Being the first release following the 2 month dry spell at movie theatres post IPL, audiences were earnestly awaiting a big screen. While in totality it does fall short of being the big great summer entertainer that it is been claiming to be, it however manages to bring many laughs for you. “The fact is that critics don’t have to tell me whether my film is good or not. It is the job of the audience and they would decide if ‘Housefull’ works for them,” Sajid quoted during production.
Sajid, who also wrote the script, strains too strong to add humour to every scence. He resorts to the familiar gay and Gujarati gags. Much was expected from Sajid Khan who has been literally claiming from rooftops for weeks now that he has made the year’s biggest blockbuster. That is natural as promotors had already given hints on that.
To give Sajid due credit, he has created many rip roaringly humorous situations that are well executed by his actors. Amongst the most hilarious sequences are most of the scenes featuring Akshay and Ritesh together sharing excellent chemistry.
It has a series of comic scenes, with a story to back it up. The story is about pretenses, and how in the name of saving one’s face and popularity, lies lead to larger lies, stemming from wanting to impress family members. Housefull narrates the story of Aarush (Akshay Kumar), the world’s unluckiest man. Being jinxed, he believes his bad luck can vanish if he finds true love. In the process he gets married to the rich mans daughter Jiah Khan. After the first marriage he meets Sandy (Deepika Padukone) who also falls in love with Akshay Kumar. But complications follow thereafter as Sandy’s brother, Major Krishna Rao (Arjun Rampal) and Hetal’s (Lara Dutta-bobs wife) father, Batuk Patel (Boman Irani) enter the scene. How Aarush and his friend Bob (Riteish Deshmukh) come out of this jumble, forms the core of the movie.
It is the out come of admirable group work. Complete movie housefull review is not given here.Akshay underplays his part superbly. All those who felt that the actor tends to get loud or needs to be controlled will change their belief with this movie. Riteish is extremely usual. Though the story primarily revolves around Akshay, Riteish stands shoulder to shoulder with Akshay in this one. Arjun Rampal is fantastic. Deepika carries her part with amazing confidence and again she will be remembered for her performance in this one. Lara is a seasoned player when it comes to comedies and she’s too good at it once again. Her scenes with Riteish in particular and also with Boman are first-rate. Jiah also excell in her role.
Cast: Akshay Kumar, Arjun Rampal, Ritesh Deshmukh, Deepika Padukone, Lara Dutta, Jiah Khan
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