Dream Girl 2 serves as both a sequel and a reboot. It is directed and co-written by Raaj Shaandilyaa, who also directed the previous movie. Everything is the same but turned up to the nineties: the setting, the people, the jokes. Karam (Ayushmann Khurrana) is once more a Mathura youngster with a gift for imitation. He resides with his indebted father (Annu Kapoor) once more. This time, Karam has feelings for Pari (Ananya Panday), but to win her hand in marriage, he needs to act quickly. He assumes the persona of "Pooja" once more, going beyond just sounding like a kitten on the phone to actually impersonating her.
The camera drools over Karam's sashaying stomach, and there is running humor about the two oranges he stuffs in his bra. Shaandilyaa once again exhibits remarkable delicacy in his treatment of cross-gender humor.
Karam as Pooja begins working as a bar dancer and then as a doctor after receiving advice from his best friend Smiley (Manjot Singh). Before we know it, Shahrukh (Abhishek Banerjee), an extremely sad young man, is his wife. An affluent Muslim family in Agra becomes the new location as multiple hidden-identity relationships and intertwining subplots are now present. When it gets that complicated, it more closely resembles a comedy of mistakes than an error of comedies. Shaandilyaa is a talented TV writer, but he is unable to control chaos in a logical way. It is heartbreaking to witness Priyadarshan stars like Paresh Rawal, Rajpal Yadav, and Manoj Joshi struggle to carry this movie since they lack the zeal and feel of a Priyadarshan.
Dream Girl 2 occasionally exceeds Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 in silliness and unoriginality as a franchise comedy. The majority of the jokes are lifted directly from the first movie, including Karam's phone seduction of unwary guys and Annu Kapoor's Muslim caricatures. The few jokes that do work typically make fun of a character's age, physique, or mental state. I trembled in fear after reading an early disclaimer that stated the creators held the LGBTQIA+ community in "high regard." It turns out that Dream Girl 2 doesn't specifically target one set of people for offense. Instead, rationality, taste, and humorous genius are its adversaries.
Shaandilyaa also doesn't seem to be able to shake off his TV roots; there are references to Kapil Sharma, Roadies, and Kasautii Zindagi Kay in the dialogue. The second installment of Dream Girl is exactly the kind of movie that a TV audience might enjoy. The movie occasionally alludes to actual occasions, such as COVID-19, demonetization, and the economic crisis in Sri Lanka. No matter how serious the references are, we are expected to laugh out loud when they are made. An interfaith marriage that takes place in Uttar Pradesh without any trouble or opposition is seen as routine.
The Smiley-Karam tune has noticeable amounts of queerbaiting (which was also present in the first movie). With extravagant joy, Khurrana engages in cross-dressing, chest heaving, and eyelash fluttering. He has even more characters to manage in the new movie; surprisingly, Pooja is more convincing than the angry, butch Karam. The actor is so confident in his particular brand of cinema that he manages to convert the absurd conclusion into a protracted speech about the therapeutic benefits of love and acceptance. Panday, who has added a Mathura accent, is perplexed as are we. Dream Girl 2's experience is far from oneiric and lasts for more than two hours. It's frequently a nightmare.
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