Housefull is a 2010 Bollywood comedy film directer IS Sajid Khan, starring Akshay Kumar and Deepika Padukone in the main roles. Arjun Rampal, Ritesh Deshmukh, Lara Dutta, Jiah Khan and Boman Irani are featured in supporting roles, whilst Malaika Arora Khan and Jacqueline Fernandez make GUEST appearances. This would be Jiah Khan’s final film before her death in 2013. The film was shot over several months in London and Italy.
Producer is Sajid Nadiadwala, the film released at more than 750 theatres on 30 April 2010 in India. It received negative reviews upon release, but it does not affect box office and become superhit at the box office. It is the first part of the Housefull film series. The movie is based on Kamal Haasan’s 1998 Tamil movie Kaathala Kaathala.
This Film Making Budget is around 38crores , The film grossed over rs. 124.50 crore at the worldwide box office and was declared a super hit. It emerged as the fifth highest earning Bollywood film of 2010 according to its net collections of rs. 75 crore in India. This may lead become franchises and followed by Housefull -2 Release in 2012, Housefull -3 in 2016 and Housefull-4 release in 2019 and all the film are commercially successful and critics mostly are negative.
Directer : Sajid Khan
Producer : Sajid Nadiadwala
Writer : Anvita Dutt (Dialogue)
Screenplay : Milap Zaveri,Sajid Khan, Vibha Singh
Story : Sajid Nadiadwala adapated original story by Crazy Mohan
Based on Kaathala Kaathala by Singeetam Srinivasa Rao & Kamal Haasan
Starring : Akshay Kumar,Arjun Rampal,Ritesh Deshmukh,Deepika Padukone,Lara Dutta,Jiah Khan,Boman Irani,Randhir Kapoor,Chunkey Pandey,Malaika Arora Khan
Music composer: Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy
Background score : Sandeep Chowta
Cinematographer : Vikas Sivaraman
Editor : Rameshwar S. Bhagat
Production company : Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment
Distributor : ShowMan Pictures ,Eros Entertainment
Release date : 30 April 2010
Running time : 155 minutes
Country : India
Language :Hindi
Budget : 450 million
Box office : 1.19 billion
Housefull -1 Movie Trailer :
Story of the film :
Aarush (Akshay Kumar), a ‘panauti’ (an unlucky person), who works in bar and gets money as people lose games of poker. After being rejected from getting married by Pooja (Malaika Arora Khan), a girl who he dearly loves, he then gets punched by her elder brother telling him to keep away from her. Aarush goes to London to stay for some time with his best friend, Bob (Riteish Deshmukh) and his wife, Hetal (Lara Dutta), both working at a casino owned by Kishore Samtani (Randhir Kapoor). Although at first Hetal is displeased with Aarush’s presence, he proves to be a kind-hearted man looking for a family. Bob and Hetal decide to get him married to their boss’ daughter, Devika Samtani (Jiah Khan). After the marriage, on their honeymoon in Italy, Devika leaves him for her longtime American boyfriend Benny. Aarush decides to commit suicide by drowning in the sea but is saved by a Telugu girl, Sandy (Deepika Padukone), who he kisses when she tries to make him breathe by giving him mouth to mouth.
Sandy originally thinks Aarush is a pervert but when Aakhri Pasta (Chunkey Pandey), the owner of Italy’s “biggest” hotel where Aarush was spending his honeymoon with Devika, tells Sandy that Aarush is a widower as a joke and his wife died the day of their honeymoon, she befriends him and slowly falls in love with him. What she doesn’t know is that Aakhri Pasta was only joking. Aarush calls Bob and Hetal to Italy telling him about the entire situation. Sandy then tells them that they helped Aarush after the death of his “wife” both misinterpret the situation that Aarush lied to Sandy about the dead wife. He later then meets Devika and asks for divorce papers. She then finds out his wife is alive and leaves him. Sandy does not allow Aarush to enter her room so he climbs from her balcony. Pasta thinks Aarush is committing suicide and live telecast is conducted. Sandy then switches on her TV and goes to her balcony but later when Aarush manages to clear the confusion, she accepts him.
The only way Aarush and Sandy can get married is by convincing her elder brother, Major Krishna Rao (Arjun Rampal), a strict Indian Military Intelligence officer who loves his sister and is over-protective of her. Meanwhile, Hetal lies to her father, Batuk Patel (Boman Irani), that Bob owns a mansion and they have a child, so she can meet him after so many years. On the other hand, Sandy tells her brother that Aarush is quite well to do too. The four are then forced to rent a mansion to make Hetal’s dad believe that Bob owns it. Confusion prevails and somehow Batuk accidentally believes that Aarush is married to Hetal, and Bob is the cook. In the confusion they bring an African child and pretend that it is the baby. Then, Krishna turns up earlier than expected, much to Aarush’s horror that Krishna was the one who punched him earlier leading to more lies and the two couples making him believe that Aarush owns the mansion.
For half of the term, the four must pretend that the mansion is owned by Bob, and the rest must pretend that Aarush owns it. Batuk Patel and the Landlady are Aarush’s pseudo parents while Hetal is his sister and Bob is his brother in law. An overly suspicious Krishna goes to the casino as his bag was exchanged with Kishore Samtani. Krishna then sees Bob and Hetal working at the casino and as soon as they spot Krishna, they hide from him. Krishna then uses a lie detector on Aarush to find the truth. After Sandy objects, Krishna apologizes and agrees to Aarush and Sandy’s marriage. The whole family is invited to the Royal Palace to see Krishna get rewarded by the Queen of the United Kingdom. While this is happening, two workers, Santa (Suresh Menon) and Banta Singh (Manoj Pahwa), are meant to be installing air conditioning gas for the place. However instead they accidentally supply the hall with laughing gas causing everyone to break into an outburst of laughter. During this laughter, the truth is let out but no one seems to be in the right state of mind.
The two workers meanwhile stop the gas from spreading – everyone comes back to their senses. Aarush goes on stage to reveal the truth to Krishna about his ill-fate and believes his engagement with Sandy is now broken. Krishna though believes Aarush is no longer a jinxed loser and instead orders him and Sandy to get married. In the end, Hetal and Bob live together with Batuk Patel, and Aarush’s luck changes for the better.
Star cast of the film :
- Akshay Kumar as Aarush
- Deepika Padukone as Soundarya Avasthi
- Ritesh Deshmukh as Babu Rao “Bob”
- Lara Dutta as Hetal Rao
- Arjun Rampal as Krishna Rao
- Jiah Khan as Devika Samtani
- Boman Irani as Batuk Patel
- Chunkey Pandey as Aakhri Pasta
- Randhir Kapoor as Kishore Samtani
- Lillete Dubey as Sulekha Ji
- Malaika Arora Khan as Pooja Rao
- Manoj Pahwa as Santa Singh
- Suresh Menon as Banta Singh
- Daisy Irani as Batuk’s mother
- Jacqueline Fernandez as Dhanno (Guest appear in song “Aapka Kya Hoga”)
Review of the film :
Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama gave the film a rating of 4/5, saying “Housefull is a complete laugh-riot, and is an entertainer all the way, targeted at the masses” ( Only Reviewer who give positive review )
Anupama Chopra of NDTV said that it was impossible to take the characters seriously, and gave the movie a rating of 2/5.
Rajeev Masand of CNN-IBN said ‘Housefull’ makes you cringe in embarrassment and disgust for what passes off as ‘entertainment’ and ‘cinema’ these days.
Noyon Jyoti Parasara of AOL India gave it a 2 and said, “What annoys most about ‘Housefull’ is the fact that Sajid Khan claims this to be his tribute to greats like Manmohan Desai and Hrishikesh Mukherjee. Both have been great filmmakers and had their respective domains and Sajid’s attempt at combining both ends up has him falling flat on his face.”
Music / Song of the film :
The film’s music composer is Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy. The lyricist writer is Sameer and Amitabh Bhattacharya. The song “Aapka Kya Hoga” was a remake of the song “Apni Toh Jaise Taise” from the 1981 movie Lawaaris.
- “Oh Girl You’re Mine”………………………Tarun Sagar & Alyssa Mendonsa
- “Papa Jaag Jaayega”…………….Neeraj Shridhar, Ritu Pathak & Alyssa Mendonsa
- “I Don’t Know What To Do Top Chart”……………..Shabbir Kumar & Sunidhi Chauhan
- “Aapka Kya Hoga (Dhanno)”………………Mika Singh, Sunidhi Chauhan & Sajid Khan
- “Loser”……………………………………………Amitabh Bhattacharya & Vivienne Pocha
- “Oh Girl You’re Mine” (O Boy What A Girl Mix)……………..Tarun Sagar, Alyssa Mendosa & Loy Mendonsa
- “Papa Jaag Jaayega” (Insane Insomaniac Mix)………………Neeraj Shridhar, Ritu Pathak & Alyssa Mendonsa
- “I Don’t Know What To Do” (Shabbir’s Sexy 70’s Mix)……………….Shabbir Kumar & Sunidhi Chauhan
Song : “Aapka Kya Hoga (Dhanno)” :
Awards won by this film :
IIFA Awards :
Won – Best Performance in a Comic Role : Riteish Deshmukh
Stardust Awards :
Won :
- Star of the Year – Male : Akshay Kumar
- Best Supporting Actor : Arjun Rampal
Box office collection :
this film opened well at the Box-office of Rs. 410 million in India. This gave Akshay Kumar his biggest opening till date, beating Singh Is Kinng. Housefull’s opening weekend was the second-highest opening weekend collection of all time, behind 3 Idiots. By the end of the first week, the film collected Rs 498 million, the third-highest first week collection – behind 3 Idiots and Ghajini. It also broke the 2010 record of biggest first week, previously held by My Name Is Khan.
Housefull debuted in the United Kingdom at number two and collected Rs 18 million on 55 screens in its opening weekend, while in the United States, the film collected Rs. 28 million on 82 screens in its opening weekend.
After six weeks, the film netted Rs. 1.81 billion.The film was declared hit by Box Office India.
Houseful 2010 total box office grossing crossed 1 billion mark.
- First Day……….9.32 crores rs.
- Saturday………….9.74 crores rs.
- Sunday…………….11.90 crores rs.
- First Weekend……………30.97 crores rs.
- Monday…………………….4.90 crores rs.
- Tuesday……………………4.10 crores rs.
- First Week……………….47.35 crores rs.
- Second Week……………13.76 crores rs.
- Third Week……………….6.95 crores rs.
- Lifetime India (net)…………..73 crores rs.
- Worldwide Gross…………..117 crores rs.
Film Related Controversies :
P L Thenappan, the producer of the 1998 Tamil film, Kaathala Kaathala starring Kamal Hassan, Prabhudeva, Rambha, and Soundarya filed a complaint with the Tamil Film Producers Council alleging that producer Sajid Nadiadwala and director Sajid Khan had remake his film into Hindi without proper permission.
In his complaint, P L Thenappan said, “I was shocked when I watched the Hindi film as nearly 60 per cent of the scenes from Kadhala Kadhala are there.” He also stated that he was in talks with Nadiadwala about selling the remake rights more than a year ago and the deal did not go through.
The film also faced controversy due to the remixed version of the song “Apni Toh Jaise Taise”, originally from the 1981 film Laawaris directer is Prakash Mehra, music by Kalyanji Anandji. The Calcutta High Court restrained producer Sajid Nadiadwala from the cinematic use of the song.
Sequel of the film :
Housefull is become superhit and Bollywood never miss high successful film convert it into franchises and This franchises release Housefull 2 in 2012, Housefull 3 in 2016 and Housefull 4 in 2019.
Producer Sajid Nadiadwala announced a sequel to the film on 30 September 2010. In September 2011, it was reported by director Sajid Khan that the film had started shooting. It starred Akshay Kumar, Ritesh Deshmukh, Randhir Kapoor, Boman Irani and Chunkey Pandey from the previous film in new characters, whilst new additions include John Abraham, Asin Thottumkal, Jacqueline Fernandez, Zarine Khan, Shreyas Talpade and Shazahn Padamsee. It also stars veteran actors such as Rishi Kapoor, Mithun Chakraborty and Johnny Lever in supporting roles. Furthermore, the film was titled Housefull 2 and released on 6 April 2012 getting mixed response from critics. The sequel was more successful than the prequel and was declared a Blockbuster at the box office, while some had to say that Housefull had much more sense.
Another sequel which is being directed by Sajid-Farhad would feature Akshay Kumar, Ritesh Deshmukh and Jacqueline Fernandez from the previous installments in pivotal roles alongside Abhishek Bachchan, Lisa Haydon and Nargis Fakhri (the newest additions) is released on 3 June 2016 was also a hit.
Housefull 4 release in 25th October 2019, leading star cast is Akshay Kumar,Bobby Deol,Riteish Deshmukh,Kriti Sanon,Kriti Kharbanda,Pooja Hegde,Rana Daggubati, Directer is Farhad Samji.
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