Housefull 4 movie review

• Housefull 4 movie review:Only Akshay Kumar Is Given Sizeable Screen-Time In A Film That Champions Crass Humour   

    mohd mubashir

  Oct 25, 2019 14:24:38 IST

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  CAST--AkAshay Kumar , Riteish Deshmukh , Bobby Deol , Kriti Sanon , Pooja Hegde , Kriti Kharbanda                                

  
  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  Housefull 4 is a 2019 Indian reincarnation comedy film directed by Farhad Samji, and produced by Sajid Nadiadwala under Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment. The film is the fourth installment of Housefull franchise.^[3][4] It stars an ensemble cast of Akshay Kumar, Riteish Deshmukh, Bobby Deol, Kriti Sanon, Pooja Hegde and Kriti Kharbanda.

  The film was supposed to be directed by Sajid Khan, who had also directed the first two installments, but was replaced by Farhad Samji due to Me Too allegations. Nadiadwala claimed the film to be the highest budgeted Indian comedy film.The story of the film is based on reincarnation, spanning a period of 600 years from 1419 to 2019. The film was theatrically released in India on 25 October 2019, on the occasion of Diwali.Songs lyrics of Housefull 4 at Thehindilyrics

                                 
  
  At times you go in for the first day first show of a film with zero expectations, merely a curiosity as to what lower depths it could plumb in the name of entertainment. Housefull 4 hurtles south with such a clarity of purpose and desperate urgency that you can review it with just “eye roll” gifs than go hunting for suitable words.
  he “reincarnation comedy”, as it calls itself, has three couples in present-day London, go back 600 years to 1419 Sitamgarh, somewhere in India, only to realise they are wrongly matched in the present. The alignments are, thankfully, reordered and set right before the saat pheras, lest the bhabhi from the previous birth becomes the biwi in the present and vice versa.Not that there can be much to spoil in a broth where one is expected to laugh at bird’s droppings, people eating pig’s potty, dialogues like “Aaj mera fast hai, isliye slow maarta hoon” and three pigeons called Neill, Nitin and Mukesh (ok this was the only funny bit). Just a week or two ahead of two Hindi movies centred on hairloss — Ujda Chaman and Bala —Housefull 4 is another one that features a takla (bald) track and a character called Bala.
  

  Sharad Kelkar, Manoj Pahwa and Nawazuddin Siddiqui also pop up and you can be sure the three actresses don’t contribute in any substantial way to the plot of Housefull 4. Of the ensemble, only Akshay Kumar is given sizeable screen-time and, therefore, makes a modicum of impression. 
  The humour is tired, the gags with Pandey and Lever are hackneyed and the cross-dressing jokes are crass in Housefull 4. If you survive the 140-plus minutes of preceding inanity, the most fun is in the outtakes that play with the end credits.

  The original director of the film, Sajid Khan, may have been replaced following the #MeToo allegations but the sexist humour continues to thrive under the baton of Farhad Samji. 

  Run time: 145 minutes

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  
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