Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 Movie Details:
Country | India |
Language | Hindi |
Genre | Comedy, Horror |
Release Date | 20 May 2022 |
OTT Release Date | June 19, 2022 |
Running Time | 2hr 25min |
Certificate | U/A |
Cast | Tabu Kartik Aaryan Kiara Advani |
Directed by | Anees Bazmee |
Written by | Story and Screenplay: Aakash Kaushik Dialogues: Farhad Samji Aakash Kaushik |
Produced by | Bhushan Kumar Murad Khetani Krishan Kumar Anjum Khetani |
Cinematography by | Manu Anand |
Edited by | Bunty Nagi |
Music by | Songs: Pritam Tanishk Bagchi Background Score: Sandeep Shirodkar |
Production Company | T-Series Films Cine1 Studios |
Distributor | AA Films |
Budget | ₹70 crore |
Box Office Collection | ₹266.88 crore |
Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 Movie Cast & Characters:
- Tabu in dual roles as Anjulika Chatterjee and Manjulika Chatterjee
- Kartik Aaryan as Ruhaan Randhawa a. k. a. Rooh Baba
- Kiara Advani as Reet Thakur
- Rajpal Yadav as Chhote Pandit[9]
- Amar Upadhyay as Uday Thakur[10]
- Sanjay Mishra as Bade Pandit Jagannath Shastri
- Mehak Manwani as Trisha Thakur
- Vyoma Nandi as Rajeshwari “Rajjo” Thakur: Reet’s cousin
- Ashwini Kalsekar as Panditayeen: Bade Pandit’s wife
- Milind Gunaji as Thakur Vijender Singh: Reet’s father
- Karmveer Choudhary as Mukhiyaji: the village’s chieftain
- Rajesh Sharma as Kulwant Thakur: Reet’s uncle
- Samarth Chauhan as Punit “Potlu” Thakur: Reet’s cousin
- Govind Namdev as Tantrik Baba: the spirit hunter
- Kali Prasad Mukherjee as Debanshu Chatterjee; Anjulika and Manjulika’s father
Storyline:
An accidental, yet destined meet-up between two strangers Ruhaan and Reet, ends up with them visiting Reet’s hometown in Rajasthan. Fate leads them to open up an old secret due to which all hell breaks loose leading to one lie, leading to a whole pile of lies that sends Ruhaan and Reet on a scary rollercoaster ride and their tragedy keeps becoming our comedy.
About Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 Movie:
- Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 is a standalone sequel to Bhool Bhulaiyaa (2007).
- Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 was officially announced on 19 August 2019. Bhushan Kumar, chairman of T-Series, had long considered creating a franchise based on the 2007 film.
- Aakash Kaushik and Farhad Samji had two separate scripts prepared for their independent films. Samji felt that elements of their two scripts could work together for a new film, and they pitched the idea to producer Murad Khetani. Khetani felt the idea had promise and could work as a sequel to Bhool Bhulaiyaa. Eventually, he approached Kumar, who came on board, collaborating with Khetani for the second time since Kabir Singh, which also starred Kiara Advani.
- Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 began filming on 9 October 2019 and wrapped up on 25 February 2022.
- Aaryan lost his voice while filming the climax sequence of the film. It was filmed in a real mansion. Filming was occurring in Lucknow before the pandemic disrupted the schedule. It was shot in Mumbai and Manali.
- Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 was released on 20 May 2022. The film was originally scheduled to be released in theaters on July 31, 2020, but was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
- It received generally positive reviews from critics, with particular praise for Tabu and Aaryan’s performances, humor, musical score, cinematography, and direction but received criticism for the writing, editing, and soundtrack.
- The film earned ₹266.88 crore (US$33 million) worldwide to become the fourth highest-grossing Hindi film of 2022.
- Netflix acquires the digital streaming rights of the film. The film was digitally streamed on Netflix from 19 June 2022. Sony Max acquired the satellite rights.
- The film received 10 nominations at the 68th Filmfare Awards, including Best Film, Best Director (Bazmee), Best Actress (Tabu) and Best Actor (Aaryan), and won Best Actress (Critics) (Tabu).
- A sequel was announced on 1 March 2023. Titled Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3, it will be released in 2024 coinciding with Diwali.