This review contains possible spoilers... but frankly, this movie is completely rotten anyway, so there is possibly very little to "spoil". So read on, intrepid IMDb browser. The following paragraphs may save you 164 minutes of your life. I know there are about a thousand other things I would have rather done with the time I spent watching "Masti".
Dear filmmakers: Why oh why must you insult our intelligence with ridiculous films like this? While the Bollywood comedy genre needs some serious mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, what it doesn't need is the homophobic mouth-to-zipper type humor seen in this film. Seriously, is there anything worse than this film's stereotypical treatment of gay people? Are they simply objects to laugh at and ridicule? The subtitles for this film liberally use the word "fa%*ot*" and the audience is expected to laugh along while (gasp) some fat uncle presupposes the wrong thing about two of the film's main studs.
And the humor? It's subtle. Especially if your idea of subtlety is a sledgehammer between the eyes. The actors mime and contort their faces, like they get paid extra to overact. I've seen better acting in kindergarten plays. Meanwhile, the sound effects guy takes turns liberally punching the whistle and "boing!" buttons on his soundboard. The characters are vapid and not very likable. The dialogue is horrible - especially the repeated analogy between "chicken biryani" and adultery. The plot line is just plain silly... especially the "twist" at the end. (Vivek, you really ought to know better, man... maybe it's time to get a new agent.)
And of course, we have the obligatory few scenes lifted straight from other movies... including an embarrassing scene involving a toilet plunger "borrowed" from "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective".
Believe me, folks, "Ace Ventura" - even with Jim Carrey talking through his butt - is pure unfiltered genius compared to "Masti".
Dear filmmakers: Why oh why must you insult our intelligence with ridiculous films like this? While the Bollywood comedy genre needs some serious mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, what it doesn't need is the homophobic mouth-to-zipper type humor seen in this film. Seriously, is there anything worse than this film's stereotypical treatment of gay people? Are they simply objects to laugh at and ridicule? The subtitles for this film liberally use the word "fa%*ot*" and the audience is expected to laugh along while (gasp) some fat uncle presupposes the wrong thing about two of the film's main studs.
And the humor? It's subtle. Especially if your idea of subtlety is a sledgehammer between the eyes. The actors mime and contort their faces, like they get paid extra to overact. I've seen better acting in kindergarten plays. Meanwhile, the sound effects guy takes turns liberally punching the whistle and "boing!" buttons on his soundboard. The characters are vapid and not very likable. The dialogue is horrible - especially the repeated analogy between "chicken biryani" and adultery. The plot line is just plain silly... especially the "twist" at the end. (Vivek, you really ought to know better, man... maybe it's time to get a new agent.)
And of course, we have the obligatory few scenes lifted straight from other movies... including an embarrassing scene involving a toilet plunger "borrowed" from "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective".
Believe me, folks, "Ace Ventura" - even with Jim Carrey talking through his butt - is pure unfiltered genius compared to "Masti".