''Hyderabad Blues 2'' is a 2004 Indian

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written, directed by

Nagesh Kukunoor Nagesh Kukunoor (born 30 March 1967) is an Indian film director, producer, screenwriter and actor known for his works predominantly in Hindi cinema, and few Telugu language films. He is known for his works in parallel cinema, such as ''Hyderab ...

. The film is a direct sequel to Kukunoor's earlier work ''

Hyderabad Blues ''Hyderabad Blues'' is a 1998 Indian drama film written, directed, and produced by Nagesh Kukunoor. Primarily shot in the English language, the film explores culture clash from an Indian American's perspective, vacationing back home in Hydera ...

'' produced by Kukunoor, Devika Bahudhanam, and

Elahe Hiptoola Elahe Hiptoola is an Indian film producer and former actress. Her credits include producer of ''3 Deewarein'', ''Hyderabad Blues 2'', ''Iqbal'', '' Dor'', and '' Dhanak''. Early life Elahe Hiptoola was born in Mumbai and resides in Hyderabad. C ...

. Kukunoor for his portrayal of Varun was nominated for "Best Performance in an Indian Film in English" category in the Screen Weekly Awards.

Plot

The story of the sequel takes place 6 years after the action of the first film. After his marriage with Ashwini, Varun decides to stay in India. He starts a

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while Ashwini is contemplating starting her own clinic. Looking at Seema and Sanjeev's family, and after 6 years of marriage, Ashwini wants to have children, but Varun always avoids the topic saying that the two of them are good for each other, and he doesn't want anyone else in their lovely relationship. As Ashwini becomes increasingly desperate to have children, one of Varun's employees, the young and beautiful Menaka, tries to seduce Varun. Without crossing his limits, Varun stops Menaka. However Ashwini doesn't believe Varun and divorces him, but then realizes her mistake. She apologizes and the couple reunites.

Cast

as Varun Naidu * Jyoti Dogra as Ashwini Rao Naidu *

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as Menaka *

as Seema Rao * Vikram Inamdar as Sanjeev Rao *

Anuj Gurwara Anuj Gurwara (born 9 June 1981) is an Indian playback singer, MC, master of ceremonies, actor, voice acting, voice artist, radio jockey and Television presenter, television show host, who has won a Filmfare Awards, Filmfare Award for his singing ...

as Azam * Anoop Ratnaker Rao as Harish Chandani * Anu Chengappa as Shashi Naidu * Soumik Banerjee as Sunny

Soundtrack

The music of the film is composed by

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. The soundtracks in the film are as follows. * "Slipping Through Your Fingers" – Singer:

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* "Tere Bina" – Singer: Fuzön * "Dil Pe Mat Lo" – Singer: Anand * "Mo Bhangra Blues" – Singer: Sonic Gurus * "One Man" – Singer: Trickbaby * "Mora Saiyaa Mose Bolena" – Singer: Fuzön * "Sea of Stories" – Singer: Trickbaby * "Additappa" – Singer: Caliche * "Palace on Wheels, Aaj ki raat" – Singer: Biddu

References

External links

* {{Nagesh Kukunoor 2004 films Films set in Hyderabad, India English-language Indian films 2000s Hindi-language films Indian sequel films Indian drama films Films about immigration to the United States Films directed by Nagesh Kukunoor 2004 drama films Hindi-language drama films 2000s English-language films