ISSN: 1391 - 0531
Sunday, April 15, 2007
Vol. 41 - No 46
TV Times

Bhagam Bhag comedy in town

Bollywood commedy 'Bhagam Bhag' starring Akshay Kumar and Govinda for the first time is now being screened in Liberty cinema Colombo and Sigiri Katugastota.

Directed by Priyadarshan the film is a remake of a hit Malayalam comedy called Mannaar Mathai Speaking which was a sequel to Ramji Rao Speaking which was made in Hindi as Hera Pheri. Bhagam Bhag (Helter Skelter) is a 2006 Bollywood film starring Akshay Kumar and Govinda.

Paresh Rawal has a theatre group in India and he performs shows all over the country. Bunty (Akshay)and Babla (Govinda) along with others are actors in the group. Both are very naughty natured guys who never miss any chance to flirt with girls, even the girls in the group. At the completion of one show, an organizer offers Paresh's group to perform 30 shows in England. They all get very excited but as per the contract they need to leave for England on the same day. Unfortunately the heroine of the play opts out due to Akshay's misbehavior. They reach London and through Rajpal Yadav, a taxi driver, Govinda and Akshay try to find out a girl for their play but it leads to many misunderstandings and a series of funny sequences. In this process, Govinda and Akshay fall into trouble involving a drug baron and other mishaps. Thereafter, the trio discovers a girl Lara Dutta, who suffers from amnesia to act in their drama and just as Akshay and Lara fall in love, her memory returns and it brings chaos into their lives, including a murdered husband! From here the story leads to its climax in which a major conspiracy gets exposed.

The movie also stars Lara Dutta, Jackie Shroff, Arbaaz Khan and Paresh Rawal. Shooting continued in Oxford, United Kingdom in July and August 2006, filming at several University of Oxford landmarks. It released on December 22, 2006. Imported by Janitha Marasinghe for Janitha Films, the film is released through EAP circuit.

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