Pyaar Ka Punchnama 2

About the film

Pyaar Ka Punchnama 2 (transl. Case file of love 2) is a 2015 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy film. It is a standalone sequel to the 2011 film Pyaar Ka Punchnama. The sequel is directed by Luv Ranjan and produced by Viacom 18 Motion Pictures and Panorama Studios Production. The film stars Kartik Aaryan, Omkar Kapoor, Sunny Singh, Nushrat Bharucha, Ishita Raj Sharma and Sonnalli Seygall. The film was released on 16 October 2015.

Plot

Three bachelors Anshul "Gogo" Sharma, Siddharth "Sid" Gandotra aka Chauka and Tarun Thakur are flatmates and best friends. Gogo falls in love with Ruchika "Chiku" Khanna; Chauka falls for Supriya Agarwal. Thakur begins dating Kusum Singh, and they develop an intimate relationship.

Chiku, Supriya and Kusum don't like each other.

Chiku is too close to her friend Sunny since they live together and can even sleep in the same bed. Supriya does not have the guts to tell her family about Chauka and introduces him as just another common friend to them which irks him. Her dad looks for a groom for her, and even asks Chauka to help him, which complicates matters. Kusum is too cautious about money: she insists everyone, despite their relationship with another, should only spend their own money. But then starts using Thakur's money to fulfil her many needs and wants.

Soundtrack

The music for Pyaar Ka Punchnama 2 has been composed by Shaarib-Toshi, Hitesh Sonik and Luv Ranjan. The music rights are acquired by Zee Music Company.

Reception

Rajeev Masand of CNN-IBN gave the movie 3 stars describing the movie as "The film is funnier than the prequel." He notes that "It’s in the last act that the film throws away any pretence of humor and adopts an especially spiteful tone that’s reminiscent of the earlier film. Until this point the jokes were consistently funny and the stereotyping seldom mean-spirited."

Hindustan Times praised the performance of the actors, stating "All the actors fit perfectly into their characters: The boys effortlessly depict what men often discuss during boys’ talk and the girls play dumb as and when the character demands."

The Hindu review stated "Carrying forward the flavour of the original, it is a film that many men make in their minds!"

Box office

The film grossed ₹5.50–5.75 crore on its opening day, beating the records of Piku, Katti Batti and Jazbaa. By the end of the first weekend, a total of ₹22.40 crore (US$2.3 million) total had been collected. The film collected ₹39.25 crore (US$4.1 million) by the end of its opening week.

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