Welcome Back (film)
2015 film by Anees Bazmee
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Key Takeaways
- Welcome Back is a 2015 Indian Hindi-language action crime comedy film directed by Anees Bazmee and produced by Firoz A.
- A sequel to the 2007 film Welcome , it features an ensemble cast that includes Anil Kapoor, Nana Patekar, John Abraham, Shruti Haasan, Shiney Ahuja, Ankita Srivastava in her debut, with Dimple Kapadia, Paresh Rawal and Naseeruddin Shah.
- The film was largely shot in and around Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
- Plot Foster brothers Uday Shetty and Majnu Pandey have ended their life of crime and are now honest businessmen, settling in Dubai after being duped by their brother-in-law Rajiv, but the two still remain unmarried.
- Babita gains the attention of the two men, thus getting them to finance her and Poonam's luxurious lifestyle.
Welcome Back is a 2015 Indian Hindi-language action crime comedy film directed by Anees Bazmee and produced by Firoz A. Nadiadwala with Eros International serving as distributor and co-producer. A sequel to the 2007 film Welcome, it features an ensemble cast that includes Anil Kapoor, Nana Patekar, John Abraham, Shruti Haasan, Shiney Ahuja, Ankita Srivastava in her debut, with Dimple Kapadia, Paresh Rawal and Naseeruddin Shah. While Kapoor, Patekar, Rawal, Karnik, Irani, Josh, Dabi, Khan and Ranjeet have reprised their roles from the previous film, Abraham, Hassan and Shah are new additions to the lead cast. The film was largely shot in and around Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Welcome Back was released worldwide on 4 September 2015.
Plot
Foster brothers Uday Shetty and Majnu Pandey have ended their life of crime and are now honest businessmen, settling in Dubai after being duped by their brother-in-law Rajiv, but the two still remain unmarried. Two conwomen from India, Poonam and Babita, pose as Maharani Padmavati and Rajkumari Chandni of Najafgarh in order to con Uday and Majnu out of their money. Babita gains the attention of the two men, thus getting them to finance her and Poonam's luxurious lifestyle. Later, it is revealed that Uday has another sister Ranjana from his father, Shankar Shetty's third marriage and Majnu and Uday are emotionally blackmailed by Shankar into arranging the marriage of Ranjana and are also forced to do so as Poonam makes it one of her conditions for getting Babita married to either one of them.
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