Phir Aayi Hasseen Dillruba

<p>Five years after the events of , Rani is living in , running a beauty parlour, while Rishu, now using the alias Ravi, works as a delivery boy and has a prosthetic hand. Though living separately to avoid detection, they stay in touch by phone and plan to escape to . Abhimanyu, Rani’s landlady’s physician, has shown romantic interest in her, which she doesn’t reciprocate, while Rishu’s landlady, Poonam, has made explicit advances towards him, which he also rejects. Kishore Rawat and Manav Shukla, now in Agra, visit Rani and reveal they know she and Rishu are responsible for Neel’s murder, having read the book that inspired their cover-up. Mritunjay “Monty” Paswan, Neel’s uncle, is leading the investigation and is determined to prove Rani and Rishu’s guilt. Monty quickly captures Rishu’s travel agent, foiling their escape plans. Panicked, Rani decides to marry Abhimanyu to divert suspicion, to which Rishu begrudgingly agrees. Rani proposes to Abhimanyu, but only on the condition that they can’t fall in love. Despite his shock, he accepts, and the two get married. Rani and Abhimanyu maintain a relationship after their wedding. Abhimanyu, who lost his parents, and later his uncle and aunt at a young age, reveals that his love for Rani kept him from ending his life. One night, a drunk Rani accidentally reveals the truth about using their marriage to hide Rishu’s existence. Wanting Rani to be happy, Abhimanyu agrees to help them escape and hides Rishu in his clinic. Abhimanyu later confesses to Rishu that he killed his uncle and aunt, and their two children, as revenge for cheating his father out of his business. Frightened, Rishu attacks Abhimanyu, who locks him in, but Rishu eventually escapes. The night before Rani and Rishu’s planned escape, Abhimanyu reveals his tendencies to Rani and attacks her. She flees to the police for help. Shortly after, a burning van with two charred bodies is found, identified as Poonam and Lallan who blackmailed Abhimanyu as he helped kill his uncle using a snake, leading to Rani’s arrest. To draw Rishu out, the police publicise Rani’s mistreatment in custody. Rishu agrees to surrender if they release Rani at a railway bridge, allowing them a final moment together. Monty agrees. At the bridge, surrounded by police, as Rishu and Rani reconcile, a police officer approaches, and is revealed to be Abhimanyu in disguise. After a brief struggle, all three fall into the crocodile-infested river below. No bodies are found, and they are presumed dead. Monty, however, continues investigating and discovers that Lallan is an associate of Abhimanyu, and Poonam visited Rishu the day Abhimanyu hid him, suggesting that Abhimanyu’s body might be Lallan’s. Rishu entered Rani and Abhimanyu’s house the night Rani turned herself in, with Rani leaving for the police station two hours later. Monty concludes that the events at the bridge were orchestrated. Flashbacks reveal that after Rishu arrives at Abhimanyu’s house, the three decide to work together to evade the police. Abhimanyu kills Poonam and Lallan as they are key witnesses and uses it as an opportunity to fake his death. They then used Rishu’s demand to surrender at the bridge to stage their escape. Unbeknownst to Rani, Abhimanyu removed Rishu’s prosthetic arm underwater during their escape, rendering him unable to swim and leaving him to be attacked by a crocodile. Rani and Abhimanyu make it out of the river alive. Rishu is presumed dead, leaving Rani heartbroken. Six months later, Rani and Abhimanyu live in the village of Deosar. Rani is a teacher while Abhimanyu runs a clinic. In letters, Rani invites Abhimanyu and Monty to a cliffside. Confronting Abhimanyu, she reveals that she knows he killed Rishu to remove him from her life, before jumping off the cliff into the river below. Monty then arrests Abhimanyu. In a final twist, flashbacks reveal that Rishu survived the crocodile attack, later reuniting with Rani and telling her the truth. Rani survives her fall and escapes with Rishu. It is also revealed that Abhimanyu is actually Dinesh Pandit’s son. The film was announced in January 2023. and reprise their roles from the previous film, with joining the cast. The of the film started in mid-January 2023. The filming was up in December 2023. The teaser was released on 1 March 2024, followed by the trailer on 25 July 2024. The music of the film is composed by and with lyrics written by and . The first single titled “Haste Haste” was released on 31 July 2024. The second single titled “Kya Haal Hai” was released on 5 August 2024. On the website , 38% of 16 critics’ reviews are positive, with an average rating of 5.5/10. The film wasn’t well-received by audiences. A critic for rated the film 3 stars out of 5 and wrote ” is not as gripping as the first part but has its share of entertaining scenes and twists and turns.” of rated the film 3/5 stars and states “The trio of Taapsee Pannu as the scheming Rani, Vikrant Massey who valiantly stays the course for his one true love, and Sunny Kaushal as ‘mar-mitne-wala-aashiq’, are all spot on.” of rated the film 2/5 stars and observed “Taapsee, Vikrant, Sunny are a fine fit on their own as well as around each other and prove themselves to be well equipped to survive the air of double dealing. What’s missing is sizzle.” of gave the film 2.5 stars out of five and notes “Neither the addition of Sunny Kaushal and Jimmy Shergill to the cast nor the predatory creatures that are alluded to enhance the sting in the film’s tail. But, for sure, the love story is more twisted than before.” Rishabh Suri for wrote, “Taapsee Pannu and Vikrant Massey film lacks originality, leaves you unsatisfied.” and Anuj Kumar for opined, “The dangers and deception that defined the 2021 dark romantic thriller feel contrived in the sequel.”</p>