Housefull (2010 film)

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$3.5 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$15 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$8.9 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.