Grand Masti

Masti had some substance in it when it released almost a decade ago, but its sequel gasps for a fresh story and only delivers adult humor with no furnishing at all.

The characters seem like they jumped out of American Reunion (2012). The whole plot is somewhat derived from it. The characters follow their usual air and continue to do for what they had previously learned a lesson (in Masti c. 2004). Women in here, not to mention, are treated as objects and don't induce humor. But, the massively vulgar jokes on them, do. Popular SMS jokes, obscene one-liners & merchandise which give out a witty remark is what Grand Masti is all about. In order to put the film in line with the title, the makers have used the word "grand" a couple of times and the use of fireworks, waves & screw-driven into its cavity mostly depict the same.

Cast performance is fine, and all three lead actors portray slightly exaggerated beings of their older selves. Actresses are pure flesh show, be it wives or paramours.

Certain sequences are borrowed from Austin Powers, Agneepath, No Entry & they give it a worn-out look and totally drive the audience off the screen. An average 3.3 out of 10 for the effervescent sequel. I also do suspect if it crossed the line.

BOTTOM LINE: Much like expected, Grand Masti delivers vulgarity, but at the price of poor plot & clichéd conclusion. Perfect for a mild laugh with like-minded friends to bust stress.

Can be watched with a typical Indian family? NO

Profanity: Very Mild | Nudity/Vulgarity: Strong | Sex: Implications only | Foreplay/Mouth-Kiss: No | Violence: Mediocre | Gore: No | Smoking/Drugs: No | Alcohol: Strong

Looks like adult comedies are here to stay! 'Grand Masti' happens to be the successor to the 2004 comedy film 'Masti', although the only link between the two films is its three male leads. While the first film was more about clean entertainment and played on typical clichés of marriage jokes, 'Grand Masti' resorts to a host of adult jokes, mostly drawn from forwarded funnies for a plot.

The film starts off with college seniors Amar (Ritesh Deshmukh), Meet (Vivek Oberoi) and Prem (Aftab Shivdasani) briefing the newbies on the A-B-Cs of college life. Just when one of their batch-mates Hardik (Suresh Menon) tries to hit on a girl, their new principal Robert (Pradeep Rawat) publicly shames him.

Cut to six years later, our three heroes seem to be having marriage woes. While Meet's wife Unnati (Karishma Tanna) doubles up as his ambitious boss at work, Amar is mostly ignored by his wife Mamta (Sonalee Kulkarni) who showers all her attention on their newborn. Prem on the other hand has to deal with Tulsi (Manjari Fadnis) who seems to be more devoted to her extended joint family at the cost of her husband. Note the names used for each of the wives are according to the roles they play!

Just while they are blaming their fate for their lives being stuck in a rut, they get a call from their old college (with a funny name when used as an acronym) about an alumni meet and week-long fun. But they are surprised to find that the college isn't what it was back then. Under Principal Robert, it seems to have degraded into a Talibanized regime with over-conservatism and fear of punishment.

Things just seem to look brighter when the trio meets up with their old teacher Rose (Maryam Zakaria), Marlo (Kainaat Arora) and Mary (Bruna Abdullah) and the prospect of a fling with them. Again, note the names of the three girls and its link with a popular joke that goes around the internet. But, it's all not easy as they have an obstacle to deal with – Principal Robert.

As such, 'Grand Masti' is a fun film, an amalgam of all the jokes usually forwarded on social media or on cell phones or funny internet videos. The only credit it can get is for putting them all together into a film, but none for any original creativity whatsoever. But then, for those people who have issues with adult humor, they better keep away from the film rather than criticize it for those jokes.

Among its three male leads, adult comedy specialist Ritesh Deshmukh does well, while the other two are already past their sell-by date. The film's six glamor girls do a good job of being pretty and an average job at acting. After a while, you wouldn't really care to remember who played what role! And, Pradeep Rawat, don't you remember him from 'Ghajini'? He plays the bad guy yet again!

Verdict: Going by the success of the genre of adult humor, looks like these jokes are here to stay. Indian moviegoers seem to be more accepting of it now, rather than living in denial as they had done for decades. But, since the film lacks originality and made from forwarded humor, you exactly know what to expect. So, those of you who enjoy movies like these don't wait till it is aired on TV because it would obviously be censored. Finding some cheap tickets would help instead.

A sequel to the 2004 hit Masti, 'Grand Masti' is truly a funny continuation of its memorable prequel. Its Grand Laughter Entertainment!

'Grand Masti' Synopsis: Meet, Prem, and Amar look to have a blast at their college reunion, though they soon find themselves in another predicament.

'Grand Masti' is vulgar, crass & crude from start to end. The humor laced in the narrative in all of those 130-minutes of running-time will Strictly Appeal to the Youth & Men. Women are sure to be offended, as most of the jokes & even the dialogue, are derogatory & sex-related.

Being an adult-comedy, 'Grand Masti' triumphs over a laugh-out-loud first-hour & the series of events the 3 male protagonists encounter, are over-the-top, but absolutely hilarious. The second-hour dips and the jokes aren't funny enough, but the climax rides up the pace. Milap Zaveri & Tushar Hiranandani's Screenplay is no-holds-barred & offers vulgarity in abundance. A Special Mention for the crass but crackling one-liners! Indra Kumar, A Veteran in Comedies now, gets his job right. Cinematography is ordinary. Editing is fair. Music by Anand Raj Anand & Sanjeev Darshan is decent.

Performance-Wise: Vivek Oberoi, Aftab Shivdasani & Riteish Deshmukh reprise their roles & they are in top form. Vivek proves his versatility once again by portraying an out-and-out comic role, while Aftab & Riteish are already known for their exceptional comic-timing. Also, The Trio share a superb on-screen chemistry throughout. Sonali Kulkarni, Manjari Fadnis & Karishma Tanna are strictly okay. Maryam Zakaria, Kainaat Arora & Bruna Abdullah add a lot of glamour in the goings-on. Pradeep Rawat is excellent. Suresh Menon is funny.

On the whole, 'Grand Masti' is a fun-ride that will be enjoyed by the Youth & Men.

I would have given -10 out of 10, but unfortunately IMDb doesn't allow that. I had the expectations of it being a hugely awesome party themed funny movie, like most Hollywood movies of that genre are, seeing as the cast was strong - all the original dudes from Masti the original movie. But no, it terribly failed my expectations.

Here's the thing, the movie is a collection of vulgar double meaning jokes with sexual innuendos in very,very bad taste. You know it - all those messages that you probably might have gotten from your friend on WhatsApp, those cheap sexual jokes that keep getting forwarded around. Not that most of those messages aren't funny, but the way they're portrayed into scenes here - seems like as if a bunch of perverted noobs shot them.

Sex appeal - the makers of this film probably made this movie keeping in mind the wallets of the crowd which consists of men who drop money at the name of sex. So they made a film like this, and I'm going to say it - this movie, tried to be a porn movie with only the foreplay, but no porn. The jokes sucked, the acting sucked, the script (if it in fact existed) sucked.

Actually, what I feel about the script is, that some half-retarded sex depraved man wrote it. Absolutely no sensible intelligent plot, totally bad script and super clichéd dialogues, nothing original at all. Masti? NO masti at all. Masti the original movie was way way hilarious and actually had a good plot. Laughs? You'll be crying by the end as to why you even took the risk of seeing something like this. Hell, the only ONE thing that made me laugh was the fountain part in the starting. Except that, the whole movie is absolute rubbish.

Now, the reason this movie is bad is because this movie was supposed to be a money maker, not a crowd puller, one which appeals to people's senses, like Bhag Milkha Bhag or Barfi. Oh my my.. This crap movie is parsecs away from them in terms of enjoyment,satisfaction, and get-your-money's- worth value.

In conclusion, if you're an avid movie watcher, love movies, and love intelligent movies, or love movies with party and sex themes, you'll find this movie HUGELY disappointing. Just, please don't watch it. You'll waste 2 hours of life, and it was total torture to sit throughout the 2 hours. The only reason I sat the whole 2 hours were because my friends somehow liked this cheap lazy senseless boring outright dimwitted movie.

So, my advice - forget that this movie was ever made. Just don't waste your time on it, if you're thinking of renting it on DVD or catch it on cable when it comes out in the next few months. Just, DON'T.

If you have plans on watching this movie do try to think twice. If you are person who laughs on every PJ you get on your cell phone, than this movie is for you. The movie contains all the PJs that were ever forwarded to to your cell phone by your friends.

The movie has copied a lot of scenes from foreign movies and the TV show Mr. Bean. A scene from the ace Ventura movie has been also copied. Some scenes from American Pie and a scene from a movie in which a girl pulls out stuff from a guys anus.

Try watching it with very less of expectations and hard-ons.

Peace Out "V"