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{{Infobox film
| name = Gol Mall
| image = Gol Mall.jpg
| caption = Title card
| director = [[Selva (actor)|Selva]]
| writer = Selva S. N. Sakthivel (dialogues)
| producer = [[K. S. Ravikumar]] C. Sudhakar
| starring = Selva Monica Nerukkar
| cinematography = M. R. Hareekanth
| editing = B. Ramesh
| music = Bala Bharathi
| studio = North East Pictures
| released = {{Film date|df=y|1998|06|05}}
| runtime = 145 minutes
| country = India
| language = Tamil
}}

'''''Gol Mall''''' (or '''''Golmaal''''') is a 1998 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[comedy film]] directed by actor [[Selva (actor)|Selva]], making his directorial debut. The film stars Selva himself and newcomer Monica Nerukkar, with [[Rajan P. Dev]], [[K. S. Ravikumar]], [[Dhamu]], Sathya Prakash, [[Mahanadi Shankar]], Bhanu Prakash playing supporting roles. It was released on 5 June 1998.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gol mall ( 1998 ) |url=http://cinesouth.com/cgi-bin/filmography/newfilmdb.cgi?name=gol%20mall |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20070815073735/http://cinesouth.com/cgi-bin/filmography/newfilmdb.cgi?name=gol%20mall |archive-date=15 August 2007 |access-date=10 July 2014 |website=Cinesouth}}</ref>

== Plot ==
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Ganesh, a good-for-nothing youth, falls in love with Aishwarya. Her father, Colonel Rajappa, is very strict and hates love. Ganesh and Aishwarya decide to elope but her father later has a heart attack and Aishwarya refuses to marry him. Colonel Rajappa's state of health deteriorates, therefore he arranges his daughter's wedding as soon as possible. Three terrorists escape from jail. While preparing Aishwarya's wedding in Colonel Rajappa's house, Ganesh enters in her room and tries to convince her. In the meantime, the three terrorists enter their house and begin to sequester them. These terrorists are ultimately Ganesh's friends and it was Ganesh's plan to marry his lover Aishwarya. What transpires later forms the crux of the story.

== Cast ==
{{cast listing|
*[[Selva (actor)|Selva]] as Ganesh
*Monica Nerukkar as Aishwarya
*[[Rajan P. Dev]] as Colonel Rajappa
*[[K. S. Ravikumar]] as ACP Bike Pandian (Periya Pandi) and Chinna Pandi
*[[Dhamu]] as Dhamu
*[[Satya Prakash (actor)|Satya Prakash]] as Ganesh's Friend
*[[Mahanadi Shankar]] as Bangaru
*Bhanu Prakash as Gautham
*[[Vennira Aadai Moorthy]]
*[[Delhi Ganesh]] as Muthukrishnan, Ganesh's father
*[[Thyagu (actor)|Thyagu]] as Viswanath
*[[Kumarimuthu]] as Dhamu's father
*[[Typist Gopu]]
*[[Pallavi (actress)|Pallavi]] as Aishwarya's sister-in-law
*[[Abitha]] as Reshma, Aishwarya's sister
*[[Sangeeta (Telugu actress)|Sangeeta]] as Aishwarya's mother
*[[Sheela (Tamil actress)|Sheela]] as Aishwarya's niece
*Rajasekhar as Home Minister
*Jenisha
*Chitti
*Baboos as Tyson
*Kalidoss
*[[Radhika Sarathkumar|Radhika]] in a guest appearance
}}

== Production ==
Actor Selva turned director with this film, which would be his last before a hiatus.<ref>{{Cite web |date=16 June 2020 |title=70 Tamil actors you didn't know were directors too |url=https://www.cinemaexpress.com/photos/slideshows/2020/jun/16/70-tamil-actors-you-didnt-know-were-directors-too-1064--37.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220424010550/https://www.cinemaexpress.com/photos/slideshows/2020/jun/16/70-tamil-actors-you-didnt-know-were-directors-too-1064--37.html |archive-date=24 April 2022 |access-date=24 April 2022 |website=[[Cinema Express]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Rajendran |first=Gopinath |date=10 July 2017 |title=A tribute to Thalaivar |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/tamil/2017/jul/10/a-tribute-to-thalaivar-1626643.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200902222105/https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/tamil/2017/jul/10/a-tribute-to-thalaivar-1626643.html |archive-date=2 September 2020 |access-date=24 April 2022 |website=[[The New Indian Express]]}}</ref> Monica Nerukkar, a Mumbai-based model best known for her work on the "Maggie Dosa" advert, made her debut as an actress in Tamil cinema with the project.<ref>{{Cite web |date= |title=1997-98'ன் கோடம்பாக்கக் குஞ்சுகள் |trans-title=1997-98 Kodambakkam babies |url=http://www.indolink.com/tamil/cinema/People/98/Feb/kuttisp2.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120724022641/http://www.indolink.com/tamil/cinema/People/98/Feb/kuttisp2.htm |archive-date=24 July 2012 |access-date=23 June 2023 |website=Indolink |language=en}}</ref>

== Soundtrack ==
The music was composed by Bala Bharathi, with lyrics written by Arivumathi, Vasan and Thirumaran.<ref>{{Cite web |title=NATPUKAGA & GOLMAAL (BHASKY TAMIL AUDIO CD) |url=https://maduramusiccentre.com/shop/ols/products/natpukaga-golmaal-bhasky-tamil-audio-cd |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230602045105/https://maduramusiccentre.com/shop/ols/products/natpukaga-golmaal-bhasky-tamil-audio-cd |archive-date=2 June 2023 |access-date=2 June 2023 |website=MaduraMusicCentre}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! Song !! Singer(s) !! Duration
|-
| "Hey Paappa" || [[Suresh Peters]] || 4:24
|-
| "Nee Pesum" || [[Hariharan (singer)|Hariharan]], [[K. S. Chithra]] || 4:22
|-
| "Twinkle Twinkle" || [[Anuradha Sriram]] || 4:24
|-
| "Vaada Vaana" || [[Chandrabose (composer)|Chandrabose]] || 4:29
|}

== Reception ==
Ji of ''[[Kalki (magazine)|Kalki]]'' praised the humour, climax and interesting ideas used for humour but criticised the use of double meaning dialogues and concluded saying this full-length decent comedy would have been widely appreciated if scissors had been used in significant places.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=ஜி |date=19 July 1998 |title=கோல்மால் |url=https://archive.org/details/kalki1998-07-19/page/n97/mode/2up |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230602020949/https://archive.org/details/kalki1998-07-19/page/n97/mode/2up |archive-date=2 June 2023 |access-date=1 June 2023 |magazine=[[Kalki (magazine)|Kalki]] |page=96 |language=ta |via=[[Internet Archive]]}}</ref> D. S. Ramanujam of ''[[The Hindu]]'' wrote that Selva "webs a fairly interesting tale based on his own story and the surprise punches are cleverly effected to get over the issues he has created".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ramanujam |first=D. S. |date=19 June 1998 |title=Film Reviews: Priyamudan/Golmal |url=http://www.webpage.com/hindu/daily/980619/09/09190224.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19991008203723/http://www.webpage.com/hindu/daily/980619/09/09190224.htm |archive-date=8 October 1999 |access-date=14 March 2024 |work=[[The Hindu]] |pages=26}}</ref> Two years after release, the producers were given a {{INRConvert|5|l|year=2000}} subsidy by the Tamil Nadu government along with several other films.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XvTZAAAAMAAJ&q=Swarnamukhi |title=Mass Media in India |publisher=[[Publications Division]] |year=2001 |isbn=9788123009421 |pages=181 |access-date=29 June 2023}}</ref>

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
*{{IMDb title}}

[[Category:1998 Indian films]]
[[Category:1998 Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:1998 comedy films]]
[[Category:1998 directorial debut films]]
[[Category:1998 films]]
[[Category:Indian comedy films]]
[[Category:Tamil-language Indian films]]

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