Director
Priyadarshan's
comedy
film
is
set
to
debut
on
Disney+
Hotstar
on
July
23,
the
streaming
platform
announced
on
Wednesday.
The
official
Twitter
handle
of
Disney+
Hotstar
shared
the
news
of
the
film's
release
date
along
with
a
new
poster.
"Cannot
wait
to
see
our
favourites
back
on
screen,
and
it's
going
to
be
double
the
'hungama'
with
this
iconic
cast.
Are
you
ready
for
a
laughter
riot?" the
tweet
read.
The
film,
a
sequel
to
the
director's
2003
hit
comedy
of
the
same
name,
was
slated
to
hit
theatres
on
August
14
this
year.
But
in
May
this
year,
the
film's
makers
had
said
that
Hungama
2
will
skip
theatres
and
release
directly
on
an
OTT
platform
as
cinema
houses
remain
shut
due
to
the
deadly
second
wave
of
the
coronavirus
pandemic.
The
trailer
of
Hungama
2
will
be
unveiled
on
Thursday.
Veteran
actor
Paresh
Rawal
is
returning
for
the
sequel
and
he
is
joined
by
Shilpa
Shetty
Kundra,
Meezaan,
and
Pranitha
Subhash
in
the
cast.
Hungama
2
will
also
feature
Ashutosh
Rana,
Manoj
Joshi,
Rajpal
Yadav,
Johnny
Lever
and
Tiku
Talsania
in
pivotal
roles.
The
original
film
starred
Rawal
along
with
Shoma
Anand,
Akshaye
Khanna,
Aftab
Shivdasani,
and
Rimi
Sen.