Is 'Bol Bachchan' a remake of Amol Palekar's 'Golmaal'?

Abhishek Bachchan plays the role of the protagonist Abbas Ali in 'Bol Bachchan'.

Amol Palekar plays the unforgettable role of Ramprasad Dashrathprasad Sharma in the original 'Golmaal (1979)'.

Ajay Devgn will be seen as Prithviraj Raghuvanshi, a powerful man in Ranakpur village, in the upcoming film 'Bol Bachchan'.

Utpal Dutt played the role of Bhavani Shankar, a man with traditional values and a fetish for moustaches in 'Golmaal (1979)'.

Stand-up comedian Krushna Abhishek will be taking on the role of Abbas Ali's (Abhishek Bachchan) friend in 'Bol Bachchan'.

A modern-day 'Golmaal (1979)' is what the cast of 'Bol Bachchan' is calling their film. Here, we look at stills from both the films to see how similar they are.

Prachi Desai is Abhishek Bachchan's love interest in 'Bol Bachchan'.

Bindya Goswami played the role of Urmila, who is Utpal Dutt's daughter and Amol Palekar's love interest in 'Golmaal (1979)'.

Archana Puran Singh seems to have a comic role, acting as a con artist to cover up Abbas Ali's (Abhishek Bachchan) lies in 'Bol Bachchan'.

Abhishek Bachchan in his moustache-less avatar in 'Bol Bachchan'.

Dina Pathak acted as Ramprasad's (Amol Palekar) fake mother in 'Golmaal (1979)'.

Amol Palekar in his moustache-less avatar in 'Golmaal (1979)'.

Actor Asrani plays Ajay Devgn's sidekick in 'Bol Bachchan.'

Keshto Mukherjee does his classic act of a drunkard, annoying Utpal Dutt immensely in 'Golmaal (1979)'.

It's said that director Hrishikesh Mukherjee had first selected Rekha as the heroine, but later made the choice of selecting Bindya Goswami.

Deven Verma had us in splits acting as Ramprasad's (Amol Palekar) best friend in 'Golmaal (1979)'.

In 'Bol Bachchan', it is Abbas's (Abhishek Bachchan) friend played by Krushna, who starts a series of lies that trigger comic sequences.

Incidently, in 'Golmaal (1979)', Deven Verma plays himself.

Rohit Shetty added Archana Puran Singh, who is his co-host in the show 'Jubilee Comedy Circus'.

Asin plays the role of Abbas's (Abhishek Bachchan) sister Sania in 'Bol Bachchan'.