Housefull (2010)
- Original title
- हाउसफुल
- Directed by
- Sajid Khan
- Genre
- comedy film
- Country
- India
- Runtime
- 2h 24m
- Rated
- 6
- Rating
- 5.8 of 10 from 146 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A unlucky man causes misunderstandings and chaos wherever he goes. He gets caught up in a scheme involving multiple marriages and mistaken identities set across London and Italy.
lightheartedgoofyfast-pacedzanychaoticsillyenergeticfar-fetched
What happens
Housefull is a 2010 Indian Hindi-language comedy film directed by Sajid Khan and produced by Sajid Nadiadwala. It became the first installment of the Housefull franchise, and was loosely based on the 1998 Tamil film Kaathala Kaathala. The film stars an ensemble cast of Akshay Kumar, Riteish Deshmukh, Arjun Rampal, Lara Dutta, Deepika Padukone and Jiah Khan, with a supporting cast of Boman Irani, Chunky Pandey, Randhir Kapoor, Lillete Dubey and Malaika Arora. It was shot across London and Italy on a budget of ₹30 crore (US$3.1 million). The film marked the last screen appearance of Khan, who died three years after its release on 3 June 2013. The film was released worldwide on April 30, 2010, to mixed reviews from critics, emerging as a commercial success. The film grossed over ₹124.50 crore (US$13 million) at worldwide and was declared a super hit. It emerged as the fifth highest-earning Bollywood film of 2010 behind Dabangg, Golmaal 3, Raajneeti and My Name Is Khan according to its net collections of ₹75 crore (US$7.9 million) domestically. The film went on to spawn three spiritual sequels–Housefull 2, Housefull 3 and Housefull 4–released in 2012, 2016 and 2019 respectively. A fifth film titled Housefull 5 with two prints Housefull 5A and Housefull 5B was released on 6 June 2025. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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