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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Golmaal<br />
| image = Golmaal-Telugu-2003.jpg<br />
| alt = <br />
| caption = Official poster<br />
| native_name = <!-- {{Infobox name module|language|title}} or {{Infobox name module|title}} --><br />
| director = [[P. N. Ramachandra Rao]]<br />
| writer = P. N. Ramachandra Rao<br />
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| producer = P. N. Ramachandra Rao<br />
| starring = [[J. D. Chakravarthy]]<br /> [[Ramesh Aravind]]<br />[[Meera Vasudevan]] <br />[[Neha Pendse]]<br />
| narrator = <br />
| cinematography = [[M. V. Raghu]]<br />
| editing = [[Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao]]<br />
| music = [[Vandemataram Srinivas]]<br />
| studio = Gayatri Kala Chitra<br />
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| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2003|2|21}}<br />
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| country = India<br />
| language = Telugu<br />
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'''''Golmaal''''' is a 2003 Indian Telugu-language comedy film directed, produced and written by [[P. N. Ramachandra Rao]] and starring [[J. D. Chakravarthy]], [[Ramesh Aravind]], [[Meera Vasudevan]] and [[Neha Pendse]]. This film is a remake of the Malayalam film ''[[Malappuram Haji Mahanaya Joji]]'' (1994).<br />
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== Cast ==<br />
{{Cast listing|<br />
*[[J. D. Chakravarthy]] as Amir Khan <br />
*[[Ramesh Aravind]] as Amar Sastry<br />
*[[Meera Vasudevan]] as Meenakshi<br />
*[[Neha Pendse|Neha]] as Mumtaz <br />
*[[Jaya Prakash Reddy]] as Narahari<br />
*[[Giri Babu]] as Amir Khan's father<br />
*[[Brahmanandam]] as Kokila <br />
*[[Avinash Yelandur|Avinash]] as Abdullah <br />
*[[Gundu Hanumantha Rao]] as Iyer<br />
*[[Sudhakar (actor)|Sudhakar]]<br />
*[[Padmanabham (actor)|Padmanabham]]<br />
*[[Raghu Babu]]<br />
*Navabharat Balaji<br />
}}<br />
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== Production ==<br />
[[Meera Vasudevan]], whose Hindi film was yet to release, debuted in Telugu cinema with this film.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/2003/mar/27milind.htm|title=Milind Soman does a Mandakini|first=Gautam|last=Hegde|work=[[Rediff.com]]|date=27 March 2003|access-date=24 August 2022|archive-date=10 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220310100711/https://www.rediff.com/movies/2003/mar/27milind.htm|url-status=live}}</ref><br />
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== Soundtrack ==<br />
The music was composed by [[Vandemataram Srinivas]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/my/album/golmaal-original-motion-picture-soundtrack-ep/1622514472|title=Golmaal (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - EP|date=2003|work=[[Apple Music]]}}</ref><br />
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{{track listing<br />
| headline = Track listing<br />
| extra_column = Singer(s)<br />
| title1 = Aho Aho Khajaraho<br />
| extra1 = [[Sunitha (Telugu singer)|Sunitha]], [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]]<br />
| length1 = 5:42<br />
| title2 = Ammayilo<br />
| extra2 = [[Devi Sri Prasad]], Nishma<br />
| length2 = 4:25<br />
| title3 = Muyraa Text Book<br />
| extra3 = Ramana, chorus<br />
| length3 = 4:44<br />
| title4 = Nijam Nijam<br />
| extra4 = [[Karthik (singer)|Karthik]], Ramana<br />
| length4 = 5:17<br />
| title5 = Neredi Kallanta<br />
| extra5 = Karthik, [[Usha (singer)|Usha]]<br />
| length5 = 4:31<br />
| total_length = 24:39<br />
}}<br />
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== Reception ==<br />
Gudipoodi Srihari of ''[[The Hindu]]'' opined that "this film too is quite entertaining with a sort of comedy of errors".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.idlebrain.com/movie/archive/mrg-golmaal.html|title=Good Comedy|work=[[The Hindu]]|via=[[Idlebrain.com]]|last=Srihari|first=Gudipoodi|date=21 February 2003|access-date=24 August 2022|archive-date=2 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220502095444/http://www.idlebrain.com/movie/archive/mrg-golmaal.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Jeevi of ''[[Idlebrain.com]]'' said that "This film has nothing special to offer. At the same time, it is not boring. It's an average flick that provides good time pass".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.idlebrain.com/movie/archive/mr-golmaal.html|title=Movie review - Golmaal|author=Jeevi|date=21 February 2003|work=[[Idlebrain.com]]|access-date=24 August 2022|archive-date=19 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220819091330/http://www.idlebrain.com/movie/archive/mr-golmaal.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Manju Latha Kalanidhi of ''Full Hyderabad'' criticised the film and gave the film a rating of five out of ten.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://movies.fullhyderabad.com/golmaal/telugu/golmaal-movie-reviews-1732-2.html|title=Golmaal Review|author=Manju Latha Kalanidhi|work=Full Hyderabad|access-date=2022-08-24|archive-date=2022-02-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220226071446/https://movies.fullhyderabad.com/golmaal/telugu/golmaal-movie-reviews-1732-2.html|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Telugu Cinema'' wrote "First of the movie is neither boring nor interesting, it just goes on and the director had given a better treatment in the second half compared to first half".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.telugucinema.cc/artman/publish/Golmal.shtml|title=Golmaal|website=Telugu Cinema|access-date=21 December 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030413122838/http://www.telugucinema.cc/artman/publish/Golmal.shtml|archive-date=13 April 2003|last=Hari}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
*{{IMDb title|1579772}}<br />
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[[Category:2003 Telugu-language films]]<br />
[[Category:Telugu remakes of Malayalam films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian comedy films]]<br />
[[Category:Films scored by Vandemataram Srinivas]]<br />
[[Category:Films directed by P. N. Ramachandra Rao]]</div>PrakashBar