Grand Masti

Grand Masti
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Directed by	Indra Kumar
Produced by	Ashok Thakeria Indra Kumar
Written by	Milap Zaveri Tushar Hiranandani
Screenplay by	kalpana
Story by	Indra Kumar
Starring	Ritesh Deshmukh Vivek Oberoi Aftab Shivdasani Sonalee Kulkarni Karishma Tanna Manjari Fadnis
Music by	Anand Raj Anand Sanjeev Darshan
Cinematography	Rituraj Narain
Edited by	Sanjay Sankla
Production company	Maruti International
Distributed by	Maruti International
Release dates	13 September 2013
Running time	137 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Budget	₹35 crore (US$5.2 million)[1]
Box office	₹145 crore (US$22 million) (worldwide gross)[2]

Grand Masti (English: Grand Fun) also referred to as Masti 2 is a Bollywood sex-comedy film directed by Indra Kumar and produced by Ashok Thakeria. The film is a sequel to the 2004 film Masti, and the second installment of Masti film series. It features Riteish Deshmukh, Vivek Oberoi and Aftab Shivdasani reprising their roles from the original, yet the film does not continue and is a new installment. The film also stars Bruna Abdullah, Karishma Tanna, Sonalee Kulkarni, Kainaat Arora, Maryam Zakaria and Manjari Fadnis.^[3] Grand Masti released on 13 September 2013.^[4]

The film received largely negative responses from critics because of its extreme sexual nature, but it was a box office success. Grand Masti is the highest grossing Bollywood film with an A (Adults Only) certificate in India,^[5][6][7] subsequently entering Bollywood's 100 crore club.^{[8][9][10][11]} The film was declared a Super Hit in India by Box Office India.^[12][13]

Its sequel and third installment of Masti film series, Great Grand Masti was released on 15 July 2016.^[14]

Plot

Three friends – Meet (Vivek Oberoi), Prem (Aftab Shivdasani) and Amar (Ritesh Deshmukh) – are married and don't like their wives. Meet thinks his wife Unatti (Karishma Tanna) is having an affair with her boss, Prem doesn't like it when his wife Tulsi (Manjari Fadnis) doesn't spend quality time with him and Amar hates his marital life because his wife Mamta (Sonalee Kulkarni) is more concerned about their son, Pappu.

One day, the men receive an invite from their college, SLUTS (Sri Lalchand University of Technology and Science), to attend their college reunion. Their wives don't come with them, so the three decide to have Grand Masti there to escape their boredom.

When they arrive, they see the women fully clothed and the men too afraid to express their love for them. This all due to the fear of Principal Robert (Pradeep Rawat), who hangs people naked on a tree if they disagree with his rules. They find out that their former student, Hardik (Suresh Menon), is in a mental asylum because of the principal. Meanwhile, Prem meets one of his former teachers, Rose (Maryam Zakaria), and is attracted to her. Meet meets Marlow (Kainaat Arora) and is attracted to her. Amar meets Mary (Bruna Abdullah) and is attracted to her. The men then goes to the women's place to have sex with them. But just when they were about to do it, they find out that Rose, Mary and Marlow are relatives of the principal. The principal chases them down thinking they had sex, but they get away as their wives come to spend time with them.

The trio then get an MMS showing them the footage of them having sex. Luckily, the video doesn't meet the eyes of their wives. They find out that it was Hardik who sent them the video, and he blackmails them. Their task is to kill the principal to fulfill Hardik's revenge. They fail in killing him, so they decide to try to delete the videos off Hardik's phone. They succeed and continue to spend time at the reunion.

It's the last day, and the vengeful principal has put pills inside the soup which attract people to the ones they love. The trio end up being with the girls, and the principal catches them red handed. The girls then reveal that the principal is impotent. The three get chased by the principal along with the attracted girls. When the trio end up on the roof of a building, Hardik pushes the principal and the principal slides down the roof and hangs on to a bar. The trio try to save him but Hardik pushes them, too, and they hang on to the principal. The girls come and push Hardik off the roof and he hangs on to Meet. The three tell principal the truth about not having sex with Marlow, Mary and Rose. The girls try to make a rope out of their clothes, but the boys fall and end up in the hospital.

Their wives angrily ask them what exactly happened that night. Principal Roberts calmly replies that due to a misunderstood affair, their husbands suffered this consequence. Shortly later, a doctor comes and informs the principal that he is no more impotent since the blood now properly flows all over his body due to the pressure generated while hanging on the bar. Hardik marries Marlow. The film ends up Roberts, Hardik and the trio about to have sex with their respective wives with everything now going well.

Cast

• Riteish Deshmukh as Amar Saxena
• Vivek Oberoi as Meet Mehta
• Aftab Shivdasani as Prem Chawla
• Sonalee Kulkarni as Mamta
• Manjari Fadnis as Tulsi
• Karishma Tanna as Unatti
• Maryam Zakaria as Rose
• Bruna Abdullah As Mary
• Kainaat Arora as Marlo
• Suresh Menon as Hardik
• Pradeep Rawat as Robert Pereira

Production

The production of the film was to begin in the first week of August 2012, but due to actor Riteish Deshmukh's father Vilasrao Deshmukh's critical health condition, the film's commencement was put off by a few days.^[15] Says a source close to the project, "Grand Masti, the sequel to Masti has been in the writing process for the last one and a half years. Finally, writers Milap Zaveri and Tushar Hiranandani cracked an idea and scripted the sequel. The film brings back the Riteish Deshmukh-Aftab Shivdasani-Vivek Oberoi trio, along with four new girls. Grand Masti was supposed to kick start this week. Then, Ritesh's father fell ill. He can't be expected to act funny at a time like this."

A suggestion that the film take off without Riteish was also put forward. However, producer Ashok Thakeria and director Indra Kumar refused, arguing that a comedy is a happy occasion and therefore all the actors needed to be comfortable. Reportedly, the film then started filming on 9 September 2012. The film's original release date was put between 31 July-late August 2013.^[16]

According to the print version of Hindustan Times (dated 18 July 2013), Grand Masti (Masti 2) was set to release on 13 September 2013. The first official theatrical trailer was uploaded on the official YouTube channel on 18 July 2013. The stadium scene was shot in DY Patil Stadium apparently.^[17]

Parts of Grand Masti was shot at the Laxmi Vilas Palace, Vadodara, in Gujarat.^[18]

Soundtrack

The film's music was composed by Anand Raj Anand and Sanjeev Darshan, and the lyricists are Kumaar and Manoj Darpan. It contains 3 songs, one remix song of the title track and one mash up.

Release

Grand Masti was made at a budget of ₹310 million, including the production cost of 190 million and the remaining 120 million for Print & marketing.^{[1][19][20][21][22]} Grand Masti was submitted to the censor board three months ahead of its release date in June 2013.^[23] The film was not released in the UAE.^[24] Grand Masti was released huge on 13 September 2013 across approximately 2100 screens in India.^[12][25]

Controversies

The Punjab and Haryana High Court had stayed the release of Grand Masti in Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh on 10 September 2013, but later lifted the stay order on the film and the film was released on 13 September 2013.^[26][27][28] A division bench of the HC has vacated the stay after hearing an appeal filed by the movie's producer Ashok Thakeria against the orders of the single bench.^[29] After a complaint about vulgar and obscene dialogue in the film, the Central Board of Film Certification on 16 September 2013 said it had constituted an inquiry against the movie.^[30] A 22-year-old youth Vasai resident, Mangesh Bhogal died due to a heart attack caused by excessive laughing.^[31]

Marketing

The film was promoted on TV shows like Comedy Nights with Kapil. The star cast also visited theatres upon the release of the film.^[32] A book on the film written by Neha Puntambekar, basically chronicling the various escapades of Amar, Meet and Prem, the three principal characters of Masti franchise was also released.^[33] Mumbai Indians cricketers Sachin Tendulkar, Harbhajan Singh and Pragyan Ojha attended a screening of the film in Ahmedabad during preparation for 2013 Champions League Twenty20.^{[34][35][36][37]}

Critical response

The film received mostly negative responses from critics due to its adult content but a polarised welcome from the general public, while youngsters constituted most of the film's viewership, it was criticised from the family audience's point of view.

Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama gave the film 3.5/5 and stated that Grand Masti "crosses all limits and boundaries vis-a-vis adult humor. This one's strictly for those who relish naughty jokes, outrageous lines and scandalous visuals."^[38] Anupama Chopra of the Hindustan Times gave the film a 0.5/5 stars.^[39][40] Mohar Basu of Koimoi gave it 0.5/5 and called it a "grand tapestry of trash".^[41] Rohit Khilnani of India Today awarded the film with 1.5/5 stars.^[42] Abhishek Mande of Rediff introduced 0/5 and remarked, "there is no way you can enjoy this movie and still claim you respect women".^[43]

Box office

India

Grand Masti earned the biggest opening at morning shows in 2013 on its first day.^[29][44] Grand Masti had a very good first day, grossing around ₹120 million (US$1.8 million) net. It was the highest opening day of 2013 after Chennai Express, Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani and Race 2.^[45] The film collected around ₹130 million (US$1.9 million) on its second day, and then took its opening weekend total to around ₹400 million (US$5.9 million) nett.^[46][47] Grand Masti remained steady on weekdays. Its five-day total amounted to ₹545.0 million nett.^[48] Grand Masti had a first-week gross of around ₹636.6 million nett.^[49][50] The film earned around 32.5–35.0 million nett on its 8th day.^[51] It had a decent second weekend of around 122.5–125.0 million nett. The film collected ₹52.5 million in its third weekend, and subsequently ₹77.5 million in its third week to have a total of ₹905 million (US$13 million) nett.^{[52][53][54][55][56]} According to Box Office India, the film's final domestic nett was ₹920 million.^{[57][58][59][lower-alpha 1]}

Overseas

The film collected $1,250,000 internationally over its first weekend.^[24] The film had collections of around $3 million in ten days.^[62]

Sequel

The sequel to the film titled Great Grand Masti has been announced by the makers, and will go on floors in May 2016.^[63][64][65]

Notes

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Grand Masti.

• Grand Masti at Bollywood Hungama
• Grand Masti at the Internet Movie Database