Ameya Vinod Khopkar Entertainment, Purple Bull Entertainment and Trance FX Studios Pvt. Ltd.’s Ye Re Ye Re Paisa 2 (Marathi; UA; meaning ‘Come, money, come’) is a sequel to Ye Re Ye Re Paisa (2018).
The story is about a recovery officer, Jagannath (Sanjay Narvekar), who is asked to recover money from one Niraj Shah (Pushkar Shrotri) who has defrauded the bank. Jahnvi (Mrinal Kulkarni) offers him a carrot — he would get hefty commission if he aided in recovering the crores Niraj owed the bank.
Jagannath, his brother-in-law, Pradyuman (Anand Ingale), and three more people – Harsh Patil (Aniket Vishwasrao), Jalandhar Gomte (Priyadarshan Jadhav) and Sarah Desai (Mrinmayee Godbole) – go to England where Niraj Shah is hiding. The three persons are picked up on the basis of their capabilities to be of help. Jahnvi also reaches England.
The team succeeds in nabbing Niraj Shah, with the assistance of an Indian police officer, Sharad Shinde (Prasad Oak). They bring Niraj Shah to India. Niraj all along pleads that he does not have the money as his boss, JK (Mahesh Manjrekar), has cheated him and taken it all away. The team’s next target is, therefore, JK. How the five team members hoodwink JK and come to possess all his funds forms the latter part of the drama. Police officer Sharad Shinde is shocked to learn the truth about the five team members. Also shocking is the truth about Jahnvi. What is that?
Hrishikesh Koli has written a story that is inspired by the Nirav Modi case. The story is ordinary and his screenplay is hardly any better. The comedy is not very entertaining. The drama is okay but that’s about all. Hrishikesh Koli’s dialogues are commonplace.
Sanjay Narvekar acts well in the role of Jagannath. Aniket Vishwasrao is good as Harsh Patil. Priyadarshan Jadhav is fair as Jalandhar Gomte. Mrinmayee Godbole performs ably as Sarah Desai. Prasad Oak lends decent support as police inspector Sharad Shinde. Pushkar Shrotri is okay in the role of Niraj Shah. Mrinal Kulkarni makes her presence felt as Jahnvi. Anand Ingale is average as Pradyuman. Mahesh Manjrekar makes his mark in a brief role as JK. Vishakha Subhedar (as Ranjana) and Smita Gondkar (as Kavya) lend fair support.
Hemant Dhome’s direction is routine. Troy-Arif’s music is alright. Their background music is nothing to shout about. Lyrics (Kshitij Patwardhan and Shantaram Nandgaonkar) are routine. Rahul-Sanjeev’s choreography is so-so. Sanjay Memane’s camerawork is good. Foreign locations are eye-filling. Shameem Khopkar’s art direction is of a good standard. Faisal Mahadik and Imran Mahadik’s editing is reasonably nice.
On the whole, Ye Re Ye Re Paisa 2 is not a worthy sequel to the first part because it does not have the entertainment value of that part.
Released on 9-8-’19 at Bharatmata (daily 4 shows) and other cinemas of Bombay by AVK Entertainment. Publicity: good. Opening: dull.