Masti (2004 film)

Masti (English translation: Fun) is a 2004 Indian Hindi-language crime comedy film directed by Indra Kumar, starring Ajay Devgn, Vivek Oberoi, Riteish Deshmukh Aftab Shivdasani, Lara Dutta, Amrita Rao, Tara Sharma and Genelia D'Souza.[3] The film released in 2004, and received positive response from critics, and also managed to do well at the box office. The film spawned two sequels, Grand Masti (2013) and Great Grand Masti (2016).

Masti
Theatrical release poster
Directed byIndra Kumar
Written byAmir Mahmood
Tushar Hiranandani
Produced byAshok Thakeria
StarringAjay Devgn
Vivek Oberoi
Riteish Deshmukh
Aftab Shivdasani
Lara Dutta
Amrita Rao
Tara Sharma
Genelia D'Souza
CinematographyMazhar Kamran
Edited bySanjay Sankla
Music byAnand Raj Anand
Production
company
Maruti International
Distributed byEros International
Shemaroo Entertainment
Release date
  • 9 April 2004 (2004-04-09)
[1]
Running time
166 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget₹12 crore[2]
Box office₹34.14 crore[2]

Plot

Masti revolves around three bachelors, Meet, Prem and Amar. Their lives are carefree until they each get married and turn into bitter, unsatisfied husbands. Meet marries Anchal who is obsessively possessive about her husband. Prem marries Geeta who is overly religious and thus their sex life suffers. Amar marries Bindiya who is the daughter of equally aggressive and work out junkie mother. Fed up, the men get together one day and make plans to reintroduce the fun and excitement back into their lives. They set their sights on other women but eventually realize they have all been seeing the same girl, Monica. She blackmails the trio, blackmailing by threatening to expose the affairs to their wives unless they give her Rs. 10 lacs.

Having gathered the money, the terrified men arrive at the drop off location, only to find Monica dead in her car. They panic and try to hide her body, in order to avoid blame, but are interrupted by police officer Sikander, who is suspicious of them. The trio goes to Monica's house for further investigation, and they hide in Monica's veranda after they realise that Sikander had followed them there. The next morning, a mysterious man finds them and reveals that he killed Monica, demanding a ransom to cover the crime. The guilt-ridden men go to their respective wives to apologise, since they feel like the truth is bound to be revealed. The very next day, the killer pursues the men, resulting in a shoot out in which they unintentionally kill the mysterious man. Afterwards, they are arrested and imprisoned. Their wives arrive at the jail and the men emotionally reveal the truth. After some time, the women reveal that the entire situation was set up by them as a prank– Monica is alive and the 'killer' is the officer of Sikander and Sikander himself, who is actually Bindiya's cousin. The women wanted to teach their husband's a lesson and remind them to be appreciative. The men then apologize to their wives and promise to never do "masti" again.

Cast

Soundtrack
Masti
Soundtrack album by
Anand Raj Anand
Released5 March 2004
GenreFeature film soundtrack
LabelT-Series

The soundtrack of the movie was composed by Anand Raj Anand and the lyrics were penned by Sameer. According to the Indian trade website Box Office India, with around 10,00,000 units sold, this film's soundtrack album was the year's fifteenth highest-selling.[4]

Songs Singer(s)
"Chain Khuli Ki Main Khuli" Udit Narayan, Anand Raj Anand, & Shaan
"Chori Chori Chhora Chhori" Shaan & Sneha Pant
"Dil De Diya Hai" Anand Raj Anand
"Ek Kunwara Phir Gaya Mara" Udit Narayan & Abhijeet
"Sayanji Baiyan Chhudake" Gayatri Iyer, Sneha Pant & Meghna Oberoi

Reception

Box office

It did very well at the box office, earning around ₹34.14 crore (US$4.3 million) worldwide and was declared a Hit by Box Office India.[5]

Critical response

Taran Adarsh of IndiaFM gave the film 3.5 stars out of 5, writing ″On the whole, MASTI has all it takes to appeal to the cinegoers - an impressive star cast, popular music, dollops of comedy and most importantly, sex - not in visuals, but in dialogues and gestures. All these factors combined together will prove advantageous for the film and should take it to the winning post.″[6] Priya Ganapati of Rediff.com wrote ″If you like a little spice in your jokes, don't mind gags on homosexuality and are in the mood for some 'non-vegetarian' stuff, then go for it. Masti is guaranteed to give you a few laughs and good 'timepass'.″[7] Manish Gajjar of BBC.com wrote ″On the whole, Masti has all the right ingredients to click at the box office. With a great star cast, excellent music and lots of comedy, Masti is a great film to watch this Easter holidays at a cinema near you.″[8]

Sequels

A sequel named Grand Masti was released 9 years later on 13 September 2013.[9] Another sequel Great Grand Masti was released on 15 July 2016.[10]

References
  1. "Masti Cast & Crew". Bollywood Hungama. 27 October 2021.
  2. "Masti - Movie - Box Office India". boxofficeindia.com.
  3. Jha, Subhash K (10 April 2004). "Masti goes over the top with lewd jokes". The Times of India. Retrieved 8 October 2008.
  4. "Music Hits 2000–2009 (Figures in Units)". Box Office India. Archived from the original on 15 February 2008.
  5. "Masti at the box-office". Box Office India. Archived from the original on 14 October 2013.
  6. <https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/masti/critic-review/masti-movie-review/#:~:text=It's%20not%20the%20most%20clever,of%20fun%20when%20in%20college.
  7. "Masti is non-vegetarian fun". www.rediff.com.
  8. "BBC - Shropshire - Bollywood - Masti Review". www.bbc.co.uk.
  9. "And it's a century! Grand Masti crosses Rs 100 crore mark on home turf". India Today.
  10. "Meet the "spooky" cast of 'Great Grand Masti' at the trailer launch". www.yahoo.com.
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