Grand Masti

Grand fun), also referred to as Masti 2, is a 2013 Indian Hindi-language sex comedy film directed by Indra Kumar and produced by Ashok Thakeria.

It features Riteish Deshmukh, Vivek Oberoi and Aftab Shivdasani reprising their roles from the original, but the story is new and does not continue from the earlier installment.

The film also stars Bruna Abdullah, Karishma Tanna, Sonalee Kulkarni, Kainaat Arora, Maryam Zakaria and Manjari Fadnis in key roles.

[2] The film received largely negative responses from critics because of its extreme sexual nature, but it was a box office success.

Grand Masti was the highest grossing A-rated Bollywood film in India,[3][4][5] until it was overtaken by Kabir Singh in 2019.

The film entered Bollywood's 100 crore club [6][7][8][9] and was declared a Super Hit by Box Office India.

[10] Three friends – Meet (Vivek Oberoi), Prem (Aftab Shivdasani) and Amar (Ritesh Deshmukh) – are unhappily married and have unsatisfactory sex lives.

One day, the men receive an invite from their college, SLUTS (Sri Lalchand University of Technology and Science), to attend their reunion.

When they arrive, they find that everyone else is behaving in a conservative mannerdue to the fear of Principal Robert Pereira (Pradeep Rawat), who hangs people naked from a tree if they disobey his rules.

The men try to initiate affairs with the women, but find out that Rose is Robert's wife, Mary is his daughter and Marlo is his sister.

Shortly later, a doctor comes and informs Robert that he is no more impotent since blood now flows all over his body due to the pressure generated while hanging on the bar.

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.

[23] A 22-year-old Vasai, Maharashtra resident, Mangesh Bhogal died due to a heart attack caused by excessive laughing.

[25] 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.

[26] 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.

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.

[34] Rajeev Masand of CNN-IBN gave 1.5 stars out of 5, commenting The sad truth is that 'Grand Masti' revels in making you cringe, not laugh.

But the makers of this film force-feed the audience images and dialogues and references so discomfiting, the only laughs you'll hear are nervous chuckles.

[citation needed] It was the highest opening day of 2013 after Chennai Express, Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani and Race 2.