House Full[a] is a 1999 Indian Tamil-language thriller film written and directed by R. Parthiban.
Ayya's ex-wife does not help when she makes a tear-filled request to him to evacuate the theatre, against the police's advice.
Ayya rushes into the theatre with the hope of saving the baby, but the sound is just a scene in the movie that was actually getting played.
[8] A critic from Deccan Herald wrote "Housefull is awfully silly, and seems to serve no other purpose than to show Parthiban, as being capable of political authority".
[9] D. S. Ramanujam of The Hindu appreciated the film's theme and Parthiban's getup for seeming "new" to Tamil cinema, "But the amount of tension such a yarn is supposed to generate is sadly missing in his screenplay and narration based on his story, making it a damp squib".
[10] It also won two Tamil Nadu State Film Awards: Best Director (Parthiban) and Best Editor (M. N.