Gol Maal(1979)
Gol Maal (1979) is a 144-minute Hindi film directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee. Starring Amol Palekar, Utpal Dutt and David Abraham Cheulkar, the film was widely praised by audiences. With an audience rating of 8.0/10 — one of the highest-rated Hindi films from 1979.
Quick Facts
- Streaming on
- SonyLIV, YouTube, Dailymotion
- Theatrical Release
- 19 April 1979
- Director
- Hrishikesh Mukherjee
- Language
- Hindi
- Runtime
- 2h 24m
- Rating
- 8.0/10
Storyline
A young man lies to his strict boss to keep his job. When his boss gets suspicious, he must tell more lies to cover up the first one. This leads to a series of funny mix-ups and confusion.
“One lie leads to another hilarious mess.”
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Frequent partnerships reunited for Gol Maal
Cast reunions in this film: Amol Palekar & Utpal Dutt (5 films together), Hrishikesh Mukherjee & Deven Verma (4 films together), Amitabh Bachchan & Deven Verma (3 films together), Amol Palekar & Hrishikesh Mukherjee (3 films together), Amol Palekar & Dina Pathak (3 films together), and Hrishikesh Mukherjee & Utpal Dutt (3 films together).
Trivia
- The film's title 'Gol Maal' is a Hindi phrase meaning 'mess' or 'confusion', which perfectly describes the plot.
- Amol Palekar's character Ramprasad Sharma was originally written as a single role, but the dual role idea came later.
- The iconic fake moustache scene was improvised by Utpal Dutt, who played the boss Bhavani Shankar.
- The film's music was composed by R.D. Burman, but the songs were not major hits compared to other films of that year.
- Hrishikesh Mukherjee reused the basic plot idea from his earlier Bengali film 'Biyeshe Shrabon' (1961).
- The film was a commercial success and is still considered one of the best Hindi comedies ever made.
- Actor Shyam Kumar, who played the servant, was a regular supporting actor in many Hrishikesh Mukherjee films.