Bol Bachchan

Bol Bachchan
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Rohit Shetty
Produced by	Ajay Devgn Dhillin Mehta
Written by	Sajid-Farhad (dialogues)
Screenplay by	Yunus Sajawal
Story by	Rohit Shetty
Starring	Ajay Devgn Abhishek Bachchan Asin Prachi Desai Kirshna
Music by	Himesh Reshammiya Ajay-Atul
Cinematography	Dudley
Edited by	Steven H. Bernard
Production company	Ajay Devgn FFilms Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision Ltd
Distributed by	Fox Star Studios
Release date	6 July 2012
Running time	149 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Budget	₹70 crore (US$10 million)
Box office	₹1.9 billion (US$28 million)

Bol Bachchan is a 2012 Bollywood action comedy film. The film, made on a budget of ₹700 million (US$10 million), is inspired by the 1979 film, Gol Maal. Bol Bachchan's official trailer was released on 24 May 2012 and the film was released on 6 July 2012 in around 2575 screens worldwide with 2700 prints. It received mixed critical acclaim but had a good opening at the box office. The film reportedly made a record for its advance bookings. It was remade in Telugu as Masala with Venkatesh and Ram Pothineni reprised the roles of Ajay Devgan and Abhishek Bachchan respectively.

Abbas Ali (Abhishek Bachchan) lives in Chandni Chowk with his sister Sania (Asin Thottumkal). When their ancestral property is taken from them by deception, Abbas loses his job. Their family friend, Shastri (Asrani), convinces them to move to his village, Ranakpur, where he assures Abbas that he will get him a job at his boss, Prithviraj Raghuvanshi's (Ajay Devgn), place. Pritvhiraj is a powerful but kind-hearted man who hates lies and liars, and punishes them harshly. Abbas and Sania arrive at Ranakpur and meet Abbas's friend Ravi (Krishna Abhishek), Shastri's son, who runs a drama company with his friends. Abbas learns that there is a temple at the border of Ranakpur and Kherwada, the village where Prithviraj's cousin Vikrant Raghuvanshi is powerful. The two cousins are archenemies. The temple, being at the border of the two villages, was disputed and has been locked for years.

The plot begins when a child falls into the well of the temple and Abbas breaks the temple's lock to save the child. When Prithviraj arrives at the scene, Ravi says Abbas's name as Abhishek Bachchan to avoid religious controversies of a temple being broken open by a Muslim. Prithviraj hires Abhishek Bachchan (Abbas) and is happy with his work, but Ravi and his friends have to come up with a new plan when Prithviraj spots Abbas celebrating Eid as a Muslim. Abbas and the others convince Prithviraj that the one celebrating Eid was actually 'Abbas', an effeminate man and classical Kathak dancer. Things become worse for Abbas and Ravi when Prithviraj kindly hires Abbas for teaching Kathak to his sister Radhika (Prachi Desai). The more Abbas tries to manage his dual life without letting Prithviraj know, the more he has to lie to cover up other lies; this forms the crux of the story. The movie ends with a climatic cliff scene where both Abbas and Pritihviraj make up after a series of lies.