Judwaa 2
- Director
- David Dhawan
- Studio
- Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment
- Release Date
- 28 September 2017
- Running Time
- 149 min
- Language
- Hindi
- Country
- India
- Budget
- ₹60.00 Cr
- Box Office
- ₹227.59 Cr
Review
Varun Dhawan's double role in this film is a masterclass in contrasts—one moment you're watching him embody the gentle, cultured Prem fumbling through life in London, and the next he's Raja, all swagger and street energy in Mumbai. What makes this work isn't just the physical comedy of mistaken identity, but how the film taps into something deeply human: the idea that circumstances shape us entirely, that the same blood can produce two utterly different souls. David Dhawan leans heavily into slapstick and nostalgia, and while the humor lands more often than it misses, there's an undercurrent of genuine warmth beneath the chaos. The twin separation premise, borrowed from the original 1997 film, still carries emotional weight when the narrative remembers to slow down and actually care about these brothers discovering each other.
However, the film struggles when it prioritizes spectacle over story. The supporting characters feel more like props in Varun's comedy playground than fully realized people—Jacqueline Fernandez is lovely but given little to work with, and the plot meanders through unnecessary tangents that dilute the core appeal. Varun's performance is energetic and earnest, yet the script doesn't always deserve the commitment he brings to it. David Dhawan's direction is technically sound but emotionally scattered; he knows how to engineer laughter but sometimes forgets why we care. The film works best in quiet moments—a late-film scene of the brothers bonding is genui
Storyline
So basically, this guy Rajeev is heading back to Mumbai when he encounters this criminal dude named Charles. Right when he arrives, his wife has just had twin boys, which is pretty wild timing! But here's the crazy part—the doctor tells him that when these twins are together, their bodies move in sync. During all the chaos of Charles getting arrested, one of the babies gets kidnapped and abandoned on train tracks. Charles gets locked up for two decades, and Rajeev decides it's too dangerous to stay in India, so he takes his wife and one son, Prem, and moves the whole family to London to start fresh.
Meanwhile, the other twin boy gets rescued by this woman named Kashibai who raises him in Mumbai as her own son and calls him Raja. Fast forward twenty years, and these two brothers have grown up in completely different worlds without knowing about each other. Prem's living in London as this sweet, sensitive musician-type guy, while Raja's back in Mumbai living it up as a rough-and-tumble guy who loves partying and worships Ganesh. They're basically total opposites because of where they grew up.
Things get spicy when Raja gets into some trouble with a local gangster over a festival celebration, and his buddy Nandu convinces him they need to lay low by escaping to London for a bit. So Raja and Nandu sneak onto a flight and head overseas, where they're definitely going to have some unexpected encounters. Meanwhile, Prem's dealing with his own drama at college with bullies and a girl named Samaira who's into him. The stage is set for some hilarious confusion once these brothers unknowingly cross paths!
