Casts: John Abraham, Anil Kapoor, Nana Patekar, Shruti Haasan
Banner: Eros International, Base Industries Group
Director: Anees Bazmee
Producer: Firoz Nadiadwala and Sunil A Lulla
Writers: Rajiv Kaul and Anees Bazmee
Music: Anu Malik, Abhishek Ray Meet Bros Anjan & Mika
Singh, Komail Shayan (KK)
Release Date: 4th September 2015
Story line: Uday Shetty (Nana Patekar) and Majnu bhai (Anil
Kapoor) the protagonists from the film WELCOME have left the underworld, and
are now big businessmen. Two women, Chandni(Ankita Srivastava) and Maharani
(Dimple Kapadia) posing as princess and Queen of Nazafgardh, enter their
life;Chandni(Ankita Srivastava) is the new lady love in Uday Shetty (Nana
Patekar) and Majnu s(Anil Kapoor) life and both the friends dream of tying the
knot with her at the earliest. However Appa - Uday s father (Nana Patekar),
plays spoilsport by bringing another daughter Ranjana (Shruti Haasan) from his
third marriage. He tells Uday Shetty (Nana Patekar) to get her married to
someone from a good family. Maharani (Dimple Kapadia) puts a condition that
only after their sister is married Chandni (Ankita Srivastava) will marry one
of them. Now a search to find a suitable boy for their sister Ranjana (Shruti
Haasan) starts .An idea strikesan and they think of Dr. Ghungroo (Paresh Raval)
who may have a far off relative from his extended family since they are already
familiar with his credentials. As fate would have it, the day Dr. Ghungroo
(Paresh Raval) wife Supriyaconfesses to her husband about Ajay (John Abraham),
her grown up son, from a past marriage of his wife. This comes as shocking news
to Dr. Ghungroo (Paresh Raval). UdayShetty (Nana Patekar) and Majnu (Anil
Kapoor) when they come to know about Dr. Ghungroo (Paresh Raval) son he feel
themselves the most happiest as there could be no good family than Dr.
Ghungroos (Paresh Raval).Uday Shetty (Nana Patekar) & Majnu (Anil
Kapoor) fix their marriage, thinking Ajay (John Abraham) to be a decent boy.
However they don t know that Ajay (John Abraham) is a street smart guy and a
known Bhai in MumbaiDr. Ghungroo (Paresh Raval) is shocked, and fears that if
UdayShetty (Nana Patekar) and Majnu (Anil Kapoor) come to know about the truth
of Ajay (John Abraham) being a bhai. They shall break Dr. Ghungroo s (Paresh
Raval) bones. As luck would have it though, Ajay (John Abraham) falls in love
with Ranjana (Shruti Haasan) and vice versa. Her brothers however on knowing
the truth about Ajay (John Abraham), refuse to let them marry. Ajay (John
Abraham), who is deeply in love with Ranjana (Shruti Haasan), refuses to leave
her. Uday Shetty (Nana Patekar) and Majnu (Anil Kapoor) try every trick in the
book to get them separated but does not succeed. So they decide to take help
from the most powerful under world don Wanted bhai (Naseeruddin Shah), whose
son Honey baba (Shiney Ahuja) is already infatuated with Ranjana (Shruti
Haasan) at first site, Now both Uday Shetty (Nana Patekar) and Majnu (Anil
Kapoor) are in a fix one, a noted Gunda and a bhai, the other a druggist and a
womanizer, and the son of the most dangerous under world Don Wanted Bhai. Uday
Shetty (Nana Patekar) Majnu (Anil Kapoor) tries every feather in their arsenal
to save their sister from the clutches of the dons son, but fail. So they
finally accept Ajay (John Abraham) their sister s real lover.
Know more about the captain of the Ship, the director: Bazmee started his career in 1988, as a dialogue writer for the
film Hum Farishte Nahin. He then took a year break, and returned in 1990 as a
writer for the film Swarg, which was directed by David Dhawan and starred
Rajesh Khanna and Govinda. He would subsequently collaborate with Dhawan
several times.
In 1995, after having written over ten scripts for ten films,
including hits such as Aankhen, Bazmee made his directorial debut with the film
Hulchul. Starring Ajay Devgn and Kajol, the film went unnoticed critically and
commercially as well. However, his attempt to cast Devgan and Kajol once again
in 1998 for his second directorial venture, Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha, proved
successful. The film was both a major critical and commercial success, and
turned out as one of the industry's biggest hits that year.
After the success of Pyaar Toh Hona Hi Tha, Bazmee took a five
years break from directing. He returned in 2002, with the thriller Deewangee,
which performed above average business at the box office. In 2005 Bazmee
directed the multi-starrer comedy film, No Entry. The film became the biggest
hit of the year, earning over Rs 430 million in its domestic box office. He had
a great success with Welcome and Singh Is King. Starring Akshay Kumar and
Katrina Kaif in the lead roles, the films were commercially successful.
My Gut Feel and comments:
I had watched the trailer of “Welcome Back” thrice back to back to
understand and to assess if this latest offering by Anees Bazmee holds same
entertainment value as its prequel “Welcome”. Although trailer has been smartly
edited with mass appealing dialogues, however I found it too loud to handle and
not sure if this will live up to the expectations of the audiences.
“Welcome” had its share of flaws in the script and screen play,
however overall it was an entertaining film. Owing to the same fact one can
find in featuring on one or the another movie channel almost every month,
still one can watch it even in bits and pieces and cherish it. It had managed
to capture the attention of cine lovers who appreciate light hearted comedy
with some real funny scenes.
More or else, with the same star cast and similar story line
“Welcome Back” can be considered as a fast food meal that will somewhat manage
to curb ones hunger for humor. Though I would not advise to expect
anything beyond few laughs and inconsistently scripted story line which is
considered to be “OK” by today’s audience.
Going by the impression created by “Welcome”, huge star cast and
extensive promotion chances are that “Welcome Back” will register financial
success at box office.
Evaluating movie critically would lead to 2.5 stars out of 5 stars
from my side 3 days before the release.