De dana Dan,Blue,CC2China,Tasveer,Kambhaktt Ishq. Akshay Kumar's recent report card looks worse than Tushaar Kapoors & this week he returns for the big ticket release of this summer - Housefull. With Sajid Khan claiming that he's going to surpass MNIKhan, does this comic caper pack in a punch.
Sadly, this is yet another patchy entertainer where the only comic relief is the end credits rolling down.
So we all know that one has to put aside logic while watching a film of this kind, but to just take the audience for granted & go on with stupid shenanigans in the name of humour is just plain criminal.
Arush(Akshay K) is a man out on his luck. Wherever he goes, chaos follows. Nothing works for him so he packs his bag & goes from Macau to London to spend time with childhood buddy Bob(Ritiesh). On landing he turns Bobs life upside down too, much to the ire of his wife Hetal(Lara) who's father(Boman I) has disowned her. So Arush gets married to Devika(Jiah K) only for a whole new world of tragedy to unfold. As the story moves on Sandy(Deepika) comes into his life & the story takes predictable twists & turns, coming to a rather woeful end. Also throw in angry brother(A.Rampal) & Italian resort owner Aakhri Pasta(Chunky Pandey) for the odd laugh.
The problem of this film rests in the writing. Sajid Khan, who prides himself in his witty humour goes for more tasteless, crass & corny this time. While it may work for the larger audienece, in comparison with films like No Entry, Masti, etc, this feels amateur.
The locations are beautiful but cinematography leaves much to be desired. The screenplay is agonizingly long & the end is never near.
Of the actors, Akshay Kumar & Ritesh Deshmukh stand out. Both have superb timing & chemistry. The women titillate to their best, with Lara pitching in with a good job. Boman Irani makes for a few laughs while Arjum Rampal as the bossy brother irritates more than acts.
Sajid Khan fails as a director. He doesn't provide a well-made product & takes inspiration from many a Hollywood film.
I won't lie, there are sequences which will have you in splits, but they are hard to come by.
To sum it up, Housefull is a film which regardless of whether you laugh, is going to laugh all the way to the bank. With packed houses already, this ones looks big.
Take your kids, they will love it...you might not. If crass humour is your taste, run to the halls, or else run far away.
Rating: 2/5
P.S- Sajid Khan's claim that this is his homage to the Manmohan Desai & Hrishiksh Mukherjee school of filmmaking should be punishable. These masters weaved magic on celluloid, true genuine entertainers.
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