B-8 | Friday, November 29, 2019 www.WeeklyVoice.com Govinda, Jackie Fined For ‘House Arrest’ Is A Disgrace Promoting Herbal Oil By Subhash K. Jha “House Arrest” (Netlix ilm); Cast: Ali Fazal, Shriya Pal- gaonkar, Jim Sarbh; Direction: Shashanka Ghosh & Samit Basu; Rating: *&1/2 (one and a half stars)

Ali Fazal is an affable actor. He brings a certain charm, reminis- cent of Shashi Kapoor, into all his roles. But how much charm can you bring into a cheerless sullen role of a man who suffers from a serious social disorder which pre- The ‘House Arrest’ cast - A ‘jumpy’ narrative. Pic: Netlix vents him from stepping out of - Characters drop in on the self- Govinda and Jackie Shroff (right) ined in endorsement case. his home? And then you have Jim I shudder to think what ilmgo Sarbh as your best friend. Why ers in Mexico or Guyana would arrested protagonist to further MUZAFFARNAGAR: A con- There was no pain relief and would you want to go out? think of us after watching “House the plot. A mysterious bag shows sumer court in Uttar Pradesh’s Agarwal contacted a representa- The last time I heard about Arrest”, or Netlix’s previous up,and so does a love interest Muzaffarnagar has imposed a tive of the Madhya Pradesh-based someone staying home indei- ‘monsterpiece’ Driver. (Shriya Pilgaonkar) who seems ine of Rs 20,000 on actors Gov- company who advised him to re- nitely, it happened to Parveen It’s hard to decide which of the clueless as to what she is sup- inda and Jackie Shroff for endors- turn the product for processing Babi and she was declared two is worse. But yes, the plot, posed to be doing in a plot that ing a pain relief oil. the refund. However, the com- schizophrenic. In “House Arrest” the spoken lines and the inal out- runs around in circles with infuri- The complainant had alleged pany failed to refund the amount they have a fancy Japanese term come are far more depressing in ating impunity. that the oil endorsed by the ac- and started harassing Agarwal for Ali’s character’s clinical con- “House Arrest”. It is surprising that the ilm tors did not provide pain relief in when he contacted them again. dition. They call it hikikomori. At several points, the narra- boasts of two directors (one of 15 days as claimed in the adver- The consumer court has or- Very impressive. If only the tion gets so jumpy that it almost whom Shashanka Ghosh has di- tisement. In July 2012, Abhinav dered all stakeholders - the com- scriptwriters had not stopped be- seems like the ilm is hell-bent on rected Sonam Kapoor in a couple Agarwal, a Muzaffarnagar-based pany, Govinda, Jackie Shroff, ing creative after inding a fancy shooting itself in the foot. of watchable feature ilms). lawyer had ordered a pain relief Telemart Shopping Network Pvt designer-disease for the protago- The plot has the ambitions of a There is no evidence of any oil for his father Brijbhushan Limited and Max Communica- nist. The crux of the ilm is so va- Guy Ritchie heist drama welded directorial intervention here. As Agarwal, 70, for Rs 3,600 after tions - to pay Rs 20,000 to the pid and the narrative assembled into a psycho-traumatic tale of a for Ali Fazal’s Karan’s medical seeing an advertisement in the victim. It also ordered the irm to with such haphazardness I won- man who just wants to stay home. condition, making the character newspaper that promised full re- return Rs 3,600 paid by Agarwal dered if Netlix wants to portray Probably to watch Netlix, who watch “House Arrest” is recom- fund if the user fails to get visible with an interest of 9 per cent per as a country of cine-retards knows?! Clarity of vision is an mended as a cure. Home enter- results in 15 days. annum plus legal expenses. by giving ilms such as these a unknown quality in this muddled tainment of this low-level variety global platform. atrocity. is incentive enough to step out. Bali Holiday For Kirti Pooja Hegde Stuns With Throwback Pic NEW DELHI: Pooja Hegde was one of the lead actors in the comedy-drama ‘ 4’, which was released in October this year. The ilm based on reincarnation spans 600 years from 1419 to 2019, and Pooja played the dual roles of a princess in heartland India and a modern daugh- ter of a London-based don. The Film also starred Akshay Kumar, Kriti Sanon, Riteish Deshmukh, Kriti Kharbanda, Bobby Deol and Chunky Panday. Recently, the actor shared pictures of her irst test look from the movie in Instagram. Pooja shared the picture with the caption, “Throwback to my irst look test for #Housefull4 in my period look as Rajkumari Mala?? Just took out my phone and took some pictures in the dressing room to see how it was looking... what say?” : Kirti Kulhari is en- together for it, it is very exciting,” She also wrote, “I wanted to keep the make-up joying a “short-break” with her Kirti said. extremely minimal for #RajkumariMala as I want- family in Bali. “I have enjoyed This year, Kirti was seen in ed her to just look fresh, innocent and true to that being part of interesting proj- “URI: The Surgical Strike”, “Four time... Often it can get very challenging to maintain ects in 2019. I have been work- More Shots Please!”, “Mission the same brief as it’s very easy to get carried away One fan reacted, “U r the real queen...”, while an- ing non-stop for some time now Mangal” and “Bard Of Blood”. when u do a commercial ilm like Housefull 4. So other wrote, “You look prettier than picture.” and I think it was time for a short She has inished the second sea- glad that people loved the look and appreciated it.” Another remarked, “Look like wisdom beauty break. Bali is a gorgeous island son of “Four More Shots Please!” In the end, she asked her fans what do they think still.” The actor will next be seen sharing screen and this will be my second visit and remake of Hollywood’ of the picture. Fans responded to the post with com- space with in K.K. Radha Krishna Kumar’s there. Since the family is coming “The Girl On The Train”. pliments and loving words. directorial venture “Jaan”. Bollywood Celebs Party At Rohini Iyer’s Bash

MUMBAI: Weekend is here in which they all can be seen and it seems Bollywood celebri- sharing smiles with each other. ties are in a mood to party. And it Priyanka turned up for the party is no less than a feast for the eyes in a yellow top and pants. Katrina when you get to see divas like was seen in a short black dress. Katrina Kaif and Priyanka Cho- Sharing a glimpse from Rohi- pra Jonas partying together under ni’s birthday celebrations, Huma one roof. took to Instagram and wrote: On Friday, celebrity manager “What a fun night.” Rohini Iyer hosted her birthday Not only this, several celebri- bash in Mumbai. From Priyanka, ties were seen spotted at Kartik Katrina, to Kriti Sanon. Ekta Ka- Aaryan’s 29th birthday bash on poor, Tahira Kashyap and Huma the same day. Qureshi, several celebs marked Ananya Panday, Kiara Advani, their presence at the party. Kriti, Nupur Sanon, Janhvi Ka- A lot of pictures and videos are poor were gathered together at doing the rounds on the internet Kartik’s party.