Welcome Back (2015)

A pair of reformed gangsters try to find a husband for their newly discovered sister, but complications arise due to mistaken identities.

Director:

Anees Bazmee

Writers:

Anees Bazmee (story), Rajeev Kaul (story)

Stars:

Anil Kapoor, Nana Patekar, Dimple Kapadia

1 win.

Cast

Credited cast:
Anil Kapoor	...	Sagar 'Majnu' Pandey
Nana Patekar	...	Uday Shankar Shetty
Dimple Kapadia	...	Poonam / Maharani of nabazgadh
John Abraham	...	Ajju Bhai / Ajay
Shruti Haasan	...	Ranjana Shetty (as Shruti K. Haasan)
Shiney Ahuja	...	Honey
Paresh Rawal	...	Dr. Ghunghroo
Naseeruddin Shah	...	Wanted Bhai
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Swantatra Bharat
Brahmanandam
Surveen Chawla	...	special appearance in song 'Tutti Bole Wedding Di'
Snehal Dabi	...	Babita / Chandani
Reema Debnath	...	Special appearance in song '20-20'
Lauren Gottlieb	...	Special appearance in song '20-20'
Adi Irani	...	Uday's lawyer

Storyline

Uday Shetty and Majnu Bhai have left the underworld, and are now big businessmen. Two women, Chandni and Maharani, enter their life. Chandni is the new love in Uday Shetty and Majnu's life and both friends dream of tying the knot with her. However, Appa - Uday's father, plays spoilsport by bringing in his other daughter, Ranjana. He tells Uday Shetty to get her married to someone from a good family. Maharani puts a condition that only after her sister is married, will Chandni will marry one of them. Now, a search to find a suitable husband for Ranjana starts.

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Genres:

Action | Comedy | Crime | Drama

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook

Country:

India United Arab Emirates

Language:

Hindi

Release Date:

4 September 2015 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Hotel Grand Hyatt, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$225,350, 11 September 2015

Gross USA:

$1,388,365

Company Credits

Production Co:

Base Industries Group

Technical Specs

Runtime:

152 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Amitabh Bachchan was considered to replace late Feroze Khan but he opted out of the film at the same time Rekha was considered for role of Dimple Kapadia.

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Goofs

While the actors are escaping from Wanted Bhai in the white SUVs, the cars keep changing between Toyota Fortuner and Toyota Land Cruiser.

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Connections

References PK (2014)

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Soundtracks

Welcome Back Theme Song
Written by Manvendra and Abhishek Ray
Produced and Performed by: Abhishek Ray

User Reviews

Brainless yet fun

I wasn't expecting much from the film from the beginning however unexpectedly it did provided some fun time though the film had weak direction and weak story. The first thing I must say is that there is not much difference to see in this film from the predecessor,similar situations and very similar plot (though the first part was way much better). Let's start with the pros first Anil Kapoor and Nana Patekar did a fine job in portraying the characters of Majnu and Udai just like before. The film is pretty funny in second half and few dialogs are pretty cleverly written and have many amazing and beautiful locations. However still they were not able to fill in for the cons which include bad songs and some very unfunny jokes along with bad visual effects which by the way felt unnecessary. I was pretty disappointed with performance of Shruti Hasan as she did not stood out much and also with Paresh Rawal not getting more screen time and John Abraham's performance which yet again did not left a mark. The film doesn't make much sense and has pretty brainless plot I won't recommend this film if if you want something which makes sense however you can watch if you leave brain at home.