Pooja with the doppelgangers; Farah poses with the fake Queen

Housefull 4 took off in London with a song that had not just big names from B-town, but also lookalikes from Buckingham Palace
Natasha Coutinho (MUMBAI MIRROR; July 18, 2018)

The fourth instalment of the Housefull franchise kicked off in the Queen’s City last weekend with a song. Sajid Khan who had directed Part 1 and 2 before handing over the baton to Sajid-Farhad, has returned to the series and his sister, Farah Khan, choreographed the first song.

It was a full house with Akshay Kumar, Kriti Sanon, Bobby Deol, Pooja Hegde, Riteish Deshmukh and Kriti Kharbanda grooving to Farah’s cues. But what gave the song its twist were doppelgangers of the royal family which included the Queen, Elizabeth II, her son Prince Charles and his better half, Camilla Parker Bowles, the Duchess of Cornwall, along with grandsons, Prince William and Prince Harry with their respective wives, Kate Middleton and Meghan Markle.

The song was shot over four days for the Sajid Nadiadwala and Fox Star Studios production and is a Sohail Sen composition. Speaking to Mirror from London, an excited Farah informed that they had got the royal doubles to shake a leg too, with the Prince Charles lookalike even crooning Hindi lyrics. “The Queen and Charles were my favourites from the original and Housefull 2. Sadly, they were missing in the third part so I decided to bring them back in a song,” she pointed out, applauding the artistes for making the effort to learn the Hindi chorus, along with the dance steps.

A source from the sets added that the team shot across London, including the House of Lords and Kensington Palace, besides some famous streets and buses which were blocked off for the day.

After a 25-day schedule in London, the Housefull 4 team will be heading to Rajasthan for the second schedule in August. Revolving around the theme of reincarnation, the film follows a non-linear narrative and all the flashback sequences will be shot in Rajasthan. A lavishly mounted set is being built in Mumbai for the finale. Chunky Panday, Johnny Lever, Boman Irani and Nana Patekar are also a part of the House.