Gol Maal (1979)
- Original title
- गोल माल
- Directed by
- Hrishikesh Mukherjee
- Genre
- comedy film
- Country
- India
- Runtime
- 2h 24m
- Rated
- U
- Rating
- 7.5 of 10 from 88 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A young man creates a fake twin brother to keep his job after his boss discovers he lied about being unmarried. The situation gets more complicated as he tries to maintain both identities.
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What happens
Gol Maal (transl. Twisty-Turvy) is a 1979 Indian Hindi-language comedy film directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee and written by Rahi Masoom Raza and Sachin Bhowmick. It is a remake of 1961 Bengali film Kanamachhi, which itself is based on Sailesh Dey's eponymous play. The film was produced by N. C. Sippy, with music by R. D. Burman. The film won several awards and was praised by critics. The film was remade in Tamil as Thillu Mullu (1981), in Kannada as Aasegobba Meesegobba (1990), in Malayalam as Simhavalan Menon (1995), and in Sinhala as Rasa Rahasak. The film was an inspiration for the Hindi movie Bol Bachchan (2012) which was remade in Telugu as Masala (2013). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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