Akshay Kumar can't save horrid Housefull

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      Starring Akshay Kumar and Deepika Padukone. In Hindi with English subtitles. Rated PG.

      Bollywood superstar Akshay Kumar, who is currently shooting a comedy called Thank You in Vancouver, plays another lovable loser in the meandering and mildly amusing comedy called Housefull, the first big Bollywood release of the year.

      The ensemble farce, set largely in London, England, has Kumar playing Arush, literally a big-time loser. His luck is so bad that the only job he can hold on to is that of a “cooler” in a casino, or someone who is sent by the manager to break a table’s winning streak.


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      You would think that such a quality would be enough to hang a comedy on with hilarious results but filmmaker Sajid Khan uses it as just another throwaway device to get his pedestrian plot moving along.

      The only way Arush believes he can change his bad luck is to find his true love and marry her, which is a Catch-22 since his bad luck has the honeys running away. After his latest break-up, Arush heads home to London to seek solace in the company of his best friend Bob (Riteish Deshmukh), a casino-dealer.

      After some initial hiccups that involve an out-of-control vacuum cleaner and a talkative parrot, Arush settles in. He gets an arranged marriage to Bob’s casino boss’s daughter (Jiah Khan) only to have his newlywed wife run off on their honeymoon in Italy. And so it goes until he meets Sandy (Deepika Padukone) and silly games of deception begin.

      Housefull’s characters and sight gags are largely borrowed from both Bollywood and Hollywood films. There's nothing fresh or original here in spite of workman-like performances by the entire cast, including some good chemistry and funny bits between Kumar and Deshmukh as best friends. With the exception of some well-orchestrated physical comedy in the vein of Charlie Chaplin, Housefull is excruciatingly painful to sit through.

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      5 Comments

      Ashish

      May 3, 2010 at 11:47pm

      Mr. Paul u suck.. I guess u gotta give 5 star to movies like Rab ne bana di jodi.. Movie is good and will do well.. Mr Paul has no sense of watching good movies..

      diggi4209211

      May 4, 2010 at 12:26am

      Ya True. Housefull didn't deliver as expected. Another flop from Akshay. If he continue like this then he will go back to his old days where he made some unnoticed movies like Jani dushman, Insaan, Police Officer etc. He is my fav actor. He should be more choosy in his movies like Aamir and Hrithik and not just go for money.
      I wish him luck for his forthcoming movies.

      lu222

      May 4, 2010 at 9:49am

      housefull is one of the best comedy film ever.a k kumar too good. 5out of 5

      Chirag

      May 4, 2010 at 6:30pm

      So far Housefull has been Akshay kumar's best movie since Heyy Baby, Awara Pagal Dewanna ,and Hera Phiri

      Anonymous

      May 10, 2010 at 4:40am

      yes, i am tired of these nonsense movies again and again coming from an actor like akshay.