Hungama 2

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Hungama 2
Hungama 2 poster.jpg
Official release poster
Directed byPriyadarshan
Written byDialogues: Anukalp Goswami
Manisha Korde
Screenplay byYunus Sajawal
Story byCheriyan Kalpakavadi
(Minnaram)
Based onMinnaram (1994)
by Priyadarshan
Produced byRatan Jain
Ganesh Jain
Chetan Jain
Armaan Ventures
StarringParesh Rawal
Shilpa Shetty
Meezaan Jafri
Pranitha Subhash
CinematographyN. K. Ekambaram
Edited byM. S. Aiyyappan Nair
Music byScore: Ronnie Raphael
Songs: Anu Malik
Production
company
Distributed byDisney+ Hotstar
Release date
  • 23 July 2021 (2021-07-23)[1]
Running time
156 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Hungama 2 (transl.Ruckus 2) is a 2021 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy film directed by Priyadarshan and jointly produced by Ratan Jain, Ganesh Jain, Chetan Jain and Armaan Ventures. It is the spiritual sequel of Priyadarshan's own 2003 film Hungama. It is loosely based on Priyadarshan's own 1994 Malayalam film Minnaram with a comedy sequence borrowed from his other Malayalam movie Vandanam.[2] The film stars Paresh Rawal, Shilpa Shetty, Meezaan Jafri and Pranitha Subhash.[3] Hungama 2 marks the two comebacks of Priyadarshan and Shilpa Shetty to Bollywood after eight years and fourteen years respectively.[4]

Hungama 2 premiered on 23 July 2021 on Disney+ Hotstar.[1]

Plot[]

Colonel Govind Kapoor's family includes his sons Aakash alias Akku and Aman and four mischievous grandchildren. The twist in the story happens when a girl named Vaani, Akku's college girlfriend comes to their home with a child named Gehna and claims that the child's father is Akku. Akku defends himself by saying that Gehna is not his child. Akku is betrothed to his father's best friend and business partner Mr. Bajaj's daughter.

Akku takes the help of Anjali Tiwari (Anju), his co-worker to help him to hide things about the child to not let anyone know about it. But Anjali's husband, a respected man in the town named Radhe Shyam Tiwari is a suspicious minded man. He thinks that she is having an affair with some other man and finds Akku's red socks in the camera which he secretly kept in his house. Radhe starts trying to find someone with the same red socks and finds Akku. He now thinks that Akku is lover of his wife and Gehna is their child. Thus, the confusion begins.

In the flashback, it is revealed that Vaani and Akku loved each other and the former left the latter suddenly without notice. They perform a DNA test and results show that the Y Chromosome match is a positive and Akku is indeed the father. Akku, now desperate tries to get his nieces and nephews to prank Vaani so she will leave. One of their pranks ends up with Gehna's hand with second-degree burns. Vaani sees Govind about to use a ruler to slap his grandchildren's butts so she takes the blame for it and ends up getting slapped. The kids feel bad and give a ruler to Vaani instead to slap their hands. Vaani doesn't and becomes their nanny and friend.

Akku tries to now get Vaani away from the engagement ceremony without knowing that Mr. Bajaj invited her, assuming she was the new teacher of the grandchildren. Akku ends up late, with the excuse that he went to his job to act like he was being guard of the building. While Akku is changing in Anjali's car, Radhe sees him taking off his clothes (not knowing that he is changing) and sees the car shaking assuming that his wife is having sex with Akku. Akku and Anjali come to the engagement ceremony but Anjali spots Vaani chatting with some of her old friends that she runs into at the temple. Akku wastes no time and quickly gets engaged while Vaani gets a call from their home cook saying that Gehna fell from the third floor when really Gehna fell from the be which was ON the third floor.

Radhe confronts Anjali and Aakash without stating he knows about their "Apparent Affair" but Akku and Anjali think that he knows about Vaani so they shrug it off. Appalled by their behavior, he tries to kill Akku. Akku hires his and Vaani's old college cafeteria manager Popat Jamal (that is an excellent forger) to act as her husband and the same day that Radhe decides to murder Akku is the same day that Popat is to act as Vaani's husband. Popat comes in and Vaani asks him what is his child's name. Radhe hits Popat's bag which contains the fake documents for his and Vaani's forged marriage with a gun. Popat finally tells that Akku loved Vaani in college and dumped her by telling he will return soon afterwards.

In the climax, Akku gets drunk and try to force himself on Vaani to tell the truth. To prevent this, Vaani tells the truth and also tells that Gehna is not hers nor Aakash's but is her deceased sister and Akku's elder brother Aman's child. Vaani tells Govind about Aman and her deceased sister's love affair in college and how she died while giving birth to Gehna. Govind feels bad and slaps Aman and forces him to accept Gehna but the next morning, Vaani and Gehna goes out of the house without telling anyone in the house. Popat helps everyone to locate Vanni and reaches the place where she is shooting a wedding scene for a film. The family members mistakenly assumes that Vaani is getting married but her director, Premnath Pannu tells them that it is a shooting. Vanni reunites with the family, Aman accepts Gehna as his child and Vanni and Akku marry and live happily ever after.

Cast[]

  • Paresh Rawal as Radhe Shyam Tiwari (Anjali's husband)
  • Shilpa Shetty as Anjali "Anju" Tiwari (Radhe's wife)
  • Meezaan Jafri as Aakash "Akku" Kapoor (Govind's son and Vaani's college boyfriend)
  • Pranitha Subhash as Vaani Kapoor (née Rajan; Akku's college girlfriend)
  • Ashutosh Rana as Colonel Govind Kapoor a.k.a "Junglee Bail" (Akku and Aman's father)
  • Tiku Talsania as Ojasram Nandan (Govind's house cook)
  • Rajpal Yadav as Popat Jamal (The canteen manager of Vaani and Akku's college) / Raja Dhatingarh Dhingra (Vaani's acting fake husband)
  • Raman Trikha as Aman Kapoor (Akku's brother and Govind's son)
  • Naira Shah as Preity Kapoor (Aman's sister and Govind's daughter)
  • Manoj Joshi as Manasvit G. Bajaj (Govind's best friend and business partner)
  • Komal Sharma as Simran Bajaj (Manasvit's daughter)
  • Johnny Lever as Tutor Gagan Chandra D'Costa (cameo appearance)
  • Akshaye Khanna as Director Premnath Pannu (cameo appearance)
  • Menka Rai as Chinki
  • Atharv Johnny as Parul
  • Hardika Sharma as Vidhi
  • Naira Shah as Priti
  • Nandhu as Doctor (cameo appearance)

Production[]

The film marks Priyadarshan's return to Bollywood after an eight-year hiatus since Rangrezz (2013). It is not a sequel to Hungama (2003), with Priyadarshan saying, "We decided to title the new comedy Hungama 2 because the mood of masti, mischief and hungama remain unchanged."[5] It also marks the comeback of Shilpa Shetty for the first time in 14 years since Apne.[6]

The principal photography commenced on 8 January 2020 in Mumbai.[7] The film was initially scheduled for a theatrical release in India on 14 August 2020.[8] However, production was halted due to the COVID-19 pandemic in India. Priyadarshan has indicated the filming is scheduled to resume in mid-September 2020.[9] The film was wrapped up on 1 February 2021.[10][11]

Music[]

The music of film was composed by Anu Malik while lyrics written by Sameer Anjaan and Rani Malik (noted).

The first song Chura Ke Dil Mera 2.0 is a remake of the song of the same name from the 1994 film Main Khiladi Tu Anari.[12]

Track listing
No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Chura Ke Dil Mera 2.0" (Lyrics by Rani Malik)Benny Dayal, Anmol Malik4:45
2."Chinta Na Kar"Nakash Aziz, Neeti Mohan3:38
3."Hungama Ho Gaya"Mika Singh, Anmol Malik4:25
4."Pehli Baar"Benny Dayal4:15
5."Aao Chalen Hum"Antara Mitra, Nakash Aziz3:50

Release[]

Hungama 2 premiered on 23 July 2021 on Disney+ Hotstar.[1]

Reception[]

It was heavily criticised for its main plot, stale and weak humor compared to Priyadarshan's previous films, lack of character development, and some irritating parts, although performances of Raval, Rana, and Rajpal received some praise."

Saibal Chatterjee of NDTV gave the film 1 star and stated, "Priyadarshan was once feted for the controlled lunacy of his comedies. Here, the lunacy is intact. Control is conspicuous by its absence."[13] Shubhra Gupta of The Indian Express gave the film 1.5 out of 5 stars and stated, "Only a few people keep you from fleeing this loud and obvious fare – a svelte Shilpa Shetty, Ashutosh Rana playing a curmudgeon, and Priyadarshan staple Paresh Rawal."[14] Samrudhi Ghosh of Hindustan Times gave the film a negative review and stated, "Priyadarshan’s chaotic comedy-of-errors is distressingly dated."[15] Narendra Saini of NDTV India gave the film 2 out of 5 stars and stated, "[Priyadarshan] has a style of comedy, in which there is a lot of confusion and it is accompanied by a long army of stars. That's how he tries to laugh. But this time he misses out completely and tries to make the audience laugh through the old formula."[16] Sudhanshu Maheshwari of Aaj Tak gave the film 2 out of 5 stars and stated, "In such a situation, there was some buzz about Hungama 2, but in the absence of comedy, it remained just a noisy film, which would not harm anyone in."[17]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c "Shilpa Shetty's Hungama 2 to premiere on Disney+Hotstar on July 23". India Today. 30 June 2021. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Hungama 2 Movie Review: Dear Mohanlal Fans, Stay Away from This Outdated Minnaram Remake, Starring Shilpa Shetty Kundra and Meezaan Jafri (LatestLY Exclusive) |