Zombies,so called as the living dead people,who feed on living people and spread the infection with each bite,have been the base of plot for many hollywood movies.But,in case of bollywood movies,this has happened for the first time with "Go Goa Gone".
Go Goa Gone,is a Zombie comedy movie,directed by Raj Nidimoru and Krishna D K.,with Kunal Khemu, Vir Das,Anand Tiwari and Pooja Gupta in the lead roles,along with Saif Ali Khan,playing the supporting role of a Russian mafia,Boris,who is also shown to be a zombie hunter.The film is definitely remarkable,not for some extraordinary performances or music,but for introducing the concept of Zom-com into bollywood.
Now,beginning with the review:
Poster - The posters of this movie,although not in a detailed way,but still,are somehow able,to depict the main idea,behind the plot of the movie.In one of the posters,Saif is shown to hold a gun in his hand,and below is written the tagline-"I kill dead people".In another,the lead characters are shown through a hole inside a human body.So,in a way,the posters are able to create a thrilling effect and curiosity into the mind of the general audience,which is in fact it's intended purpose.So,the posters stand well on their ground,and achieve their purpose.
Title - The title of the movie,gives a little hint about the story of the movie,but in a very limited way.The main idea,which forms the crux of the movie,is not revealed in the title and hidden in a very commercial way,to attract the audience to cinema halls. Moreover,the title is attractive and attention seeking,which is required for the business of the movie.The title is hence correctly utilized and justified.
Story Line - The story line has a linear sequence,with just a little and clean twist at the end. The story begins with three friends and flat mates,Luv(Vir Das),Hardik(Kunal Khemu) and Bunny(Anand Tiwari),who besides
living together,also work in the same company. Luv and Hardik are not happy with their work,but Bunny on the other side,is quite happy and satisfied with his work.Then,a series of events unfold,which result in Luv getting ditched by his girlfriend,and Hardik getting fired from his job.Then on knowing that Bunny is going for an office work to Goa,they decide to join him and have fun on the trip,as both of them wanted a break.There Luv meets a girl named Luna(Pooja),who tells them about a rave party to occur at night,organized by a Russian mafia,where a new kind of highly addictive drug is to be launched. Luv,Hardik and Bunny,go there,but are unable to fetch the drug due to it's high cost.However,after the party night,things take a wrong,scary turn,when the effects of the drug result in transforming humans into zombies.Then,begins a cat and mouse chase between the four surviving humans in the island and the zombies.However,Boris,a Russian mafia and zombie hunter saves the day.
The pace of the story is maintained,and the events take place one after other,in a logical way.
Acting - Saif Ali Khan,in the role of Boris,a Russian mafia and a zombie hunter,does get applauds from the audience.Despite being a supporting character,he carries a large part of the film,well over his shoulders.
Anand Tiwari,as Bunny is able to impress the audience.His role of a simple guy,who gets entangled in problems due to his friends,but still decides to help them out of the trouble is well executed by him.
Kunal Khemu and Vir Das,have acted up to the mark in this movie.They could deliver some funny,humorous and witty one liners with ease,but failed to impress in sad or emotional scenes.
Pooja Gupta,mainly used in the movie to generate the oomph factor,was able to give some performance too.Her revealing,tight outfits,which expose ample curves and cleavage,and her sensuous figure,definitely adds value to the oomph factor of this movie and re-establishes her image of a sex kitten.But,on the other hand,she also proves that she has something in her,beyond her body,to offer,in terms of acting and even provides a breath of fresh air to the audience.
Music - The film has five tracks,among which all according to me are situation demanding and refreshing. The track "Khoon Choos le",sung by Arjun Kanungo and Priya Panchal,is a very nice and meaningful song,which describes the life of employees,in a very satirical way.The lyrics of the song is just too awesome.The song "Khushamdeed",sung by Shreya Ghosal,is the best song of this movie.Other two,"Slowly slowly' and "Babaji ki Booti" are also situation demanding and nice to listen to,in a similar way.The last but not the least,is the track"I keel Dead Peepal",which is sung by Saif Ali Khan,himself.This track is also very satirical and hummable. Overall,the music scores 7.5/10.
Effects - Due to this film,being the first ever zombie film made in Hindi movie industry,the effects used were not up to the mark.The zombies do not seem to be too scary,which they should have been,made via make up and effects.The effects had chances to improve.But on a positive note,the walking style of zombies,which has earlier been revealed in many hollywood movies,has been kept intact in this movie too,and each actor performing the role of a zombie,has learnt that specific style of walking,with great determination,which can be seen onscreen.That's quite an appreciable job!!
Points to be noted -
1)It is a little unbelievable,that drugs can convert or transform a human into zombie.So,the concept of introducing zombies appear to be forceful.This part of the whole story seems a little weak.
2)Excessive violence has been used in this movie.The movie does not intend to promote violence in any way.
So,care must be taken.
3)The movie gives a moral of avoiding cigarettes,alcohol and any kind of drugs possible in this world,in order to stay fit and live long.
The movie gets a rating of 8/10.
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