Something is best than Mastiii 4, sighs Mayur Sanap.

I hate to confess it, however I used to be interested by Mastiii 4.

A latest tweet by Director Milap Zaveri defended the movie with a declare that ladies have a ‘sturdy position’ on this new instalment of the sex-comedy franchise.

Provided that this collection is infamous for its ageist, sexist, and misogynistic humour, I hoped the brand new chapter may lastly reinvent itself to match immediately’s viewers sensibilities.

But it surely took me barely 10 minutes to grasp that Mastiii 4 is simply as offensive, random, disposable and forgettable as its predecessors.

Worst of all, it is not humorous!

As for the director’s declare of a powerful feminine perspective, it is the identical performative progressiveness he showcased in Ek Deewane Ki Deewaniyat.

And with that, Mastiii 4 suits neatly alongside it within the rising catalogue of horrible movies directed by Milap Zaveri.

 

The Masti movies have all the time been vacuous and silly, however the first half that happened 20 years in the past was fairly innocent enjoyable.

Zaveri, who additionally wrote the primary Masti again in 2004, joins the unique trio of Riteish Deshmukh, Vivek Oberoi and Aftab Shivdasani for this fourth go-around, with the actors returning as Amar, Meet and Prem.

The brand new set of wives is portrayed as low-IQ, clingy caricatures who always irritate their husbands and depart them perpetually irritated.

Elnaaz Norouzi performs Bindiya, a suspicious and self-centred spouse, who pauses mid-argument to repair her smudged lipstick.

Shreya Sharma performs Aanchal, an excessively emotional lady who wears an ‘I really like my husband’ T-shirt together with his image printed on it.

Ruhi Singh is Geeta, the overly spiritual one who celebrates Gokulashtami, Eid, and Easter.

From the names and traits of those feminine characters, it’s clear this instalment is aggressively extra of the identical as the primary Masti.

Simply when it looks like the brand new movie could not get any worse, Mastiii 4 manages to underperform its predecessors in each potential approach.

The boys then take recommendation from a rich tycoon named Kaamraaj (Arshad Warsi, in a daft visitor look), who introduces them to the idea of a ‘Love Visa’. It is a verbal permission they have to acquire from their wives to idiot round for one week, yearly.

He even presents his ‘proof’ within the type of his glamorous spouse (Nargis Fakhri, who seems visibly uncomfortable all through), claiming this weird association is the key to their glad marriage.

From there, the three leads stumble right into a collection of shenanigans that encourage extra facepalms and yawns than chuckles, backed by a script that feels swiftly put collectively by Zaveri and his co-writer Farrukh Dhondy.

There isn’t any shock how lazy and pointless Mastiii 4 is, however its largest downside is the noticeable lack of vitality, each in the best way the jokes are written and in how Deshmukh, Oberoi, and Shivdasani ship them.

Deshmukh performs a zookeeper who proudly calls himself a ‘Grasp Mater’ as a result of he helps the zoo animals mate.

In his introductory scene, he’s wearing a lioness costume, making an attempt to lure the lion towards the true lioness to get him aroused.

What may go fallacious goes fallacious, and it is all downhill from there.

There’s loads of crude vulgarity, which is predicted for this style, however it’s executed with such flatness that it feels aimless and determined, even by the movie’s low requirements.

The tiring parade of jokes performs out like a foul sitcom, stuffed with nothing however puerile gags.

Pattern this: One character slaps one other and explains, ‘Macchhar tumhara khoon chus raha tha.’

This already restricted comedian creativeness is made worse by awkward performances from your entire solid, who appear to be half-heartedly improvising.

It’s a textbook instance of how to not make a intercourse comedy, or any movie, for that matter.

The result’s largely boredom for the viewers, and the walkouts at my screening had been a transparent signal that this comedian ramble merely is not well worth the time.

At one level, I discovered myself paying extra consideration to the individuals leaving than to the movie itself. Watching them exit was oddly satisfying, if solely I had the identical liberty.

Take my phrase: Actually, something is best than this!

Mastiii 4 Overview Rediff Ranking: