Vashirdfel Simply A Masterpiece

Protraph Lack of good storyline.

ThedevilChoose When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.

Roman Sampson One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.

Takethispunch The story follows Aarush, (Akshay Kumar), a 'panauti' (an unlucky person), who works in bar and gets money as people lose games of poker. After being rejected from getting married by a girl he goes to London to stay for some time with his best friend, Bob (Riteish Deshmukh) and his wife, Hetal (Lara Dutta), both working at a casino owned by Kishore Samtani (Randhir Kapoor). Although at first Hetal is displeased with Aarush's presence, he proves to be a kind-hearted man looking for a family. Bob and Hetal decide to get him married to their boss' daughter, Devika Samtani (Jiah Khan). After the marriage, on their honeymoon in Italy, Devika leaves him for her longtime American boyfriend Benny. Aarush decides to commit suicide by drowning in the sea but is saved by a Telugu girl, Sandy (Deepika Padukone), who he kisses when she tries to make him breathe.Sandy originally thinks Aarush is a pervert but when Aakhri Pasta (Chunkey Pandey), the owner of Italy's "biggest" hotel where Aarush was spending his honeymoon with Devika, tells Sandy that Aarush is a widower, she befriends him and slowly falls in love with him. What she doesn't know is that Aakhri Pasta was only joking. She then finds out his wife is alive and leaves him, but later when Aarush manages to clear the confusion, she accepts him.The only way Aarush and Sandy can get married is by convincing her elder brother, Major Krishna Rao (Arjun Rampal), a strict Indian Military Intelligence officer who loves his sister and is over-protective of her. Meanwhile, Hetal lies to her father, Batuk Patel (Boman Irani), that Bob owns a mansion and they have a child. On the other hand, Sandy tells her brother that Aarush is quite well to do too. The four are then forced to rent a mansion to make Hetal's dad believe that Bob owns it. Confusion prevails and somehow Batuk accidentally believes that Aarush is married to Hetal, and Bob is the cook. Then, Krishna turns up earlier than expected, much to Aarush's horror, leading to more lies and the two couples making him believe that Aarush owns the mansion.

careyrajan Well i watched houseful and thank god i did not watch in in theater! Please do not waste time to watch this movie,only watch it if you really need to watch a comedy movie and don't have any better movies to watch! Akshay kumar was pretty good in the acting,so wasarjun rampal,but main acting was done by Boman Irani! The Story is nothing new,old relationship problems,confusion and same old crappy portrayal.Akshay Kumar should try something new,or refreshing comedy like Hera Phiri or Dhamaal type of movies! All the actress are there to add glamor.The movie started well, and the "Panauti" song perfectly matched up with it.Thats why i am giving it 5,else i would have given 2-3.Keep your brains outside when you watch it!One more thing this movie has a horrible ending.That ruins the movie more.!BAD LUCK CHARM..oh yeah Akshay Kumar is real bad luck charm for bollywood!

arnieiam Let me just say this. I am an Indo-Canadian and I don't watch Hindi films because I must otherwise people will think I'm a coconut, I watch them just like I watch any other film. Whoever told me that this movie was funny must have been high as a kite. I have watched incredibly funny films like Khosla Ka Ghosla, Rocket Singh, Athiti Tum Kub Jaoge, Hera Pheri, Bheja Fry, Main Hoon Na and so on. This one has the exactly what I expected outlandish physical violence, homo-erotic situations, inconsistent plot line, over-bumbling males and over-screaming females and Akshay Kumar. That is what happens when you let a production fall into the hands of some rich family run corporation who like to add extra letters to their film titles because they are stupid enough to listen to a numerologist. Just to tell you how painful it was, I turned off the DVD within 20 minutes of the film. Next time I'll watch the film when I'm extra baked on weed.

ravi-dadlani Hey! what does the director think of the Indian people. This movie is not just ridiculous,its a waste of money and time. Half the movie is a ripped Desi version of Heartbreak kid but not even half as humorous. The other half swings between slapstick comedy and senseless banter. The character who was most believable was Arjun Rampal- good job in a seriously bad movie. Boman Irani and Lillette Dubey have been underplayed (Director please explain???) Their little affair could have been made hilarious.All in all a very average movie, not really a comedy - made me smile a couple of times in the entire movie. You come out of the multiplex with a feeling of a poor blend of funny scenes from a dozen movies put together in no particular sequence and a bit of a heavy head.Sajid khan must learn direction from his much more talented sister Farah Khan :).