Although Bollywood has opened up for experimental films,
it is not because of just the out-of-the-box idea that a film would gather audience.
Rather how the film-makers utilize that concept to make a genuine and true to
itself movie is what draws large crowds as we have seen in movies from recent pasts like
Vicky Donor. Go Goa Gone is nothing like that. I hate to be spoiler so I will
reveal the story line so that you can save yourself. The plot goes as such that
three friends Luv, a candid Vir Das; Hardik, a futile Kunal Khemu and Bunny, a
somewhat comical Anand Tiwari take an escape from their messed up life(though
not much messed up as the film); which turns out to be Bunny’s office trip, to
Goa. Here, as Hardik tries one girl after
another Luv meets a new girl Luna, who is actually his Facebook friend. An easy
on the eye Pooja Gupta tries hard but in the end it doesn’t even matter. They
all go to a rave party, at an island, thrown by a Russian gangster, Boris
(Guess who?!!). None other than our desi James
Bond Saif Ali Khan. At the stroke of
midnight much like a fairy godmother comes two bizarrely caped and hooded guys
with a plate of drugs that’s so costly that none of the three friends could
afford it. Later it seems they are saved by their poverty as the drug turned
everyone into a zombie (don’t fret, our Pataudi saab has an explanation for that too). So what do they do, they run
in the midst of woods and hullabaloo only to come back half away because Luv
thinks Luna is trapped in a cottage (just imagine). So they go back, rescue her
and run again but now is surrounded by zombies just when Boris (Saif keeps
pronouncing it as Baris, god knows why) enters with a cheesy line “I keel Dead
Peepal” shooting zombies in the head. The more crap I explain the more will
come much like the Zombies in the movie. Bunny successfully halts the zombies
by the end by throwing cocaine at them; his explanation two drugs meet to
create an anti-effect (God help me). In short they escape the island after some
more crap, with the help of some crappy ideas to land on Goa. But it seems that
the mainland is equally massacred by guess who? Yes zombies and the five wield
guns again signaling a sequel to the movie (to my horror). The occasional
comedy barred, the whole plot was inept. Saif Ali Khan, who it seems has taken
the responsibility of his sister’s boyfriend Kunal’s career so that Kunal can
marry his sister, is better off without a gun in his hand (his last outing as a
secret agent was a wholesome dud). The entry was paltry as was his accent. Much
later in the film it comes out he is from Delhi trying to be a Russian (Oh God!
Why?!). Kunal Khemu seems like trying to outdo Tushar Kapoor in bland acting (no
sorry Tushar is still good at that) but anyways Kunal’s role was below par. The
expected grittiness was lost in every scene as smoke from Boris’s cigar.
Now let’s come to positive side (Yes surprisingly there
is) of the film. First, kudos to the directors for bringing such a concept to
Bollywood that could become a trend. And the music (though only shown in parts)
Sachin-Jigar duo really sealed it with their composition. Do check out Khooni Monday and Babaji ki
buti if you haven’t in case. All in all the film was one and a half star
in five from me and though it was zom-com it seemed to be more zombies and less comedy.
If you still have nothing to do just like me then do
check out and after you come out of the theatre cursing (hoping we would be
like minded on his one) don’t tell me didn’t warn you. Till then happy reading
P.S. It caught my eye that most people couldn’t comment
on the post because there was no space for it. Actually at the end there is a
‘no comments’ in case no comments have been made. Click it and the comment box
will open. Do let me know your views. They are important. Bye.
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