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| HOUSEFULL
MOVIE REVIEW |
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by : Harish |
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Starring:
Akshay Kumar, Deepika Padukone, Lara Dutta,
Jiah Khan.
Direction:
Sajid Khan
Music:
Shankar Mahadevan, Ehsaan Noorani , Loy
Mendonca
Production:
Eros Entertainment |
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A
biggie, which has done just about everything
in the marketing front to make it the
first choice in the theaters for any
film lover this weekend. But was it
worth it? The very first thought that
comes to mind is the amount of money
put in for the movie, or any other Akshay
Kumar movie for that matter, in the
past five-odd years. If you add 'Kambakth
Ishq', 'Blue', 'CCTC' or so, you might
end up with a figure which is not just
mind numbing but as a good citizen you
might also talk about money and/or resource
wastage, forgetting the fact that as
a good fan you have also seen all the
previous movies in the first weekend.
And all his movies never stopped outdoing
the previous in the first weekend grosses
but almost, most of the times, never
see a profit. And 'Houseful' falls under
the same cadre. A movie which will surely
boast of an earth-shattering opening
but can it sustain? Well let’s
not predict the impossible and let’s
get on to analyzing the obvious - 'Houseful'
is below average.
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Well, the movie is about a unlucky loser Aarush (Akshay
Kumar) for whom nothing seems to go right. He hates
his job, he loses his girl, and he goes to London
to meet his childhood friend Bob (Ritesh), where some
more misadventures follow only to get married to the
wrong woman. But in the process, meets Miss. Right,
Sandy (Deepika Padukone). Surprise! Sandy is the sister
of Aarush's first girl friend Pooja (Malaika Arora)
and also happens to be the sister of a strict secret
agent Major Krishna Rao (Arjun Rampal). What happens
next? If you have seen the Tamil hit, Kamal Hassan–Prabhu
Deva starrer 'Kadhala Kadhala' and the Hollywood Blockbuster
'Meet the Parents' you wont have any problems answering
that one, except for the utterly over-the-top and
melodramatic Climax in the Buckingham Palace.
Houseful is a gag-fest, it doesn't rely on situational
humor but more on physical and slapstick humor which
might have few takers, but universal appeal is out
of question. There are few really funny moments but
we thought it was a two and half hours laugh-a-thon,
right? Sajid Khan relies extremely on over-the-top
physical humor but you need people who could carry
that out to get the desired results, Ritesh was exceptional
and carried out all the stupidity with extreme sincerity
but the rest are a tad below mark, Boman Irani was
good but somehow the movie would have got more elevation
if the role was carried out by Paresh Rawal. Akshay
Kumar was fine as usual but nothing spectacular to
write about, Lara again overdoes her role but is still
lovable, Deepika hams but looks gorgeous, Jiah Khan
is wasted and she looks uninterested. It was good
to see Randhir Kapoor after a long time and he does
a good job. Arjun Rampal looks good and does a good
job portraying the strict police officer. Chunky Pandey
overacts as usual. Lilette Dubey is wasted but yet
she does a brilliant job in the few scenes where she
does make an appearance.
Technically, the movie was good, with the cinematography
by Vikas Shivraman, being good but not great, though
the much-talked about bikini's of the threesome was
indeed taken brilliantly (for the front benchers and
the people who are not ready to accept publicly their
front bench mindset). Music was decent but we indeed
expected greatness from Shankar-Ehsaan and Loy, so
we are left a little disappointed. Editing by Rameshwar
S Bhagat was fine though there were many continuation
problems.
Overall, a movie which again had the potential but
too much melodrama just spoils the soup. The second
half does makes you sit up only to get dumped due
to the utterly nonsensical climax.
Verdict:
Error of comedy
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Akshay
Kumar,
Deepika Padukone,
Lara
Dutta,
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