Garam Masala (2005)

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Director:

Priyadarshan

Writers:

Priyadarshan (screenplay)
Neeraj Vora (dialogue) ...
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Release Date:

3 November 2005 (India)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

Love is complicated

Plot:

Shyam and Makarand work as photographers in a commercial advertising agency. Both of them like to fool around with women...

Plot Keywords:

Girlfriend | Cook | Boss | Apartment | Cheating On Fiancee

Awards:

1 win & 2 nominations

Cast

Akshay Kumar	...	Mac
John Abraham	...	Shyam "Sam"
Paresh Raval	...	Mambo (as Paresh Rawal)
Rimi Sen	...	Anjali
Neetu Chandra	...	Sweety, an airhostess
Nargis Bagheri	...	Puja, an airhostess
Daisy Bopanna	...	Deepti, an airhostess
Rajpal Yadav	...	Babban
Asrani	...	Mac's Maternal Uncle
Lakshmi Pandit	...	Model
Neha Dhupia	...	Maggi, Special Appearance
Manoj Joshi	...	Nageshwar
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Viju Khote	...	Mac & Sam's boss

Directed by
Priyadarshan

Writing credits
Priyadarshan		(screenplay)
Neeraj Vora		(dialogue)
Priyadarshan		story

Produced by
Ganesh Jain	....	producer
Ashok Kotwani	....	producer

Original Music by
Pritam Chakraborty		(as Pritam)

Cinematography by
S. Tirru		(as Tirru. S)

Film Editing by
N. Gopalakrishnan
Arun Kumar

Art Direction by
Sabu Cyril

Costume Design by
Kalpana Jain
Komal Shahani

Makeup Department
Joginder G. Gupta	....	makeup artist (as Gupta Jogendra)
Meera Anil Singh	....	hair stylist

Production Management
Hari Khirade	....	production manager
K. Maniverma	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Rajesh Kumar	....	assistant director
Sreekanth Murali	....	assistant director
Suraj Sadanah	....	assistant director

Art Department
Anil	....	assistant art director
Bawa	....	assistant art director
Giri	....	set assistant
Laxman	....	set assistant
Meenal	....	assistant art director
Ravi	....	assistant art director
Sunder	....	set assistant (as Sundar)
Minal D. Rath	....	assistant art director (uncredited)

Sound Department
Prapul Betapudi	....	boom operator
Vipin Bhati	....	recordist: sync location
Deepan Chatterjee	....	mixing engineer (as Deepan Chatterji)
Gissy Michael	....	sound
Rishi Oberoi	....	sound designer
Amala Popuri	....	adr recordist
Naeem Shaikh	....	nagra operator
Rafiq Shaikh	....	dubbing: Sound City (as Rafiq)
Alpana Upadhyay	....	crowd dubbing
Mark DeSimone	....	adr mixer: New York (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Kannan	....	title graphics

Visual Effects by
Paresh Acharya	....	digital grading coordinator
Parminder Singh Chadda	....	digital intermediate supervisor
Arun Chakraborty	....	digital recording technician (as Arup Chakravarty)
Rohan Desai	....	digital intermediate supervisor
Tushar Desai	....	graphics supervisor
Nirmal Gala	....	digital grading coordinator
Ranganath Gowda	....	data management
Shashi Gowda	....	data management
Mukesh Gurnani	....	digital scanning technician
Xavier Joseph	....	fire artist
Vishrut Manseta	....	graphics
Ranjeet Pawar	....	digital scanning technician (as Ranjit Pawar)
Santosh Prajapati	....	fire artist
Ritesh Shetty	....	digital recording technician
Raghvendra Shrivastava	....	digital compositor
Dinesh Singh	....	graphics
Griboshin V.C.	....	visual effects coordinator
Smanoj C.P.K. Verma	....	digital intermediate colorist

Camera and Electrical Department
Arun	....	crane attendant
Harjeet Aulakh	....	still photographer
Dilip Bhatia	....	publicity still photographer
Elango	....	camera attendant: 435 Camera
Avinash Gowarikar	....	publicity still photographer
K. Shahul Hameed	....	camera attendant: 435 Camera
Hansraj	....	spot boy
Sivan Koyilandi	....	spot boy
Kishore Lathia	....	spot boy
Dilip Maganbhai	....	spot boy
C.P. Mohan	....	camera attendant: 435 Camera
Murugesan	....	spot boy
Nazir	....	assistant camera
Palani	....	camera attendant: 435 Camera
Prakash	....	crane attendant
Prakash	....	rostom
Rishi Punjabi	....	associate camera operator (as Punjabi Rishi)
Satya	....	assistant camera
Sethu	....	spot boy
Sinosh	....	spot boy
Kamal Verma	....	spot boy
Yadav	....	spot boy

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Bobby	....	dressman
Deepak Gawande	....	dressman
Nitesh	....	dressman

Editorial Department
N. Adhinarayanan	....	negative cutter (as Adi Narayan)
Dayalan	....	assistant editor
Swadesh Kamatil	....	negative cutter (as Swadesh Kamath)
Abhishek Seth	....	assistant editor
Abhishek Seth	....	post production supervisor

Music Department
Sunidhi Chauhan	....	playback singer
D. Imman	....	background music (as Iman D.)
Labh Janjua	....	playback singer: Punjabi MC
Kay Kay	....	playback singer (as K.K.)
Udit Narayan	....	playback singer (as Udit Narain)
Sonu Nigam	....	playback singer
Sameer	....	lyricist
Adnan Sami	....	playback singer
Akbar Sami	....	song mixer: 'Kiss Me Baby' (as DJ Akbar Sami)
Hema Sardesai	....	playback singer
Sukhwinder Singh	....	playback singer (as Sukhvinder Singh)
DJ Suketu	....	song mixer: 'Ada' (as DJ Suketu)
A. Mani Vannan	....	song recordist: Studio Blue Diamond (as Mani Vannan)
Thomas Verghese	....	song recordist
Sandeep Shirodkar	....	song programming (uncredited)

Other crew
Mohammed Abdul	....	artist staff
Ganesh Acharya	....	choreographer
Amrit	....	production assistant
Anil	....	outdoor production
Anthony	....	assistant choreographer
Ashok	....	assistant choreographer
Babban	....	lights, fan, air cooler (as Baban)
Bobby	....	outdoor production (as Babby)
Sanchita Chatterjee	....	production executive
Sunny Chauhan	....	assistant promotor
Chiranjeevi	....	artist staff: John Abraham (as Chiranjevi)
Sandeep Vima Dalal	....	legal advisor
Salim M. Deraiya	....	production controller (as Salim Deriya)
C.S. Hameed	....	production controller: Chennai
Jayantilal Jain	....	production assistant (as Jayantilal)
Ratan Jain	....	presenter
Satyam Kadu	....	artist staff
Ram Katariya	....	production assistant (as Ram Kataria)
Prasanna Kumar	....	choreographer (as Prasanna)
Mahesh	....	lights, fan, air cooler
Jay Master	....	assistant writer
Santosh Mojar	....	accounts department (as Santosh Mejari)
Munna	....	office staff
Nagmani	....	artist staff
Himanshu Nanda	....	campaign creatives
Rahul Nanda	....	campaign creatives
Narendra	....	artist staff
Naresh	....	office boy
Nitin	....	artist staff
Ananda M. Patil	....	production assistant
Prashant	....	office staff
Vinod Rai	....	production assistant
Suchita Rane	....	office staff (as Suchita)
Ravi	....	artist staff: Akshay Kumar
Sachin	....	artist staff
Salim	....	artist staff
Santosh	....	artist staff
Sawant	....	promos
Bharat S. Shah	....	presenter
Dheeraj Shah	....	accounts department (as Dhiraj Shah)
Himanshu Sheth	....	media consultant
Shyam	....	on-line promotion
D.P. Singh	....	accounts department
Manju Singh	....	artist staff
Suresh	....	office boy
Venky	....	artist staff
Pony Verma	....	choreographer
Vijay	....	office boy
Rupesh Waghmare	....	assistant choreographer

Thanks
Vikas Bali	....	special thanks: artists manager
Raj Bhujohory	....	sincere thanks (as Mr. Raj Bhujohory)
San Conhye	....	sincere thanks (as Mr. San Conhye)
Raj Deedassy	....	sincere thanks (as Mr. Raj Deedassy)
Dinesh Gandhi	....	sincere thanks (as Shri. Dinesh Gandhi)
Manohar P. Kanungo	....	sincere thanks (as Manohar P. Kanugo)
Sunil Menon	....	sincere thanks (as Mr. Sunil Menon)
Sudh Mulloo	....	sincere thanks (as Mr. Sudh Mulloo)
Ravi Nagpal	....	sincere thanks (as Mr. Ravi Nagpal)
Bhaskar Shetty	....	special thanks: artists manager (as Shri. Bhasker Shetty)

Production Companies

• Venus Records & Tapes (as Venus Records & Tapes Pvt. Ltd.)

Other Companies

• A.W. Planks  set materials supplied by
• Air Mauritius  sincere thanks
• Arihant Plywood  set materials supplied by
• Art House  set materials supplied by
• Asgar & Sons  set materials supplied by (as Asger & Sons)
• Bright Star Generator  equipments
• Charbuja Stores  set materials supplied by (as Charbuja)
• Chatnya Glass  set materials supplied by
• Daily News & Analysis (DNA)  media partners
• ETC  media partners
• Evergreen Decorators  set materials supplied by
• Fairdeal Ply Wood  set materials supplied by
• Filmlogic India  equipments (as Film Logic India Pvt. Ltd.)
• Four Frames Sound Company  dolby digital mixing: Chennai
• Four Frames Sound Company  equipments
• G.F. Kothari & Co.  financial advisory services (as G.F. Kothari)
• Girkar Brothers  audio equipment supplier
• H.D. Pathak & Co.  income tax advisor
• Holiday Inn Hotel, Mumbai  hotel: Mumbai
• House of Art  set materials supplied by
• IMImobile  media partners
• IndiaFM.com  media partners
• Indian Overseas Bank  banking services: Iskcon
• Irma Timber Traders  set materials supplied by (as IRMA Timber)
• Jai Kali Foods  catering (as Jai Kali)
• Jai Santoshi Traders  set materials supplied by
• Kamal Transport  transport
• Kingpin  promos
• Le Grand Blue Hotel  hotel: Mauritius (as Le Grand Bleu)
• Le Meridien Hotel  hotel: Mauritius (as Le Meridein)
• Le Meridien Hotel  sincere thanks: Mauritius (as Hotel Le-Meridien)
• M.R. Vanity  make-up van
• Monark Equipment  equipments (as Morach Light Equipment)
• Movie Touch  equipments
• Nilkanth Tours & Travels (I)  transport (as Neelkanth Travels)
• Old is Gold  set materials supplied by
• Pappu & Co.  junior artists supplier
• Prime Focus  telecine (as Prime Focus Ltd.)
• Rain Drop Media  media partners
• Rajnish Equipments  equipments
• Ravi Disco Lights  equipments
• Rocky S. Fashions  costume design: John Abraham (as Rocky S.)
• Rose Travels  travel agency
• Shoban Travels  travel agency: Chennai
• Siddhivinayak Vanity Van  makeup van (as Siddhi Vanity)
• Siver Point  publicity printers
• Sky Wings Tours & Travels  travel agency: Mumbai (as Sky Wings Travels & Tours)
• Sound City Audio  dubbed at (as Sound City)
• Star Wheels  make-up van
• Studio Blue Diamond  song recording
• Sunrays  equipments: Ravi Disco Lights (as Sun Rays)
• Venus Records & Tapes  soundtrack
• Zee Music  media partners (as Z Muzic)
• Zero Gravity Arclights and Films Pvt. Ltd.  equipments (as Zero Gravitiy)

Also Known As:

Runtime:

146 min

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

India:UA | Malaysia:U | UK:PG

Filming Locations:

Filmistan Studios, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Company:

Venus Records & Tapes

Trivia:

Akshaye Khanna was also along with Saif Ali Khan considered for the role of Sam.

Goofs:

Audio/visual unsynchronized: In some long shot scenes there is a difference in lip movement and the voices.

Quotes:

Babban:Your end is coming near.
Mac:How?
Babban:A man has come here claiming to be your relative with Anjali.
Mac:Oh! Is he moustached and is his face like a squashed mango?
Babban:Yes!
Mac:Oh! He is my mama!

Movie Connections:

Version of Revolving Girlfriends (2010)

Soundtrack:

Kiss Me Baby (Remix)

Good film!!

Now i really liked this movie, it was so funny.Both Akshay Kumar and John Abraham are brilliant actors, i think after watching this film they should do lots more films together in the future.

Akshay Kumar gets himself into a bit of trouble by dating 3 women at the same time, but the way he handles in when one comes out of the door and then the other one was just so funny to watch, he acted really well int his film and i hope that he makes more great comedy's like this one in the future, John Abraham plays his best friend, he plays his role really well and he is so underrated i am glad that some of his amazing work has got noticed but he is a really Good actor. i just love John, Neha Dhupia has a small role in this film and plays it well.

The muse is really good i really recommend this movie to everyone.