Yaariyan 2

<p>Laadli is a recovering patient living in Shimla with her mother, who wants her to get married into a good family. But Laadli aspires to win a beauty pageant and build a career. Abhay Singh Katyal, a man introduced to her by her mother, becomes interested in Laadli after learning about her disease and her honesty. They get married, and Laadli calls her cousins Shikhar Randhawa and Bajrang “Bajju” Das Khatri to attend the wedding. After the marriage, Abhay avoids Laadli by claiming he has a meeting with his manager. They later move to Mumbai, living a soulless married life. Shikhar is a daredevil bike racer who helps his female friend escape from her wedding, leading to the groom canceling his agreement to never race again as revenge. He goes to Mumbai to stay with Bajju, who is a simple guy struggling with a 9-to-5 job to support his family. Shikhar changes his phone number to one belonging to someone named Jeh, who has passed away. He receives a call from Ikroor “Rooh” Awasthi, a paraplegic girl who believes she can hear Jeh’s voice in a voice note. Shikhar sympathizes with her and falls in love with her. Bajju also falls in love with Shona, an air hostess who uses him to make her ex-boyfriend jealous. Eventually, the three of them begin dealing with heartbreak as Laadli discovers Abhay’s past. The film is being directed by Radhika Rao and Vinay Sapru who have previously directed the films and . The project was announced in October 2022 and at the time the studio had planned the movie for release in May 2023. In January 2023, T Series revealed the film would be released in October 2023. The first schedule of shooting happened in June 2022 in , . The second schedule of the shoot took place in in 2022 which included filming at the overbridge. Parts of the film were shot in the , where Khosla Kumar suffered an injury while shooting an action sequence. A few of the scenes in the film were shot on the outskirts of . was released on 20 October 2023. The music for the film has been composed by , Khaalif, Rahim Shah and . The first soundtrack was released on 24 September 2023, and second soundtrack was released on 12 November 2023. A (FIR, a type of police complaint) was registered against the makers of the film on a complaint from the Sikh Talmel Committee for hurting religious sentiment where the lead actor was shown wearing a in the song “Saure Ghar”. A kirpan is one of the (kakaars) that every carries on his person. According to the , a non-baptised Sikh or a non-Sikh is not permitted to wear a kirpan (Jafri being a Muslim). The film became involved in a further controversy when the (SGPC) lodged a complaint against the company T-Series, the directors Radhika Rao and Vinay Sapru, and actor Meezaan Jafri. The FIR was filed at the E Division Police Station by Amritsar Police under in an effort to purposefully arouse religious sentiments among the sikh communities. The actor and the makers apologised for unintentionally hurting any religious sentiments and removed the scenes, clarifying that Jafri was in fact wearing a , which looks similar to a kirpan and is a small weapon with no religious significance. received mixed reviews from critics. Dhaval Roy of gave a rating of 3 out of 5 and wrote, ” may appeal to fans of romance and drama as it’s packed with both. But a tightly-knit narrative would have made the film far more engaging.” Subhash K Jha of gave a rating of 4 out of 5 and wrote, “Co-directors Radhika Rao and Vinay Sapru have done a swell job of adapting Anjali Menon’s Malayalam gem Bangalore Days. Cosily capturing the high and low tides in the relationship among three cousins, two men and one woman, does a surprisingly solid job of making these urban characters look believable and likable.” A critic from rated the film 3.5/5 stars and wrote ” is a decent entertainer with Divya Khosla Kumar’s fine performance.” Deepa Gahlot of gave a rating of 2 out of 5 and wrote, ” does evoke a tinge of nostalgia for the time when music used to be the mainstay of a commercial film.” Vinamra Mathur of gave a rating of 2 out of 5 and wrote, ” is likely to create that room of lull all over again. It is not as unwatchable as it is unnecessary and barely does anything for the leads”. Rishil Jogani of gave a rating of 2.5 out of 5 and wrote, ” could have been an enjoyably filmy Bollywood film but it feel lengthy, especially in the second hour. A few redeeming performances and good songs can make a decent film for those who enjoy the filmy-ness in Bollywood films.”</p>