Everest Entertainment’s Premachi Goshta 2 (Marathi; UA) is a love story with a difference. Arjun (Lalit Prabhakar) and Mary (Rucha Vaidya) are childhood friends. To avoid marrying a boy of her father’s choice, Mary asks Arjun to marry her. Without giving this much thought, Arjun agrees. The two get married but there’s no physicality between the two because although Arjun treats Mary as a good friend, he can’t accept her as his wife. It turns out that Arjun was under the influence of alcohol when Mary had asked him to marry her. The relations between the married couple are now so strained that the two are in court for a divorce.
When Arjun narrates this story to Aburao (Swapnil Joshi) and Baburao (Bhau Kadam), whom he meets in the court premises, he also reveals to them that his closeness to his childhood crush, Priya (Ridhima Pandit), whom he had met after many years and after marrying Mary, had led to fights between him and Mary. Aburao and Baburao give Arjun a second chance, which is when he realises that they are Gods in the guise of human beings. What plays out in the second chance, and what is the final outcome form the crux of the story.
The story is so-so. There is not much novelty in the story and it is not even very exciting. Abhijit Guru’s screenplay is good in parts only. While the track of the second chance is alright, it isn’t as if it’s a great or unimaginable idea. Besides, there’s nothing sensational which the viewers experience in the drama about the second chance offered to Arjun. Some comic scenes are definitely entertaining. Abhijit Guru’s dialogues are nice, at places.
Lalit Prabhakar does a good job as Arjun. Rucha Vaidya leaves a fine mark in the role of Mary. Ridhima Pandit is fair as Priya. Prasad Barve gives a good account of himself as Vinay. Swapnil Joshi is alright ae Aburao. Bhau Kadam is okay as Baburao. Avinash Narkar lends decent support as Dr. Mapuskar. Reshma Rampur is so-so in the role of Arjun’s mother. Ramakant Daayama lends routine support as Mary’s father. Karan Parab is average in a brief role as Jay. Rajesh Mapuskar makes his presence felt in the single scene in which he appears. Others pass muster.
Satish Rajwade’s direction is okay. Avinash-Vishwajeet’s music is alright and so are the lyrics (penned by Vishwajeet Joshi, Ashwini Shende and Mandar Cholkar). Paul Marshal Cardoz’s choreography is routine. Background music (Avinash-Vishwajeet) ought to have been more effective. Prasad Bhende’s camerawork is quite alright. Prashant Rane’s production designing, and Ketaki’s art direction are fair. Faisal Mahadik’s editing is reasonably sharp but could’ve been tighter.
On the whole, Premachi Goshta 2 is too ordinary to do anything sensational at the ticket windows.
Released on 21-10-’25 at Plaza (daily 1 show) and other cinemas of Bombay thru PVR Inox Pictures. Publicity: okay. Opening: fair (mainly because of Diwali festival). …….Also released all over. Opening was okay at places and above-average at others.
