Dream Girl 2

About the film

Dream Girl 2 is a 2023 Indian Hindi-language comedy-drama film directed by Raaj Shaandilyaa and produced by Ekta Kapoor and Shobha Kapoor under Balaji Motion Pictures. A spiritual sequel to the 2019 film Dream Girl, the film stars Ayushmann Khurrana, alongside an ensemble supporting cast, including Ananya Panday, Paresh Rawal, Annu Kapoor, Rajpal Yadav, Vijay Raaz, Asrani, Abhishek Banerjee, Manjot Singh and Seema Pahwa. The film is about a man who cross-dresses and disguises as a woman, leading to chaos and confusion.

Principal photography began in August 2022 and ended in March 2023. It was released theatrically on 25 August 2023. The film received mixed reviews from critics. It was a commercial success, grossing ₹140 crore worldwide, emerging as the eleventh-highest grossing Hindi film of 2023. It marked the final film appearance of Asrani before his death on 20 October 2025.

Plot

Karamveer "Karam" Singh is a young middle-class man living in Mathura and works as a Jagarata performer. He has a special talent for perfectly impersonating a female voice. His father, Jagjit Singh, is in huge debt after borrowing multiple loans and is unable to repay them. He is in a relationship with Pari Srivastava, a lawyer from a wealthy family. Pari's father, Jaipal Srivastava, says that he will have Pari marry Karam only if he is able to land a high-paying job and buy a house of his own within six months. In order to earn quick money, Karam disguises himself as a woman going by the alias "Pooja" and becomes a dancer at a bar owned by Sona Bhai. Pari remains unaware of this.

Karam's best friend, Smiley Singh Dhillon is in love with Sakina, the daughter of the hostile Abu Saleem. Abu says that he will have Sakina marry only after his son Shah Rukh Saleem is married. Shah Rukh has been in depression ever since he had a breakup with his lover six months ago. Abu says that he will give a reward of Rs. 10 lakhs to the person who manages to get Shah Rukh out of depression. Smiley requests Karam to pose as "Pooja" and pretend to be a psychiatrist for treating Shah Rukh.

Karam, as "Pooja," manages to cheer Shah Rukh up. Abu is overjoyed and says that he wants "Pooja" to be Shah Rukh's bride and Yusuf Ali Salim Khan, Shah Rukh's wheelchair user grandfather, says that he will pay "Pooja" Rs. 50 lakhs for her marriage to Shah Rukh. Karam, seeing the opportunity to receive the money, decides to proceed with the wedding and abscond later. On the first night after the wedding, Yusuf sees "Pooja" urinating like a man and dies of shock.

Music

The music of the film is composed by Meet Bros, Tanishk Bagchi, and Arko while the background score is composed by Hitesh Sonik. The first single titled "Dil Ka Telephone 2.0" was released on 10 August 2023. The second single titled "Naach" was released on 16 August 2023. The third single titled "Jamnapaar" was released on 21 August 2023.

Release

In September 2022, it was announced that the film was scheduled to release in theatres on 29 June 2023, which was later preponed by a week to 23 June 2023. Later the release date was changed to 7 July 2023. On 24 April 2023, the film got a new release date which is 25 August 2023.

The film premiered on Netflix on 20 October 2023.

Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 8% of 13 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 4.7/10. The film received mixed reviews from audiences.

Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama awarded the film 3.5/5 stars and wrote "Dream Girl 2 works due to the plot, extremely funny scenes, commercial treatment, and performances."

Dhaval Roy of The Times of India gave the film 2.5 out of 5 stars.

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