SUMMER BUMPER BONANZA!!. Review on Housefull

~~THIS IS MY 250TH REVIEW!!~~

Sajid Khan does it again! His debut directorial venture, Heyy Babyy, keeping aside all its flaws, was still a brilliant entertainer. And now, Sajid’s second offing, Housefull, too succeeds in giving the viewers the much needed entertainment! The film is silly and illogical at places but then who cares as long as it tickles our funny bones and leaves a smile on our faces? Get ready to commence your movie watching season with this hilarious flick!

The story of the movie: Aarush (Akshay Kumar) is the unluckiest guy of the universe! Wherever he goes, bad luck follows and it affects people around as well. Thus, when Aarush goes to stay at his friend Bob’s (Riteish Deshmukh) house, he and his wife Hetal (Lara Dutta) get jinxed too. He realizes that Devika (Jiah Khan), daughter of the wealthy man Kishore Samtani (Randhir Kapoor) can be his true love and hopefully will bring luck to him. He gets married to her but falls in love with Sandy (Deepika Padukone)! To add to the chaos, Sandy’s bro Major Krishna Rao aka Anna (Arjun Rampal) and Hetal’s dad Batuk Patel (Boman Irani) enter the scene. Aarush, who hates to lie, has to create mountains of lies so that everything can go on smoothly.

Housefull jumps from level to level in the first half. It begins wonderfully (Akshay’s entry is just awesome!) but then falls in some of the later scenes. But then the film picks up dramatically as soon as the action shifts to Italy. The entire Italy sequence was wonderfully written and even better executed. The twist in Jiah Khan-Akshay’s track surfaces unexpectedly and works well. The Akki-Deepika romance and the misunderstandings that crop up were damn impressive. And how can I forget, Chunkey Pandey entertains like hell during this entire sequence! More about it later!

The intermission point was gripping and you expect fireworks in the second hour. Thankfully, all expectations are fulfilled when the film turns into a howlarious ride in the 2nd half. There are such funny and creatively thought scenes in this hour that it literally brings the house down! Man, I was laughing so much after sooo many days!

The film has some loose ends but they are so nicely compensated by the director that frankly you won’t complain. The lie-detector sequence was technically totally wrong. But it is so nicely executed that the scene turns out to be one of the best! Also, Akshay’s decision to suddenly reveal the truth seemed a little forced. But the scene that follows (laughing gas sequence) is so brilliant (and funnnny) that again there would be no reason to grieve!

Talking about performances, everyone does one of the best jobs of their respective careers! Akshay Kumar plays the part of the loser perfectly! I marvel at this actor-he has worked in so many comic capers and yet, in each of his film, he comes up with a performance that is unique and different from the rest. In Housefull too, he does a brilliant act and succeeds in entertaining to the core! Great going Akki!

Riteish Deshmukh wasn’t at his best but still registers a strong impact. He does a fabulous job in the beginning scenes where he gets maximum footage. Deepika Padukone like everytime looks lovely and gives a topnotch performance. Here’s an actor who never disappoints! Lara Dutta contributes very well to the goings-on. She deserves to be seen in more films! Arjun Rampal was outstanding! One of the chief reasons why I was excited for Housefull was because of him! I have loved him since his early days and I was looking forward to watch him do a comic act. Thankfully, he doesn’t disappoint and does a fabulous job (who says he can’t act?)! And we’ll get to see him once again in power-packed role in Raajneeti just a month later! Keep rocking dude!

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