Cast:Saif Ali Khan, Kunal Khemu, Vir Das, Anand Tiwari, Puja Gupta
Director: Raj Nidimoru and Krishna D K
Welcome to our very own desi-zombieland, as Go Goa Gone slickly opens up a whole new genre for Bollywood. Comedy intermixed with horror. Saif Ali Khan in his Russian-cum-Dilli look manages to charm you. Three friends – Vir Das, Kunal Khemu and Anand Tiwari decide to go for a roadtrip-cum-business trip to Goa. Kemu aka Hardhik (the pun is in-your-face), Vir aka Luv (whose love life is a mess, and goes to Goa to sleep with women to get over a heartbreak) and finally the simpleton and geek Bunny. Luv is easily enticed by a hottie Luna (Kemu calls her a scooty) who invites him for him visit a lonely island for a rave party thrown by a Russian mafia. Thus begins the wacky ride for the trio, but the thrill and fun takes a turn as next morning after the crazy party, they encounter zombies who are feeding on humans. So, begins the adventure as they try saving their asses from the freaks.
Daaru, drugs and smoking is portrayed comfortably as each of these youngsters indulge in them heartily, except Bunny (but he gives in on the day of the rave party). A rave party in Goa, reminds one of Deepika Padukone’s item number Dum Maaro Dum. But here the songs are better especially the lyrics.Two songs – Khoon Choos Le and Baba ji ki Booti exemplify this and are simply amazing. The language is contemporary akin to the tastes of the youngsters- Ma, Behen expletives are used casually. The three slip into their characters easily. The story isn’t much to rant about on how they keep running about the island, then discover how to save their lives – as cocaine is the drug which freezes the zombies. Saif Ali Khan as Boris (pronounced Baris!) is superb. His broken Russian accent coupled with a desi dash is mind-blowing. You seem to be seeing a desi version of those Hollywood teenage horror flicks- I know what you did last summer, Scream and others in the category.
The humour is simple and crisp. The trio try and understand what these creatures are – in the process – they came up with ideas to kill them, if they can be exposed to sunlight and would die. One of them says Oh that is vampires. They finally conclude these creatures are zombies but don’t know how to kill them. This film although comes across a short fun one, can be seen once and forgotten.The lady – Luna- (Puja Gupta) hasn’t much to do, but to show off her toned body and make apparent witty comments. It seems a lil gift from Pataudi sahaab to his sister’s boyfriend- Khemu whose career seems to be frozen.Soha Ali Khan’s faces also appears for a split second, as Khemu remembers his heart break, in the process to convince Luna for a lay.
Vir is at the Delhi Belly best. You love the sequence when the sidekick friend explains the Hindi film concept of the hero’s friend being killed. But Khemu comes and saves him and proves the stereotypical Bollywoodisque plot wrong. Saif is at his experimentative best, laden with tattoos, blonde hair and the Terminator ( I will be back) dialogue delivery, making him wickedly pleasing. Get on,and enjoy the desi zombie-ride!
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