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Published 18:03 IST, October 20th 2019

Akshay Kumar thanks Railways for Housefull 4 Express, shares trip clip

Akshay Kumar recently put out a post on social media thanking Indian Railways for giving them the opportunity to promote 'Housefull 4' on the train.

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Ahead of the release of Housefull 4, Akshay Kumar and the team embarked on a 17-day train journey as a part of the film's promotional activities. While their fun-filled ride from Mumbai to New Delhi has been making it up to the news lately, Akshay Kumar on Sunday took to social media and thanked Indian Railways for making it possible. He shared a video capturing interesting moments from their trip on Instagram and captioned it saying, "A big thank you to the railways for making #Housefull4Express possible. Couldn’t be more glad to be a part of a journey full of excitement, joy, and entertainment with the #Housefull4 gang."

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Here's the post:

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Promotion on Wheels

The star cast of Housefull 4 including Riteish Deshmukh, Chunky Panday, Kriti Sanon, Bobby Deol, Kriti Kharbanda and Pooja Hegde embarked on a train journey from Mumbai to Delhi via Surat, Baroda, Kota and Mathura to promote their film. As per media reports, the new initiative of promoting films on the train has been recently introduced by the Indian Railways. It is a part of an interesting addition to its services and is called 'Promotion on Wheels'. In fact, Housefull 4 is the first film to avail the service.

Akshay Kumar, who is known to serve something unique on the platter for his fans expressed his happiness over the initiative. He had also shared a picture with the film's cast on social media while kickstarting their journey.

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Housefull 4

Much-anticipated Bollywood comedy-drama 'Housefull 4' has been making it up to the news ever since it was announced. The multi-starrer venture also features Chunky Panday, Johnny Lever, and Boman Irani, among others. The fourth installment of the franchise has been shot extensively in London, Rajasthan, and Mumbai; and reportedly follows a non-linear narrative. 

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The plot of Housefull 4 circles around the theme of reincarnation. The movie is set in two time periods- the 16th century and the other 21st century. As per media reports, in the 16th century, Akshay Kumar will be seen as a King in Housefull 4, while Bobby Doel and Riteish Deshmukh will play his associates. Chunky Panday’s humorous character Aakhri Pasta will be the nephew of great artist Vasco Da Gama. On the other hand, the present era story will showcase the girls coming from wealthy families and guys trying to impress them, in the past era, the characters will be seen in royal avatars.

The multi-starrer film, which promises to be a hilarious roller coaster ride much like its earlier avatars, is produced by Nadiadwala Grandson and co-produced by Fox Star Studios and is slated to hit the silver screens on October 25.

Updated 19:07 IST, October 20th 2019