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Housefull 5 OTT release: When and where to watch Akshay Kumar, Abhishek Bachchan, Riteish Deshmukh's ₹300-crore comedy

Akshay Kumar-starrer Housefull 5 is getting a digital release after a theatrical run that saw it earn almost ₹300 crore at the box office.

Updated on: Aug 1, 2025, 13:23:10 IST
By Abhimanyu Mathur
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Housefull 5, the polarising film that earned over ₹300 crore at the box office, is finally getting an OTT release. The Tarun Mansukhani film will be available for streaming on Prime Video from today, the platform announced on Friday.

Housefull 5 OTT release

Housefull 5 OTT release: The comedy murder mystery is releasing on streaming this Friday.
Housefull 5 OTT release: The comedy murder mystery is releasing on streaming this Friday.

Prime Video uploaded a short video on its Instagram handle featuring the cast of the film and asking the audience to watch the film on the OTT platform. "A housefull of people have something to say," read the caption.

Housefull 5 is a comedy that starred Akshay Kumar, along with a large ensemble cast that included Abhishek Bachchan, Riteish Deshmukh, Sanjay Dutt, Fardeen Khan, Jacqueline Fernandez, Shreyas Talpade, Jackie Shroff, Sonam Bajwa, Chitrangad Singh, Nargis Fakhri, Nana Patekar, and Soundarya Sharma.

Housefull 5 box office and reception

A murder mystery comedy, Housefull 5, was released in two parts: Housefull 5 A and Housefull 5 B. Both films had the same beginning but different endings, with a different killer revealed in each climax. The makers said they had wanted to come up with such a concept for many years during the film's promotions.

However, the film was criticised for its depiction of the female characters and some rather unsavoury jokes. Many viewers complained that, for a family film, Housefull 5 had a definitive male gaze and overtly sexualised the women in the film.

 
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Abhimanyu Mathur

Abhimanyu Mathur is Deputy Editor, Entertainment at Hindustan Times. With almost 15 years of experience in writing about everything from films and TV shows to cricket matches and elections, he inhales and exhales pop culture and news. Currently, he watches movies and TV shows and talks to celebrities for a living, while occasionally writing about them as well. A journalism graduate of Delhi College of Arts and Commerce, Delhi University, Abhimanyu began his career with Hindustan Times at the age of 20, swapping classrooms for newsrooms at an early age. He began his journey in the early days of digital journalism, later switching to the madness of print journalism. Work has led him to far off places like Japan and Jordan, as well as to the interiors of Haryana and the Indo-Pak border. He dabbled in city reporting in places like Meerut, Gurgaon, and Delhi, covered the Olympics and Cricket World Cups, before finding his calling in entertainment and lifestyle during the pandemic. A Rotten Tomatoes Certified Film Critic, he is equally at home covering stories on ground as he is interviewing celebrities and studios, and sometimes prefers to shepherd teams in delivering traffic through the day. Even as his role has evolved from reporter to supervisor over the years, his first love remains writing (and of late, talking on camera). With a good understanding of cinema and its trends, and a keen eye for detail, he continues to spark conversations around showbiz for readers around the world.

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