De De Pyaar De 2 Cast/Actors: Ajay Devgn, Rakul Preet Singh, R. Madhavan, Jaaved Jaaferi, Meezaan Jafri, Gautami Kapoor, Ishita Dutta, Suhasini Mulay & Others
De De Pyaar De 2 Director: Anshul Sharma
De De Pyaar De 2 Production House: T-Series Films & Luv Films
De De Pyaar De 2 Movie Release Date: 14th November, 2025
De De Pyaar De 2 Movie Available On: Theatrical Release (likely to be released on Netflix OTT Platform)
De De Pyaar De 2 Released/Available In Languages: Hindi
De De Pyaar De 2 Movie Runtime: 2h 26m
De De Pyaar De 2 Movie Review:
When young Adi (Mezaan Jafri) enters looking like Ranbir Kapoor in Animal astride two moving vehicles, 50+ plus hero Ashish (Ajay Devgn) mutters dismissively, “I did this 30 years ago.” The reference to Devgn’s memorable entry in Phool Aur Kaante (1991) is one of the several in-house film industry jokes that writers Tarun Jain and Luv Ranjan put into the dialogue. Some land, others don’t. It’s a weak jab at humour either way especially when director Anshul Sharma doesn’t know what the tone of his film should be.
Check out what a film requires and what DDPD2 delivers:
Engaging fare by way of sequences never seen before: There is the promise of a plot rarely tread before. But a screenplay that doesn’t know what it wants to say, makes it a holy mess. Ayesha Khurana (Rakul Preet Singh) brings live-in partner and fiancé Ashish to her sprawling parental mansion in Chandigarh. Dad (R Madhavan) and mom (Gautami Kapoor) are aghast that Ashish is nearly his father-in-law’s age and there’s parental belief that they know best what’s good for their daughter. But with a screenplay that jumps from spurts of comedy that don’t match what’s going on (ie Jaaved Jaafri using his funny Taakeshi’s Castle voice as a sutradhar) to a half-hearted romance (Mezaan Jafri’s shirt-off shots in a pool, on a horse, don’t make up for a weak, chemistry-less track) to parents, their consternation and confrontations with Ayesha who ends it with the eff word, it finally switches gear to Priyadarshan kind of confusion and mayhem. The only clear confusion is that the writers and director didn’t know what mood to stay with.
Action: With Ajay Devgn cast in an unacceptably passive role, there’s no room even for his famous clenched fists.
Romance: If Devgn isn’t in his element and the focus shifts to an unconvincing relationship which doesn’t feature him, pyaar and romance vanish from this edition.
Emotional depth: Since the focus is not on any particular mood and keeps hopping, there is no moment when an emotional connect is made with either Ashish, Ayesha or her parents.
A feminist statement: Ayesha does have the central role, she’s there all through attempting to carry it on her slender bare shoulders. This is probably Rakul Preet’s strongest role so far. But revenge smooching and finger-wagging showdowns with dad don’t break glass ceilings.
Humour: A mollycoddled, pregnant daughter-in-law (Ishita Dutta) is fun for a while before the baby starts looking like a doll in everybody’s arms. The one moment that brings a laugh is Suhasini Mulay’s cameo. But wit is sparsely sprinkled by Anshul.
Music: There are situations written just for song and dance. The celebration of a new baby in Ayesha’s family, her own sangeet and a sad ‘Aakhri salaam’ wailing in the background when Ayesha and Ashish go their separate ways once again, are all ideal for some lingering music. But alas, even half a dozen names in the music department don’t deliver a chartbuster.
The problem is, by the time Anshul is done with his narration, everybody is shown to be too smart by half.
If only the screenplay had been half as smart.
PS: Madhavan has a mansion and a policeman jumps out of his car occasionally. But till the end, who he is, remains a question.
De De Pyaar De 2 – Watch it or not?: It doesn’t add value to the 2019 original.
De De Pyaar De 2 Movie Review Score Rating: 2 out of 5 (i.e. 2/5)
De De Pyaar De 2 Official Trailer:
Credits: T-Series
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