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There are no fireworks here

Sunday, 27 October 2019 | Shalini Saksena

There are no fireworks here

Housefull 4

*ing: Akshay Kumar, Riteish Deshmukh, Bobby Deol, Kriti Sanon, Pooja Hegde, Kriti Kharbanda, Chunky Pandey, Rajpal Yadav, Johnny Lever, Ranjeet, Rana Daggubati, Sharad Kelkar and Parikshit Sahni

Rated: 5/10

The fourth edition of Housefull series earned approximately Rs 19 crore on day-one. Sadly, it is also the worst of the lot. While it is true that one has to leave brains behind to watch movies like this, unfortunately, even the brain at home will curse you for going for this one which makes no sense from the word go.

What is even worse is how and why Akshay Kumar even chose to be part of such a nonsensical project. it boggles the mind how an actor who chooses to do films like Mission Mangal and Kesari, that released this years, then goes on to be part of a project like Housefull 4.

The only logical answer lies in the fact even Akshay Kumar gets tired of doing films that are based on social issues and wants to have some fun and fool around. And fool around, he does in the movie. The film has nothing new. Unless one considers the punar janam angle (1419) and then jump to 2019 from the streets of London to Sitamgarh. Then there are the usual suspects.

Chunky Pandey as Akhri Pasta, Johnny Lever as Winston Churchgate and Ranjeet as Maharaja Surya Singh Rana and Thakral (London-based billionaire) may lend a bit of comedy with their antics but it can’t be denied that their one-liners and buffoonery leaves one more irritated than make one laugh. It is not funny to dress a man in women’s clothing and make him run after another man!

Also, director Farhad Samji, after 146 minutes of torturing the audience with pigeon poop landing on Akshay Kumar’s face time and again finds that it is time to end things.

Therefore, actors like Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Rana Daggubati and Parikshit Sahni are totally wasted here.

One may want to avoid this this.

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