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Garam Masala is a film of genre Comedy directed by Priyadarshan released in USA on 3 november 2005 with Akshay Kumar
Garam Masala (2005)
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Add to a movie listGaram Masala (Hindi: गरम मसाला, translation: Hot Spice) is a 2005 Bollywood comedy film directed by Priyadarshan, it is a partial remake of Priyadarshan's own Malayalam movie Boeing Boeing. The film stars Akshay Kumar, John Abraham, Rimi Sen, Neha Dhupia, Paresh Rawal and Rajpal Yadav. It was released on Diwali of 2005. Akshay Kumar received the Best Actor in a Comic Role award for his performance at the Filmfare Awards.Garam Masala was declared “blockbuster”. Priyadarshan had 2 releases on the same date, kyon ki and Garam Masala while Garam Masala became a major box office success, kyon ki was flopped.
Synopsis
The movie starts off when two photographers Makrand, aka Mac (Akshay Kumar) and Shyam, aka Sam (John Abraham) are doing a photo shoot.. While Mac is shooting the models in exposing poses, his fiancée leaves in disgust due to Mac's closeness to the models. Their boss calls them into his office and tells them that they are good-for-nothing photographers. He threatens to reduce their pay if they don't get some good pictures for the world photography competition to make his magazine Garam Masala famous.Actors
Akshay Kumar
(Makrand "Mac" Deendayal Chatpatiya)
John Abraham
(Shyam "Sam" Salgaonkar)
Paresh Rawal
(Mambo)
Rimi Sen
(Anjali)
Neha Dhupia
(Maggie)
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