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<p>Foster brothers Uday Shetty and Majnu Pandey have ended their life of crime and are now honest businessmen, settling in after being , but the two still remain unmarried. Two conwomen from India, Poonam and Babita, pose as Maharani Padmavati and Rajkumari Chandni of in order to con Uday and Majnu out of their money. Babita gains the attention of the two men, thus getting them to finance her and Poonam’s luxurious lifestyle. Later, it is revealed that Uday has another sister Ranjana from his father, Shankar Shetty’s third marriage and Majnu and Uday are emotionally blackmailed by Shankar into arranging the marriage of Ranjana and are also forced to do so as Poonam makes it one of her conditions for getting Babita married to either one of them. Meanwhile, Rajiv’s uncle, Dr. Ghunguroo, finds out that he has a step son named Ajju from his wife’s previous marriage that he was unaware. Unlike Rajiv who was decent, Ajju is brash and is a local goon of , where Ranjana studies. Through a chain of hilarious events, they both fall in love with each other. Meanwhile, Majnu and Uday arrange the marriage of Ranjana with Ajju, not knowing that he is a goon. However, Majnu gets suspicious, and reveals the truth at the engagement ceremony, causing Ajju to retaliate with a fight, threatening to marry Ranjana without any of the brothers’ consent. Expecting to keep Ajju at bay, Uday and Majnu visit Wanted Bhai, an infamous blind don. They also return to their old, violent ways in order to kill Ajju. When they meet Wanted Bhai on his private island, the brothers are shocked to find that Wanted Bhai’s son Honey likes Ranjana and would like to marry her, and flee in panic. They decide to arrange the marriage of Ranjana to some other decent man, in order to sidestep Ajju and Honey. However, due to Ajju and Dr. Ghunguroo, who are in league with Babita and Poonam, tipping off Wanted Bhai about Ranjana, everyone is caught and taken them to the island. Wanted Bhai decides to marry Poonam, so she and Babita decide to con him instead. At the island, Ajju and Dr. Ghunguroo try to convince Honey that he no longer loves Ranjana and that Babita is his true love. In response, Uday and Majnu try to kill Ajju, but are frightened at the graveyard in a ghost act planned by Dr. Ghunguroo, Ajju and Ranjana. Unbeknownst to all of them, all their activities have been recorded on CCTV cameras set up all around the island , causing Wanted Bhai and Honey to plan to finish them off. However, Honey is kidnapped by the group and they escape towards the desert where they are chased by Wanted Bhai. To kill all of them, Wanted Bhai releases explosive choppers which Honey was controlling with his tablet, Ajju throws Honey’s tablet into fire caused by the explosions. The choppers then attacked Wanted Bhai, In the midst of saving himself, Dr. Ghungroo pushes Wanted Bhai, causing him to faint. Meanwhile, a group of camels marches heavily there. Ajju is successful in saving Wanted Bhai from the stampede of camels, and restoring his sight. Wanted Bhai himself, as a form of gratitude, decides to arrange the marriage of Ajju with Ranjana, calling Ajju his ‘second son’. However, they notice a sandstorm conjuring up, making everyone run for their lives. A large portion of was shot in the United Arab Emirates. It is the first Bollywood film to be shot inside the in . Later, a replica of the Emirates Palace was re-created in Mumbai’s Film City to shoot the song “Tutti”. A comedy sequence was shot at The Meydan, the world’s first five-star track-side hotel, situated at the in Dubai. Other filming locations include the Jumeirah Zabeel Saray Hotel, the Dubai Palm Jumeirah, the Sofitel Hotel – The Palm, the Grand Hyatt Hotel, the and . A particular scene was shot in Dubai’s Margham Desert, with 1000 camels being arranged for it. It was reported that a pivotal scene was shot on the personal yacht of the royal family of Dubai, . Furthermore, it was said that limited edition luxury and sports automobiles including a , a , an and a were used in the film. The soundtrack for was composed by seven artists: , , (each one song in collaboration with and Milind Gaba, and Siddhant Madhav. The lyrics were written by and . The music rights for the film were acquired by . The full audio album was released on 6 August 2015. On the website , 40% of 10 critics’ reviews are positive, with an average rating of 4.3/10. gave the film 3.5 stars out of and wrote, “if you enjoy slapstick comedy that defies logic and have enjoyed , then is surely a paisa vasool entertainer for you”. Dhriti Sharma, writing for , stated, is vibrant and the ensemble cast keeps it gripping. The screenplay is brilliant, just a little bit of loops in editing in the first song. The comic flavour of the movie has been kept intact and the direction has been profoundly beaded into scenes”. Ananya Bhattacharya from gave it 3 stars out of 5 and wrote, ” is quite the laugh riot that can de-stress you after the atrocities of the week. Leave the brains aside, and you have (at least) two hours of hardcore fun”. Rohit Vats from gave the film 2.5 out of 5 and wrote, ” is funny in parts, but that fluidity is missing big time. There are moments but they are very limited in number. s pace is its biggest asset and that may make you enjoy this 153-minute long film”. Deepanjana Pal from wrote, “At 153 minutes, is just a shade too long and the ending is a sandstorm of stupidity. But you’ll forgive Bazmee and gang because for at least 120 minutes, this comedy keeps you in splits. might be 2015’s silliest film and this is the best reason to watch it”. Shilpa Jamkhandikar, writing for , stated, ” is sporadically funny, one that ebbs and flows; but it just about passes the ‘guilty pleasure’ test thanks to Kapoor and Patekar”. wrote, “watch the film if you like cornball comedies. It’s a pure massy, masala entertainer that’s good to go on a lazy weekend”. ‘s Raja Sen, while giving the film 2 stars out of 5, wrote, ” is dumb yet entertaining, utterly silly but made with a kind of absurd, warm energy”. Shubha Shetty-Saha from Mid-day called the film “a blazing example of the ‘Leave your brains at home’ variety” and “a fun watch which will keep you snorting and giggling even after you exit the theatre”. for News 18 gave the film 2 stars out of 5 and wrote, “It’s Nana and Anil, in fact – along with the impossibly gifted Paresh Rawal – who’re the real stars of this film, bringing so much manic energy and good-natured stupidity to a familiar, shopworn premise”. Shubhra Gupta writing for gave the film 1.5 stars out of 5 and stated, had a welcome lightness in most of its steps. And it made us laugh. , minus Akshay and Katrina, plus John and Shruti, and Dimple and a new girl, and Naseer and Shiney, clomps about, looking for the laughs. And failing, mostly, to find them”. Saibal Chatterjee from wrote, ‘nothing that this nonsensical action comedy unleashes, not even the in-form Anil Kapoor-Nana Patekar pair, can compensate for its absence of substance. …is as appealing as a dunk in a garbage dump’. s Uday Bhatia wrote, ‘Over its cruelly prolonged 150-minute running time, treats human intellect with the sort of disdain that’s remarkable even for Bollywood. It’s not just that these are old gags; they’ve been repurposed so lazily that you can see the actors tiring of a scene even as they perform it’. The film became a box office success and collected an estimated (US$16 million) in 17 days. The final worldwide gross was (US$20 million). On its first day, the film grossed (US$1.7 million), while collecting (US$2.0 million) on its second day and (US$2.3 million) on its third day. The film collected (US$8.7 million) in its first week. had (US$1.4 million) nett in its second weekend with a total 10-day collection of (US$10 million). On its first day, the film grossed (US$950,000).On its second day, the film grossed (US$590,000).On its third day, the film grossed (US$990,000).<br /> The film has collected $4.25 million plus in the first week. The film collected $1.5 million approx. in gulf and $1 million in US/Canada. After the success of two films, the makers announced third part of this franchise on 10 September 2023, titled . Producer Firoz Nadiadwala said “It is an all-out action film featuring the army and features some of the most complicated stunts ever filmed in a Hindi movie.” ‘Welcome To The Jungle’ is directed by who is taking over the franchise from . and will return from previous films while and will replace and as Uday and Majnu for the 3rd installment. The cast also includes , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , and .</p>