This franchise has been sailing purely on the entertainment value and this time, the director himself clarified not to use any brains. And coming from the horses mouth, it cannot be false. And he wasn't. From the entertainment point of view, Golmaal Again scores good but don't expect any novelty. The signature finger bending by Ajay Devgn, the overly used fight scenes, colorful cars - Rohit Shetty hasn't moved an inch.
Story (7/10): All the lead characters are orphan and grew up in an orphanage founded by Ramdas. However, as they grow older (teenage) their internal tussle make them leave orphanage and part into two groups - Gopal (Ajay Devgn) and Laxman (Shreyas Talpade) are together while Madhav (Arshad Warsi), Laxman (Kunal Khemu) and Lucky (Tushar Kapoor) form another group. However, the untimely death of Ramdas and the efforts of one of the teachers, Anna Matthews (Tabu), brings the group together to resolve the mystery behind what exactly happened in the orphanage and who is responsible for Jamnadas' passing away. While the plot is quite compelling, the story had a lot of distractions and unnecessary characters to take the focus off the story. The comedy was largely crude and repetitive - essentially suggesting very less effort on writing a good screenplay, except in patches where the punches came really well.
Acting (4/10): Of all the cast, only Tabu seemed to have taken the movie seriously in terms of acting. Although she had less burden in terms of comedy, she lived up to her reputation. With the movie boasts of other good actors like Ajay Devgn, Sanjay Mishra, Sachin Khedekar and Prakash Raj, none of them have been given compelling scenes, except perhaps Ajay Devgn - being the lead. The movie does end up asking a lot in terms of acting and comic timing.
Direction (6/10): Rohit Shetty hasn't swayed even the slightest from the formula. He repeated the characters from the earlier movies of the franchise and made a kind of an unnecessary reunion which became irritating in a way. Some of the scenes are inexplicable and totally incoherent with the story - for example, Prakash Raj's dance and Nana Patekar's cameo. Where he excelled was leveraging the location, art direction and his forte, cars! Visually, the movie has been well made. Also, some of the intense scenes, especially towards the end of the movie, have been shot really well.
Overall (6/10): You won't miss anything if you don't watch it. It's a good movie to check out if one is looking for a light comedy. Also, for Rohit Shetty fans, it is definitely one of the well made ones among the franchise - with a good story.
Story (7/10): All the lead characters are orphan and grew up in an orphanage founded by Ramdas. However, as they grow older (teenage) their internal tussle make them leave orphanage and part into two groups - Gopal (Ajay Devgn) and Laxman (Shreyas Talpade) are together while Madhav (Arshad Warsi), Laxman (Kunal Khemu) and Lucky (Tushar Kapoor) form another group. However, the untimely death of Ramdas and the efforts of one of the teachers, Anna Matthews (Tabu), brings the group together to resolve the mystery behind what exactly happened in the orphanage and who is responsible for Jamnadas' passing away. While the plot is quite compelling, the story had a lot of distractions and unnecessary characters to take the focus off the story. The comedy was largely crude and repetitive - essentially suggesting very less effort on writing a good screenplay, except in patches where the punches came really well.
Acting (4/10): Of all the cast, only Tabu seemed to have taken the movie seriously in terms of acting. Although she had less burden in terms of comedy, she lived up to her reputation. With the movie boasts of other good actors like Ajay Devgn, Sanjay Mishra, Sachin Khedekar and Prakash Raj, none of them have been given compelling scenes, except perhaps Ajay Devgn - being the lead. The movie does end up asking a lot in terms of acting and comic timing.
Direction (6/10): Rohit Shetty hasn't swayed even the slightest from the formula. He repeated the characters from the earlier movies of the franchise and made a kind of an unnecessary reunion which became irritating in a way. Some of the scenes are inexplicable and totally incoherent with the story - for example, Prakash Raj's dance and Nana Patekar's cameo. Where he excelled was leveraging the location, art direction and his forte, cars! Visually, the movie has been well made. Also, some of the intense scenes, especially towards the end of the movie, have been shot really well.
Overall (6/10): You won't miss anything if you don't watch it. It's a good movie to check out if one is looking for a light comedy. Also, for Rohit Shetty fans, it is definitely one of the well made ones among the franchise - with a good story.