Bol Bachchan- Pure entertainer

Rohit Shetty has done it yet again. Bol Bachchan is nothing short of a masala puri, tasty and light. The official remake of cult classic Golmaal, has joined the ranks of his previous releases All the Best and Golmaal, which personally were my favourites. I was a little disappointed with Golmaal Returns and Golmaal 3 but definitely impressed with Singham, a movie that marked Rohit Shetty as an ace in the genre of action.

The film is shot extensively in the exotic locations of Rajasthan. It starts of as a run of the mill needy-family-meets-influential-rich-family story and the characters are later skilfully blended into it. The film has a consistent and strong plot which is the icing of this very funny cake.  Abbas Ali (Abhishek Bachchan) lives in Delhi with his sister Sania (Asin Thottumkal). They are legally fighting for an ancestral property which they lose. Shastri Chacha (Asrani), a family friend, advices Abbas and Sania to temporarily move to his village Ranakpur where he assures Abbas that he will get him a job at his owner's place. The owner is an English and honesty loving, bullet riding; Aviator glasses sporting, powerful Prithviraj Raghuvanshi (Ajay Devgn). Once they land up in Ranakpur a chain of events leads to chaos and misinterpretation about Abbas’s identity which keeps snowballing into one big, fat innocent lie. In the middle of this “Golmaal”, Abbas falls in love with Radhika (Prachi Desai), Prithviraj’s sister. She becomes his confidante and from here, starts the topsy-turvy journey of a single person acting as two different entities. The cover up and goof ups leading to the truth uncovering is one heck of a hilarious journey.  

The casting is perfect to the T.  Ajay Devgn plays his bit with so much ease that you literally forget he is the same actor who played the intense Singham in his last release.  His English will leave you in splits as much as they have in the promos. The movie is 10 fold of that, rest assured.  His comic timing is impeccable and you can’t help but laugh even when he turns into a scary angry man. Abhishek Bachchan has put in his heart and soul in the movie, giving a tough competition to Devgn’s comic timing. This movie should hopefully shut all AB Jnr’s critics up. Personally being his hardcore fan, this film was a treat for me. Krushna Abhishek in his bit has been a hilarious contribution to the entire fun filled madness of the movie. Archana Puran Singh was again good but a little overboard with her expressions which were not required. Asin and Prachi have played their part well. Prachi Desai looks gorgeous and kudos to her stylist for bringing in a fresh air of fashion for the viewers.  The pace of the movie is good. The screenplay is crisp and clean. Music is average and thankfully not thrown in needlessly. The madras cut action and Shetty’s trademark blowing up of cars make up for entertaining action sequences in the movie. 

The best thing done while promoting the movie is that they have not let out the core hilarious scenes of the movie which adds to the shock value and humour quotient of the move. After a long time, I have thoroughly enjoyed every minute of a movie. Again the humour is clean and situational. The story moves very sensibly and you don’t no brainer moments. Watch out for Abhishek Bachchan. HE WILL SURPRISE YOU AND LEAVE YOU IN SPLITS. 

The end kind of disappointed me a bit. The film loses the comic grip turning to the tried and tested formula of climax in Hindi movies. The usual chaos and happy realization moments turn a tad boring. They can be forgiven as rest of the movie is simple superb. Definitely, a through entertainer.  Go book your tickets now J