IMDb > Gol Maal (1979)

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Writers:
Sachin Bhowmick (screenplay)
Sailesh Dey (story)
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Release Date:
20 April 1979 (India) more
Genre:
Musical | Comedy | Family more
Plot:
Ramprasad is a recent college graduate who finds a job with a finicky man, Bhavani Shankar, who believes... more | add synopsis
Awards:
3 wins more
User Comments:
The greatest Bollywood comedy movie of all times! more (13 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Amol Palekar ... Ram Prasad Dasharath Prasad Sharma / Laxman Prasad Dasharath Prasad Sharma
Utpal Dutt ... Bhavani Shankar
Bindiya Goswami ... Urmila
Deven Verma ... Himself
Dina Pathak ... Mrs. Kamala Srivastav
Shubha Khote ... Buaji Kalindi
Manju Singh ... Ratna Sharma
David Abraham ... Doctor Kedar Mama (as David)
Yunus Parvez ... Bade Babu
Anjan Srivastav ... Inspector Sharma (as Anjan)
Ashwani
Keshto Mukherjee ... Drunk
Om Prakash ... Senior Police Officer
Harish Magon ... Badri Narayan Shrivastav (as Harish)
Bhola
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Hanky Panky
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Runtime:
144 min
Country:
India
Language:
Hindi
Color:
Color
Certification:
India:U
Company:
Rupam Chitra more

Fun Stuff

Quotes:
Deven Varma: First I thought I could direct your movie myself but now I think we have to get some big director from some hit movie; because their is no logic in your story anymore. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Hera Pheri (2000) more

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The greatest Bollywood comedy movie of all times!, 9 March 2009
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Author: madan_lmg from India

This classic 70's flick is regarded by many as undoubtedly the greatest Bollywood comedy movie of all times. Utpal Dutt is mostly remembered for his role as a strict boss and a person who holds the qualities of the Raj era to his heart, and in the process creating a generation gap between himself and the entire world. The "Double Role" played by the next door boy Amol Palekar in order to cover his real colors in front of his boss and his girlfriend makes a riot of a script such that you will remember for a long time. R D Burman's "Golmaal" and Kishore Kumar's "Aane Waala Pal" are songs that render the heart with unsurpassed happiness and sorrow. All this has made this movie the greatest Hindi comedy flick of all times. A must watch movie!

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