Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan (transl. Extra careful of marriage) is a 2020 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy film written and directed by Hitesh Kewalya and produced by Aanand L. Rai, Himanshu Sharma, Bhushan Kumar and Krishan Kumar under the banners Colour Yellow Productions and T-Series. A spin-off to the 2017 film Shubh Mangal Saavdhan, whose script was also written by Kewalya, it stars Ayushmann Khurrana, Jitendra Kumar, Neena Gupta and Gajraj Rao. The film tells the story of a gay man and his partner, who have trouble convincing the former’s parents of their relation.
Filming wrapped on 16 December 2019 in Varanasi and it was theatrically released in India on 21 February 2020.
Plot
Aman Tripathi is the gay son of a conservative and homophobic family, who is in love with Kartik Singh, a runaway boy. During his cousin Rajni “Goggle” Tripathi’s wedding, his relationship with Kartik is exposed, his father Shankar Tripathi, an agricultural scientist facing immense backlash for his cultivation of black cauliflowers, tries various ways to “purify” his son and keep him away from his over-energized partner, while Aman himself has to also deal with a family friend and to-be fiancee, Kusum Nigam, who is besotted with him, but has an agenda of her own.
Cast
Ayushmann Khurrana as Kartik Singh
Jitendra Kumar as Aman Tripathi
Neena Gupta as Sunaina Tripathi
Gajraj Rao as Shankar Tripathi
Manu Rishi as Chaman Tripathi
Sunita Rajwar as Champa Tripathi
Maanvi Gagroo as Rajni “Goggle” Tripathi
Pankhuri Awasthy as Kusum Nigam
Neeraj Singh as Keshav Tripathi
Bhumi Pednekar in a special appearance as Devika
Hardik Gabbi as Pintu
Mahesh Seth as Devika’s father
Brij Kumar Pandey as Pandit
Sayed Javed as Police Officer
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