''Boyz 2'' is a 2018 Indian Marathi-language comedy drama film directed by Vishal Devrukhkar and written by Hrishikesh Koli. Produced by Everest Entertainment in association with Supreme Motion Pictures and distributed by

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. It is second installment to the ''Boyz'' franchise. It was theatrically released on 5 October 2018 worldwide.

Plot

Naru Bondwe, son of college trustee Madan Bondwe, rejoins the college and has a rivalry with Junior. Dharia, Dhungya and Kabir are known for fighting for the rights of juniors. But Kabir now stays away from the hostel because he doesn't want anything else. Seniors are troubled by the 12th board exams. A grade committee will visit the college during the year and tutor Vikram Sabnis, the principal, to end the enmity between juniors and seniors. Chitra A beautiful girl enters the college and Kabir is attracted and goes back to the hostel. The rivalry between juniors and seniors takes a turn for the worst before the grade committee meets. Naru and Kabir, the chosen members of both the teams, must give up their virginity to the girl. And record videos as evidence that failed. The loser has to leave the college.

Cast

* Sumant Shinde as Kabir *

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as Dhungya * Sayli Patil as Chitra * Pratik Lad as Dairya * Onkar Bhojne as Naru Bondwe *

Girish Kulkarni Girish Pandurang Kulkarni (born 25 November 1977) is an Indian actor, writer, and producer. He is a recipient of two National Film Awards namely, National Film Award for Best Actor in 2011 for his performance in ''Deool'' and National Film Awar ...

as Madan Bondwe * Shubhangi Tambale as Swati * Akshata Padgaonkar as Shalaka * Sharvari Jamenis as Radhika * Kishori Ambiye as Chandru * Jaywant Wadkar as Gopi Anna * Amitriyaan as Vikram Sabnis * Rohit Chavan as Sada * Soham Kalokhe as Lakha Seth * Yatin Karyekar as Principal * *

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as Grace (uncredited) * Pallavi Patil as Devika *

Shilpa Tulaskar Shilpa Tulaskar (born 10 March 1977) is an Indian actress who has acted in Marathi films and Hindi television shows. She recently portrayed the role of Rajnandini in Zee Marathi's drama '' Tula Pahate Re'' and also the character of Sujata, mo ...

as Gayatri Panigrahi (uncredited) * * *

Production

''Boyz 2'' is produced by Everest Entertainment and Avdhoot Gupte under the banner of Supreme Motion Pictures and distributed by Eros International. The film has been shot in

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and some locations of Leh,

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Release

Theatrical

''Boyz 2'' was theatrically released on 5 October 2018 worldwide.

Soundtrack

Music is composed by

Avdhoot Gupte Avadhoot Gupte (Marathi pronunciation: �ʋəd̪ʱuːt̪ ɡupt̪e born 19 February 1977) is an Indian singer, musician, writer, music & film director, film producer, television presenter and actor who works primarily in Marathi Cinema. He sta ...

and songs are recorded by

Adarsh Shinde Adarsh Anand Shinde (born 7 March 1988) is an Indian playback singer. He records Ambedkarite songs and Marathi language film songs. Early life Adarsh Shinde comes from a family of singers. His father, Anand Shinde, and grandfather, Prahlad ...

and Rohit Raut.

Reception

Critical reception

Mayuri Phadnis of ''

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'' gave 3 out of 5 and praised the performances but criticised to the story which is predictable. Prajakta Chitnis of ''

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'' gave 3 stars and said that the director has taken care not to lean towards vulgarity even though it falls into an

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film. There is nothing wrong with seeing it once.

Box office

''Boyz 2'' was released across Maharashtra on 375 screens and grossed at the box office.

References

External links

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