''Golmaal'' is a 2003 Indian Telugu-language comedy film directed, produced and written by
P. N. Ramachandra Rao
P. N. Ramchandar Rao (పీ.ఎన్.రామచంద్ర రావు) is an Indian film director, producer who has worked on Telugu and few Kannada and Tamil films.http://bharat-movies.com/director/pn-ramachandra-rao-movies.htm
Born in ...
and starring
J. D. Chakravarthy
Nagulapati Srinivasa Chakravarthy, known professionally as J. D. Chakravarthy, is an Indian actor, screenwriter, director, producer, composer, and singer known for his work primarily with Telugu cinema in addition to Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam, an ...
,
Ramesh Aravind
Ramesh Aravind is an Indian actor, director, screenwriter and television presenter who predominantly works in Kannada films and television. In a career of over 34 years, Aravind has been appeared in over 140 films including several Tamil and T ...
,
Meera Vasudevan
Meera Vasudevan (born 29 January 1982) is an Indian actress, who has mainly appeared in films and TV soap's in Malayalam, Tamil, Hindi and Telugu language. She received the Tamil Nadu State Film Award Special Prize in 2005 and the Kerala Sta ...
and
Neha Pendse
Nehha Pendse Bayas (born 29 November 1984) is an Indian film and television actress. She was born and brought up in Mumbai. Pendse was introduced on India-based satellite television channel Zee Marathi's ''Bhagyalakshami''. She has acted in sev ...
. This film is a remake of the Malayalam film ''
Malappuram Haji Mahanaya Joji
''Malappuram Haji Mahanaya Joji'' () is a 1994 Indian Malayalam-language comedy film screen play and directed by Thulasidas and dialogues by Rajan Kiriyath and Vinu Kiriyath from a story by Babu G. Nair. The film stars Mukesh, Siddique, Madhu, ...
'' (1994).
Cast
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J. D. Chakravarthy
Nagulapati Srinivasa Chakravarthy, known professionally as J. D. Chakravarthy, is an Indian actor, screenwriter, director, producer, composer, and singer known for his work primarily with Telugu cinema in addition to Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam, an ...
as Amir Khan
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Ramesh Aravind
Ramesh Aravind is an Indian actor, director, screenwriter and television presenter who predominantly works in Kannada films and television. In a career of over 34 years, Aravind has been appeared in over 140 films including several Tamil and T ...
as Amar Sastry
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Meera Vasudevan
Meera Vasudevan (born 29 January 1982) is an Indian actress, who has mainly appeared in films and TV soap's in Malayalam, Tamil, Hindi and Telugu language. She received the Tamil Nadu State Film Award Special Prize in 2005 and the Kerala Sta ...
as Meenakshi
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Neha
Neha (Hindi/ Sanskrit: ''नेहा'') is a popular Hindi/ Sanskrit Indian feminine given name, often found in the Hindu community. It means "love" / " affection", "rain" / " downpour", and is sometimes translated as " beautiful eyes."
Etymolo ...
as Mumtaz
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Jaya Prakash Reddy
Jaya Prakash Reddy (8 May 1946 – 8 September 2020) was an Indian actor who predominantly appeared in Telugu films. Born in Sirvel of Andhra Pradesh, he came into the limelight with the film ''Samarasimha Reddy'' (1999) where he played the ro ...
as Narahari
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Giri Babu
Yerra Seshagiri Rao, popularly known as Giri Babu, is an Indian actor, producer, and director who primarily woks in Telugu films. His son, Raghu Babu, is a notable actor-director.
Career
Giri Babu hails from a middle class agricultural famil ...
as Amir Khan's father
Production
Meera Vasudevan
Meera Vasudevan (born 29 January 1982) is an Indian actress, who has mainly appeared in films and TV soap's in Malayalam, Tamil, Hindi and Telugu language. She received the Tamil Nadu State Film Award Special Prize in 2005 and the Kerala Sta ...
, whose Hindi film was yet to release, debuted in Telugu cinema with this film.
Reception
Gudipoodi Srihari of ''
The Hindu
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'' opined that "this film too is quite entertaining with a sort of comedy of errors". Jeevi of ''
Idlebrain.com
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'' said that "This film has nothing special to offer. At the same time, it is not boring. It's an average flick that provides good time pass". Manju Latha Kalanidhi of ''Full Hyderabad'' criticised the film and gave the film a rating of five out of ten.
References
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Telugu remakes of Malayalam films