Sajid Nadiadwala’s Housefull 5 starring Akshay Kumar, Abhishek Bachchan and Riteish Deshmukh and directed by Tarun Mansukhani has achieved something unique and rare for Hindi cinema.

So, basically, if you go to a booking app to book the film, you’ll get an option of either choosing Housefull 5A or Housefull 5B.

Now, trade analysts have reacted to whether the move is a masterstroke or will it backfire.

Trade analyst Taran Adarsh told Bollywood Hungama, “It remains to be seen how people react to it. I don’t think it has happened before. People have shot two endings, like what happened with Sholay (1975). But with Housefull 5, there are two versions and they’ll also be available to the audience. That would be very interesting.”

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He added, “I’d love to watch it twice as I would want to know what the second ending would be. However, it all boils down to the content. Otherwise, people might watch it only once. The film needs to have repeat value. After all, the identity of the killer comes only towards the end. Hence, for the remainder of the film, you need to have a very gripping screenplay.”

Exhibitor Vishek Chauhan stated, “It’s a novelty. It’s not something that happens every week. The idea behind it is to create conversation to get people talking about the film. The worst thing about a film is being royally ignored. If people don’t talk about a film in a positive or negative manner, then you have a problem in hand.”

However, distributor and exhibitor Raj Bansal is not a fan of the move, “With my experience as a film distributor and exhibitor, I don’t think such an idea can work and guarantee success at the box office.”

Also starring Jacqueline Fernandez, Sonam Bajwa, Nargis Fakhri, Sanjay Dutt, Jackie Shroff, Nana Patekar, Chitrangada Singh, Fardeen Khan, Chunky Pandey, Johnny Lever, Shreyas Talpade, Dino Morea, Ranjeet, Soundarya Sharma, Nikitin Dheer, and Akashdeep Sabir.

Housefull 5 releases on June 6, 2025.