Housefull 2

About the film

Housefull 2, sometimes called Housefull 2: The Dirty Dozen, is a 2012 Indian Hindi-language action comedy film written and directed by Sajid Khan. It was co-written by brothers Sajid Samji and Farhad Samji based on a story by Sajid Nadiadwala. Produced by Nadiadwala under Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment and distributed by Eros International, it is a remake of Mattupetty Machan and the second installment of the Housefull franchise, is a standalone sequel to Housefull (2010).

Housefull 2 features an ensemble cast consisting of Rishi Kapoor, Randhir Kapoor, Mithun Chakraborty, Akshay Kumar, Asin, John Abraham, Jacqueline Fernandez, Riteish Deshmukh, Shreyas Talpade, Zareen Khan, Chunky Panday, Shazahn Padamsee and Boman Irani. Housefull 2 was released theatrically on 5 April 2012, to mixed reviews. Made on a budget of ₹60–64 crore, the film accumulated ₹186 crore (US$19 million) worldwide, becoming one of the highest-grossing Hindi films of 2012. It was followed by two sequels: Housefull 3 and Housefull 4 which were released in 2016 and 2019 respectively. A fifth film titled Housefull 5 with two prints Housefull 5A and Housefull 5B was released on 6 June 2025. The film had mixed-to-positive reviews from critics, with praise for its performances, humor, liveliness and dialogues, and is counted as the best film in the Housefull franchise. The film became a "Blockbuster" at the box office.

Plot

Sunny, Max, Jolly and Jai are best friends who study together in a college. One day in the college farewell, Max's girlfriend Sonia gets attracted to Sunny and tries to be intimate with him. When Max catches them, Sonia lies to him that Sunny harassed her, causing Max and Sunny to get into a physical fight, and both turn sworn enemies and part ways.

10 years later, animal activists Heena and Bobby are the daughters of two opposing Kapoor families who despise each other very much, just like their fathers Chintu and Dabboo who are half-brothers. They both want the richest son-in-law for their daughters and thus hire marriage counsellor Aakhri Pasta to find the best son-in-law. He brings Rajendra Babani to Chintu for discussing Jai, who is his son. Chintu misinterprets one of Aakhri's jokes who says Jai looks neither like his parents and may be illegitimate. His parents didn't hear Aakhri's comments; Chintu verbally abuses Rajendra while shouting. Rajendra suffers a heart attack, landing him in a hospital. Jai vows revenge and, with Pasta, asks Jolly (being the son of a billionaire "JD") to go to Chintu, agree to marry Heena and then break off the wedding at the very end. However, Jolly is busy trying to introduce his girlfriend Jelo to JD and doesn't want to get involved. He suggests Max to pose as Jolly, who agrees. Jai and Max go but mistakenly end up in Dabboo's house when Dabboo steal's Chintu's "real" nameplate, and later realize their mistake. Jolly then convinces Sunny to land in Chintu's house, and there becomes his bodyguard.

Later, Chintu and Dabboo send Sunny and Max respectively with Heena and Bobby on a cruise for an animal safety event. There, Sunny and Max attempt to chloroform Bobby and Heena respectively and put them on a lifeboat so their respective girlfriends can win their awards, but spot each other and chloroform themselves, causing all of them to end up on an island. In the process, Max and Sunny become friends again, and Heena and Bobby also sort out their relations. They find a resort where Jai and Jolly are at and go home. Max gets engaged to Bobby and Sunny to Heena. Jai also falls in love with Parul Patel. Chintu blindfolds Jolly, Sunny and Heena, taking them to JD's house. After seeing Jolly holding Sunny's garland, JD assumes that Jolly got engaged to Heena. Luckily, Sunny convinces him. Jolly later reveals to Max, Sunny, and Jai that his real name is Jwala, and JD was actually a dacoit, Jagga Dacoit, almost 20 years ago. He also exposes that Parul is JD's friend Batuk Patel's daughter with whom JD had fixed his marriage 20 years ago.

Production

The sequel to Housefull was confirmed by Sajid Nadiadwala on 30 September 2010. Filming began on 9 June 2011 in London and Peterborough. The second schedule started from 1 October 2011 in Filmistan Studio, Mumbai and the last schedule was shot in December in Thailand, with one of the locations being the Sheraton Krabi Beach Resort. Sajid Nadiadwala hired a Hollywood action-set for Akshay Kumar's character. Asin replaced Deepika Padukone who was the female lead in the prequel as the lead actress.

Soundtrack

The full album released on 22 February 2012. It met with positive reviews with people calling it evergreen and lively. The making of the song "Papa Toh Band Bajaye" was leaked to YouTube in early January 2012. Singer Abhijeet Bhattacharya filed a lawsuit against the film's producers, saying that the melody for "Do U Know" had been copied from his 2005 song "Baje Jo Bansi". The lyrics were penned by Sameer and Amitabh Bhattacharya (Do You Know), with the songs were composed by Sajid–Wajid.

The film score was composed by Sandeep Shirodkar.

Release

Though the film was initially expected to release on 1 June 2012, it was announced on 30 September 2011 that the film would be releasing on 6 April 2012. The film had an earlier release in the UK on 31 March 2012 due to the Easter holidays. Housefull 2 got a 2700-screen release, the fourth largest release in the history of Indian cinema, behind Ra.One, Bodyguard and Don 2 and India's biggest release of 2012. Housefull 2 was screened in 1,027 UFO digital theatres on the first day when it released.

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