious twin brother who teaches music to the boss's daughter and also romances her on the sly. Hrishikesh Mukherjee, once again succeeds in creating a complex story around some simple and some quirky characters like Mrs. Kamala Srivastav (Dina Pathak) – a reluctant mother for hire and Bade Babu (Yunus Parvez), a not so bright colleague of Ramprasad whose favorite pastime is pulling hair out of his nostrils. He went so far as to mount this broad satire on the platform of Bollywood itself wherein an actor friend of Ramprasad Deven (Deven Varma as himself) mouthpieces the idea that life indeed is stranger than fiction as depicted in the movies and does the humble job of furnishing the fake mustache to the protagonist, the complex results of which sets the whole hanky-panky business into motion. The rest of the cast is mediocre except for Shobha Khote and David in minor roles. Bindiya Goswami as the love interest only shines in her introduction scene and has nothing better to do except look lovelorn. Needless to say, it is the comic timing between Uttpal Dutt and Amol Palekar that is the star of the movie and the two went on to do three more films together with mixed results.

Can anyone please tell me that how is this movie better than ratsasan,anand and chhichhore ? Utter nonsense and overacting.

Also fabulous music by R. D. Burman. Very simple, neat ,smooth comedy... too good ... enjoy on a lazy afternoon. Its one of those lighter movies that came around in the seventies. And since then no such movies in bollywood. Very few movies come closer to movie like Golmaal. Amol Palekar's cool acting and Utpal Dutt's fantastic role. Must see!

Someone has rightly said, you can watch this movie any number of times. The best part of Hrishikesh Mukharjee's movies is that he captures the time period, the lifestyle of that era where movie is setup, simple events or references from day to day life that reveals a lot about the time and society. This one is no exception. It will always give you a feeling of freshness even if you watch it continuously for a week. Pleasant is the one word I would like to associate with this movie in it's true sense. Utpal Datt is outstanding in his act, but he is Amol Palekar who stole the show. He beautifully executed the pole apart characters, the credit should be given to the director I would say. How long we would have to wait for someone like Hrishida to give us simple and perfect marvels like this.

A must Recommend movie for all generation of people. The situations of the movie are so comic that it does not matter who is actor,one has to enjoy the movie.Truly Great. A must watch movie. I would suggest every body to go and watch this movie. Every character was so amazingly suits the different characters. I see it as a lifetime achievement for all those who were a part of it,not intending to undermine their other accomplishments.The photography,art direction and production of the movie sets it apart from other movies of its era and at the same time puts it right up there on a different level.undoubtedly, one of the finest examples of film-making.This film is an absolutely original, Indian story, and does not owe anything to the west.Every aspect of the film is top-notch.10/10.