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2025 film directed by Anshul Sharma

De De Pyaar De 2 (transl. Give Me Love 2) is a 2025 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy film directed by Anshul Sharma, written by Luv Ranjan and Tarun Jain and produced by T-Series Films and Luv Films. It is a sequel to De De Pyaar De (2019).^[5] The film stars Ajay Devgn, R. Madhavan and Rakul Preet Singh.^[6][7] The film was announced in March 2024. Principal photography commenced in June 2024, held in Punjab and London. It was theatrically released worldwide on 14 November 2025.^[8]

Following the events of De De Pyaar De, 52-year-old London-based NRI investor Ashish Mehra decides to meet his much younger 28-year-old girlfriend Ayesha Khurana’s family to get their approval, after having previously received his own family’s approval. However, when he meets her family, what follows is a case of hilarious one-upmanship between her father Rajji and Ashish, who is even older than Rajji, creating awkward situations among the two families. As Ayesha introduces Ashish to her parents as a slightly older person who is also divorced. Ashish starts feeling awkward and asks Ayesha to reveal to her parents that he and her father are almost the same age, to which Ayesha flatly refuses. Instead, Ayesha asks Ashish to win over her parents just as a young man would do. Initially, Ayesha’s parents start suspecting Ashish’s true age to be older than they realized. They try to trick Ashish into telling them his true age, but Ayesha manages to keep his age a secret from them.

However, tensions arise when they realise that Ashish is almost as old as Rajji. The two confront Ayesha over lying to them and Rajji tells her that her relationship with Ashish was not correct, which she refuses. However, in the midst of their argument, Ayesha’s sister-in-law Kittu goes into labour. They rush her to the hospital where she eventually gives birth. Later, they all attend a party where Rajji beats up a man who was ogling Ayesha. Ayesha confronts them and they have a huge argument, following which Ayesha leaves with Ashish. Eventually, Rajji comes to Ashish’s house and apologises to Ayesha, asking them both to come back. However, it is revealed that the parents have decided to do a ‘coup de foudre’ by hiring Ayesha’s childhood friend Aditya to seduce her and drive her away from Ashish.

Aditya flirts continuously with Ayesha, and employs various ways to seduce her including taking her to a nightclub. He manages to make her fall in love with him and start a relationship with him. Ashish realizes that this was Rajji’s plan and confronts him. He eventually relents and promises to not stop Ayesha from loving Aditya and get in their way. He also requests Rajji to give Ayesha the life she deserves, if he is unable to do so. Eventually, Ashish walks in on Ayesha and Aditya passionately kissing. This saddens him and he prepares to go back to London along with Ronak. Ayesha tries to convince him to not leave and eventually yells at him for “not fighting for her”. However, Ashish is not deterred and leaves. Ayesha is saddened by Ashish’s leaving, and out of spite for him, she proposes to Aditya for marriage. A little while later, she calls Ronak and requests him to tell Ashish to send some gifts in honour of her marriage. Eventually, the day of Ayesha and Aditya’s wedding arrives. During the wedding, Rajji notices that Ayesha was tearing up causing him to get emotional. Later, Ayesha’s mother sees her crying and enquires what was wrong.

She had then confronted Aditya over him trying to seduce her. He had then confessed to her that Rajji had hired him to seduce her and he had no true feelings for her. She and Aditya had both pretended to love each other and she had never lost her feelings for Ashish. She had also convinced her mother to help her persuade Rajji to let her marry Ashish-her emotional conversation with Ayesha over her feelings towards Ashish and Aditya that Rajji had overheard on the phone had actually been pre-planned by both of them.

Rajji realizes that Ashish had already come to stop Ayesha’s marriage and they both rush to the marriage. Both of them repeatedly try to convince Ayesha to stop the marriage and marry Ashish instead. Eventually, she agrees and reveals the truth to Ashish about having faked her relationship with Aditya. She kisses him and the film concludes with Ashish informing Manju of his impending marriage.

The film’s script was finalized in August 2023, while the official announcement was made in March 2024. The film is directed by Anshul Sharma replacing Akiv Ali, with Ajay Devgn and Rakul Preet Singh returning as Ashish Mehra and Ayesha Khurana^[7] Anil Kapoor was initially signed to play Ayesha’s father,^[9] but later opted out and was replaced by R. Madhavan.^[10] Choreographer Raju Khan and Ganesh Acharya have done choreography for the film. ^{[11] [12]} Meezaan Jafri joined the cast as an character who tries to distract Ayesha from Ashish. ^[13]

Principal photography commenced in June 2024 at Mehboob Studio, Mumbai, Maharashtra, with next schedules set to happen in Punjab and London.^[14][15] The first Punjab schedule in Patiala was completed in September–October 2024 but it ended early as Sharma contracted dengue fever.^[16][17] The second Punjab schedule of the film was started in January and completed in February 2025.^[18]

The film’s soundtrack was composed by Yo Yo Honey Singh, Jaani, Aditya Dev–Payal Dev, Avvy Sra and Sagar Bhatia, with lyrics written by Kumaar, Sagar Bhatia, Jaani, Karan Aujla and Yo Yo Honey Singh. The first single “Raat Bhar”, a duet, was released on 22 October 2025.^[19] The second single “Jhoom Sharaabi” was released on 29 October 2025.^[20] The third single “3 Shaukk” was released on 4 November 2025.^[21]

The trailer was launched on 14 October 2025 at an event organized in Devgn Cinex in Gurgaon.^[22][23] The film has been promoted on Bigg Boss 19. ^[24] The official poster was launched on 11 October 2025. ^[25] As part of marketing campaign entire soundtrack album was released on 7 November 2025 by T-Series. ^[26]

De De Pyaar De 2 was theatrically released worldwide on 14 November 2025.^[27] The film has been released by PVR Inox Pictures.^[28]

The film is set to release on Netflix after its theatrical run is over sometime in January 2026.^[29]

The film had an opening day box office collection on 14 November 2025 of ₹9.45 crore and worldwide collection of ₹36.51 crore on saturday. ^[30]

Shubhra Gupta of The Indian Express gave 2.5 stars out of 5 and said that “If only the film didn’t resemble an extended sit-com, with a house where most of the action takes place not bothering to hide the fact that it is a set, the length making us restive.”^[31]
Radhika Sharma of NDTV rated it 3/5 stars and writes that “Age is the elephant in the room, a topic that the film doesn’t brush under the carpet.”^[32]
Vineeta Kumar of India Today awarded 3 stars out of 5 and stated that “‘De De Pyaar De 2’ is a fun, breezy rom-com that combines humour, family drama and familiar charm. The casting is awkward, but the film doesn’t disappoint.”^[33]

Nandini Ramnath of Scroll.in observed that “Some judicious snipping might have taken care of the tonal inconsistency, while also better showcasing the sharp lines and charming tendency of characters to talk themselves into a corner. De De Pyaar De 2 is too much of a good thing.”^[34]
Anuj Kumar of The Hindu writes in his review that “Director Anshul Sharma rekindles the breezy energy of the original, but the fresh spin on ‘love vs loved ones’ becomes formulaic after a point.”^[35]
Kartik Bhardwaj of Cinema Express gave 2.5 stars out of 5 and said that “Watching De De Pyaar De 2 can be described as an experience of taking a rollercoaster ride, you start feeling the seats are wobbly once it slows down.”^[36]

Devesh Sharma of Filmfare gave 3 stars out of 5 and said that ” De De Pyaar De 2 is a rom com which says age doesn’t matter in affairs of the heart.”^[37]
Bollywood Hungama gave 4 stars out of 5 and said that “On the whole, DE DE PYAAR DE 2 impresses with its compelling performances, relatable narrative, and an entertaining fusion of humour and drama. At the box office, the film possesses strong prospects of sustaining and expanding its run over the weekend and thereafter, particularly if favourable word of mouth regarding its emotional quotient and comedic moments gains momentum.”^[38]
Rahul Desai of The Hollywood Reporter India observed that “The Luv Ranjan-written age-gap comedy is occasionally witty and intuitive, but it pushes too many buttons to make an impact.”^[39]