Golmaal is an Indian
comedy film series
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directed by
Rohit Shetty
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, with four installments to date, the first three produced by
Dhilin Mehta
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and the fourth by Shetty and Sangeeta Ahir. The first film ''
Golmaal: Fun Unlimited'' released in 2006 and was followed by 3 direct sequels:''
Golmaal Returns
''Golmaal Returns'' () is a 2008 Indian Hindi-language comedy film directed by Rohit Shetty. Based on the 1973 Hindi film ''Aaj Ki Taaza Khabar'', it serves as the second installment in the '' Golmaal film series''. The film stars Ajay Devgn, A ...
'' (2008), ''
Golmaal 3
''Golmaal 3'' () is a 2010 Indian Hindi-language action comedy film directed by Rohit Shetty and the third film in the '' Golmaal series''. The film contains an ensemble cast starring Ajay Devgn, Arshad Warsi, Mithun Chakraborty, Kareena Kapoor, ...
'' (2010) and ''
Golmaal Again
''Golmaal Again'' () is a 2017 Indian Hindi-language supernatural comedy film written and directed by Rohit Shetty; produced by Rohit Shetty Pictures, Mangal Murti Films and Reliance Entertainment. The film is the fourth installment of '' Gol ...
'' (2017). All four films starred
Ajay Devgn
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,
Arshad Warsi
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Before making his acting deb ...
,
Tusshar Kapoor
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Early and personal life
Tusshar Kapoor is the son of Indian actors Jeetendra and Shobha Kapoor. His sister Ek ...
,
Sanjay Mishra,
Vrajesh Hirjee
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and
Mukesh Tiwari
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, with
Shreyas Talpade
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,
Ashwini Kalsekar
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She is known mostly for her collaboration with Hindi movies directors Sriram Raghavan, Rohit Shetty, and Ram Gopal Varma. S ...
and
Murali Sharma
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Sharma gained wide recognition ...
appearing in three and
Kareena Kapoor
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and
Kunal Khemu
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Early life and background
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appearing in two.
''Golmaal'' is now the
ninth-highest-grossing film series in
Bollywood
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. The film series has been described as a
screwball comedy franchise. This is the fifth Indian film franchise to have four installments after ''
CID 999 Franchise'', ''
CBI'', ''
Major Mahadevan Franchise'' and ''
Raaz Series''.
An animated version of the film series named ''Golmaal Jr. was'' released for with three central characters: Madhav, Gopal and Lucky.
A
Spin-off film ''
Cirkus
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History
DJ and producer Karmil was recruited by Burt Ford (Neneh's husband Cameron McVey) as an assistant recording engi ...
'', story before ''
Golmaal Again
''Golmaal Again'' () is a 2017 Indian Hindi-language supernatural comedy film written and directed by Rohit Shetty; produced by Rohit Shetty Pictures, Mangal Murti Films and Reliance Entertainment. The film is the fourth installment of '' Gol ...
'' was released on 23th December 2022.
Overview
Golmaal: Fun Unlimited (2006)
Friends Gopal, Lucky, Madhav and Laxman often dupe gullible people out of their money. Hilarity ensues when they target an elderly couple and simultaneously try wooing their beautiful neighbour.
Golmaal Returns (2008)
Gopal, who lives with his wife, Ekta, gets stuck in a yacht for a night after he saves an attractive young woman. Ekta suspects him of having an affair and decides to uncover the truth.
Golmaal 3 (2010)
Cupid strikes when Pritam, a single father, comes across his college sweetheart, Geeta, in Goa. However, when their respective children go at war with each other, the two find it difficult to reunite.
Golmaal Again!!! (2017)
Five orphan men return to the orphanage they grew up in to attend their mentor's funeral. However, they encounter the ghost of their childhood friend, Khushi, and help her attain salvation.
Films
Cirkus (2022)
It was revealed in the upcoming film ''Cirkus'' trailer released in December 2022, that film is set in 1960's and it would be a prequel to the first film of ''Golmaal'' series. In the trailer five kids was standing in front of "Jamnadas Orphanage" and telling their names - Gopal, Madhav and Laxman (2 kids), while the fifth kid is mute and trying to tell his name is Lucky.
Phir Golmaal (TBA)
After the release of the fourth installment, director Shetty is interested in the fifth part of the franchise. He said, after getting a right script there will definitely be another installment. Actor
Ajay Devgn
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also shows interest to return to next part. It is also reported that
Kareena Kapoor
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might return for the next installment. After the release of the "Aankh Marey" music video from Ranveer Singh and Sara Ali Khan's ''
Simmba
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'', speculations of a fifth installment of the Golmaal franchise further strengthened. In the video, the four main actors, including Arshad Warsi and Tusshar Kapoor, are seen at the end of the holding up their hands to denote the number "5." Finally, on November 7, 2021, Rohit announced that the fifth film of Golmaal series will be called Phir Golmaal. He also announced on that same day that it will be about Gopal, Madhav, Laxman, Lucky, and their new friend, who is named Vicky solving a case of them being accused of a murder as they keep on getting into trouble while solving it.
Cast and characters
This table lists the main characters who appear in the Golmaal Franchise.
Additional crew and production details
Release and revenue
Animated series
An animated series ''
Golmaal Jr.'' based on the characters from film series premiered on
Sonic Nickelodeon
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After on the air, Sonic became the fourth most watched channel across all genres with ...
on 13 May 2019.
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Indian film series
Hindi-language films
Comedy film series
Films adapted into television shows