I made the mistake of accidentally watching this movie before its prequel, because the original Tere Bin Laden isn't available on any streaming platform. Without having watched that I thought it's a completely original idea, but later on I figured out it was the continuation of the story.
Normally movie sequels are made to continue on the story that the previous movie left off from. But this one was something completely different. It begins from how the director made the movie and became a sensation overnight (although that didn't happen since that movie was forgotten in less than a month, let's consider it did happen for the story's sake). And now al-Qaeda is looking for the director so that he can bring Osama Bin Laden for a video and make him talk to Obama.
Just like the prequel this movie also does not take itself seriously, although this time it goes a little too far. The CIA is shown to attack terrorists using arcade-styled drone system in which the user has to insert a coin first, the terrorists are shown to have their own version of Olympics, the actors have no sense of their work and the director doesn't even understand that he has been kidnapped. Although the ending was a bit disappointing, it's still better than what most Bollywood movies make.
The only problem with this movie was when it was released. If this movie was released in late 2011 or early 2012, it would have been phenomenal. However, it picks up a dead topic (as dead as Osama Bin Laden) and then drags on with it as though we are still interested in it, which we clearly are not. I think most either there must have been studio meddling which caused this movie to release so late, or the director got the idea too late. Either way it's a big irresponsibility.
Normally movie sequels are made to continue on the story that the previous movie left off from. But this one was something completely different. It begins from how the director made the movie and became a sensation overnight (although that didn't happen since that movie was forgotten in less than a month, let's consider it did happen for the story's sake). And now al-Qaeda is looking for the director so that he can bring Osama Bin Laden for a video and make him talk to Obama.
Just like the prequel this movie also does not take itself seriously, although this time it goes a little too far. The CIA is shown to attack terrorists using arcade-styled drone system in which the user has to insert a coin first, the terrorists are shown to have their own version of Olympics, the actors have no sense of their work and the director doesn't even understand that he has been kidnapped. Although the ending was a bit disappointing, it's still better than what most Bollywood movies make.
The only problem with this movie was when it was released. If this movie was released in late 2011 or early 2012, it would have been phenomenal. However, it picks up a dead topic (as dead as Osama Bin Laden) and then drags on with it as though we are still interested in it, which we clearly are not. I think most either there must have been studio meddling which caused this movie to release so late, or the director got the idea too late. Either way it's a big irresponsibility.