By:
Taran
Adarsh,
IndiaFM
Saturday,
October
06,
2007
Ram
Gopal
Varma
may've
seen
the
biggest
of
flops,
but
you
could
never
raise
a
finger
at
him
for
making
an
outdated,
ghisa-pita,
hackneyed,
1980s
masala
film.
But
with
GO,
directed
by
Manish
Srivastava,
RGV
hits
an
all-time
low.
Really,
what
were
the
director
and
his
team
of
writers
thinking
when
they
made
this
apology
of
a
film?
Most
importantly,
how
did
RGV
okay
this
script?
Wait…
is
there
a
script
in
the
first
place?
You're
numb
and
speechless
as
you
come
out
of
the
screening
of
GO.
Was
it
real?
Or
was
it
a
bad
dream?
Nothing
works,
except,
to
an
extent,
new-find
Gautam.
Come
to
think
of
it,
GO
looks
like
it
has
been
created
by
an
amateur,
who
was
suddenly
given
a
camera
and
told
to
shoot
whatever
he
sees
in
his
lens.
The
plotline
is
so
outdated
and
the
screenplay
so
directionless,
it
makes
you
sad
that
the
once
innovative
RGV
has
fallen
to
such
lows.
In
a
nutshell,
here's
another
turkey
from
Factory!
Lovers
Abhay
[Gautam]
and
Vasu
[Nisha
Kothari]
elope
from
their
homes
in
Mumbai,
not
realizing
that
they
will
run
into
a
whole
bunch
of
colorful
characters,
including
a
rogue
cop
[Kay
Kay
Menon],
a
mean
killer
[Sherveer
Vakil],
a
crafty
conman
[Rajpal
Yadav]
and
a
chief
minister
[Ravi
Kale],
who
kills
his
own
deputy
[Govind
Namdeo].
The
writers
of
this
film
deserve
the
Razzie
for
coming
up
with
this
tacky
script.
The
idea
must've
been,
let's
pack
4
songs,
10
fights,
4
chases,
5
hot
scenes,
5
confrontations
and
of
course,
2
people
on
the
run,
1
corrupt
minister,
1
dishonest
cop,
1
henchman
and
2
sidekicks.
Picture
tayyar
hain,
the
writers
must've
screamed!
Although
the
songs
seem
forced,
the
sound
of
a
few
numbers
stays
in
your
memory.
Cinematography
lacks
finesse.
Gautam
sparkles
in
a
couple
of
scenes.
His
expressions
are
right,
his
dialogue
delivery
is
fine,
his
stunts
are
first-rate
and
he
has
a
well-toned
physique
as
advantage.
Nisha
Kothari
is
terrible.
And
what
did
Kay
Kay
see
in
this
role?
As
for
Rajpal
Yadav,
why
has
he
hammed
so
much?
Ravi
Kale,
Govind
Namdeo
and
Sherveer
Vakil
display
one
set
of
expressions
all
through.
On
the
whole,
GO
is
a
bad
product.
As
simple
as
that!