2012 Indian Hindi action-comedy film by Sajid Khan
Housefull 2: The Dirty Dozen
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
Sajid Khan
Written by
Dialogues
Farhad-Sajid
Screenplay by
Sajid Khan
Tushar Hiranandani
Sajid-Farhad
Sajid Nadiadwala (additional)
Story by
Sajid Nadiadwala
Based on
Mattupetti Machan
by Jose
Produced by
Sajid Nadiadwala
Starring
Rishi Kapoor
Randhir Kapoor
Mithun Chakraborty
Akshay Kumar
John Abraham
Riteish Deshmukh
Shreyas Talpade
Asin
Jacqueline Fernandez
Shazahn Padamsee
Zareen Khan
Cinematography
Manoj Soni
Edited by
Rameshwar S. Bhagat
Music by
Songs:
Sajid–Wajid
Background Score:
Sandeep Shirodkar
Production company
Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment
Distributed by
Eros International
Release date
5 April 2012 (2012-04-05)
Running time
145 minutes[1]
Country
India
Language
Hindi
Budget
₹60–64 crore[2][a]
Box office
est. ₹186 crore[3]
Housefull 2, sometimes called Housefull 2: The Dirty Dozen, is a 2012 Indian Hindi-language action comedy film written and directed by Sajid Khan. Brothers Sajid Samji and Farhad Samji co-wrote the film under their duo Sajid-Farhad, on a story by Sajid Nadiadwala. Produced by Nadiadwala under Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment and distributed by Eros International, it is the second installment of Housefull franchise and a standalone sequel to Housefull (2010), and also an uncredited remake of the 1998 Malayalam film Mattupetti Machan.
Housefull 2 contains a large ensemble cast starring 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 a mixed reception.[2] Made on a budget of ₹60–64 crore,[2][a] the film accumulated ₹186 crore (US$22 million) worldwide, becoming one of the highest-grossing Hindi films of 2012.[4]
^"Housefull 2 (12A) – British Board of Film Classification". 2 April 2012. Archived from the original on 23 December 2012. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
^ abcHousefull 3 is on the cards: Sajid Nadiadwala Archived 29 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Hindustan Times (10 April 2012). Retrieved 21 June 2012.
^"Housefull 2". Bollywood Hungama. 2 April 2012. Archived from the original on 23 December 2012. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
^"Top Ten Worldwide Grossers 2012". Box Office India. 17 January 2013. Archived from the original on 20 January 2013.
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