Housefull 3
- Director
- Sajid-Farhad
- Studio
- Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment
- Release Date
- 2 June 2016
- Running Time
- 134 min
- Language
- Hindi
- Country
- India
- Budget
- ₹110.00 Cr
- Box Office
- ₹195.00 Cr
Review
There's a peculiar kind of chaos that unfolds when a film mistakes loudness for humor and repetition for wit. "Housefull 3" is precisely that—a carnival of exaggerated performances and contrived situations that demands we laugh at the same joke three times over, as if volume can substitute for cleverness. Akshay Kumar, Riteish Deshmukh, and Abhishay Deol throw themselves into their roles with admirable commitment, especially in those exhausting sequences where they're pretending to be disabled; you can see the actors working desperately hard to mine comedy from material that simply isn't there. Director Anees Bazmee, who once understood the delicate balance between absurdity and charm, here leans so heavily into slapstick that the film loses any emotional anchor—these characters feel like wind-up toys rather than people we might care about, even for a moment.
What's truly deflating is how the film squanders its premise. The core idea—three fortune-hunters deceiving a wealthy father through elaborate fakery—could have been a sharp satire on materialism and family dysfunction, but instead it becomes an exercise in watching the same gag performed with different body parts. The heroines fade into the background, mere plot devices rather than characters with agency or personality. Even the chemistry between the leads, which typically carries a "Housefull" film, feels exhausted here, as though everyone involved knows they're recycling a formula that's already worn thin. This is ci
Storyline
So basically, this movie kicks off with three crooks trying to pull off a heist in London, but things don't go according to plan and they get busted. Fast forward six years, and we meet this super rich guy named Batuk who's got three daughters, but he's totally against them getting married because he thinks there's some family curse tied to weddings. One day at a party, his daughters spill the tea to their friend that they're each secretly dating these guys—one's into football, another's obsessed with racing, and the third wants to be a rapper. Plot twist though: these boyfriends are only interested in the girls because they want to get their hands on Batuk's money.
When the daughters finally tell their dad about these relationships, Batuk flips out and brings in his buddy who owns a restaurant. This friend dresses up like a fortune teller and tells the girls that if their boyfriends ever see them, talk to them, or show up at the house, Batuk will literally die. The girls totally buy into this and convince their boyfriends to act like they're disabled—one pretends he can't walk, one acts blind, and one refuses to speak.
Batuk starts testing these guys to see if they're actually telling the truth about their disabilities, and surprisingly they all pass his tests! But here's where it gets messy—the three boyfriends eventually figure out what each other are doing and realize they're all playing the same game. They decide to team up and split Batuk's fortune equally among themselves instead of each trying to win it solo.
