<p>Hindi (U/A)<br />Cast: Ajay Devgn, Abhishek Bachchan, Asin, Prachi Desai<br />Director: Rohit Shetty <br /><br /></p>.<p>Rohit Shetty loves Hrishikesh Mukherjee. One fine day, he decides he should let the whole world know too. So he puts old Golmaal in new bottle. Gross! No fizz too.<br /> <br />Shetty’s heroes (Ajay Devgn and Abhishek Bachchan) aren’t a patch on that classic Utpal Dutt-Amol Palekar pair. Mukherjee’s light, effortless comedy of 1979 is reduced to some screeches and contorted faces, and passed off as humour.<br /><br />Amitabh Bachchan makes an appearance in the title song, only to announce that he is not in the movie. Anyway, he doesn’t miss much. <br /><br />Abhishek and sister Asin lose their fortune to a family dispute and head straight to a village where wrestler-cum-good Samaritan Devgn offers Abhishek a job after a white lie. Now, Devgn can’t stand dishonesty. But Abhishek must keep his job. More lies follow, with more fictitious characters popping up at regular intervals. <br /><br />So you have Abhishek’s “twin” making a gender-bender entry as a Kathak teacher. Then there Archana Puransingh oscillating between a maa and a nautanki artiste. <br />All this while, Devgn happily assaults English, with his killer glossary and grammar. Sample these: Necessity is the mother of Discovery channel; honesty is the best mutual policy, pest control yourself... <br /><br />Asin and Prachi Desai (Devgn’s sister) remain showpieces, fluttering eyelashes and dupattas. <br /><br />Bol Bachchan has its moments (mostly offered by Abhishek’s Kathak do) but as an ode to Hrishikesh Mukherjee’s craft, it stinks.</p>
<p>Hindi (U/A)<br />Cast: Ajay Devgn, Abhishek Bachchan, Asin, Prachi Desai<br />Director: Rohit Shetty <br /><br /></p>.<p>Rohit Shetty loves Hrishikesh Mukherjee. One fine day, he decides he should let the whole world know too. So he puts old Golmaal in new bottle. Gross! No fizz too.<br /> <br />Shetty’s heroes (Ajay Devgn and Abhishek Bachchan) aren’t a patch on that classic Utpal Dutt-Amol Palekar pair. Mukherjee’s light, effortless comedy of 1979 is reduced to some screeches and contorted faces, and passed off as humour.<br /><br />Amitabh Bachchan makes an appearance in the title song, only to announce that he is not in the movie. Anyway, he doesn’t miss much. <br /><br />Abhishek and sister Asin lose their fortune to a family dispute and head straight to a village where wrestler-cum-good Samaritan Devgn offers Abhishek a job after a white lie. Now, Devgn can’t stand dishonesty. But Abhishek must keep his job. More lies follow, with more fictitious characters popping up at regular intervals. <br /><br />So you have Abhishek’s “twin” making a gender-bender entry as a Kathak teacher. Then there Archana Puransingh oscillating between a maa and a nautanki artiste. <br />All this while, Devgn happily assaults English, with his killer glossary and grammar. Sample these: Necessity is the mother of Discovery channel; honesty is the best mutual policy, pest control yourself... <br /><br />Asin and Prachi Desai (Devgn’s sister) remain showpieces, fluttering eyelashes and dupattas. <br /><br />Bol Bachchan has its moments (mostly offered by Abhishek’s Kathak do) but as an ode to Hrishikesh Mukherjee’s craft, it stinks.</p>