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{{Short description|2008 comedy film directed by Rohit Shetty}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Golmaal Returns
| image = Golmaalreturns1.jpg
| native_name =
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[Rohit Shetty]]
| producer = [[Dhilin Mehta]]
| writer = '''Screenplay:''' Yunus Sajawal '''Dialogues:''' [[Sajid-Farhad|Farhad-Sajid]]
| story = '''Adapted Story:''' Rumi Jaffery '''Original Story:''' Mulraj Rajda
| based_on = [[Pheka Pheki]] (1989 film)
| starring = [[Ajay Devgn]] [[Kareena Kapoor]] [[Arshad Warsi]] [[Shreyas Talpade]] [[Tusshar Kapoor]] [[Amrita Arora]] [[Celina Jaitley]] [[Anjana Sukhani]]
| music = '''Songs:''' [[Pritam]] '''Background Score:''' [[Sanjoy Chowdhury]]
| cinematography = [[Natarajan Subramaniam]]
| editing = Steven H. Bernard
| studio = [[Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision|Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision Limited]]
| distributor = [[Viacom18 Studios|Indian Films]]<ref>{{cite web|title=TIFC under fire from Altima|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|first=Patrick|last=Frater|date=15 January 2009|access-date=16 April 2022|url=https://variety.com/2009/biz/asia/tifc-under-fire-from-altima-1117998669/}}</ref>
| released = 29 October 2008
| runtime = 135 minutes
| language = [[Hindi]]
| country = [[India]]
| budget = {{INR|25 crore}}
| gross = {{INR}}80 crore<ref>{{Cite web|title=Golmaal Returns - Movie - Box Office India|url=https://boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=311|access-date=2020-10-27|website=boxofficeindia.com}}</ref>
}}

'''''Golmaal Returns''''' ({{translation|Chaos Returns}}) is a 2008 Indian [[Hindi]]-language [[comedy film]] directed by [[Rohit Shetty]]. The film is a remake of the 1989 [[Marathi language|Marathi]] film ''[[Pheka Pheki]]'', which itself inspired by 1973 Hindi film ''[[Aaj Ki Taaza Khabar]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jacinto |first=Grinell |date=2021-03-14 |title=Rohit Shetty Box Office: Top 10 Grossers Of The Director - Where Will Sooryavanshi Stand Among Them? |url=https://www.koimoi.com/box-office/rohit-shetty-box-office-top-10-grossers-of-the-director-where-will-sooryavanshi-stand-among-them/ |access-date=2023-05-03 |website=Koimoi |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Jha |first=Lata |date=2018-06-18 |title=Ten Bollywood remakes of Marathi films |url=https://www.livemint.com/Consumer/qlQfWuXchh5FFSvms8iShK/Ten-Bollywood-remakes-of-Marathi-films.html |access-date=2023-05-03 |website=mint |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=3 Bollywood films that were inspired by Marathi movies |url=https://www.filmfare.com/features/3-bollywood-films-that-were-inspired-by-marathi-movies-29493.html |access-date=2023-05-03 |website=filmfare.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Arunachalam |first=Param |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UNvyDwAAQBAJ&q=pheka+pheki |title=BollySwar: 2001 - 2010 |publisher=Mavrix Infotech Private Limited |isbn=978-81-938482-0-3 |language=en}}</ref> it serves as the second installment in the ''[[Golmaal (film series)|Golmaal film series]]''. The film stars [[Ajay Devgn]], [[Arshad Warsi]], [[Tusshar Kapoor]], [[Kareena Kapoor]] and [[Shreyas Talpade]]. It was one of the [[List of Hindi films of 2008#Box office collection|highest-grossing Hindi films of 2008]].

==Plot==
Gopal lives with his wife Ekta, who is addicted to watching Indian dramas and soap operas. He also lives with his sister Esha and Ekta's mute brother, his brother in law Lucky. Lucky is in love with a deaf girl named Daisy. One night, while returning from his office, Gopal saves an attractive young woman named Meera from some dreadful goons. Due to circumstances, both of them decide to stay the night at Gopal's friend's yacht.

When he arrives home the next day, an over-suspicious Ekta suspects Gopal of flirting around with his female employees and having an affair with his secretary. Knowing how difficult it is to convince her with the truth, he invents a story about spending the night with a fictitious friend named Anthony Gonsalves. Ekta becomes suspicious and does not believe his story as she knows that he never had a friend by that name, and hence, she decides to write to Anthony to visit her and to confirm Gopal was telling the truth.

Gopal meets Laxman Prasad who has come to interview for a position in his office. He is Meera's boyfriend, which is not known to Gopal who asks him to pretend to be Anthony, and meet and convince Ekta that he was indeed telling the truth, in return for a job. Laxman agrees to do so, and everything goes according to plan until the address on which Ekta had written a letter to Anthony turns out to be real. Meanwhile, Gopal finds out that a dead body was found at the same location where he saved Meera from the goons.

Investigating Officer Madhav, who also happens to be Esha's boyfriend, does not get along with Gopal. He finds out that Gopal was missing from his home that very night and that the dead person was Gopal's colleague whom he had threatened to kill over a spat. Madhav also finds out that Laxman is not the real Anthony. He asks Gopal to get the girl to the police station to prove that Gopal had been with her, and did not murder his employee. After three days and a lot of attempts, they still are not able to find the girl. In panic, Laxman and Lucky hire a woman called Munni who needs money to get her boyfriend Vasooli out of jail. But Munni is kidnapped by the murderer.

In a rage, Vasooli comes to Meera's house, where Laxman and Lucky learn the woman was none other than Meera whom Gopal had saved from the goons that night. After an initial shock, they decide to go to the police station. However, Vasooli kidnaps Meera in anger. Gopal is later bailed out by Sawant who is going along with him to the Lover's Point along with Madhav, Esha, Lucky and Laxman in tow and Ekta, Vasooli and Meera arriving later. Munni is found tied up with her mouth gagged with tape in the back of the murderer's jeep. Munni is heard moaning through the tape on her mouth. Laxman unties Munni and removes the tape from her mouth. Gopal learns that this was a plot concocted by Sawant to frame him for the murder, as his illegal drug trade was about to be exposed. The drama grows, as everyone attempts suicide (except Madhav and Lucky), much to Sawant's anger. Finally, Sawant goes crazy and tries to kill himself. Ekta and Gopal get back together, Madhav and Gopal also shake hands in the end.

Lucky, meanwhile, marries the daughter of the president of Gopal's company, who happens to be Daisy and becomes the new boss, giving a shock to the others. Gopal and Laxman are the junior bosses while Madhav is a 24-hour guard for Lucky.

==Cast==
* [[Ajay Devgn]] as Gopal Kumar Santoshi
* [[Arshad Warsi]] as Madhav Singh Ghai
* [[Kareena Kapoor]] as Ekta Gill Santoshi
* [[Tusshar Kapoor]] as Lucky Gill
* [[Shreyas Talpade]] as Laxman Prasad Apte / Anthony Gonsalves
* [[Murali Sharma]] as Vinay Sawant
* [[Amrita Arora]] as Esha Santoshi Ghai
* [[Celina Jaitly]] as Meera Iyer
* [[Ashwini Kalsekar]] as Munni Devi
* [[Anjana Sukhani]] as Daisy Kapoor
* [[Sajid Samji]] as Constable Pinky
* [[Mukesh Tiwari]] as Vasooli
* [[Sharat Saxena]] as Babloo Kapoor
* [[Vrajesh Hirjee]] as Anthony Gonsalves / Aatmaram
* [[Rakhee Tandon (actress)|Rakhee Tandon]] as Julie Gonsalves
* [[Sanjay Mishra (actor)|Sanjay Mishra]] as Subodh Mehra
* [[Shereveer Vakil]] as Vinay's aide
* [[Robin Bhatt]] as Gopal's neighbor
* [[Upasana Singh]] as Lucky's customer
* [[Sharman Joshi]] as Laxman Prasad (archive footage in photo)
* [[Siddarth Jadhav]] as Lucky's assistant
* Ashish R. Mohan as Hiren
* Gulshan Sharma<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/slide-show/slide-show-1-golmaal-returns-actress-goes-nude-for-french-magazine/20120605.htm|title=PIX: Golmaal Returns actress goes nude for French magazine!|website=Rediff}}</ref>
* [[Ram Kapoor]] (cameo appearance)

==Production==
[[Ajay Devgn]] is paired opposite [[Kareena Kapoor]].<ref name="Cast Pairing">{{cite news|title=Is Kareena promoting best friend Amrita the ugliest ugly girl?|work=Amrita Arora added to cast|url=http://movies.indiatimes.com/articleshow/2574131.cms|access-date=27 November 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071213072408/http://movies.indiatimes.com/articleshow/2574131.cms|archive-date=13 December 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref> Amongst the rest of the multi-starrer cast, actress [[Amrita Arora]] is the love interest of [[Arshad Warsi]]<ref name="Cast Pairing"/> whilst [[Celina Jaitly]] and [[Anjana Sukhani]] are paired opposite [[Shreyas Talpade]] and [[Tusshar Kapoor]], respectively.<ref>{{cite news|title=Celina Jaitley goes de-glam|work=More Bollywood actors added to cast|url=http://movies.indiatimes.com/articleshow/2547815.cms|access-date=15 November 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071213010306/http://movies.indiatimes.com/articleshow/2547815.cms|archive-date=13 December 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Originally expected to commence shooting for the film in [[Dubai]] on a forty-day schedule,<ref>{{cite news|title=Kareena to make you laugh|work=GR to be shot in a forty day schedule in Dubai|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Delhi_Times/Kareena_to_make_you_laugh/articleshow/2217860.cms|access-date=20 July 2007|date=20 July 2007}}</ref> the cast shot for the film in [[Goa]] on a twenty-day schedule.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sanju on a fun-raising drive |work=Cast shoot for film in Goa |url=http://www.mumbaimirror.com/net/mmpaper.aspx?page=article&sectid=30&contentid=200712082007120803031296876eff91c |access-date=8 December 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071024183614/http://mumbaimirror.com/net/mmpaper.aspx?Page=article |archive-date=24 October 2007 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Bomb shelled! |work=Kareena gets pranked by Ajay Devgan on sets |url=http://www.mumbaimirror.com/net/mmpaper.aspx?page=article&sectid=30&contentid=20071208200712080303049064ee9c7d3 |access-date=8 December 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071024183614/http://mumbaimirror.com/net/mmpaper.aspx?Page=article |archive-date=24 October 2007 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> Shooting later continued in places like the Filmistan Studios in [[Mumbai]],<ref name="Release">{{cite news|title=Kareena, Ajay Devgan… up the temperatures|work=Cast continue to shoot at Filmistan Studios|url=http://movies.indiatimes.com/articleshow/2835824.cms|access-date=4 March 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080305134622/http://movies.indiatimes.com/articleshow/2835824.cms|archive-date=5 March 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> South Africa and [[Bangkok]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Kareena grooves in Bangkok|work=GR cast shoot for promotional video in Bangkok|url=http://movies.indiatimes.com/articleshow/3134332.cms|access-date=17 June 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080617230730/http://movies.indiatimes.com/articleshow/3134332.cms|archive-date=17 June 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Music==
{{Infobox album
| name = Golmaal Returns
| type = soundtrack
| artist = [[Pritam]]
| cover =
| released = {{Start date|df=y|2008|09|19}}
| recorded =
| genre = [[Music of Bollywood|Bollywood film soundtrack]]
| length =
| label = T-Series
| producer = Dhillin Mehta
| prev_title = [[Kidnap (2008 film)|Kidnap]]
| prev_year = 2008
| next_title = [[Billu]]
| next_year = 2009
}}

The soundtrack was released on 19 September 2008 by director [[Rohit Shetty]] and actors [[Ajay Devgn]], [[Tusshar Kapoor]] & [[Shreyas Talpade]] on the musical show ''[[Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2009]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title='Golmaal Returns' music launch on Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2009|url=http://news.sawf.org/Bollywood/53224.aspx|publisher=South Asian Women's Forum (SAUF)|access-date=11 November 2008}}</ref> While the film's soundtrack contains six new songs composed by [[Pritam]] for the sequel, the album also consists of songs from the [[Golmaal Fun Unlimited|first film]]. Lyrics have been penned by [[Sameer (lyricist)|Sameer]].

The music video of the song "Tha Kar Ke" cost {{INR|3.5 [[crore]]}}, making it the most expensive [[Bollywood music]] video up until that time. Its choreography and picturisation was reportedly inspired by the ''[[Sivaji (film)|Sivaji]]'' song "Athiradee".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.santabanta.com/bollywood/23659/tha-karke--35-crores-1000-dancers-180-fighters-10-cars-and-12-days|title=Tha Karke - 3.5 crores, 1000 dancers, 180 fighters, 10 cars and 12 days|website=www.santabanta.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/most-expensive-song-in-golmal-returns/74184-8.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140504110256/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/most-expensive-song-in-golmal-returns/74184-8.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2014-05-04|title=News18.com: CNN-News18 Breaking News India, Latest News Headlines, Live News Updates|website=News18}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Business News Live, Share Market News - Read Latest Finance News, IPO, Mutual Funds News|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/|access-date=2020-10-27|website=The Economic Times}}</ref>

Joginder Tuteja from ''IndiaFM'' gave the film's soundtrack 3 out of 5 stars and noted, that "''Golmaal Returns'' is yet another winner from Pritam who delivers what is expected from a soundtrack for a film belonging to action-comedy genre. No one attempts to do anything exceptional or different from routine but walk the path which has been successful in the months gone by. The music may not go the ''[[Race (2008 film)|Race]]'' (2008) way but does well enough to ensure immense awareness about the film due to its fast paced approach."<ref>{{cite web|author=Tuteja, Joginder|title=Music Review: Golmaal Returns|url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/musicreview/13497/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080415002756/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/musicreview/13497/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=15 April 2008|publisher=IndiaFM|access-date=11 November 2008}}</ref> According to the Indian trade website [[Box Office India]], with around 14,00,000 units sold, this film's soundtrack album was the year's tenth highest-selling.<ref>{{cite web|title=Music Hits 2000–2009 (Figures in Units)|url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=286&catName=MjAwMC0yMDA5|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100624132928/http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=286&catName=MjAwMC0yMDA5|archive-date=24 June 2010|publisher=[[Box Office India]]}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable tracklist" style="font-size:95%;"
! Track # !! Song !! Singer(s)!! Duration !! Composer
|-
| 1
| "Tha Kar Ke"
| [[Neeraj Shridhar]], [[Anwesha Datta Gupta]], [[Akriti Kakkar]], [[URL (rapper)|Earl]], Indie
| 4:24
| [[Pritam Chakraborty]]
|-
| 2
| "Vacancy"
| Neeraj Shridhar, [[Benny Dayal]], Suhail Kaul, [[Suzanne D'Mello]]
| 5:04
| Pritam Chakraborty
|-
| 3
| "Tu Saala"
| [[Anushka Manchanda]]
| 3:27
| Pritam Chakraborty
|-
| 4
| "Meow"
| [[Monali Thakur]], Suzanne D'Mello
| 4:24
| Pritam Chakraborty
|-
| 5
| "Meow" (English version)
| Suzanne D'Mello
| 4:22
| Pritam Chakraborty
|-
| 6
| "Vacancy" (Kilogram Mix)
| Neeraj Shridhar, Benny Dayal, Suhail Kaul, Suzanne D'Mello
| 4:49
| Pritam Chakraborty
|-
| 7
| "Tha Kar Ke" (Remix)
| Neeraj Shridhar, Anwesha Datta Gupta, Akriti Kakkar, Earl, Indie
| 4:26
| Pritam Chakraborty
|-
| 8
| "Meow" (Remix)
| Monali Thakur, Suzanne D'Mello
| 4:54
| Pritam Chakraborty
|-
| 9
| "Tu Saala" (Remix)
| Anushka Manchanda
| 2:46
| Pritam Chakraborty
|}

==Release==

===Box office===
''Golmaal Returns'' was considered financially successful.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=215&catName=MjAwOA== |title=Box Office 2008 |work=Box Office India |access-date=2008-01-27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090129091436/http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=215&catName=MjAwOA%3D%3D |archive-date=29 January 2009 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> It grossed between {{INR}}420–450 million in the first five days.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2008-11-09|title=Golmaal Returns creates wonders at box office|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/golmaal-returns-creates-wonders-at-box-office/77528-8.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081109080753/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/golmaal-returns-creates-wonders-at-box-office/77528-8.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2008-11-09|access-date=2020-10-27}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/boxdetail.php?page=shownews&articleid=541&nCat=box_office_report|publisher=boxofficeindia.com|title=Box Office Report|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081211152626/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/boxdetail.php?page=shownews&articleid=541&nCat=box_office_report|archive-date=11 December 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Home media===
The film was released on DVD on 10 December 2010. The release included a single disc edition with the film and special features being the making of the film, and three songs: "Golmaal Remix", "Meeoow", and "Tu Saala".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.audiorec.co.uk/Golmaal-Returns-DVD_0 |title=Golmaal Returns DVD}}</ref>
On the [[Moser Baer]] release, it is one disc plus a bonus disc of ''[[Golmaal (2006 film)|Golmaal]]'' starring [[Ajay Devgn]], [[Sharman Joshi]], [[Tusshar Kapoor]], [[Rimi Sen]] and [[Paresh Rawal]].

==Controversies==
In 2008, Shakuntala Bhatia, wife of director Rajendra Bhatia filed a complaint against Shree Asthavinayak Cine Vision Ltd., accusing them of directly copying the story of her husband's film ''[[Aaj Ki Taaza Khabar]]'' (1973).<ref>[http://skyblue.in/copyright-violation-charge-for-golmaal-returns/ Copyright violation charge for Golmaal Returns]</ref>

==Sequel==
{{main article|Golmaal 3}}
A sequel [[Golmaal 3]] was released in 2010.

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title}}
* {{AllMovie movie}}
* {{Bollywood Hungama movie|golmaal-returns}}

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