Director: Sajid Khan

Star Cast: Akshay Kumar, Arjun Rampal, Ritesh Deshmukh, Deepika Padukone, Lara Dutta, Jiah Khan, Boman Irani and Randhir Kapoor

 

After a chain release of mundane, boring movies for quite some time which neither made room in the box office nor in people’s hearts it’s time for something different and entertaining with Sajid Khan’s Housefull. Though, it might not be a block buster entertainer of the year however, it has enough stuff to make people laugh and laugh. After all what people want on weekends is a good entertaining movie to freshen up the moods. And moreover, when the movie is made by a great comedian turned director himself it’s bound to tickle the bones with its comedy. After 'Heyy Baby' Shajid is back again to make theatres houseful with his flick ‘Housefull’.

 

Housefull is the story of Aarush (Akshay) who is a total loser with whom everything in life goes wrong. He lands in his friend’s house who is also a loser, Bob (Ritesh). Bob lives with his wife Hetal (Lara). Somehow, Aarush starts believing that his luck would change if he gets true love in his life. But, it’s not that simple for him because not one but two beauties come along his way who is none other than Sandy (Deepika) and Devika (Jiah). But, along with the girls enters Major Krishna Rao (Arjun Rampal) who is Sandy’s furious big brother and also Batuk Patel (Boman Irani), Hetal’s dad. It is then the movie takes pace. Aarush and Bob try to deceive Krishna Rao and Batuk in a hilarious way which makes stomach ache with laugh. They tell one lie on top of another and it continues.

 

Though the script is nothing special but it’s filled with the all essential ‘laugh’ factor as it is a comedy. Akshay and Ritesh successfully hold the attention of the viewers and their excellent onscreen chemistry is worth mentioning. The climax of the movie has extreme comedy sequences filled with mirth. And of course, Ritesh, Boman Irani, Akshay teamed together with Shajid means assured entertainment. The movie is also high on its enchanting factor as it has casted three hot cheeks together - Deepika, Lara and Jiah.

 

To mention about the acting skills of the team, Akshay Kumar gave his outstanding performance of drollery. Ritesh Deshmukh entertained throughout the movie with his comic expressions and right timing. Arjun Rampal woos all hearts with his charm. And about the female stars, well, they just added the oomph factor to the movie with Deepika being just mesmerizing and a perfect glam doll. Lara gives her best comedy performance and Jiah is hot but her performance was just average. Chunky Pandey played the role of an Italian hotelier called Akhiri Pasta but, his performance is not worth mentioning. Randhir Kapoor was seen onscreen after a long time and he played Jiah’s dad. Boman Irani‘s performance needs no special comments as he gave his as usual best.

 

The music of the movie is nothing to mention about and it’s by Shankar Ehsaan Loy. Mika sang ‘Apni Toh Jaise’ which was quite entertaining. Vikas Sivaraman gave appreciable camera work.

 

Verdict: This flick is a must watch for all who want a relaxing weekend and laugh with a packet of popcorn in their hands after a hectic week of hard work. It’s worth the money.