Mastiii 4 Review: For over 20 years, the Masti franchise has remained one of the audience’s favorites since the release of its first film in 2004 under Indra Kumar’s direction. While Grand Masti picked up from where the first film had left off, Great Grand Masti took a beating with its unfortunate pre-release leak. After quite a long nine-year gap, we were back with Mastiii 4, this time under Milap Zaveri’s direction. The hype around the film had started when the three stars of the franchise—Riteish Deshmukh, Aftab Shivdasani, and Vivek Oberoi—were signed on to reprise their roles. But did the film deserve the hype?
Mastiii 4 follows the chaotic lives of Amar, Prem, and Meet-three married men who feel dissatisified with their post-marriage intimacy. Their world turns upside down with the revelation from their friend Kaamraj (Arshad Warsi) about receiving a “Love Visa” from his wife Menaka (Nargis Fakhri), giving him one week of guilt-free fun a year. Thus, inspired, the trio demands the same sort of freedom from their wives, who actually comply.
But the twist is that Kaamraj gives the same liberty to Menaka. Soon, Amar, Prem, and Meet’s wives want their own week of fun, while the husbands are left concerned and insecure. What follows is a set of wonderful yet predictable misunderstandings and raging emotional outbursts.
The film flounders in reviving the original’s edge with the sharpest sense of humour despite a promising premise. The writing feels outdated with weak punches and stale punchlines. There is no real energy in the screenplay transitions, dragging into the second half without any freshness added to the storyline. Even other film references seem stale, making the comedy even more forced.
The actors give sincere performances, but they are governed to act by their uninspiring script. Riteish, Aftab, and Vivek are all trying to be charming, yet their characters have nothing new to present. The supporting cast went from nondescript to drab, with the female characters taking the brunt of poor writing.
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Occasional funny bits around the interval
Nostalgic value for fans of the original film
Natural chemistry between the lead trio
Weak screenplay and repetitive jokes
Flat humour, mostly without hits
Poorly written female characters
Predictable climax à la Part 1
Forgettable music except for the title track
Mastiii 4 aims at bold comedy and ends pretty much mundane and uninspired. Weighed against the legacy of the franchise, Mastiii 4 brings almost nothing to the table and is arguably the weakest entry yet.
Rating: 1/5 Mastiii 4 tries to rekindle the adult comedy charm of the franchise but ends up being an uninspired, tedious entertainer with a few genuine laughs.
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