Mastiii 4 Review: A Tasteless, Outdated Comedy That Finally Buries The Masti Franchise
Mastiii 4, the fourth edition of the once-loved Masti franchise debuts years after the abysmal Great Grand Masti, just to affirm that we all should have moved on a long time ago. The initial Masti and Grand Masti had their moment of novelty when adult comedies had just arrived in Indian cinema; however, beyond nostalgia, all that novelty is gone. Rather than processing what went wrong in the previous film, Mastiii 4 just tromps on with a ridiculous, uninspired script that feels as if it were created in the depths of hell. What was supposed to be a comedic festival of laughter ends up feeling like a two hour endurance test, rather than something remotely humorous.
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The film chronicles three friends, Amar (Riteish Deshmukh), Prem (Aftab Shivdasani) and Meet (Vivek Oberoi), each living a monotonous existence being married buddies in the UK. Amar is employed at some zoo "helping animals to mate", Prem is a doctor who is frustrated with everyone constantly talking to him, and Meet has his own everyday challenges. Their wives (Elnaaz Norouzi, Ruhi Singh, and Shreya Sharma) are also bored. Marital tension between the guys and the girls is the narrative function of the plot.