Exclusive: ‘Shubh Mangal Saavdhan’ sequel is a gay story

Exclusive: ‘Shubh Mangal Saavdhan’ sequel is a gay story but Bhumi Pednekar may not join Ayushmann Khurrana!By Rahul Raut on May 06, 2019

The 2017 comedy-drama Shubh Mangal Saavdhan is getting a sequel but there’s no understanding yet whether Ayushmann Khurrana and Bhumi Pednekar will be the lead pair as in that commercial and critical success.PeepingMoon.comsources reveal that Aanand L Rai is working on the second part and while Ayushmann will certainly be in it, Bhumi might not be a part of the sequel.

While the first film tackled the issue of erectile dysfunction and the sexual and social taboos associated with it, the sequel will be a gay story. It will be titled Shubh Mangal Zyaada Saavdhan and will show how a father accepts his son is gay, our sources informed. Further, Divyendu Sharma who played Akshay Kumar’s brother in Toilet: Ek Prem Katha and was last seen as Munna Bhaiya in the Amazon Prime series Mirzapur has been roped in to play a pivotal character. Sharma is expected to portray Ayushmann’s gay partner in the film that goes on floors in September.

Divyendu Sharma

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However, R. S. Prasanna who made his directorial debut with the original will not be helming the sequel.PeepingMoon.comhas learned that writer Hitesh Kewalya has come on board as director and will present the topic by carefully balancing the comedy and correctness.

Ayushmann Khurrana and Bhumi Pednekar

Apparently, Prasanna is working on a film by Siddharth Roy Kapur which would have made him unavailable for the sequel and hence Aanand decided to get a new director instead of waiting for him. Hitesh has worked on both stories and is aware of all the little details so he was the right choice to helm this project. Ayushmann will start shooting once he’s done with all his work commitments.

Source: PeepingMoon

Ayushmann doing it at a time when he is going main stream is really a bold move.

Ayush- lol, is he trying to be the Tom Hanks of BW? is this his 'Philadelphia'?

Love his choices and he's quite good with the roles he essays, but somehow I cannot warm to him.. I feel he's a despo type.. yeah.. sorry..

Good to know that ayush is picking up bold roles

Good luck for him🤗