:Housefull 3

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{{Infobox film

| name = Housefull 3

| image = Akshay Kumar's Housefull 3.jpg

| caption = Theatrical release poster

| director = Sajid-Farhad

| producer = Sajid Nadiadwala

| writer = Sajid-Farhad (dialogue)

| screenplay = Sajid-Farhad
Additional screenplay:
Rajan Agarwal

| story = K. Subash
Jitendra Parmar

| music = Songs:
Sohail Sen
Mika Singh
Shaarib-Toshi
Tanishk Bagchi
Millind Gaba
Score:
Julius Packiam

| starring = Akshay Kumar
Abhishek Bachchan
Riteish Deshmukh
Jacqueline Fernandez
Nargis Fakhri
Lisa Haydon
Boman Irani
Jackie Shroff

| narrator =

| cinematography = Vikas Sivaraman

| editing = Steven H. Bernard

| studio = Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment

| distributor = Eros International

| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2016|06|03}}

| runtime = 134 minutes

| country = India

| language = Hindi

| budget =

| gross = {{INR}}195 crore{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=3296=|title=Housefull 3 - Movie - Box Office India|website=www.boxofficeindia.com|access-date=15 November 2016|archive-date=2 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202000401/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=3296=|url-status=live}}

}}

Housefull 3 is a 2016 Indian Hindi-language action comedy film co-written and directed by Sajid-Farhad and produced by Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment. The film is the third installment of the Housefull series. It stars an ensemble cast of Akshay Kumar, Abhishek Bachchan, Riteish Deshmukh, Jacqueline Fernandez, Nargis Fakhri, Lisa Haydon, Chunky Panday and Jackie Shroff. The film was released on 3 June 2016 and became commercially successful grossing {{INR}}195 crore worldwide.

Plot

Three robbers attempt to steal jewels from a building in London, but are captured by the police.

Six years later, Batuk Patel, a wealthy and successful businessman, disapproves marriage of his three beautiful daughters, Ganga, Jamuna, and Saraswati, as he believes that the previous ladies in his family were doomed because of marriage of his own family members. One night, at a friend's party, the girls reveal to their friend that secretly, they each have a boyfriend. Ganga, Jamuna, and Saraswati are respectively smitten with Sandy (who wants his own football club and is currently a rookie), Teddy (a wannabe racer), and Bunty (a wannabe rapper). Sandy has a self-destructive split personality "Sundy", who awakens whenever Sandy hears the word "Indian". This split personality stems from the racism faced by him. When the girls tell their father about them, Batook takes help of a restaurant owner Aakhri Pasta who dresses up as the family's fortune teller who claims that when the girl's husbands first see, speak to, or set foot into Batuk's house, Batuk will die. The girls, wanting to keep their boyfriends, make them pretend to be disabled. Sandy pretends to be crippled, Teddy blind and Bunty mute. At Pasta's restaurant, Batuk reveals to Pasta that his daughters are actually the daughters of Urja Nagre, an underworld crime lord. Batuk, a former associate of Nagre's, takes care of the girls while Nagre is in jail. Batuk has planned to marry the girls to his three sons, the robbers who tried to steal the jewels. Unbeknownst to him, Nagre has immigrated in London.

While the girls prepare a wax statue for Batuk, the boys go into town, where the boys are observed by him to be disabled. Teddy appears mute, Bunty crippled and Sandy blind. Later, Nagre asks Batuk, about his daughter's future husbands. Batuk says that he knows three men suitable for the daughters. Batuk takes Nagre to a Gurdwara to see his sons, claiming they are orphans who do community service. Nagre chooses the three suitable for his daughters.

At Batuk's house, Nagre claims that Batuk owes him 50 million pounds. Nagre gives the boys 10 days to make up the money, or the girls must marry 'the chosen boys'. During these 10 days, Nagre and "his sons" will also live in Batuk's house, meaning that the girls' boyfriends must act in front of just as they were observed by Batuk and Nagre. During a party, the girls get Batuk's sons — Rishi, Rohan, and Rajeev — drunk. The next day, they are happy to have sex with their respective girls, only to find out that they had sex with the maids. The maids demand compensation, or they will sue them with rape charges. Nagre surrenders to his daughters' pleas of love.

The next day, the girls take their boys to church, for confession because they felt that they were mocking disables by having the boys act as if they were disabled. After this, the boys (and girls) feel guilty, as they were marrying the girls only for money. They go to the warehouse of Madame Tussauds to meet their girlfriends. They instead find Batuk's sons whose goons attack them. While Teddy and Bunty fight them, Sandy hears Teddy say "Indian", and Sundy arrives, trying to kill Sandy. Batuk also arrives who is blackmailed by the boys to divide Nagre's fortune into 7 shares. More people come as shares increase considerably. Nagre arrives, and attempts to kill everyone in the warehouse, while the lights turn on and off. As the girls arrive, Rishi, Rohan, and Rajeev see them, and hold them at knifepoint in front of Nagre. Sandy, Teddy, and Bunty then rush to save the girls, injuring themselves in the process. The girls forgive the boys, and the film ends when Batuk reveals the whole story-planning, while the girls and each of their respective boyfriends reconcile with Urja Nagre, the girls' real father.

Cast

Akshay Kumar as Sanket "Sandy/Sundi" Sehgal
Riteish Deshmukh as Tukaram "Teddy" Chaugule
Abhishek Bachchan as Bunty Malhotra
Jacqueline Fernandez as Ganga "Gracy" Nagre
Lisa Haydon as Jamuna "Jenny" Nagre
Nargis Fakhri as Saraswati "Sara" Nagre
Boman Irani as Batuk Patel
Jackie Shroff as Urja Nagre
Chunky Panday as Aakhri Pasta
Samir Kochhar as Rishi Patel
Nikitin Dheer as Rohan Patel
Arav Chowdharry as Rajeev Patel

Reception

= Critical response =

The film received overwhelmingly negative reviews and criticism for the portrayal of the disabilities and ethnic humor.{{Efn|Attributed to multiple references:{{cite news |last=Chatterjee |first=Suprateek |date=3 June 2016 |title='Housefull 3' Review: As Silly, Formulaic, And Offensive As Ever |url=https://www.huffpost.com/archive/in/entry/housefull-3-review-as-silly-formulaic-and-offensive-as-ever_n_10276494 |work=HuffPost |location=Mumbai |access-date=13 April 2024 |quote=Check. Non-disabled people acting like they’re disabled, for humour at the expense of the disabled? Women who are scantily-clad, both coy and coquettish, and, ultimately, damsels in distress? Some casual racism on the side? Yep, it’s all there. |archive-date=13 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240413045627/https://www.huffpost.com/archive/in/entry/housefull-3-review-as-silly-formulaic-and-offensive-as-ever_n_10276494 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last=Gupta |first=Shubhra |author-link=Shubhra Gupta |date=3 June 2016 |title=Housefull 3 movie review: Me to Brain, ‘leaving you behind for a bit, don’t mind’ |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/movie-review/housefull-3-movie-review-star-rating-akshay-kumar-jacqueline-fernandez-2831716/ |work=The Indian Express |location=New Delhi |access-date=13 April 2024 |url-access=subscription |archive-date=16 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220816014430/https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/movie-review/housefull-3-movie-review-star-rating-akshay-kumar-jacqueline-fernandez-2831716/ |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last= |first= |date= |title='Housefull 3': Nothing salvages this pathetic comedy except Akshay Kumar (Film Review) |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/housefull-3-nothing-salvages-this-pathetic-comedy-except-akshay-kumar-film-review-116060400421_1.html |work=Business Standard |agency=Indo-Asian News Service |access-date=13 April 2024 |archive-date=11 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160911234141/http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/housefull-3-nothing-salvages-this-pathetic-comedy-except-akshay-kumar-film-review-116060400421_1.html |url-status=live }}}} {{Rotten Tomatoes prose|23|4|13|consensus=}}{{Cite web |title=Housefull 3 {{!}} Rotten Tomatoes |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/housefull_3 |access-date=2025-02-03 |website=www.rottentomatoes.com |language=en}}

Anupama Chopra of Hindustan Times called the film, "racist, sexist and willfully rude about the differently abled."{{cite news |last=Chopra |first=Anupama |author-link=Anupama Chopra |date=4 June 2016 |title=Housefull 3 review by Anupama Chopra: The joke’s on them |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/movie-reviews/housefull-3-review-the-joke-s-on-them/story-AAZyfIiCvzrfiarrU3DUuN.html |work=Hindustan Times |location=Mumbai |access-date=13 April 2024 |archive-date=29 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211129171908/https://www.hindustantimes.com/movie-reviews/housefull-3-review-the-joke-s-on-them/story-AAZyfIiCvzrfiarrU3DUuN.html |url-status=live }} Namrata Joshi of The Hindu wrote, "One can't quite go looking for political correctness in such a film. But Housefull3, doesn't know where it wants to stand on issues. No wonder after cracking many a joke at the physically challenged its attempt to redeem itself in the end seems half baked and forced. The film’s stand on racism is also just as confused. Initially Indians and the blacks are seen at the same end of the racial slurs yet you have the Gujju empire of Batook Patel populated entirely by black maids and distasteful references made to their wombs. And not to forget the play with maa and behen in the lyrics. What are these songs trying to say?"{{cite news |last=Joshi |first=Namrata |author-link=Namrata Joshi |date=3 June 2016 |title=Housefull 3: Humour of the worst kind |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/cinema-reviews/Housefull-3-Humour-of-the-worst-kind/article14382528.ece |work=The Hindu |location=Chennai |access-date=13 April 2024 |url-access=subscription |archive-date=11 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210911081115/https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/cinema-reviews/Housefull-3-Humour-of-the-worst-kind/article14382528.ece |url-status=live }}

Amongst positive reviews, Bollywood Hungama gave the film 3 out of 5, writing, "On the whole, HOUSEFULL 3 has all the constituents of an archetypal Hindi masala movie with hilarity, absurdity, humour, gags and punches in abundance. The film is a madcap entertainer which delivers guffaws, belly laughs and over-the-top slapstick humour in gigantic proportion. The film however is bound to get diverse reactions from the audiences. If you admire and relish these entertainers, and are passionate about cinema of this variety, then HOUSEFULL 3 is definitely a stress buster for you. Else, you can stay away from this."{{cite web |url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/housefull-3/critic-review/housefull-3-movie-review/ |title=Housefull 3 Movie Review |author= |date=3 June 2016 |website=Bollywood Hungama |access-date=13 April 2024 |archive-date=28 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211128234341/https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/housefull-3/critic-review/housefull-3-movie-review/ |url-status=live }}

= Box office =

The film grossed approximately {{INRConvert|15.25|c}} in India{{cite web |title=Housefull 3 First Day Business |url=http://boxofficeindia.com/art_detail.php?articalid=2061#.V1L3TbNuuKB |website=Box Office India |access-date=4 June 2016 |archive-date=6 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160606221800/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/art_detail.php?articalid=2061#.V1L3TbNuuKB |url-status=live }}{{cite web|last1=Hungama|first1=Bollywood|title=Housefull 3 (2016) Box Office Earnings – Bollywood Hungama|url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/moviemicro/boxoffice/id/547579 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140505184409/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/moviemicro/boxoffice/id/547579 |url-status=dead |archive-date=5 May 2014 |website=Bollywood Hungama |access-date=4 June 2016}} and {{INRConvert|13.36|c}} from overseas territories on its opening day.{{cite web|title=Special Features: Box Office: Housefull 3 Day 1 in overseas – Box Office, Bollywood Hungama|url=http://m.bollywoodhungama.com/en/h5/movies/special-features/669/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160609074606/http://bollywoodhungama.com/en/h5/movies/special-features/669|url-status=dead|archive-date=9 June 2016|website=Bollywoodhungama.com|access-date=4 June 2016}} It grossed {{INRConvert|16.30|c}} net

in India on its second day.{{cite web |title=Housefull 3 Second Day Business – Box Office India |url=http://boxofficeindia.com/art_detail.php?articalid=2064#.V1PTE7NuuKB |website=boxofficeindia.com |access-date=5 June 2016 |archive-date=6 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160606221208/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/art_detail.php?articalid=2064#.V1PTE7NuuKB |url-status=live }} By the end of its opening weekend, the film had grossed approximately {{INRConvert|100.03|c}} worldwide.{{cite web | title = Housefull 3 box office collections: Akshay Kumar's movie earns Rs. 80.10 cr. in India | work = The Indian Express | date = 4 June 2016 | access-date = 6 June 2016 | url = http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/housefull-3-box-office-collections-akshay-kumar-jacqueline-fernandez-movie-business-fantastic-start-2834002/ | archive-date = 5 June 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160605124603/http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/housefull-3-box-office-collections-akshay-kumar-jacqueline-fernandez-movie-business-fantastic-start-2834002/ | url-status = live }} The film's final domestic gross stands at {{INRConvert|110|c}} and overseas gross stands at {{INRConvert|85|c}}, thus taking the total worldwide gross to {{INRConvert|195|c}}.

Music

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| name = Housefull 3

| type = Soundtrack

| artist = Sohail Sen, Mika Singh, Shaarib-Toshi, Tanishk Bagchi

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| released = {{Start date|2016|5|10|df=y}}

| recorded = 2015–2016

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| genre = Feature film soundtrack

| length = {{Duration|m=15|s=50}}

| language = Hindi

| label = T-Series

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The music for Housefull 3 is composed by Sohail Sen, Mika Singh, Shaarib-Toshi and Tanishk Bagchi while the lyrics are written by Sameer Sen, Farhad-Sajid, Sanjeev Chaturvedi, Mamta Sharma, Arafat Mehmood, Rani Malik, Manoj Yadav and Danish Sabri. The background score is given by Julius Packiam. The music rights are acquired by T-Series. The first song of the film "Pyar Ki" was released on 24 April 2016.{{cn|date=June 2024}} The full music album was released on 10 May 2016.

{{track listing

| headline = Track listing

| extra_column = Singer(s)

| total_length= 15:50

| title1= Pyar Ki

| extra1= Shaarib-Toshi, Nakash Aziz, Divya Kumar, Anmol Malik, Earl Edgar

| music1= Shaarib-Toshi

| lyrics1= Manoj Yadav, Farhad-Sajid, Danish Sabri

| length1= 3:47

| title2= Taang Uthake

| extra2= Sohail Sen, Mika Singh, Neeti Mohan, Mamta Sharma

| music2= Sohail Sen