No list on popular sequels in Bollywood can be complete without including the Golmaal series - amongst the most popular and successful of all sequels in Bollywood. The original Golmaal Fun Unlimited, released in 2006, was Ajay Devgan's comeback to comedy, after Masti. It also featured Arshad Warsi, Tusshar Kapoor and Sharman Joshi, while the subsequent parts had Kareena Kapoor and Kunal Khemu, with Shreyas Talpade replacing Joshi. The film, whose storyline is similar to the Malayalam film Kakkakuyil, is based on the Gujarati play Aflatoon, adapted from Harsh Shivsharan's original Marathi play Ghar-Ghar. Golmaal Returns, released in 2008, added horror to the mix, while Golmaal 3, released in 2010, was a copy of Basu Chatterjee's Khatta Meetha and was the second-highest-grossing Bollywood film of that year. The fourth installment of this series, Golmaal Again released in 2017, had Parineeti Chopra, Tabu, Neil Nitin Mukesh and Kunal Khemu join the cast. While the film was met with mixed reviews, it broke box office records and entered the 100 million club within three days of collection. Director Rohit Shetty is reportedly working on the script of the fifth instalment, which may release in 2021.
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