Garam Masala (transl. ’Hot spices’) is a 2005 Indian comedy film written and directed by Priyadarshan, featuring Akshay Kumar, John Abraham, Rimi Sen, Neha Dhupia, Paresh Rawal and Rajpal Yadav. It was released during Diwali in 2005. Akshay Kumar received the Best Actor award in a Comic Role award for his performance at the Filmfare Awards. With time, this film has gained a cult following and has been regarded as one of the best Bollywood films in the comic genre. It is a remake of Priyadarshan’s own film Boeing Boeing, in turn a remake of the 1965 classic, which was based on the 1960 French play of the same name. Kumar and Abraham’s restaurant scene with Dhupia was adapted from another of Priyadarshan’s own Malayalam films, Aram + Aram = Kinnaram.
Plot
The film starts off when two photographers Makarand “Mac” Godbole (Akshay Kumar) and Shyam “Sam” Salganokar (John Abraham) are doing a photo shoot. While Mac is shooting the models in exposing poses, his fiancée Anjali (Rimi Sen) leaves in disgust due to Mac’s closeness to the models. Their boss calls them into his office and tells them that they are good-for-nothing photographers. He threatens to reduce their pay if they don’t get some good pictures for the world photography competition to make his magazine Garam Masala famous.
Both Mac and Sam ask Maggie (Neha Dhupia), the boss’s secretary, on a date on the same day, at the same restaurant at the same time. As all three meet up at the restaurant a pickpocket takes Mac’s and Sam’s wallets. After the meal, the competition to impress Maggie heightens thus evoking humorous events after which Sam and Mac leave Maggie to pay the bill.
Sam visits a famous photographer, praising him and asking for a few outstanding shots. These stolen shots help Sam to win the world photography competition. He gets promoted, is given ten percent of the prize money and has his pay doubled, whilst Mac receives a demotion to assistant. Sam flies off to the US to enjoy his holiday, leaving Mac fuming in Mauritius.
The chief editor persuades Mac to show up Sam by getting three women to be his fiancées, getting a very expensive flat and driving very expensive, imported cars. Following his promise, Mac gets a high-quality flat and gets access to three beautiful air hostesses. His driver, Babban (Rajpal Yadav), is his key to the high life. Not only does Babban get Mac access to the flat, he delivers very high-end cars to impress his fiancées. He drives Mac’s cars and does all his services for a small amount of liquor every day. Lastly, Babban gets Mac a housekeeper, Mambo (Paresh Rawal), who has an attitude problem and doesn’t care what goes on in his flat so long as his demands are met.
He has affairs with each of the three women—Deepti (Daisy Bopanna), Puja (Nargis Bagheri) and Sweety (Neetu Chandra)—and creates chaos. Sam returns from America, only to find his friend turned rival, playing around with three women at once. He tries to help his friend and tries out his own luck with the girls.
The story turns into mayhem when it’s hard for the two boys to maintain the three girls simultaneously. Mac’s original fiancée Anjali learns about Mac’s acts, and it creates a bigger mess. When their cook Mambo leaves, they begin to realise their mistakes and Mac attempts reuniting with Anjali; in the end Mac tries to climb on the car which Anjali and Sam are in while being chased by the three women he was dating now that they realised the truth.
Cast
Akshay Kumar as Makrand “Mac” Godbhole
John Abraham as Shyam “Sam” Salgaonkar
Paresh Rawal as Mambo
Rimi Sen as Anjali, Mac’s real fiancée and to-be wife
Daisy Bopanna as Deepti, an airhostess, Mac’s fiancée
Neetu Chandra as Sweety Nair, an airhostess, Mac’s fiancée
Nargis Bagheri as Puja, an airhostess, Mac’s fiancée
Rajpal Yadav as Babban
Asrani as Mamu, Mac’s maternal uncle
Manoj Joshi as Nageshwar
Neha Dhupia as Maggi
Viju Khote as Mac & Sam’s Boss
Prithvi Zutshi as Landlord
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