''Timepass 2'' is a 2015 Indian
Marathi
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See also
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-language film directed by
Ravi Jadhav
Ravindra Jadhav (born 22 September 1971) known professionally as Ravi Jadhav is an Indian film director, actor, screenwriter and producer. He made his directorial debut with the Marathi musical drama '' Natarang'' in 2010. Ravi studied in Sir J.J ...
. It is the sequel for the 2014 film ''
Timepass''. It continues the incomplete lovestory of Dagadu (Rocky) and Prajakta (Praju) also starring
Bhalchandra Kadam and
Vaibhav Mangle
Vaibhav Mangle ( mr, वैभव मांगले) is a Marathi actor and Hindi film, television and stage actor, noted for his comic roles in Marathi theatre and Marathi films and television from India. Anand Ingle and Vaibhav Mangle are s ...
. It is directed by
Ravi Jadhav
Ravindra Jadhav (born 22 September 1971) known professionally as Ravi Jadhav is an Indian film director, actor, screenwriter and producer. He made his directorial debut with the Marathi musical drama '' Natarang'' in 2010. Ravi studied in Sir J.J ...
.
Synopsis
The story takes place after 15 years with grown up Dagadu (
Priyadarshan Jadhav
Priyadarshan Jadhav (born 29 April 1980) is a Marathi actor, director, producer and screenwriter. He is known for his role in Ravi Jadhav's Timepass 2 (2015) as Dagadu.
Personal life
Priyadarshan was born on 29 April 1980 in Kolhapur. He ...
) and Praju (
Priya Bapat
Priya Bapat (born 18 September 1986) is an Indian actress who mainly works in Marathi films. She is best known for her roles in the movies ''Kaksparsh'' and ''Aamhi Doghi'', for which she won the Best Actress award at the Screen Awards in 201 ...
). Young Dagadu (
Prathamesh Parab) is a successful music company owner. Dagadu's Friend Bal Bharati is a successful astrologist, Kombda became a
DJ working with Dagadu's music company and Malaria became a politician.
The movie begins with a scene in which Dagadu donates an ambulance for the people in his area, reflecting his caring attitude. After the event, Dagadu's sister suggests that he marry, showing him photos of some girls. Dagdu hesitates as he is still searching for love. He learns that Prajakta (
Priya Bapat
Priya Bapat (born 18 September 1986) is an Indian actress who mainly works in Marathi films. She is best known for her roles in the movies ''Kaksparsh'' and ''Aamhi Doghi'', for which she won the Best Actress award at the Screen Awards in 201 ...
) is in
Kudal
Kudal is a census town in Sindhudurg district, Maharashtra, India. It is situated on River Karli in southwest Maharashtara. Kudal is the fourth largest town in Sindhudurg after Sawantwadi, Malvan and Kankavli. As of 2011, the population is 16 ...
, Konkan.
Soon, Prajakta moves to Mumbai to pursue her dreams, however, she still loves Dagadu and is waiting for him to bring her back in his life. Dagadu is still single and waiting for Prajakata, his childhood love. So big question here, whether the childhood love he had was a timepass or something really serious, which is being answered without ambiguity.
Dagadu is seen walking in a new avatar suited dressed like an educated guy to impress and win over Shakal. Meanwhile, Praju who seems to have done well in Mumbai seems to be an item girl called Urvashi. Soon, Urvashi turns back into Praju, meeting Dagadu and soon their lost love returns.
In later events, Prajakta's father, Shakal wants an educated, qualified guy, unlike Dagadu, to marry his daughter. So Dagadu pretends that he is a Researcher working at
Bhabha Atomic Research Center
The Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) is India's premier nuclear research facility, headquartered in Trombay, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. It was founded by Homi Jehangir Bhabha as the Atomic Energy Establishment, Trombay (AEET) in January 19 ...
, impressing Shakal. He decides to marry him with his daughter, not knowing that he actually is Dagadu. As Prajakta lives in Mumbai he goes there, traveling in the same Jeep as Dagadu. Shakal searches for her, in the apartment, finding that his daughter has changed her name to Urvashi.
Her friend tells Shakal that she has gone for a shoot. Hence, Shakal goes to the location of shoot, finding that his daughter is dancing for an ''Item Dance Video'' in too short clothes. After watching the dance, he is broken completely. He runs to slap her, but Dagadu, stops him, asking him to cool down, but Shakal loses his temper, slaps her and brings her outside the hall. Shakal is completely broken and returns to Kudal. Dagadu, doubting his love, wondering if their relationship was just a waste of time (Timepass) and asks his friends for advice. Kombda advises him to let go Prajakta, but the teenaged Dagadu in his mind reminds him of their true love, then Dagadu decides to marry no one except Prajakta.
Cast
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Priyadarshan Jadhav
Priyadarshan Jadhav (born 29 April 1980) is a Marathi actor, director, producer and screenwriter. He is known for his role in Ravi Jadhav's Timepass 2 (2015) as Dagadu.
Personal life
Priyadarshan was born on 29 April 1980 in Kolhapur. He ...
as Dagadu Shantaram Parab
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Prathamesh Parab as young Dagadu
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Priya Bapat
Priya Bapat (born 18 September 1986) is an Indian actress who mainly works in Marathi films. She is best known for her roles in the movies ''Kaksparsh'' and ''Aamhi Doghi'', for which she won the Best Actress award at the Screen Awards in 201 ...
as Prajakta Madhavrao Lele
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Ketaki Mategaonkar as young Prajakta
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Vaibhav Mangle
Vaibhav Mangle ( mr, वैभव मांगले) is a Marathi actor and Hindi film, television and stage actor, noted for his comic roles in Marathi theatre and Marathi films and television from India. Anand Ingle and Vaibhav Mangle are s ...
as Madhavrao Lele (Shakal)
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Bhalchandra Kadam as Shantaram Parab (Dagadu's father)
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Aarti Wadagbalkar as Manda Shantaram Parab (Dagadu's elder sister)
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Sandeep Pathak
Dr. Sandeep Kumar Pathak is an Indian politician from Aam Aadmi Party and Rajya Sabha MP from Punjab since April 2022. He is a former assistant professor of IIT Delhi, former research associate at University of Oxford and MIT. He is also cu ...
as Sanjay Mhatre a.k.a. Maleria (Dagadu's friend)
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Bhushan Pradhan
Bhushan Pradhan (born 25 November 1986) is an Indian film, web series and theatre actor in Marathi. He has starred in movies like ''Aamhi Doghi'', ''Coffee Ani Barach Kahi'', ''Satarangi Re'', ''Miss Match'', '' Timepass'', ''Timepass 2'' and ...
as Vallabh Madhavrao Lele (Prajakta's elder brother)
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Urmila Kanitkar
Urmilla Kanetkar Kothare is an Indian actress in Marathi cinema and television. She is known for her roles in the Marathi films Duniyadari, ''Shubha Mangal Saavadhan'' , ''Ti Saddhya Kay Karte'' and Hindi TV serials '' Maayka'' and '' Mera Sas ...
as Spruha Vallabh Lele (Vallabh's wife)
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Uday Sabnis as Prajakta's uncle
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Supriya Pathak
Supriya Pathak (born 7 January 1961) is an Indian actress who works in Gujarati and Hindi films and television. She has received multiple awards including three Filmfare Awards for Best Supporting Actress. She is mostly popular for playing the ...
as Prajakta's aunt
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Meghana Erande-Joshi as Anuja Madhavrao Lele (Prajakta's deceased mother in the photograph)
Production
The Film is produced by Meghana Jadhav under Athaansh Communications and Nikhil Sane by
Essel Vision Productions
Essel Vision Productions is an Indian company which produces Indian soap operas , reality TV, comedy, game shows, entertainment and factual programming in several Indian languages.
Essel Vision is promoted by Subhash Chandra and is a private c ...
. and it is presented by Essel Vision.
This movie marks the fifth film for
Ravi Jadhav
Ravindra Jadhav (born 22 September 1971) known professionally as Ravi Jadhav is an Indian film director, actor, screenwriter and producer. He made his directorial debut with the Marathi musical drama '' Natarang'' in 2010. Ravi studied in Sir J.J ...
.
Soundtrack
The lyrics for the film are penned by Mangesh Kangane and Kshitij Patwardhan with music composed by
Chinar - Mahesh.
Track listing
Box office
Timepass 2 had record-breaking collections at the box office. It broke the record of highest first-day collections by collecting . It collected on its second day and on its third day, thereby collecting in its opening weekend which was a record at the box office. ''Timepass 2's'' first week collections were , which was again a first-week record for a Marathi movie. The second weekend collections rose to in Maharashtra alone. The film then slowed down and ended up collecting at the
Maharashtra box office. It still holds the record for highest opening day collection and 2nd highest opening weekend collection till now. It currently stands as the fifth highest grossing Marathi film of all time.
Critical reception
Mihir Bhanage of ''
The Times of India
''The Times of India'', also known by its abbreviation ''TOI'', is an Indian English-language daily newspaper and digital news media owned and managed by The Times Group. It is the third-largest newspaper in India by circulation and largest ...
'' gave the film a rating of 3 out of 5 saying that, "Timepass 2 has a tried and tested love formula that works because of the clever punchlines, songs and funny situations."
See also
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Highest grossing Marathi films
References
External links
* {{IMDb title, 4654798
2010s Marathi-language films
Indian sequel films
Films directed by Ravi Jadhav