Movie: Mastiii 4
Rating: 1/5
Cast: Vivek Oberoi, Aftab Shivdasani, Riteish Deshmukh
Director: Milap Zaveri
Release Date: Nav 21, 2025
Film lovers often divide movies into two categories: one-time watches and repeat watches. Madcap comedies usually fall into the repeat-watch zone, and Indra Kumar’s Masti (2004) was one such film; a genuinely fun, crazy entertainer. After Grand Masti (2013) and Great Grand Masti (2016), Mastiii 4 is the franchise’s fourth outing.
The film constantly reminds you of its title, with characters repeatedly breaking the fourth wall and announcing it on screen. The earlier films even ended with actors pointing their fingers at the camera, promising another instalment.
Why does this franchise still survive? Probably because marriage jokes and middle-aged male fantasies remain an easy formula in Indian comedy; frustrated husbands, nagging wives, and predictable gags about Thai massages and “happy endings.”
But Mastiii 4 tries to be “progressive” in its own way. In the second half, it is the wives who cheat on their husbands, while the men helplessly deal with it. Vivek Oberoi, Aftab Shivdasani, and Riteish Deshmukh; the original trio; play their usual “always horny” characters who flash condoms and cook up schemes when their wives aren’t around.
The twist this time is the concept of a “Love Visa,” an annual free pass to act single; something Arshad Warsi’s character proudly endorses.
The problem? The men have naturally aged, but their wives look too young to be believable. The women from the earlier films are nowhere to be seen. Genelia Deshmukh appears briefly, Jacqueline Fernandez pops in for the opening scene and disappears, and the rest feel like interchangeable new faces.
Some jokes reference the original Masti, like the line about how the way to a man’s heart lies “below the stomach.” But nostalgia alone cannot save the film.
There are flashes of fun, mostly thanks to Tusshar Kapoor as Pablo Putinwa — a half-Bihari, half-Russian misfit who brings genuine laughs. He proves again why he’s underrated as a comic actor, much like in the Golmaal series.
The Masti–Dhamaal–Golmaal style of comedy belonged to the early 2000s, when audiences enjoyed brainless humor as a break from serious cinema. Some films from that era — like Welcome; still work today because they connected with kids first.
Mastiii 4, sadly, doesn’t. It’s a sex comedy that drags, with jokes that don’t land and a plot that feels stitched together. At best, you could chop its funniest bits into Instagram reels; like the Mehmood act, the Hyderabadi “mia-bhai” scene, the phone-spinning gag, or the infamous “eating shit” sequence. Kids might laugh at those snippets. The rest of the film feels like a slog.
Walking out of the theatre, you realise this movie belongs on YouTube Shorts, not the big screen. And you’re left wondering why you didn’t just spare yourself the headache.
