Gammat Jammat (translation: Fun And Frotic) is a 1987 Indian Marathi-language comedy film written by Shantaram Nandgaonkar, directed by Sachin Pilgaonkar and produced by Satish Kulkarni under the production banner of Shree Tulsi Productions. The film stars an ensemble cast of Ashok Saraf, Sachin Pilgaonkar, Varsha Usgaonkar, Charusheela Sable, Shrikant Moghe, Ashalata Wabgaonkar, Viju Khote, Satish Shah and Sudhir Joshi. The music was composed by Arun Paudwal.[2][3]

Gammat Jammat
Theatrical release poster
Directed bySachin Pilgaonkar
Written byVasant Sabnis
Based onThe Fuzzy Pink Nightgown by Norman Taurog
Produced bySatish Kulkarni
StarringAshok Saraf
Sachin Pilgaonkar
Varsha Usgaonkar
Charusheela Sable
Shrikant Moghe
Ashalata Wabgaonkar
Viju Khote
Satish Shah
Sudhir Joshi
CinematographySuryakant Lavande
Music byArun Paudwal
Production
company
Shree Tulsi Productions[1]
Distributed byEverest Entertainment
Release date
  • 1 May 1987 (1987-05-01)
Running time
145 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageMarathi

Gammat Jammat was critically acclaimed and it did massive business at the box-office.[4] The film is still regarded as one of the best in Marathi cinema for its captivating story and Varsha Usgaonkar's performance.[5]

Plot

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Gautam (Sachin Pilgaonkar) and Phalgun (Ashok Saraf) are childhood friends residing in the bungalow of Gautam's another childhood friend, Shrikant Dalvi (Chetan Dalvi). The duo is desperately in need of a huge sum of money because Gautam, who is a bar waiter, needs to pay for the leg surgery of his crippled younger brother, Suhas (Dhruv Ghanekar), while Phalgun, who is a office clerk, needs to pay off all his debts to his creditors. However, Gautam and Phalgun has no means to receive the money by honesty and legal ways and at the last resort, the duo unwillingly plans to perform their first act of dishonesty and kidnap Kalpana (Varsha Usgaonkar), the daughter of wealthy businessman Dadasaheb Korde (Shrikant Moghe). The duo decides to put their plan into action in a foolproof way and executes the kidnapping of Kalpana successfully and perfectly. However, Gautam and Phalgun are both surprised to discover Kalpana's father is not ready to pay out even a penny for the ransom, seeing through their true nature, and has already sent Inspector Phutane (Satish Shah) and crime lord Ganu Pailwan (Viju Khote) to investigate the matter.

To add to the duo's miseries, Kalpana is not a model victim of kidnapping either and dominates Gautam and Phalgun throughout the film. She even treats the duo like her servants and instructs them both to not leave the bungalow where she is imprisoned otherwise she will escape. The situation is further complicated when Mama (Sudhir Joshi), Shrikant's uncle and the owner of the bungalow, arrives from Dubai to stay at the bungalow for a day, followed by Inspector Phutane in search of Gautam and Phalgun. However, Kalpana acts as Gautam'a wife in front of Mama and Phalgun's wife in front of Inspector Phutane in order to cooperate with the duo to obtain money from her father. One day, Gautam receives a letter from Shrikant informing that he has made the job arrangements of him and Phalgun in Delhi. Gautam and Phalgun are both extremely delighted with this news and disregard Kalpana's existence stating that she is now free to return home.

However, a heartbroken Kalpana slaps Gautam and confesses that she has feelings for him, which was the sole reason of her cooperative stay with him at the bungalow. Gautam reciprocates Kalpana's feelings while Phalgun also returns home to reunite with his wife, Ashwini (Charusheela Sable). Kalpana decides to drop Gautam, Phalgun and Ashwini off at the railway station, but Kalpana's car is spotted and pursued on the way by Ganu Pahelwan and his henchmen. Ganu Pahelwan eventually manages to capture Gautam and Phalgun and presents them both as guilty to Kalpana's father. However, Kalpana arrives and narrates a fake story that Gautam and Phalgun had instead rescued her from her kidnappers and expresses her wish to marry Gautam. Despite this, Gautam intervenes and confesses the truth to Kalpana's father, who forgives him and approves of his marriage with Kalpana by citing Gautam's honesty and courage. Meanwhile, Gautam is surprised to learn that Kalpana has already paid for the leg surgery of Suhas before her father also makes the job arrangements for Gautam and Phalgun.

Cast

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Soundtrack

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Gammat Jammat
Soundtrack album by
Released24 November 2016
GenreFeature film soundtrack
Length21:19
LanguageMarathi
LabelT-Series
Official audio
Gammat Jammat - Full Album on YouTube

The soundtrack was composed by Arun Paudwal and the lyrics written by Shantaram Nandgaonkar. The song "Ashwini Ye Na" attained huge popularity.[3]

# Song Singer
1 "Mi Aale Nighale" Anuradha Paudwal
2 "Mi Re Tujhya Sangtina" Anuradha Paudwal
3 "Choricha Mamla" Sachin Pilgaonkar, Anuradha Paudwal
4 "Ashwini Ye Na" Kishore Kumar, Anuradha Paudwal

References

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  1. ^ "Gammat Jammat Movie Box office Collection | Collection of Gammat Jammat Movie | Gammat Jammat". Retrieved 12 December 2023.
  2. ^ "'गंमत जंमत' चित्रपटातील 'या' अभिनेत्रीला आता ओळखणं झालंय कठीण, जाणून घ्या तिच्याबद्दल". Lokmat (in Marathi). 5 December 2021. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
  3. ^ a b "'Gammat Jammat'". The Times of India. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
  4. ^ "Happy Birthday Ashok Saraf: 'Ashi Hi Banwa Banwi' to 'Gammat Jammat'; FIVE must-watch comedy movies of the evergreen star". The Times of India. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
  5. ^ "'Gammat Jammat' to 'Maherchi Sadi': Best Marathi movies of Ashalata Wabgaonkar". The Times of India. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
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