Hungama – a name which immediately creates nostalgic laughter in millions viewer’s hearts and that’s not news. Also, after spending a long time in development hell, finally we are getting a spiritual sequel to the cult comedy film named Hungama 2, and that’s also a long known news.
But then what’s the news? The news is this upcoming laugh-a-thon is sold for almost 45 crores to all the resources including Disney+ Hotstar for 30 crores and rest for satellite and music rights. Given the film’s budget around 30 crore, the film will fetch around 10 crore of profit easily.
This deal will surely be extremely profitable for Disney+ Hotstar too. Biggest reason behind it is the return of comedy king Paresh Rawal, Rajpal Yadav, Tiku Talsania as Popat Seth and Manoj Joshi as Inspector Waghmare. These four actors were the sources of most fun sequences in Hungama in 2003. Though the film had lead actors like Aftab Shivdasani, Rimi Sen and Akshay Khanna but Paresh Rawal’s Radheshyam Tiwari was as important as the lead characters along with Rajpal Yadav’s Raja in the 2003 film. Most importantly Hungama marked Rajpal Yadav’s prominence as a comic actor. And the fact that these actors are returning for the second installment of Hungama will be a massive selling point for Hungama 2 which is great news for Disney+ Hotstar.
There are a lot of other reasons for Disney+ Hotstar to be happy about this deal. Firstly, Priyadarshan, one of the greatest comedy film directors of the country who created legendary comedy movies like Hera Pheri, Hungama, Hulchul, Garam Masala, Bhagam Bhag, Chup Chup Ke, Dhol, and Bhool Bhulaiyaa, will return after 7 years to Bollywood with Hungama 2 and he would surely want to leave his master craftsmanship with this highly anticipated comedy. Also, Shilpa Shetty who was last seen in Apne, returns with this film after 13 years to Hindi cinema and her fans will surely be thrilled to see her once again after a long gap.
Apart from Shilpa Shetty, Paresh Rawal, Rajpal Yadav, Tiku Talsania and Manoj Joshi, the film also make the debut of Meezaan Jaffrey, the son of another famous comedian Javed Jaffrey along with South Indian actress Pranitha Subhash, who is currently shooting for another Hindi film Bhuj: The Pride of India. Johnny Lever and Ashutosh Rana alongside Akshaye Khanna will appear for unknown roles in the film. The film will be produced by Ratan Jain of Venus Worldwide Entertainment.
The release date is still not confirmed by Disney+ Hotstar for Hungama 2 but it’s safe to say that they have grabbed a potential jackpot with this film and the complete deal should turn out extremely profitable for the makers, distributor as well as the viewers of Hungama 2 who are craving for comedy film from Priyadarshan for long time.
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