Garam Masala

'Garam Masala' is the story of a photographer, Mac (Akshay Kumar), and his assistant, Sam (John Abraham). Although they are friends, colleagues, and flat mates, there is rivalry between the two which surfaces now and again. In their game of one upmanship, John finally gets the better of Mac and is given a promotion and a free month long holiday in the US.

Now Mac is reduced to being Sam's assistant. In a bid to get even with him, Mac (who is already engaged to Anjali (Rimmi Sen) cons his way into becoming the owner of an empty flat and three gorgeous air hostesses, Priti (Daisy), Sweety (Neetu) and Puja (Nargis). Each is unaware of the other. Mac convinces each of them that she's the one for him. Sam comes back to India and is amazed and envious of Mac's newfound luck. Adding more confusion in Mac's life is a crazy cook (Paresh Rawal).

The scene in which Akshay and John are dining with Neha Dhupia (in a special appearance) at a restaurant is first rate. There are innumerable such genuinely funny scenes between the two. The post-interval section is even better than the first half. Most of the dialogues and one-liners in the film are fun and easy to relate to. This makes the film a lot of fun to watch throughout. 'Ada' and 'Kiss Me Baby' are fun and well shot.

Akshay Kumar is now a seasoned actor when it comes to comedy. To say that he's given a good performance would be an understatement. John Abraham is competent. Hats off to the director for extracting a good performance from him. Paresh Rawal is fantastic. Rimmi Sen is okay. But honestly, she doesn't have much to do in the film. Neha Dhupia is good in a brief role. The three new girls are efficient. Rajpal Yadav and Manoj Joshi are first rate.