Tanu Weds Manu Returns Movie Details:
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Genre | Romance, Comedy, Drama |
| Release date | May 22, 2015 |
| Running time | 2hr 8min |
| Certificate | U/A |
| Starring | R. Madhavan Kangana Ranaut Jimmy Sheirgill Swara Bhaskar Deepak Dobriyal |
| Directed by | Aanand L. Rai |
| Written by | Himanshu Sharma |
| Produced by | Krishika Lulla |
| Cinematography by | Chirantan Das |
| Edited by | Hemal Kothari |
| Music by | Songs: Krsna Solo Tanishk-Vayu Background Score: Krsna Solo |
| Production Company | Colour Yellow Productions |
| Distributor | Eros International |
Tanu Weds Manu Returns Movie Cast & Characters:
- R. Madhavan as Dr. Manoj “Manu” Kumar Sharma
- Kangana Ranaut in a double role as
- Tanuja “Tanu” Trivedi Sharma
- Kusum “Datto” Sangwan
- Jimmy Sheirgill as Raja Awasthi
- Swara Bhaskar as Payal Gill
- Deepak Dobriyal as Pappi Kutti / Dr. Radheshyam Agarwal (Fake)
- Eijaz Khan as Jassi Singh Gill
- Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub as Advocate Arun “Chintu” Kumar Singh
- Rajendra Gupta as Rajendra Trivedi
- Navni Parihar as Radha Trivedi
- K.K. Raina as Kishan Kumar Sharma
- Dipti Misra as Anjana “Anju” Sharma
- Aakash Dahiya as Deepak Chaudhary
- Shishir Sharma as Digvijay Sangwan
- Gulzar Dastur as Mohini Sangwan
- Rajesh Sharma as Omprakash “Omi” Sangwan
- Rahul Shankalya as Rajinder Sangwan
- Kajal Bhadana as Pinky Bhatia
- Manu Rishi as Manu’s lawyer (Tees Hazari Court, Delhi)
Storyline:
Tanu and Manu have been married for four years but all is not well in paradise: Manu lands up in a mental institution in London, while Tanu comes back to Kanpur, leaving Manu’s friend, Pappi to fend for him. He manages to get Manu released from the asylum and they return to India. Manu, pained and suffering from his wife’s antics, continues to brood – until one day, he runs into Tanu’s look.
Tanu Weds Manu Returns Movie Budget & Box Office Collection:
| Budget | ₹39 crore |
| Opening Day | ₹8.61 crore |
| Worldwide Collection | ₹255.3 crore |
About Tanu Weds Manu Returns Movie:
Tanu Weds Manu Returns is a romantic comedy-drama film directed by Aanand L. Rai, and written by Himanshu Sharma. It was produced by Krishika Lulla and Aanand L. Rai under the banner of Colour Yellow Productions.
It is a sequel to the 2011 film Tanu Weds Manu. The cast includes Kangana Ranaut, R. Madhavan, Jimmy Sheirgill, Deepak Dobriyal, Swara Bhaskar, and Eijaz Khan reprise their roles from the original film.
Following the positive response to Tanu Weds Manu post-release in February 2011, the team considered making a sequel to carry the story forward showing the next chapter of the couple’s life. Screenwriter Himanshu Sharma began working on the film in July 2013.
Filming began in October 2014 in Lucknow, after a small launch ceremony. The first motion poster of the film was released on March 23, 2015, on the birthday of the leading actress, Kangana Ranaut at a special event in Delhi.
Director Aanand L. Rai initially considered casting another actress as Datto, but after seeing Kangana Ranaut’s performance in Queen (2013), he told her that only she could compete against herself.
Tanu Weds Manu Returns was released worldwide on May 22, 2015, with nearly 2200 screens in India. The satellite rights of the film were sold to Zee TV. The film received critical acclaim, with particular praise directed towards Ranaut’s performance, with many considering it one of the best Bollywood sequels ever made.
Made on a budget of ₹39 crore the film earned a total of ₹255.3 crore globally and became one of the highest-grossing Hindi films of 2015 and one of the highest-grossing female-lead films in India. It is also one of the highest-grossing Indian franchises.
Tanu Weds Manu Returns held the former record for highest opening weekend collections for a female-lead film in India which was later surpassed by Ranaut’s own Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi in 2019. It was the first Indian female-lead film to enter the ₹100 crore club.
The film received 3 awards at the 63rd National Film Awards, including Best Actress (Ranaut). At the 61st Filmfare Awards, it received 3 awards, including Best Actress (Critics) (Ranaut). Film Companion listed Ranaut’s performance in the film among the 100 greatest performances of the decade (2010s).
