anilsrivast Garam Masala has largely followed the script of the comedy 'Boeing Boeing', starring Tony Curtis and Jerry Lewis, which was released in 1965. The comedy is slap-stick, but it is nowhere close to what Curtis and Lewis put up in the original Hollywood movie. Their is one major departure, though. In Boeing Boeing Curtis's housekeeper is a long suffering old lady, whose sarcasm and chagrin is understated, whereas in Garam Masala the housekeeper is a loud, middle aged man, whose annoyance over the romantic affairs of Akshay Kumar,are overplayed. It appears that Paresh Rawal was trying to steal the limelight from the main characters. And, John Abraham cannot be compared to Jerry Lewis, who was in a class of his own. His facial antics could only be matched by Johnny Walker, the hilarious Indian comedian.

varun n the movie 'GARAM MASALA' is yet another blockbuster directed by priyadarshan.this is a remake of his old movie BOEING BOEING.for those people who hate love-stories,sentiments this movie is worth your money.there is rib tickling comedy throughout the movie and it is difficult for anyone to control laughing!!!this movie proves to be a testimony for AKSHAY KUMAR that he is the KHILADI of Hindi cinema.JOHN ABRAHAM is at his best.three beautiful air hostess in this movie portrayed by DAISY,NEETU,NARGIS have done their best and never disappoint.STORYLINE- MAC(AKSHAY KUMAR) and shyam(JOHN ABRAHAM)are good friends who work in a magazine called GARAM MASALA. one day they are threatened by their boss to shoot some quality photos of beautiful models.mac is engaged to anjali(RIMI SEN)but he always gives less attention to her.meanwhile shyam and mac both go on a date with maggie(NEHA DHUPIA)on the same day unknowingly and are surprised to see each other.drama prevails in a restaurant and both of them leave maggie to pay the bill and run.one day shyam goes to an old photo shop and ask the owner to give him a photo which is not yet featured in any sort of magazine.owner agrees and he leaves the shop with negatives of those photos.he gives same to his boss which help him in winning a competition.he gets promoted and fly to America to enjoy his vacation.mac is annoyed by this and on his friend's advice meets three air hostess to overcome is pain and feel relaxed.things get worse when shyam returns to India and is shocked to see mac flirting with those beautiful girls.mac hires an apartment which becomes an abode to all his girlfriends and shyam requests mac to stay in his flat.high drama follows when mac and shyam try to hide their secrets from ladies.mambo(PARESH RAWAL)chef in mac's house and babban(RAJPAL YADAV)help them in all sorts of taunts.one day deepti(DAISY)is shocked to see puja(NARGIS)with mac and things get too messy when sweety(NEETU CHANDRA)enters at that moment.mambo is disappointed with all sorts of tricks of mac and leave the house.by then,mac and shyam run from their house and mac realize his mistake and promise shyam to make things even with his fiancée anjali. but mac is shocked to see all his girlfriends along with their colleagues run towards him and he is caught between his former girlfriends and his fiancée. the movie ensures you comedy riot throughout and never leaves you disappointed at all.complete blockbuster in true sense...!!!note:-please wear seat belt when you watch this movie as there is a chance of getting hurt when you fall from your seat laughing whole- heartedly !!!!!

MovieInspector This film is an example of how good Akshay Kumar is in comedies. He is great in his role; he deservedly won the filmfare award for best performance in a comic role for his performance. John Abraham does his part well alongside Akshay in the lead roles. Paresh Rawal did well in his supporting role. Manoj Joshi and Rimi Sen did their parts well as did Neha Dhupia. The story of this is one that promises the audience a lot of comedy scenes, and it doesn't fail to deliver them. The music isn't that good to be honest. Still, it is worth watching for the comedy.Verdict: good comedy - definitely watch it. I give it 7.5/10

Anita VK I watched the Malayalam movie "Boeing Boeing" made in 1985 (which in turn is probably inspired by an English movie of same name) long back. The basic story of garam masala is the same - but it is told in a pathetic way, the classy jokes replaced by routine ones which are found in normal Hindi movies (probably the director did this to suit the taste of Hindi audience)... I haven't seen the English original. But had really enjoyed the Malayalam film (made by Priyadarshan himself)which was a side splitting comedy, back then. Of course the acting by Mohanlal,Mukesh and Sukumari (who did the cook's role) was so natural and spontaneous.Probably, I am too smitten by the Malayalam film that I cannot tolerate even the smaller flaws in its Hindi remake. But I still feel that Akshay Kumar and John Abraham have overacted. Paresh Rawal has done a decent job - but doesn't reach anywhere near Sukumari.But all in all its OK, if one compares it to other recent Hindi comedy movies.