Housefull 4 Film Review By Manya Malhotra

Housefull 4

2.5

Comedy

Cast: Akshay Kumar, Riteish Deshmukh, Kriti Sanon, Bobby Deol, Kriti Kharbanda , Pooja Hegde, Johnny Lever, Chunky Pandey

Director: Farhad Samji

Story: Harry recalls everything from his past life in 1419, where the love story of three couples remained unfinished. The couples are reincarnated in 2019, but this time their pairs are mixed up. Can Harry reunite everyone with their correct partners?

Review: The re-incarnation theme has been attempted before in Bollywood. Housefull 4 is unique because it complements this theme with comedy. The Housefull franchise is synonymous with a mad Premise, a bunch of buffoonish characters and the city of London. As Expected Housefull 4 is no stranger to the above mentioned ingredients. The first half of the film is surprisingly pleasant. It has quite a few wacky one-liners that will tickle your funny bone. Some foot tapping numbers and dazzling visuals add to the viewing experience. Apart from one particularly disturbing fake molestation scene helmed by Kriti Kharbanda ( read: not sanon) and Akshay Kumar’s character Bala’s occasional casual disregard for appropriate behaviour, the first half of Housefull 4 is free from cringe worthy scenes. The same cannot be said about the film’s second half. One cannot say whether it is because of the change in the director or whether the film simply suffers from the case of the second half getting carried away and leading to an imbalanced film. It just has too many characters being unnecessarily loud all the time. I do not recall any member of the audience laughing even once throughout the unending second half. Seeing Johnny Lever dressed as a woman is both painful and horrifying. It is painful to see such a talented actor being reduced to taking part in consented self humiliation. It is horrifying to actually have to witness the whole ordeal. Also, I think we can all safely agree that it is time to do away with Chunky Pandey’s akhri pasta character. He is not funny, he is just plain annoying. As for the performances, except for Akshay Kumar, no one else really has anything to do. The other members of the cast are easily replaceable. Especially the female cast, the only identity they have been given is that of being someone’s girlfriend or bhabhi. Give this one a miss. Even the theatre was not housefull this time around!

Comments

Kashish said…

Very well written!!

26 October 2019 at 22:29

Kamaljeet Singh said…

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19 January 2020 at 12:08

Anonymous said…

'Even the theatre was not housefull this time around!'

Haha, that's a funny one-line punchline!

27 December 2020 at 11:26

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