Judwaa 2
Judwaa 2 | |
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Fox Star Studios | |
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Running time | 149 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Hindi |
Budget | ₹65 crore[1] |
Box office | est. ₹227.59 crore[2] |
Judwaa 2 (transl. Twins 2) is a 2017 Indian
Plot
While flying back to Mumbai, Rajeev Malhotra meets Charles, a criminal. Malhotra then rushes to the hospital where his wife has given birth to Twin sons. The doctor explains that when the twins are near each other, their reflexes operate simultaneously.
Malhotra has the authorities at the hospital waiting to arrest Charles. In the scuffle, Charles kidnaps one of the twins and leaves him at the train tracks. Charles is arrested and is sentenced to twenty years in prison. The police advises Malhotra to take his wife and Prem and leave India, so they move to London, England. The other twin is found by a woman named Kashibai and she raises him as her son in Mumbai, and names him Raja.
Twenty years later, Charles is almost about to be released from jail. Prem has grown up to be a kind and gentle Christian boy who aspires to be a musician. He is thrashed and bullied by an upperclassman, Rocky, on his first day of college and is pitied by Samaira. Samaira is impressed by Prem's musical talents and asks him to come to her house and teach her music.
At the same time, Raja has grown up to be a fun-loving young man and staunch devotee of
Now that Raja and Prem are both in London and are in close proximity to each other, their reflexes start operating simultaneously, and this creates a lot of confusion for the both of them and their girlfriends. They are also mistaken for each other by many people in the city.
One day, after Raja and Nandu save Malhotra from an accident, they find Alex and his uncle and discover that Alex lost his memory after that incident. Raja and Prem finally meet each other. They do not realize that they are twins and conclude that they only share the same face.
Alex regains his memory and bring Raja and Nandu to Charles, who is Alex's dad. Charles holds Nandu hostage demanding Malhotra in exchange. Raja finally discovers that he and Prem are twins. Prem, disguised as Raja, brings Malhotra to Charles.
Raja arrives and beats up all of his goons. Alex's uncle locks himself with Raja. But soon, Raja's reflexes reciprocate helping Prem beat Alex. Raja and Prem find their father tied to a bomb and later deactivate it after Raja's fluke.
The Malhotra family is finally reunited and Prem marries Samaira while Raja marries Alishka. They check out Raja and Prem outside who dance with them.
Cast
- Dual Role)
- Sartaj Kakkar as Young Raja/Prem
- Taapsee Pannu as Samara Jain, Prem's girlfriend
- Jacqueline Fernandez as Alishka Bakshi, Raja's girlfriend
- Anupam Kher as Balraj Bakshi, Alishka's father
- Sachin Khedekar as Rajeev Malhotra, Raja & Prem's father
- Prachi Shahas Ankita Malhotra, Raja & Prem's mother
- Upasana Singh as Mrs. Jain, Samara's mother
- Rajpal Yadav as Nandu Patekar
- Aryan Prajapati as Little Nandu
- Manoj Pahwa as Sharafat Ali, The Owner of the Pizzeria where Raja worked in London
- Manoj Anand as Plane Passenger
- Atul Sharma as Shopper
- Donna Preston as Nancy
- Hiten Patel as Alex's Henchman
- Pippa Hughes as Dancer
- Pavan Malhotra as Officer Kuldeep Dhillon, London Police
- Ali Asgar as Dr. Manoj Lulla, Prem's therapist
- Vivan Bhatena as Alex Jones, Charles’ son and Raja's enemy
- Zakhir Hussain as Charles Jones, Rajeev's enemy
- Manoj Joshi as Charles’ brother-in-law
- Vikas Verma as Rocky, Prem's colleague
- Johnny Lever as Pappu Passport
- Rajat Rawail as London Jewellery Showroom Owner
- Vineet Sharmaas Officer
- Naman Shri as Taxi driver
- Judwaa(special appearance)
- Khushal Pawar as Simcard, Prem's college friend
Development
David Dhawan described the film as a reboot of Judwaa.[10] He said, "I was not writing a new script. There are some 8 – 10 scenes from Judwaa that I loved and that made me make this film."[10]
Ayananka Bose is the cinematographer of the film. The film has been edited by Ritesh Soni and the production designer of the film is Rajat Poddar. The screenplay has been written by Yunus Sajawal and the dialogues have been penned by Sajid-Farhad.[11][12][13]
Soundtrack
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YouTube |
The music of the film was composed by
No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Singer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Chalti Hai Kya 9 Se 12" | Dev Kohli | Sandeep Shirodkar, Anu Malik | Dev Negi, Neha Kakkar | 4:21 |
2. | "Suno Ganpati Bappa Morya" | Danish Sabri | Sajid–Wajid | Amit Mishra | 4:39 |
3. | "Oonchi Hai Building 2.0" | Dev Kohli | Sandeep Shirodkar, Anu Malik | Anu Malik, Neha Kakkar | 3:24 |
4. | "Aa To Sahi" | Sonu Saggu | Meet Bros | Meet Bros, Neha Kakkar, Rap: Roach Killa | 3:41 |
Total length: | 16:05 |
Critical reception
Judwaa 2 received mixed-to-positive reviews from critics, with praise for performances, humor, action sequences, music and score, but criticized the direction, script, screenplay and plot.
On
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References
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- ^ a b "Judwaa 2 is a reboot: David Dhawan finally talks about making Judwaa with Varun Dhawan". inuth. 21 August 2017. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
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- ^ "Judwaa 2: Varun Dhawan begins shooting with a devotional song. See pics". The Indian Express. 4 February 2017.
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External links
- Judwaa 2 at IMDb
- Judwaa 2 at Bollywood Hungama