Housefull (2010 film)

The story follows Aarush, an unlucky person, who works in a casino and earns money when people lose games of poker. After proposing marriage and being rejected by Pooja, a girl who he dearly loves, he then gets punched by her elder brother telling him to stay away from her. Aarush goes to London to stay for some time with his best friend, Bob and his wife, Hetal. Bob is a romantic person and loves his wife very much, both working at a casino owned by Kishore Samtani. Although at first, Hetal is unhappy 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. 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 girl, Sandy, whom he kisses when she tries to make him breathe by giving him CPR.

Sandy originally thinks Aarush is a pervert but when Aakhri Pasta, 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 Pasta was only joking. Aarush calls Bob and Hetal to Italy telling him about the entire situation. Sandy then tells them that she helped Aarush after the death of his "wife", both misinterpret the situation that Aarush lied to Sandy about the dead wife. Aarush later meets Devika and asks for divorce paper leading Sandy to find out his wife is alive and leave him. She does not allow Aarush to enter her room so he climbs her balcony. Pasta thinks Aarush is committing suicide again and a 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, a strict Indian Military Intelligence officer who loves his sister and is over-protective of her. Meanwhile, Hetal lies to her father, Batuk Patel, 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, and much to Aarush's horror, Krishna was the one who punched him earlier for Pooja, 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 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. But Sandy interrupts and proves with the detector that he loves her and Krishna forgives them. 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 and Banta Singh, are meant to be installing air conditioning gas for the place. However, instead, they accidentally supply the hall with laughing gas (nitrous oxide) 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, who then marries the Landlady, and Aarush's luck changes for the better. After a song, Aarush says that nobody is a loser.

• Akshay Kumar as Aarush Awasthi
• Riteish Deshmukh as Boman "Bob" Rao: Aarush's best friend; Batuk's son-in-law; Maithili's grandson-in-law; Hetal's husband
• Arjun Rampal as Major Krishna Rao: Pooja's elder and Sandy's eldest brother
• Lara Dutta as Hetal Patel Rao: Batuk's daughter; Maithili's granddaughter; Bob's wife
• Deepika Padukone as Soundarya Venkateshwari Bhagyalakshmi Basappa Rao alias "Sandy": Krishna's youngest and Pooja's younger sister; Aarush's girlfriend
• Jiah Khan as Devika Samtani Awasthi: Kishore's daughter; Aarush's former wife; Sorman's girlfriend
• Boman Irani as Batuk Patel: Maithili's son; Hetal's father; Bob's father-in-law
• Lillete Dubey as Landlady / Mrs. Patel, Batuk's wife
• Chunky Pandey as Aakhri Pasta
• Randhir Kapoor as Kishore Samtani: Devika's father; Aarush's boss and former father-in-law
• Malaika Arora as Pooja Rao: Krishna's younger and Sandy's older sister; Aarush's former girlfriend
• Manoj Pahwa as Santa Singh
• Suresh Menon as Banta Singh
• Daisy Irani as Maithili Patel: Batuk's mother; Hetal's grandmother; Bob's grandmother-in-law
• Jacqueline Fernandez as Dhanno (cameo appearance in the song "Aapka Kya Hoga")
• Rajesh Kava as the voice of Prada, a talking parrot
• Stove Singh as the black baby (Stella’s son)

The film's soundtrack is composed by Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy. The lyrics are penned by Sameer and Amitabh Bhattacharya.[1] The song "Aapka Kya Hoga" was a remake of the song "Apni Toh Jaise Taise" from the 1981 film Lawaaris.[2]

6th Apsara Film & Television Producers Guild Awards

• Nominated – Best Comedian – Riteish Deshmukh[23]

2011 Zee Cine Awards

Nominated[24]

• Best Director – Sajid Khan
• Best Actor – Akshay Kumar
• Best Supporting Actress – Lara Dutta
• Best Comedian – Riteish Deshmukh
• Best Music Director – Shankar Ehsaan Loy
• Best Track of the Year – "Aapka Kya Hoga (Dhanno)"

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

3rd Mirchi Music Awards

Nominated[25]

• Best Item Song of the Year - "Aapka Kya Hoga (Dhanno)"
• Best Song Recording - Abhay Rumde, Sameer Khan and Ashish Saksena - "Oh Girl You're Mine"

P L Thenappan, the producer of the 1998 Tamil film, Kaathala Kaathala, filed a complaint with the Tamil Film Producers Council, alleging that producer Sajid Nadiadwala and director Sajid Khan had remade his film into Hindi without proper permission. In his complaint, 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.[26]

The film also faced problems due to the remixed version of the song "Apni Toh Jaise Taise", originally from the 1981 film Laawaris directed by Prakash Mehra, music by Kalyanji Anandji. The Calcutta High Court restrained producer Sajid Nadiadwala from the cinematic use of the song.[27]

Housefull was released in Blu-ray and DVD in October 2010.[28] The satellite rights of the movie were sold to Star Network. The television premiere of the movie was occurred on 29 August 2010 on Star Plus. The film has been made streaming available on Eros Now, JioCinema, Zee5 and Amazon Prime Video since 2020.

See article: Housefull 2, Housefull 3 and Housefull 4

Producer Sajid Nadiadwala announced a sequel to the film on 30 September 2010.[29] In September 2011, it was reported by director Sajid Khan that the film had begun filming. It features Akshay Kumar, Ritesh Deshmukh, Jacqueline Fernandez, Randhir Kapoor, Boman Irani and Chunkey Pandey from the previous film in new characters,[30] whilst new additions include Asin Thottumkal, John Abraham, Zarine Khan, Shreyas Talpade and Shazahn Padamsee. It also stars veteran actors such as Rishi Kapoor, Mithun Chakraborty and Johnny Lever in supporting roles. Housefull 2 was released on 6 April 2012 and received a mixed response from critics. The sequel was more successful than the prequel and was declared a super hit at the box office.

Another sequel which is being directed by Sajid-Farhad would feature Akshay Kumar, Ritesh Deshmukh and Jacqueline Fernandez from the previous instalments in pivotal roles alongside Abhishek Bachchan, Lisa Haydon and Nargis Fakhri (the newest additions) was released on 3 June 2016.

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