''Mumbai-Pune-Mumbai 2'' (also known as Mumbai-Pune-Mumbai – 2 Lagnala Yaychach) is a 2015

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romantic

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produced by Yashlita Enterprises Pvt. Ltd. and distributed by Mirah Entertainment, Everest Entertainment and

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. It is the sequel to 2010's Marathi film ''

Mumbai-Pune-Mumbai ''Mumbai-Pune-Mumbai'' is an Indian Marathi language romance film, romantic drama film released on 11 June 2010. Produced by Mirah Entertainment Pvt Ltd and distributed by Twinkle Group. Directed and co-written by Satish Rajwade with a screenpla ...

''. Directed and written by

Satish Rajwade Satish Rajwade (born 9 January 1973) is an Indian Marathi film and television director and writer. He has also acted in few Hindi films and Marathi television series. Career Rajwade started his career with acting in various Hindi and Marathi f ...

, the film stars Swapnil Joshi, Mukta Barve in lead roles and

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, Mangal Kenkre, Vijay Kenkre, Savita Prabhune,

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in supporting roles. The screenplay and the dialogues were written by Ashwini Shende. The film score and soundtrack album are composed by Avinash-Vishwajeet with lyrics are penned by Shrirang Godbole, Ashwini Shende and Vishwajeet Joshi and cinematography by Suhas Gujarathi. Subhash Nakashe is the film's choreographer while the editing was done by Rajesh Rao. The

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began in February 2015 and the film was released on 12 November 2015. The film marks as the most awaited film in Marathi.

Cast

Main

* Swapnil Joshi as Gautam Pradhan * Mukta Barve as Gauri Deshpande *

as Shekhar Pradhan (Gautam's father) * Mangala Kenkre as Sunita Pradhan (Gautam's mother) * Vijay Kenkre as Ashok Deshpande (Gauri's father) * Savita Prabhune as Sunanda Deshpande (Gauri's mother)

Supporting

as Suhas Pradhan (Gautam's grandmother) * Rupal Nand as Rashmi Deshpande (Gauri's sister) * Asavari Joshi as Neerja (Gauri's aunt) *

as Tanuja (Gauri's friend) * Angad Mhaskar as Arnav (Gauri's boyfriend)

Production

Development

Following the positive response to ''

'' post release in June 2010, the team considered making a sequel to carry the story forward showing the next chapter of their marriage. The lead couple Mukta Barve and Swapnil Joshi reprises their roles from original and

, Mangal Kenkre, Vijay Kenkre, Savita Prabhune,

are new additions to the cast.

Story

Gauri (Mukta Barve) and Gautam (Swapnil Joshi) mega marriage is about to happen. Even though Gautam and Gauri's families are excited about their marriage, But there is confusion in Gauri's mind about this marriage. Will this marriage happen?

Soundtrack

Avinash-Vishwajeet, the composers for

, will return to compose music and background score for the sequel with lyrics were written by Shrirang Godbole, Ashwini Shende, Sangeeta Barve and Vishwajeet Joshi. The single song "Saath De Tu Mala" released as a teaser on 30 September 2015 and the full track was released on 13 October 2015. The song was sung by

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Bela Shende Bela Shende is an Indian playback singer. She performed several songs in Bollywood and regional films. "Mann Mohana" from the film ''Jodhaa Akbar'', "Su Che" from the film ''What's Your Raashee?'', "Wajle Ki Baara" and "Apsara Aali" from ''Nata ...

and written by Ashwini Shende, Vishwajeet Joshi. The second song "Band Baja" was released as teaser on 26 October 2015 and published on YouTube. and the full track was released on 27 October 2015. The song was sung by

, Anandi Joshi, Suresh Wadkar and

and lyrics are penned by Sangeeta Barve, Srirang Godbole & Vishwajeet Joshi. The third song "Mala Sanga" is released on 2 November 2015. The song is original from a Marathi play "Eka Lagnachee Gosht" and it is used in the movie, the song is considered as one of the famous songs in Marathi Theatre. The song originally sung by

while the lyrics were penned by Shrirang Godbole and composed by

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Release

Marketing

The first look of the film's official motion logo released on 17 July 2015 on YouTube. The films official small teaser released on YouTube on 24 July 2015. The official trailer released on 15 September 2015. The video song of the track "Saath De Tu Mala" was premiered on 13 October 2015. The "Band Baja" song video premiere was released on 27 October 2015. The "Mala Sanga" video song was released on 2 November 2015.

Distribution

The movie was released in Maharashtra,

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and in International circuits like

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on 12 November 2015 with

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subtitles with 587 screens which after tremendous response increased to 680. The film is distributed by

. The makers are planning to release the movie in

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and Australia soon.

Reception

The film has received positive reviews.

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gave 3.5 out of 5 stars and declared movie 'A light hearted romantic movie'. Pune Mirror gave 3.5 out of 5 stars and declared movie 'Back with a welcome change'.

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gave 4 out of 5 stars and declared movie 'emotional joyride'.

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gave 3 out of 5 stars. Wedding Planning MarketPlace Website marketforshaadi.com also provided positive review appreciating the movie story.

Box office

It collected in first 3 days and collected in its 4-days extended weekend. It collected nett in first week. The film was loved by local Marathi crowd in many parts of Mumbai and Pune because of this movie's connection with these two cities.

References

External links

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