Cast: Ajay Devgn, Kareena Kapoor, Mithun Chakraborty, Arshad Warsi, Tusshar Kapoor, Shreyas Talpade, Kunal Khemu
Director: Rohit Shetty
'Golmaal 3' rocked India on the festive day of Deepawali. Director Rohit Shetty thrills and enthralls with this complete family entertainer, completing his trilogy after the two previous hits - 'Golmaal' and 'Golmaal Returns'. Audience and critics alike said that the movie has more of spirit than content. All characters numbering eight are developed to the hilt. The screen truly shines and explodes with their presence. Ajay Devgn's exploding anger, Arshad Warsi's revelry, Tusshar Kapoor's antics, Sanjay Mishra's rib-tickling dialogues and more. Even senior citizen artists like Mithun Chakrovarty and Ratna Pathak Shah's romance brings back the seventies era. Kareena Kapoor playing Dabboo, an orphan kid, isn't far behind. She helps blossom the love for seniors. One is hard pressed to count any one actor above the other. So, the movie belongs to the entire cast.
Old man played by Mithun finally marries his love interest Ratna Pathak Shah courtesy Kareena Kapoor. Mithun adopts three rough guys - Arshad Warsi, Tusshar Kapoor and Kunal Khemu, while Ratna has two aged orphans - Ajay Devgan and Shreyas Talpade. Both gangs play rivals and hate each other. But they are now caught in one family. Hilarious fun is introduced with a set each of comic villains. Though without logic, the script writer has comedian Johnny Lever playing Puppy, a necklace thief with his accomplices Vrajesh Hirjee and Sanjay Mishra.
Sometimes the movie shows reflections of the classic Basu Chatterjee 'Khatta Meetha' starring Ashok Kumar and Pearl Padamsee. Hollywood's 'Yours, Mine and Ours' has a similar story in which an elderly couple, with their own children, decide to live together. But, credit to Rohit Shetty who provides color to the plot. Critically speaking, the movie's plot is weak but the fun and frolic fills the vacuum. Director Rohit is known for perfection, so he leaves no room for criticism. Whatever is missing is compensated by Johnny Lever's masterly performance plus contribution by his hunchmen. The credit goes to scriptwriter Yunus Sajawal as well dialogue writers - Farhad-Sajid and Bunty Rathore. Cinematographer Dudley deserves praise for picturising locales of Goa. Ad, Jai Singh Nijjar needs special mention for action sequences.
In terms of acting, Ajay Devgn could be chosen to top his colleagues with his utterly funny costume and style. Devgn proves yet again he's got the muscle for action and the skill for comedy. Arshad is hair-splitting hilarious. Kunal Khemu, Sanjay Sharma, Vrajesh Hirjee, Mukesh Tiwari and Ashwini Kalsekar all play their roles very well. Tomboy Kareena is excellent, and Ratna Pathak Shah leaves no stone unturned in romancing with the ace actor and disco dancer Mithun Chakravorty.
Overall, the movie a big thumbs up. It competes well with the other movie starring Aishwarya Rai and Akshay Kumar on the 2010 Deepawali.