Journey Bombay to Goa

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Journey Bombay To Goa
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Directed byRaj Pendurkar
Produced byHumayu Rangilla
Starring Sunil Pal
Asrani
Dinesh Hingoo
Jagdeep
Anirudh Agarwal
Jr. Mehmood
Mac Mohan
Navin Prabhakar
Paintal
Ahsaan Qureshi
Aasif Sheikh
Raju Shrivastava
Sanjay Mishra
Shakti Kapoor
Tinu Anand
Vijay Raaz
Viju Khote
Music byNitin Shankar
Distributed by Eros Entertainment
Release date
  • 6 July 2007 (2007-07-06)
CountryIndia
Language Hindi

Bombay To Goa, also known as Journey Bombay to Goa: Laughter Unlimited, is a 2007 Hindi film. It stars Indian comedians Sunil Pal, Aasif Sheikh, Raju Srivastava, Ahsaan Qureshi, and comic actors Vijay Raaz, Asrani and Tinnu Anand among others. The film was reportedly financed by Amit Kumar who was arrested for running an illegal kidney sale operation. [1]

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Plot

The film revolves around two people. Lal is an ambitious guy who wants to start his own business and make it big in life. Das is a loudmouth and a very arrogant person. The two manage to get hold of 5100 rupees, and they open a vada pav centre. As luck would have it, Lal wins Rs. 2 lakhs in a contest. The duo plans to start a travel agency. Since they do not have enough money to buy a vehicle, they use spare parts of old cars to create a bus. Trusting Das to come up with a good make of a bus, he blindly hands over the prize money to him. Lal manages to get passengers for their first ride. But when their bus arrives, all hell breaks loose with people demanding their money back. But when the passengers are forced to ride in it, it creates a unique experience for them.

The group finds a dying thief, and he tells them about a hidden prize with a map. They tear the map, and everyone keeps a piece to work together. However, greed leads to a rat race, but they somehow manage to find gold under a statue, which they pull down, but the gold is seized by the police. After the police are off with the gold, the passengers as well as the bus owner duo begin to repent their greed and decide to do a "philanthropic" job by fixing the fallen statue. But trying to fix the statue, they manage to break it into pieces. Inside is a pack of diamonds. Lal thanks God for the reward, and everybody gets their share of the diamonds.

Cast

Production

Bombay to Goa is the directorial debut for Raj Pendurkar, who said about the film that it is an out-and-out comedy film with "nothing different", calling it "very basic. It is about regular people, normal people. And we are trying to get humour out of them." [2] Pendurkar said the film is not a remake of the 1972 film of the same name. His cast included several stars from Indian television, and the film was shot in Goa, among other places, in 2006. [3]

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Nitin Shankar, and Ravi Meet, and lyrics were written by Shabbir Ahmed. [4] The soundtrack was released by Eros Music.

Bombay to Goa
Soundtrack album by
Nitin Shankar
Ravi Meet
Released2007
Recorded2007
Genre Soundtrack
Length32:16
Label Eros Music
Producer Nitin Shankar
Ravi Meet
Track list
No.TitleMusicSinger(s)Length
1."Laaj Sharam"Ravi MeetShehla Burney6:31
2."Bombay To Goa (Female)"Nitin ShankarShehla Burney5:57
3."Lawani"Ravi Meet Sonu Kakkar 4:31
4."Let's Enjoy"Nitin Shankar Zubeen Garg 3:59
5."Bombay To Goa (Male)"Nitin Shankar Bappi Lahiri 5:57
6."Kamjarf"Ravi MeetShehla Burney, Shabab Sabri 5:21
Total length:32:16

Release and reception

The film did not do well commercially. [5] The Tribune gave the film a mixed review, saying it is "overall a fair attempt, but the length of the movie could go against it". [6] Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama gave the film 2 out of 5 stars, calling it "a fair attempt that may appeal to those with an appetite for comic capers". [7] The Times of India was particularly critical of the film, labelling it "a monumental waste" and dismissing the humour as "completely flat". [8] Shubhra Gupta of The Indian Express panned the film, concluding, "Even in terms of low-grade comedy, this is scraping the bottom of the barrel. We left within thirty minutes." [9]

In retrospect, DNA India listed it one of the "disastrous road films" made during the 2000s. [10]

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