Go Goa Gone
| Go Goa Gone | |
|---|---|
 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by |
Raj Nidimoru Krishna D.K. |
| Produced by |
Saif Ali Khan Dinesh Vijan Sunil Lulla |
| Story by | Raj Nidimoru, Krishna DK, Sita Menon |
| Starring |
Saif Ali Khan Kunal Khemu Vir Das Anand Tiwari Puja Gupta Larissa Bonesi |
| Music by | Sachin - Jigar |
| Cinematography |
Dan MacArthur Lukasz Pruchnik |
| Edited by | Arindam S Ghatak |
| Distributed by | Eros International |
Release dates |
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Running time |
108 minutes (A version)[1] 100 minutes (U/A version) |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Budget |
 160 million (US$2.5 million) |
| Box office |
281.6 million (US$4.5 million) [2] |
Go Goa Gone is a 2013 Hindi zombie comedy film directed by Raj Nidimoru and Krishna D.K.. The film features Saif Ali Khan, Kunal Khemu, Vir Das, Puja Gupta and Anand Tiwari. It was released on 10 May 2013, and was declared an average at the box office.[3] Almost one third of the film was shot in Mauritius.[4]
Plot
Hardik (Kunal Khemu) and Luv (Vir Das) are two dope-heads, living with their roommate/friend Bunny (Anand Tiwari). After Hardik loses his job and Luv gets dumped by his girlfriend, both decide to tag along with Bunny to Goa to relax. In Goa, Luv falls for Luna (Puja Gupta), and she invites the guys to a rave party, organised by the Russian mafia, which is being held on a secluded island. At the party a new drug, D2RF, is launched. The next morning, the three roommates find that the island has been infected by the "living dead" (zombies), and the three men and Luna decide to stay together in hopes of surviving. A Russian mafioso, Boris (Saif Ali Khan, originally from Delhi/Dilli), arrives and reveals himself as a zombie slayer. The three roommates and Luna plan to use the boat they had used to travel to the island to escape from it. Finally, after escaping the island, they discover that the mainland has also been infested by the zombies, forcing them to find another way to survive.
Cast and crew
Cast
- Saif Ali Khan as Boris
- Kunal Khemu as Hardik
- Vir Das as Luv
- Anand Tiwari as Bunny
- Puja Gupta as Luna
- Meenal Thakur as Priyanka
- Larissa Bonesi as Simone
Crew
- Story and Screenplay: Raj Nidimoru, Krishna DK & Sita Menon
- Directors of Photography: Dan MacArthur & Lukasz Pruchnik
- Editor: Arindam S Ghatak
- Sound Designer: Jordi Cirbian
- Production Designer: Clara Alvarez
- Music & Background Score: Sachin - Jigar
- Lyrics: Amitabh Bhattacharya & Priya Panchal
- Action: Anthony Stone, Piranha Stunts
- Special Make-up: Sean Genders & Tom Luthala
- Creative Producer: Sita Menon
- Executive Producer: Anuradha Sharma
- Hindi Dialogues: Kunal Khemu & Sita Menon
- Additional Dialogues: Raja Sen
- Vfx: Prime Focus
Production
Development
For his role in the film as Russian mafioso turned zombie hunter, Boris, Saif Ali Khan who had no experience of portraying such a character was given the book The Zombie Survival Guide by the directors.[5]
Promotion
The film has been publicized as India's first "Zom-Com".[6] '
Soundtrack
| Go Goa Gone | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soundtrack album by Sachin - Jigar | ||||
| Released | 10 May 2013 | |||
| Genre | Soundtrack | |||
| Label |
Sony Music India (SME) Eros | |||
| Producer | Illuminati Films | |||
| Sachin - Jigar chronology | ||||
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The music was composed by the duo Sachin - Jigar. The lyrics were written by Priya Panchal and Amitabh Bhattacharya, and songs feature the voices of Jigar Saraiya, Talia Bentson, Sachin Sanghvi, Priya Panchal, and Shreya Ghoshal.
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Slowly Slowly" | Priya Panchal | Jigar Saraiya & Talia Benston | 3:20 | |
| 2. | "Khoon Choos Le" | Amitabh Bhattacharya | Arjun Kanungo, Suraj Jagan & Priya Panchal | 3:19 | |
| 3. | "Babaji Ki Booti" | Amitabh Bhattacharya | Anand Tiwari, Sachin - Jigar, Kunal Khemu, Raj & DK, Bornalee Deuri | 3:46 | |
| 4. | "Khushamdeed" | Priya Panchal | Shreya Ghoshal | 3:35 | |
| 5. | "I Keel Ded Peepul" | Saif Ali Khan | 1:42 |
Critical reception
Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama gave the movie 3.5/5 stars and has stated that "On the whole, Go Goa Gone is experimental since something like this has never been attempted earlier".[7] Meena Iyer from the Times of India gave the movie 3/5 stars mentioning that "Go Goa Gone is positively different from anything you might have seen before".[8] Shubir Rishi for Rediff.com said "Go Goa Gone is a fun watch with plenty of innocent-sounding, slow-exploding one-liners, which make you laugh".[8] Namrata Joshi of Outlook India summarised by saying "It's fun, sharp, smart and irreverent. Pushes many of our sanctimonious envelopes." [8]
References
- ↑ "Go Goa Gone (15)". British Board of Film Classification. Retrieved 15 May 2013.
- ↑ "Go Goa Gone". Bollywoodhungama.com. Retrieved 2014-12-31.
- ↑ http://www.boxofficeindia.com/Movies/movie_detail/go_goa_gone#.Ut6PVJE4kfE
- ↑ Geety Sahgal (September 5, 2014). "Mauritius bound". The Indian Express. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
- ↑ "Go Goa Gone: Saif's zombie research". Parag Maniar, TNN. The Times of India. 2 May 2013. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
- ↑ "Go Goa Gone trailer goes viral". Hindustan Times. 2013-03-28. Retrieved 2013-04-27.
- ↑ Taran Adarsh. "Review: Go Goa Gone". bollywoodhungama.com. Retrieved 10 May 2013.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Meena Iyer. "Review: Go Goa Gone Review". Rediff.com. Retrieved 10 May 2013.
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