''Gol Maal'' () is a 1979 Indian

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-language

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directed by

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and written by Rahi Masoom Raza and

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. It 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

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as ''

Thillu Mullu ''Thillu Mullu'' () is a 1981 Indian Tamil-language comedy film directed by K. Balachander and written by Visu. A remake of the 1979 Hindi film '' Gol Maal'', it stars Rajinikanth, with Thengai Srinivasan, Nagesh, Poornam Viswanathan, Sowcar ...

'' (1981), in

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as ''

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'' (1990), in

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as '' Simhavalan Menon'' (1995), and in Sinhala as . The film was an inspiration for the Hindi movie ''

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'' (2012) which was remade in Telugu as ''Masala'' (2013).

Plot

Ramprasad Dashrathprasad Sharma (

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), a qualified CA, is looking for a job. He and his sister Ratna ( Manju Singh) have no relatives or acquaintances except Dr. Kedar (

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). Dr. Kedar tells him about an opening at Bhavani Shankar's ( Utpal Dutt) firm known as Urmila Traders. Sharma is fond of sports and music. Shankar is a man of traditional values. He hates youth wearing modern clothes. He does not think highly of youth spending time on sport. But his weirdest trait is hatred towards men without moustaches. He thinks they are characterless. Sharma has a moustache. Following the advice of Dr. Kedar, he appears for the interview wearing a kurta and feigning ignorance about sports. Shankar hires him immediately. Sharma is a hardworking man, so he does well under Shankar. However, one day he takes leave to watch a hockey match by pretending that his mother (who died many years ago) has fallen ill. Bhavani Shankar, who attends the match, sees him there. The next day, Shankar summons Sharma to his office and questions him about the hockey match. Remembering the plot of a movie a friend of his is shooting, Sharma convinces Bhavani Shankar that he had seen his "moustache-less" identical twin Lakshmanprasad Dashrathprasad Sharma, aka Lucky at the stadium. Bhavani Shankar buys his argument and feels bad about accusing him. He makes amends by hiring Lucky to teach his daughter Urmila ( Bindiya Goswami) music. Sharma reluctantly shaves his moustache to become Lucky and starts to teach Urmila. He is helped by his actor friend

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. Urmila is the exact opposite of her father. She takes an immediate liking to the Lucky persona. Her father notices this and decides to get her married to Ramprasad, which she is unhappy about. Eventually, Sharma tells Urmila the truth. Together, they decide to tell Shankar that Lucky ran away and that Sharma and Urmila wish to get married. However, Shankar sees Sharma's fake moustache and thinks that Lucky murdered Sharma and impersonated him to marry Urmila. Sharma and Urmila try to flee from Shankar in a car chase in which Shankar gets arrested. On coming home, he finds that Urmila and Sharma are married. He refuses to give them his blessing, until Dr. Kedar comes to the scene and explains the situation. The film ends with a family photo of everyone and Bhavani (who has now shaved his moustache).

Cast

– Ramprasad Dashrathprasad Sharma / Laxmanprasad “Lucky” Dashrathprasad Sharma * Utpal Dutt – Bhawani Shankar * Bindiya Goswami – Urmila Shankar *

– Doctor Kedar Mama *

- Deven Verma *

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– Mrs. Kamala Srivastava * Manju Singh – Ratna * Shubha Khote – Kalindi aka Buaji *

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– Bade Babu *

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– Drunkard (Guest appearance) * Anjan Srivastav – Police Officer Sharma (Guest Appearance) *

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– Police Officer (Guest Appearance) *

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– Guest Appearance (himself) *

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– Guest Appearance (herself) *

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– Guest Appearance (herself) *

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– Man who was in cinema hall * Harish Magon - Interview candidate Badri Narayan Shrivastav * Anand - Ram's friend Anand * Yasmin - Girl in song 'Sapne me dekha sapana' * Amol Sen - Office peon in Urmila Traders

Soundtrack

The music of the film was composed by R. D. Burman and lyrics were written by

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Track listing

Production

Hrishikesh Mukherjee had first selected

to enact the heroine's part, but felt that he would be wasting a talented actress in a film where the hero was the mainstay. He replaced her with Bindiya Goswami. The whole film was shot in 40 working days.

Remakes

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's 2002 film ''

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'' had many scenes plagiarised from ''Gol Maal''. The 2012 film ''

'', directed by

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is loosely based on Gol Maal. It was also later remade in

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as ''

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''. The Malayalam movie

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'' had few scenes adapted from Gol Maal. Simhavalan Menon movie is also a remake of this film

Awards

;

27th Filmfare Awards The 27th Filmfare Awards were held in 1980. '' Junoon'' led the ceremony with 9 nominations, followed by ''Gol Maal'' and ''Kaala Patthar'' with 8 nominations. ''Junoon'' won 6 awards, including Best Film and Best Director (for Shyam Benegal), ...

: Won *

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–

* Best Comedian – Utpal Dutt * Best Lyricist –

for "Aane Wala Pal" Nominated * Best Director –

* Best Supporting Actor – Utpal Dutt * Best Supporting Actress –

* Best Comedian –

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– Sailesh Dey

References

External links

* * {{Hrishikesh Mukherjee 1979 films 1979 comedy films Films scored by R. D. Burman 1970s Hindi-language films Indian comedy films Films directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee Hindi films remade in other languages Films with screenplays by Sachin Bhowmick 1970s Urdu-language films Hindi-language comedy films Urdu-language Indian films