No point to return.

If I had a medical box with me, for every time I laughed during Hostel Returns, I’d have definitely chewed up an aspirin I so badly longed for at the end of this two-and-a-five-minute cringe-fest. The problem with this film isn’t that it’s so relentlessly unwatchable, but that it’s just not very watchable. And that’s a shame, because leading men Najir Husen Abhay Baral and Sushil Sitoula have a winning chemistry and sharp comic timing…now if only they were pushed to a film where story concerns a bit more.

The film is written and directed by Suraj Bhushal (Co-written : Santosh Lamsal), which is a sequel to 2013’s mega entertainer Hostel, here the motive for this sequel seems to have been – “let’s just go with the jokes”. In the process, the story & its structure have been completely sacrificed. The plot (if there is any!) doesn’t hold up either. You have the talented cute-Madhesi lover ,a gym-gifted mannequin, two sexually sadistic Idiots, a two-timing girl friend, a war-driven senior gang fighters, and an old-fashioned hostel warden. To my dismay, most of them, however, have almost no scope to make a lasting impression, hence Diya Maskey & Nirmal Sharma occupy the screen for no major reasons.

Now if we look the film purely by the standards of a comic-drama, it still doesn’t compare with Hostel or any other films established in this genre. If Hostel was naughty and suggestive, and far wittier than Hostel Returns, which in comparison is uncomfortably explicit. The film, however, is tricky & offers a handful of clever lines that inspire genuine laughs. Unfortunately these are only a few shining moments in what is otherwise a crass, unfinished film.

Of the casts, Najir Husen dives courageously into his role, leaving everyone speechless by his performance. If anyone benefits the film, it’s only him . Abhay Baral & Sushil Sitoula shine amongst many. Sudam C.K & Pradip Choudhary are commendable. Swastima Khadka has nothing much to offer, but she is better than Sashi Shrestha. And if you forget Swopnil Sharma & his musical genius, then it’s a sin. But hell is done with his songs except for the beautifully choreographed ‘Musukka hasne’..

Boring isn’t a word you’d normally associate with a Sunil Rawal’s productions, but Hostel Returns seriously mocks your patience. I’m going with one-and-a-half out of five for Hostel Returns.