Housefull 5 release date announced; Akshay Kumar-Riteish Deshmukh to reunite for the comedy franchise

The fifth installment of the comedy franchise is here. Actor Akshay Kumar and Ritesh Deshmish is set to reunited for 'Housefull 5'.

Taking to Instagram, Akshay shared a poster of 'Housefull 5' which he captioned, “Get ready for FIVE times the madness!. Bringing to y'all #SajidNadiadwala's #Housefull5 Directed by @tarun_mansukhani. See you in cinemas on Diwali 2024!”

Riteish also shared the film poster and captioned it, “We're back! And this time, we're surely going to make your Diwali brighter! Presenting our next one in the franchise!.”

Helmed by Tarun Mansukhani, the film is all set to hit the theatres on the occasion of Diwali 2024. 'Housefull 5' marks the first-ever franchise film in Indian Cinema to have 5 instalments. Like the previous 4 parts, Akshay and Ritiesh Deshmukh will be seen headlining the fifth instalment. More information on other actors in the film is not out yet. Akshay, Ritesh, Chunkey Pandey have been constant in all the previous 4 parts.

Soon after the 'Hera Pheri' actor shared the poster, fans flooded the comment section with red hearts and fire emoticons.

"Comedy King Is Back..Hera Pheri 3..And Housefull 5.," a fan commented. Another fan wrote, "Housefull is back." "Super duper exited," another user wrote.

The first instalment 'Housefull' was released in the year 2010 and starred Akshay, Riteish, Lara Dutta, Deepika Padukone, Arjun Rampal and Boman Irani. The film was declared a hit, followed by another hit sequel 'Housefull 2' which was released in the year 2012 and included a stellar cast of Akshay, Ritiesh, John Abraham, Shreyas Talpade, Jacqueline Fernandez, Rishi Kapoor, Randhir Kapoor, Mithun Chakraborty and Asin. Both of the parts were helmed by director Sajid Khan.

Later in the third installment, Sajid was replaced by director duo Sajid Samji and Farhad Samji. The film was released in 2016. Director Farhad Samji helmed the fourth part of the franchise which was a reincarnation comedy film.

Aaprt from this, Akshay will be next seen in the film 'OMG 2' alongside Pankaj Tripathi and Yami Gautam. The film is all set to hit the theatres on August 11. Speaking of Ritesh, he will be seen in an upcoming horror comedy film 'Kakuda' alongside Sonakshi Sinha and Saqib Saleem.

Mansukhani is known for his films like 'Dostana' which starred Priyanka Chopra, John Abraham, Abhishek Bachchan and Bobby Deol and was declared a hit. Apart from that, he also directed Sushant Singh Rajput's action thriller film 'Drive' which premiered on the OTT platform Netflix. 

(With inputs from ANI)