Welcome Back Movie Details:
Country | India |
Language | Hindi |
Genre | Action, Crime, Comedy |
Release Date | September 4, 2015 (India) |
Running Time | 2hr 32min |
Cast | Anil Kapoor Nana Patekar John Abraham Shruti Haasan Shiney Ahuja Ankita Srivastava Dimple Kapadia Paresh Rawal |
Directed by | Anees Bazmee |
Written by | Story: Anees Bazmee Dialogues: Raaj Shaandilyaa Screenplay: Rajiv Kaul Praful Parekh Rajan Agarwal Anees Bazmee |
Produced by | Firoz A. Nadiadwala |
Narrated by | Vijay Raaz |
Cinematography by | Kabir Lal |
Edited by | Stevan Bernard |
Music by | Songs: Anu Malik Meet Bros Anjjan Mika Singh Abhishek Ray Score: Aadesh Shrivastava |
Production Company | Base Industries Group Swiss Entertainment |
Distributor | Eros International |
Budget | ₹88 crore |
Box Office Collection | ₹168.76 crore |
Welcome Back Movie Cast and Characters:
- Anil Kapoor as Sagar Pandey “Majnu Bhai”
- Nana Patekar in a dual role as
- Don Uday Shetty
- Shankar Shetty, Uday and Ranjana’s father
- John Abraham as Ajju Bhai / Ajay, Freedom Fighter, Dr. Ghunghroo’s stepson and Payal’s son
- Shruti Haasan as Ranjana Shetty, Uday’s half-sister
- Paresh Rawal as Dr. Ghunghroo, Ajju’s stepfather
- Ankita Srivastava as Babita / Rajkumari Chandini
- Dimple Kapadia as Poonam / Maharani Padmavati
- Naseeruddin Shah as Wanted Bhai
- Shiney Ahuja as Honey
- Supriya Karnik as Payal Ghungroo
- Ranjeet as Vikrant Kapoor
- Rajpal Yadav as Tailor
- Neeraj Vora as Badshah Khan
- Mushtaq Khan as Ballu
- Adi Irani as Advocate Hariwant Sahni
- Special appearances
- Akshay Kumar as Rajiv Saini in archive footage
- Feroz Khan as Ranvir Dhanraj Xaka (RDX) in archive footage
- Lauren Gottlieb in song “20-20”
- Reema Debnath in song “20-20”
- Radhika Bangia in song “20-20”
- Sambhavna Seth in song “20-20”
- Sakshi Maggo in song “20-20”
- Surveen Chawla in song “Tutti Bole Wedding Di”
- Snigdha Gupta Mehta in song “Tutti Bole Wedding Di”
- Shubhi Sharma in song “20-20”
- Katrina Kaif as Sanjana Shetty in archive footage
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.
About Welcome Back Movie:
- Welcome Back is a sequel to the 2007 film Welcome.
- Made on a budget of ₹88 crore, the film was largely shot in and around Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
- It is the first Bollywood film to be shot inside the Emirates Palace in Abu Dhabi. Later, a replica of the Emirates Palace was re-created in Mumbai’s Film City to shoot the song “Tutti”.
- A comedy sequence was shot at The Meydan, the world’s first five-star track-side hotel, situated at the Meydan Racecourse in Dubai. Other filming locations include the Jumeirah Zabeel Saray Hotel, the Waldorf Astoria Dubai Palm Jumeirah, the Sofitel Hotel – The Palm, the Grand Hyatt Hotel, the Burj Khalifa and Rixos The Palm Dubai.
- A particular scene was shot in Dubai’s Margham Desert, with 1000 camels being arranged for it. It was reported that a pivotal scene was shot on the personal yacht of the Royal Family of Dubai, Al Maktoum.
- Furthermore, it was said that limited edition luxury and sports automobiles including a Ferrari Spider, a Mansory Carbonado Apertos, an Aston Martin One-77 and a Rolls-Royce Phantom were used in the film.
- Welcome Back was released worldwide on 4 September 2015. The film became a box office success and collected an estimated ₹133.26 crore (US$17 million) in 17 days. The final worldwide gross was ₹168.76 crore (US$21 million).
- After the success of two films, the makers announced third part of this franchise on 10th September, 2023, titled ‘Welcome To The Jungle’. Producer Firoz Nadiadwala said “It is an all-out action film featuring the army and features some of the most complicated stunts ever filmed in a Hindi movie.”
- ‘Welcome To The Jungle‘ is directed by Ahmed Khan who is taking over the franchise from Anees Bazmee, Akshay Kumar and Paresh Rawal will reprise their respective roles as Rajiv Saini and Dr. Dayal Ghungroo while Sanjay Dutt and Arshad Warsi will replace Nana Patekar and Anil Kapoor as Uday and Majnu for the 3rd installment, the cast also includes Suniel Shetty, Raveena Tandon, Tusshar Kapoor, Shreyas Talpade, Jacqueline Fernandez, Disha Patani, Lara Dutta, Daler Mehndi, Mika Singh, Johnny Lever, Rajpal Yadav, Krushna Abhishek, Kiku Sharda, Mukesh Tiwari, Rahul Dev and Yashpal Sharma.