Housefull Cast: Akshay Kumar, Riteish Deshmukh, Arjun Rampal, Lara Dutta, Deepika Padukone, Jiah Khan, Boman Irani
This one has not much of a story to speak of; is high on gloss and locations, low on logic, has loud characters and senseless gags that don't as much as make the corner of your mouth twitch (forget laughing) and songs that pop up when they shouldn't.
Confusing
You actually realise while watching “Housefull” that actor-comedian Sajid Khan's first attempt at direction was much more enjoyable than what he's dished out this time.
The marketing campaign might just help actually; the audience is starved for a big-budget film, and with half-a-dozen stars thrown in and the fact that the film is the first to release after the IPL, high weekend numbers could be a possibility. What's the film's story? Well, if you must know, ‘unlucky' Aarush's wife runs away with her lover on the night of their marriage, he falls in love with a girl who is the sister of his ex-girlfriend and his best friend's father-in-law mistakes him to be the husband of his daughter.
Confused? Well, “Housefull” tends to do that to you too. The intention is to make you laugh of course, which it manages at exactly two-and-a-half places. Don't ask which, because those moments don't really stay with you. The only thing that does is 1980s singing sensation Shabbir Kumar going in the background, “I don't know what to do. I don't know what to do.” Exactly what you tell yourself sitting in that dark cinema hall.
Bottomline: Watch at your own risk…
SHREYANSH, II Year, B.Com, Loyola College
