Movie Review: Housefull 3

Movie Review: ‘Housefull 3’

Rating: 2/5

Director: Sajid-Farhad

Cast: Boman Irani, Akshay Kumar, Abhishek Bachchan, Riteish Deshmukh, Jacqueline Fernandez, Nargis Fakhri and Lisa Haydon

Houseful 3 Movie Trailer

An Indian businessman Batuk Patel (Boman Irani) has built an empire in London. His daughters – lovingly named Ganga, Jamuna and Saraswati (played by Jacqueline Fernandez, Lisa Haydon and Nargis Fakhri) – want to marry Sandy, Bunty and Teddy (Akshay Kumar, Abhishek Bahchchan and Riteish Deshmukh), who are as broke as can be. The problem is Patel doesn’t want his daughters to get married at all.

But this premise is hardly the interesting part of the movie. It’s the dialogues.

Building on the earlier two films in the franchise, also written by Sajid-Farhad, Housefull 3 serves rambunctiously funny one-liners from the beginning, and sets a comfortable ground for the actors to tread.

The inclusion of funny Hindi translations of English pop culture words or humor based on handicapped is so age-old that they hardly give you any chuckles.  Using literal translations of the ‘cool’ lingo – Chalo bahar latakte hain (Let’s hang out), Thandi waali dawa le lo (Take a chill pill) – there’s plenty that tickles.

Akshay Kumar is known for his impeccable comic timing. The actor does manage to pull off a good job with his split personality act but after a point goes overboard and there is a thin line between acting and loud acting then!

Riteish Deshmukh surely doesn’t seem to get enough of his repetitive roles when it comes to comedy. He is entertaining but it is more like a Deja Vu.

Abhishek Bachchan’s character is shown to be a rapper and I’m sorry is it just me or is that the biggest joke of Housefull 3? He has no swag and looks quite fatigued trying to act young.

The ladies, Jacqueline Fernandez, Lisa Haydon and Nargis Fakhri have nothing but to add glamour to the film. Look pretty, strut around and pout!

Boman Irani’s Batuk Patel is spot on. He has been a crucial part of all three films from the franchise and once again does a good job.

Jackie Shroff’s character Urja Nagre is played stylishly by him in spite of it being written loosely.  Niketan Dheer and Sameer Kocchar have a special appearance in the film.

The film takes off with London’s aerial view and plenty of London tourism is promoted all through the film.  One of the best scenes in the film is easily the one where Akshay’s split personality of Sundi take over and he dances on Pinga and a few other songs in a hilarious manner.  Also, in the wax statue museum, when Riteish talks about all others actors being married and says nothing pointing at Salman’s statue

At 145 minutes, the directors have produced a tight comedy that skips along.  Housefull 3 is a no-brainer that can be enjoyed only by fans of Akshay.