Zee Studios and Soundrya Production’s Ginny Wedss Sunny 2 (UA) is the second in the Ginny Weds Sunny franchise. Sunny (Avinash Tiwary) is a school dropout who had lost his mother at a young age. He has, therefore, been raised by his father (Sudhir Pandey). He has a married sister. They all live in Rishikesh. Sunny wants to become a wrestler because he is good at the sport, but an uncomplimentary video about him goes viral, pouring water on his dreams of a promising career. Awkward with girls, his family is finding it difficult to find a suitable match for him. Sunny is a simpleton who can’t even speak English. Ginny (Medha Shankr) lives with her mother (Lillete Dubey) in Delhi. She is a very bold girl who has had multiple affairs and a broken engagement. She speaks English and is given to parties and drinks. Sunny and Ginny meet in an arranged set-up. They like one another and get married. Problems begin soon thereafter because of their diametrically different backgrounds and upbringing. Ultimately, Ginny walks out of her matrimonial home and returns to her mother’s home in Delhi. What happens after that? Do Ginny and Sunny head for a divorce or do they patch up their differences?
Prashant Jha has written a story which relies too much on incidents which one has seen in a number of earlier films. The unlikely couple, differences after marriage, break-up… all this has been seen in several earlier films. Prashant Jha’s screenplay looks contrived because almost everything looks stage-managed. The arranged set-up appears so forced that the problems after marriage don’t come as a shock at all. The differences, that lead to tension and more, are so predictable that the drama looks hackneyed. Even what follows the separation is devoid of novelty and, therefore, has no excitement to offer. Many of the comedy scenes fall flat on their face either because they’ve not been well-written or because they lack freshness. Also, there are several important points which are touched upon but never taken to their logical conclusion. For instance, Ginny’s mother is concerned about her separation but that’s about all. She doesn’t do a thing to proactively try to get Ginny and Sunny together again. Rather, at one point, she happily (or so it seems) accepts the separation and hands over the divorce papers to Sunny. Ditto for Sunny’s father. Although he wants Sunny and Ginny to resolve their problems, he himself doesn’t do anything to get the two together again. In other words, every family member appears unconcerned when it comes to doing his/her bit. The viral video of Sunny becomes an issue when Ginny learns about it, but it is simply overlooked after that. In other words, it is not even clear if she was convinced about its fakeness. The change of heart of the family members of Sunny towards the end is so abrupt that the viewers wonder what led to the same. All in all, the screenplay is an assemblage of scenes written with less conviction and more to simply arrive at the conclusion of the drama. Prashant Jha’s dialogues are good but at places only.
Avinash Tiwary does an ordinary job as Sunny. He fails to evoke sympathy for his character or to make Sunny endearing to the audience. Medha Shankr is average in the role of Ginny. Sudhir Pandey is sincere but he is also repetitive. Lillete Dubey gets limited scope but acts ably. Rohit Chaudhary is quite nice as Rudal. Vishwanath Chatterjee acts ably as Pintu. Nayani Dixit is adequate as Sarika. Govind Namdev is effective and makes his mark in a brief role. Gopi Bhalla doesn’t impress. Others pass muster.
Prashant Jha’s direction is functional more than anything else. Music (Sushant-Shankar, Usman Khan, Haroon-Gavin, Heer and Amaan Noor) is melodious but many of the songs look forced into the narrative. The best song is the Chhaap tilak number, which is a remixed one. Lyrics (Kumaar, Devendra Kafir, Siddhant Kaushal, Usman Khan and Amaan Noor) are quite good. Adil Shaikh’s choreography is nothing to dance about. Amar Mohile’s background music is average. Archit Patel’s camerawork is so-so. Vikram Dahiya’s action and stunt scenes are ordinary. Sachin Khate’s production designing is okay. Bunty Nagi’s editing is loose.
On the whole, Ginny Wedss Sunny 2 is a weak fare with bleak box-office chances.
Released on 24-4-’26 at Inox (daily 2 shows) and other cinemas of Bombay by Zee Studios. Publicity: fair. Opening: dull. …….Also released all over. Opening was weak everywhere.