Housefull2

Star rating: *

Director: Sajid Khan

Cast: Akshay Kumar, John Abraham, Riteish Deshmukh, Asin, Jacqueline Fernandez, Chunky Pandey, Randhir Kapoor, Rishi Kapoor, Shreyas Talpade, Zarine Khan, Shazahn Padamsee, Mithun Chakraborty, Boman Irani, Johnny Lever

Housefull 2 is one film which has left me speechless and that cannot be a good thing when it comes to someone like me. The second in the Housefull franchise, it follows the same strands with mistaken identities and family fueds. Each character is flawed and unscrupulous in it's selfishness to achieve their own goals. Two fueding brothers decide they both want their daughters to marry the richest son-in-law, each daughter believes she is marrying the richest son-in-law and each son-in-law is pretending to be the richest son-in-law.

The film is indeed mayhem just as the title suggests with lies causing more chaos as each minute of the film progresses. With such a huge star cast, you do feel a bit cheated. The actors are not utilised well at all. Akshay Kumar is at his comedic best as usual with the tired formula of crazed lover/thief. The actresses are there just being a pretty face, looking catwalk ready and wearing cute outfits. In fact, i don't think any of them play a big role in the storyline and we could have done without them, if the film wasn't about the boys getting married. Malaika Arora Khan is the saving face on the female front with her guest appearance in her item song 'Anarkali Disco Chali' and the few lines she is given. I do find it a shame though that the film has huge stars like Mithun Chakraborty, Boman Irani, Johnny Lever, Rishi Kapoor and Randhir Kapoor in it but they are made to look rather silly. It feels as though they were forced to choose these roles as a personal favour or simply because there was nothing better available.

The music score is the saving grace in this film, as it always is with 'Pappa to bandh bajaye' and 'Anarkali Disco Chali'. However, apart from that, i can't say nothing good about the film. Watch it for some mindless fun and i seriously mean leave your brain at home. Sajid Khan will need to pick up the pace with his films if he wants to continue to create hit films.