www.WeeklyVoice.com BOLLYWOOD Friday, November 8, 2019 | B-9 ‘Housefull 4’ Is More Like A Tired, Haggard Circus By Vinayak Chakravorty get rebirth after an untimely begins to unravel. The ilm is try- death, “Housefull 4” merrily puts ing to work as a spoof, you re- Housefull 4”; Cast: Akshay its entire cast on the Punarjanam alise, as everything from “Game Kumar, Riteish Deshmukh, Bobby bandwagon. Every single charac- Of Thrones” to “Ghajini” to “Ba- Deol, Kriti Sanon, Kriti Khar- ter is reborn. hubali” to “Karan Arjun” gets a banda, Pooja Hegde, Boman These ilms have never really wink. Irani, Chunky Pandey; Direc- been about the concept – they The quality of Bollywood lyr- tion: Farhad Samji; Rating: * * are always about the commerce. ics and the Ramsay brand of (two stars) In that sense, Akshay Kumar and B-horror (executed through a company have stormed into the half-baked Nawazuddin Siddiqui Give them some points for con- ‘plexes’, where there’s big mon- cameo), aren’t spared, too, even sistency. Maintaining the same ey to be made. “Housefull 4” is as the quota of transgender jokes, low IQ over four ilms – and smartly budgeted, advertised and gay jokes and a tiresome birdsh*t crafting it into a moneymaking distributed. It is a neat example of gag plays themselves out. franchise – is no small deal. By how big-budget Bollywood ilm- The ilm really runs on an auto- now, the makers of these “House- making in the corporate era has pilot trip, with random and unin- full” ilms have chucked all no- mastered the low-risk game. telligent gags splattered all over tions of sensible storytelling and Onto cinematic details about the screenplay. intelligent humour. Why bother? the ilm, there is really not much prop cast of heroines to add to the king. Six centuries years later, all Akshay Kumar returns to re- What matters is setting off a big to say. Every once in a while ditsy glitz. six protagonists are born again in hash a familiar “Housefull” bag bang hype before release, and the Akshay Kumar seems to feel The gimmick this time pertains London and once again end up as of tricks, in dual roles of a sly - box-ofice math solves itself. the urge to take a break from to reincarnation. A script cred lovers. prince with a bald pate complex, “Housefull 4” tries giving Bol- his newfound nationalism duty ited to Sara Bodinar and Sajid There is a catch. Fate has and a bumbling modernday hair- lywood’s much-logged ‘punar- on screen and return to roots – Nadiadwala swings between the mixed up the couples. Each dresser with a short-term memory janam’ (reincarnation) formula which, in his case, has lately been imaginary Sitamgarh kingdom of person is with a wrong partner. loss syndrome triggered by noise. a spoofy spin. The idea would about churning out extremely 1419 and modern day London as When a twist in the tale brings “Housefull 4” is more like a seem quirky, to begin with. un- bloated, insanely nonsensical the ilm opens. In the royal palace them from London to Sitamgarh, haggard circus than a ilm. It pa- like standard Bollywood reincar- “Housefull” ilms. The formula is of Sitamgarh 600 years ago, three it is time for discoveries of past- rades an assembly of overdone - nation dramas, where the hero duly spruced up every time with a pairs of lovers are killed follow life romances. A stupid game of tricks inside its gaudy, star-stud- and heroine (and villain at most) new slapstick gimmick and a new ing an evil conspiracy against the ‘spot your previous life’s lover’ ded canopy. Jennifer Dyes Her Hair Red For Role Urvashi Rautela Wants To Mumbai: Actress Jennifer Win- get has dyed her hair red for her Play PT Usha In Biopic role of Maya in the second season MuMBAI: At a time when of the upcoming show “Beyhadh biopics, especially life stories of 2”. In one of the publicity images, sporting icons, are a trend, B- she is seen launting her red locks Town hottie urvashi Rautela has while wearing a black outit. expressed her eagerness to play The irst season of the show famous Olympian PT usha in a featured Kushal Tandon as the ilm on her life. male lead. This time, Shivin Na- “Not many people know I am an rang and Aashish Chowdhary athlete. I am a national basketball will pair opposite Jennifer. champion. I was the girls’ captain Talking about her look, Jenni- of the team. I am a sportsperson, fer said: “I am completely in love so I think no one can be a better with my character. So much so, it choice than me for the role of PT called for a do-over! But no, in all usha. I have been a racer. I have as possible contenders for the seriousness, the show gave me a participated in a lot of hurdles and role. However, there is no conir- blank canvas to chart the course races, and won many. So, I think I mation. of my character. Being out of the will it in any sports biopic. Also, As of now, urvashi is busy box, you have the opportunity to the ilmmakers will not have to promoting her upcoming ilm get creative.” in your resources. The show and in Season 2 of ‘Beyhadh’ so, waste their time in terms of train- “Pagalpanti”, a comedy directed “Not very often do roles like character are both close to heart. I hope the audience shows the ing me,” urvashi told IANS. by Anees Bazmee. Talking about this fall into your lap, so for an The whole team has put in a lot same amount of appreciation and The names of big-ticket hero- working in a Bazmee directorial, actor it really gets you to push of thought and effort to come love,” she added. “Beyhadh 2” ines as Katrina Kaif and Priyanka she said: “It was a fabulous expe- your limits, whilst working with- up with the inal look for Maya will air on Sony TV. Chopra have been loating around rience.”

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