Son of Sardaar 2 Movie Review: Punjabi Energy

Son of Sardaar 2 Cast/Actors: Ajay Devgn, Mrunal Thakur, Ravi Kishan, Mukul Dev, Vindu Dara Singh, Chunky Panday, Deepak Dobriyal, Neeru Bajwa, Sharat Saxena, Sanjay Mishra, Kubbra Sait, Roshni Walia, Dolly Ahluwalia, Ashwini Kalsekar & Others

Son of Sardaar 2 Movie Director: Vijay Kumar Arora

Son of Sardaar 2 Production House: Devgn Films, Jio Studios & Panorama Studios

Son of Sardaar 2 Movie Release Date: 1st August, 2025

Son of Sardaar 2 Movie Available On: Theatrical Release and (likely to be released on Netflix OTT Platform)

Son of Sardaar 2 Released/Available In Languages: Hindi

Son of Sardaar 2 Movie Runtime: 2h 27m

Son of Sardaar 2 Critic Review:

Everything about a sardar and Punjabiyatis reinforced.

The credits open with the title song and each time ‘Son of Sardaar’ is mentioned, there’s a closeup of Ajay Devgn pointing to his kada. Heavy with many mentions that a sardaar never turns his back on anyone under his protective wing, simple farmer Jassi (Ajay Devgn) steps into the UK and into a role he’s eminently unsuited for.

The energy that comes with the title prepares you for rambunctious noise.

But what director Vijay Kumar Arora and writers Jagdeep Singh Sidhu and Mohit Jain serve is consistent comedy that doesn’t evoke even a smile. At least 80 per cent of Jassi’s adventures in a foreign land where wife Dimple (Neeru Bajwa) has summoned him only to ask for a divorce and for her share of his property, is like an amusement park without joy rides.

The tension of an impending divorce gets forgotten after a humourless mix-up where Jassi meets Rabia (Mrunal Thakur), a Pakistani ‘naachne-gaanewali’, instead of his female lawyer. Husband Danish (Chunky Panday) has just dumped Rabia for a Russian but she’s surrounded by assorted family members including crossing-dressing Gul (Deepak Dobriyal) and daughter Saba (Roshni Walia) who’s fallen in love with a millionaire and needs an appropriate father to impress her in-laws. Jassi to the reluctant rescue, being passed off as an army colonel. Rabia and the Pakistani later get sob, back stories for Jassi and audience to melt. But it’s full-on noise otherwise.

The wackiness gets compounded by gun-toting in-laws led by Papa Sandhu (Ravi Kishan), Grandpa Sandhu (Sharat Saxena), a bhel-puri of relatives like Titu-Tony (Vindu Dara Singh, late Mukul Dev) and an English grandma who pole dances.

Somewhere along the way, Bantu Pandey (Sanjay Mishra) joins in, to stir more mayhem.

If Papa Sandhu getting English words wrong (like ‘expired’ instead of ‘inspired’) is humour, there’s plenty.

If Jassi caught between the Rabia brood and the Sandhus wanting to make chutney of Pakistanis, Jassi flicking lines from Border to pass off as a fauji, Jassi looking for an escape route but singing a chemistry-less ‘Duja, teeja…’ in a graveyard with Rabia, rudaalis (mourners) on hire at a funeral, ‘So don’t bother with the tears, they’ll shed it for a price,’ works for you as humour, there’s an inexhaustible supply.

To be fair, there are stray moments of mirth. Like Jassi telling off the Sandhus, ‘Even your Sunny Deol dances’ and stomping to ‘Yaara o yaara’. Towards the end, once Rabia’s ex, Jassi’s ex and the full cast gathers for the wedding with fibs, mix-ups and much confusion, there is a trace of amusing chaos a la Priyadarshan, ending on a merry note.

If only it hadn’t taken nearly two hours to bring on the entertainment.

Son of Sardaar 2 Watch Or Not?: Maybe those who OD on Punjabi dialogues and noisy energy will be able to balle, balle through it.

Son of Sardaar 2 Review Score Rating: 2 out of 5 (i.e. 2/5)

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