Housefull 4

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Housefull 4
Housefull 4 poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed byFarhad Samji
Screenplay byFarhad Samji
Tushar Hiranandani
Sparsh Khetarpal
Tasha Bhambra
Story bySara Bodinar
Sajid Nadiadwala
Produced bySajid Nadiadwala
Starring
CinematographySudeep Chatterjee
Edited byRameshwar S. Bhagat
Music bySongs:
Sohail Sen
Farhad Samji
Sandeep Shirodkar
Score:
Julius Packiam
Production
companies
Distributed byFox Star Studios
Release date
  • 25 October 2019 (2019-10-25)
Running time
145 minutes[1]
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget₹75 crore[2]
Box officeest. ₹280.27 crore[3]

Housefull 4 is a 2019 Indian Hindi-language comedy film directed by Farhad Samji and produced by Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment and Fox Star Studios. The film is the fourth installment of Housefull franchise,[4][5] and stars an ensemble cast of Akshay Kumar, Riteish Deshmukh, Bobby Deol, Kriti Sanon, Pooja Hegde and Kriti Kharbanda.

The film was half directed by Sajid Khan, who had also directed the first two installments, but was replaced by Farhad Samji midway during the shooting, due to Me Too allegations.[6][7] Nadiadwala claimed the film to be the highest-budgeted Indian comedy film.[8][9][10] The film was theatrically released in India on 25 October 2019 during the occasion of Diwali to received mixed to negative reviews, who appreciated performances of ensemble cast, and production values, but criticized for screenplay, writing, humor, cliches, and direction, but became a box-office success.[11][12]

Premise[]

The story of the film is based on reincarnation, and spans a period of 600 years from 1419 to 2019.

Plot[]

Harry is a barber in London, who frequently gets bizarre flashes of a past era. He has two brothers, Roy and Max. Harry's forgetful nature causes him to misplace a bag of 5 million pounds that belongs to a gangster, Michael whose henchman Big Bhai since then always demands them to return the money.

To fulfill this demand, Harry, Roy and Max get engaged to Pooja, Neha and Kriti respectively, the daughters of rich businessman Thakral. Mysterious circumstances cause the destination wedding to take place in Sitamgarh, India. On arriving there they encounter Aakhri Pasta, a bellboy at their hotel.

Pasta recognizes them as reincarnations of people that lived 600 years ago, i.e., in 1419. Harry realizes that the flashes he sees have something to do with what Pasta was talking about. To meet him, Harry drives to the nearby town of Madhavgarh where he starts to see the flashes.

In 1419, Rajkumar Bala of Madhavgarh was banished by his father Maharaj Parikshitap since Bala tried to kill him to become king. His servant Pehla Pasta takes him to Sitamgarh (then a nearby kingdom) whose king Surya Singh Rana wants grooms for his daughters Madhu, Mala and Meena. Bala plans to marry Madhu, the eldest, to become Maharaj of Sitamgarh.

Bala meets Bangdu Maharaj, an effeminate dance teacher who is dating Mala. Meena is secretly in love with her brave bodyguard, Dharamputra. Bala helps them get together and enlists their help for uniting him with Madhu. The plan works, as Surya announces the wedding of Madhu-Bala, Mala-Bangdu and Meena-Dharamputra.

But Surya's nephew Suryabhan wants the throne for himself. He kills Sitamgarh's enemy clan's leader's brother, Gama and frames the three couples for it. On wedding day, Gama enters and fights them to avenge his brother. Bala realizes that he truly loves Madhu. The wedding mandap collapses and kills the three couples along with Gama.

Back in the present, Harry realizes that the grooms are set to marry the wrong brides. Pasta helps Harry remind Roy and Max of their lives as Bangdu Maharaj and Dharamputra, respectively. They are then introduced to Pappu Rangeela, a qawwali singer and a girl's cousin. He is the reincarnation of Gama but has no recollection of his past life. Meanwhile, Pasta finds a painting of their past lives' wedding day, which shows Bala with Madhu, Bangdu with Mala, and Dharamputra with Meena to make the girls remember their past lives and avoid marrying each other's love. Before they can show this painting to the girls to remind them of their past lives, it gets in the hands of Pappu Rangeela, and he remembers his life as Gama.

Pappu crashes the wedding, and a fight plays out. The war makes Pooja and Neha remember their past lives. Soon, Michael Bhai, now revealed to be the reincarnation of Suryabhan, shows up at the wedding for his money and shoots Gama. Kriti remembers everything when she sees Michael Bhai and also reveals that the wedding mandap hadn't collapsed on its own - Suryabhan broke it down to kill everyone so that he could be the Maharaj of Sitamgarh. Michael Bhai recounts his past life and boasts how he got Gama's brother killed. Pappu Rangeela hears this and pushes Michael Bhai into the collapsing mandap, thus bringing his revenge.

The film ends on a happy note, with Harry marrying Kriti, Roy marrying Pooja, and Max marrying Neha, thus completing their 600-year-old love story.

Cast[]

Release[]

The film was theatrically released in India on 25 October 2019 during the Diwali festival.

Reception[]

Critical response[]

Koimoi gave 3.5 stars out of 5 and said, "Akshay Kumar, Riteish Deshmukh & Gang Gift Us Punlimited Fun This Diwali."[13] Komal Nahta of Film Information said, "Housefull 4 is not a very entertaining fare and has ordinary merits. On the one hand is the festival period which will work in its favour and on the other hand is the word of mouth which will work against its interests."[14] Sreeparna Sengupta of The Times of India, giving two and half stars out of five, noted that due to general silliness, there were mindless comic moments and scenes of low-brow humour in the film. She opined that it was a drag in portions and jokes were stale. She concluded, "Overall, Housefull 4 ends up as a complete mad caper. Which, if you're a fan of the Housefull brand of comedy, might appeal to you. But if you are not, then proceed with caution.[15] Trade analyst and critic Taran Adarsh gave the film one and half stars out of five and called it as "disappointing". Criticising writing, direction and over the top performances, he noted that it is the weakest film in Housefull franchise, which failed to make audience laugh.[16]

Box office[]

Housefull 4's opening day domestic collection was ₹16.50 crore. On the second day, the film collected ₹17.00 crore. On the third day, the film collected ₹13.00 crore, taking total opening weekend collection to ₹46.50 crore.[3]

As of 5 December 2019, with a gross of ₹231.67 crore in India and ₹48.60 crore overseas, the film has a worldwide gross collection of ₹280.27 crore and is the eighth highest-grossing Bollywood film of 2019.[17][3]

Soundtrack[]

Housefull 4
Soundtrack album by
Sohail Sen, Farhad Samji and Sandeep Shirodkar
Released23 October 2019[18]
Recorded2018-19
GenreFeature film soundtrack
Length17:35
LanguageHindi
LabelT-Series
External audio
audio icon Official Audio Jukebox on YouTube

The film's music is composed by Sohail Sen, Farhad Samji and Sandeep Shirodkar, with lyrics written by Farhad Samji, Sameer Anjaan and Vayu.

"Bhoot Raja Bahar Aaja" composed by Laxmikant–Pyarelal sung by Asha Bhosle from the 1977 movie Chacha Bhatija was recreated as "The Bhoot Song".[19] Also, the music of the song was remixed from the song "Ammadu let's do Kummudu" composed by Devi Sri Prasad of the movie Khaidi No. 150.

Bala Bala by Tony Montana Music was recreated as Shaitan Ka Saala. The makers of the film officially got the rights to remake the original song after six months.[20][21]

Track listing
No.TitleLyricsMusicSinger(s)Length
1."Ek Chumma"Sameer AnjaanSohail SenSohail Sen, Altamash Faridi, Jyotica Tangri4:04
2."Shaitan Ka Saala"Farhad SamjiSohail SenVishal Dadlani, Sohail Sen2:27
3."The Bhoot Song"Farhad Samji, VayuFarhad Samji, Sandeep ShirodkarMika Singh, Farhad Samji3:58
4."Chammo"Sameer AnjaanSohail SenSukhwinder Singh, Shreya Ghoshal, Shadaab Faridi, Sohail Sen4:34
5."Badla"Farhad SamjiFarhad SamjiDanish Sabri2:32
Total length:17:35

Controversies[]

Director Sajid Khan was originally scheduled to direct the film; in October 2018, in the wake of the ongoing "Me Too" movement in India, Khan was accused by actresses Saloni Chopra, Rachel White and journalist Kma Upadhyay of sexual assault and misconduct.[22] Following the accusations, Khan tweeted that he would step down as director, while lead actor Akshay Kumar tweeted that he was cancelling shooting for the film and that he would not work with the accused until the investigation was complete.[23] Later on, Nana Patekar too left the production in the wake of allegations of sexual harassment by Tanushree Dutta. However, later on, he was given clean chit by investigation agencies and now it is to be looked whether he will be called again for the movie since he was removed from the movie only because he was accused.[24]

Farhad Samji, who co-directed Housefull 3 has replaced Sajid Khan as the director.[7]

References[]

  1. ^ "Housefull 4 (2019)". British Board of Film Classification. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
  2. ^ Singh, Shalu (2 April 2018). "Akshay Kumar starrer Housefull 4 earns Rs 200 crore even before its shooting! Here's how | Bollywood News – India TV". India TV News.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Housefull 4 Box Office". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
  4. ^ "Akshay Kumar and his gang to return with Housefull 4 on Diwali 2019". Indian Express. 27 October 2017. Archived from the original on 27 July 2018. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
  5. ^ "'Housefull' Team Announces 4th Incarnation Of The Hit Comedy Franchise". Forbes. Archived from the original on 27 July 2018. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
  6. ^ "Housefull 4 to be released on Diwali 2019, will be directed by Sajid Khan". Business Today. Archived from the original on 27 July 2018. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
  7. ^ Jump up to: a b "Sajid Khan replaced by Farhad Samji as Housefull 4 director after sexual harassment accusations". Hindustan Times. 13 October 2018. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
  8. ^ "Housefull 4: After 'Judwaa 2', 'Baaghi 2' Sajid Nadiadwala and Fox Star Studios join forces again". Zee News. 25 April 2018. Archived from the original on 25 April 2018. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
  9. ^ "Bobby Deol Excited To Reunite With Akshay Kumar For Housefull 4". News 18. 13 March 2018. Archived from the original on 27 July 2018. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
  10. ^ "Kriti Sanon to Shoot for Housefull 4 With Akshay Kumar". Times Of India. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  11. ^ "'Housefull 4': All you need to know about the film". m.timesofindia.com. Archived from the original on 18 July 2018. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
  12. ^ "Akshay Kumar to play a 16th century KING in 'Housefull 4'". www.filmsbit.com. Filmsbit News Network. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
  13. ^ Punwani, Umesh (26 October 2019). "Housefull 4 Movie Review: Akshay Kumar, Riteish Deshmukh & Gang Gift Us Punlimited Fun This Diwali". Koimoi. Retrieved 26 October 2019.
  14. ^ Information, Film. "HOUSEFULL 4 | 25 October 2019 – Film Information". Retrieved 26 October 2019.
  15. ^ Sengupta, Sreeparna (25 October 2019). "Housefull 4 Movie Review : Not so full of comedy". The Times of India. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  16. ^ Taran Adarsh [@taran_adarsh] (25 October 2019). "#OneWordReview... #HouseFull4: DISAPPOINTING. Rating: ⭐️ ½ Tries too hard to make you laugh, but fails miserably... Bad writing, terrible direction, over the top performances... Weakest film in #HouseFull franchise. #HouseFull4Review" (Tweet). Retrieved 25 October 2019 – via Twitter.
  17. ^ "Bollywood Top Grossers Worldwide". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
  18. ^ "Housefull 4 - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack". Jio Saavn.
  19. ^ deepika.soni (15 October 2019). "हेमा मालिनी पर शूट हुए 'भूत राजा बाहर आ जा' का रीमिक्स है द भूत सॉन्ग". Dainik Bhaskar (in Hindi). Retrieved 24 December 2019.
  20. ^ "Housefull 4: Akshay Kumar's 'Bala' song took 6 months to get remake rights". Latest Indian news, Top Breaking headlines, Today Headlines, Top Stories at Free Press Journal. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
  21. ^ "Housefull 4: Akshay Kumar's 'Bala' song was shot in eight hours but took six months for remake rights - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
  22. ^ "He asked me to touch his genitals': Sajid Khan accused by 3 of sexual assault, misconduct". TheNewsMinute. 12 October 2018. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
  23. ^ Goyal, Samarth (12 October 2018). "Akshay Kumar cancels shoot of Housefull 4 after #MeToo allegations against Sajid Khan, Nana Patekar". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
  24. ^ Shaikh, Samina (12 October 2018). "#MeToo: EXCLUSIVE! Nana Patekar steps out of 'Housefull 4'". Times of India. Retrieved 12 October 2018.

External links[]

Retrieved from ""