Prem Geet 2

Prem Geet 2
Nepali प्रेम गीत २
English Love Song 2
Directed by Ram Sharan Pathak
Produced by Om Gurung
Santosh Sen
Starring Pradeep Khadka
Aaslesha Thakuri
Edited by Bhupendra Adhikari
Banish Shah
Production
company
Aasusen Films Production
Distributed by HighlightsNepal, Kindle Cine Studio and Tauwa Creation
Release date
  • 28 July 2017 (2017-07-28) (Nepal)
Running time
 138m
Country Nepal
Language Nepali

Prem Geet 2 (English:Love Song 2), also known as PG2 and Prem Geet 2: Redefining Love, is a Nepalese romantic comedy drama film, under the banner of Aasusen Films Production with HighlightsNepal, Kindle Cine Studio and Tauwa Creation. It is the squeal to 2016's Prem Geet. The film is directed by Ram Sharan Pathak and produced by Santosh Sen and Om Gurung, screenplay, story, dialogue is from Ram Sharan Pathak. The film stars Pradeep Khadka and Aaslesha Thakuri in the lead roles. In Prem Geet 2, Geet was born in Myanmar but she lives in Thailand, misses her grandmothers country Nepal so much but never been to Nepal. After a long wait she runs away from Myanmar to Nepal, than Prem a salesman in Kathmandu meets Geet and then she asks Prem to show her beautiful Nepal.

Prem Geet 2 premiered around Nepal's big cities including Kathmandu, Butwal and Pokhara on July, and was released in Nepal on 28 July 2017 in 4K High Definition format. The film received mostly positive feedback from Nepalese audience and critics with praise directed towards performance of Pradeep Khadka, film's cinematography and music.[1][2][3]

The cast of the film Pradeep Khadka told "Prem Geet, the prequel, was essentially about how one lover is willing to sacrifice everything for love. While this one takes that narrative further. This sequel is about how even sacrifice might not suffice to save love sometimes." in an interview with Ekantipur.

Plot

Prem (Pradeep Khadka) is a salesman from Kathmandu who lives with his mom. One day he sees Geet (Aaslesha Thakuri) and starts following her and comes to know more about her. Eventually both of them fall in love with each other.

However Geet was born in Myanmar and was raised in Thailand. Since she wanted to return to her grandmother's motherland Nepal, she had run away from Thailand to Nepal.

Now Prem has to encounter many people and fight in order to be with Geet.

Cast

  • Pradeep Khadka as Prem
  • Aaslesha Thakuri as Geet

Production

Pre-production

After the successful film Prem Geet the director and producer announced the squeal of the Prem Geet in the function, in the function the director said "The film is a love story. We have this challenge to make the film better than its predecessor, and we will be working for that." and told everyone the film will star Pradeep Khadka and Aaslesha Thakuri in the lead roles, the film was expected to be in theatres around September, 2017.[4]

Casting

After announcing the film the director choose Pradeep Khadka and Aaslesha Thakuri in lead roles but originally Puja Sharma was chosen for role of Geet but she was declined. Everyone thought the film wasn't going to be good in the box office but the director kept in believing himself and told the audience I've done my best in the film so if it fails in the box office i wouldn't mind and the producer supported the director as well.[5]

Filming

The filming of Prem Geet 2 began on December 12 and the film was shoot in Nepal, Thailand and Myanmar.[6]

Soundtrack

No.TitleLyricsMusicSinger(s)Length
1."Kahani Yo Prem Geetko"Amrit MarahatthaKalyan SinghRohit John Chettri, Shreya Sotang5:47
2."Motorcycle Ma"Rajesh Kumar Shrestha, BabinAlish KarkiIndira Joshi, Pratap Das6:10
3."Bistarai Bistarai"Rohit John ChettriRohit John ChettriRohit John Chettri4:59
4."Na Ta Hasna Nai"Manisha KhadkaAlish KarkiSagar Sansar Rai4:42

Cover song competition

The director the film set out a competition which was for the best cover song of Kahani Yo Prem Geetko which was awarded in special occasion of 51st day of the release there were 10 people nominated for the award but two people won the award Neeta Thapa Magar and Badal Thapa with a prize of one lakh each.[7][8][9]

Release

Prem Geet 2 was released in Nepal on 28 July 2017 than on 1 August 2017 it was released worldwide.[10] After the release of the film in Nepal the cinema was running house full in 80 different Nepalese cinemas to surprise the audience the cast of the films were watching the film with the audience in the release date.[11] The trailer for the film was released in June 18, 2017 in a trailer launch function and duration of two minutes.[12][13]

Critical reception

My Republica wrote Hope for true love, hope for better films and telling the audience the film is worth watching and its a landmark for Nepalese movie industry, but Republica criticised acting of Aaslesha Thakuri saying when her dialogue of Thakuri it looked fake and sloppy also need to work in her acting skills.[14]

Controversies

Barsha Raut, Nepalese actress leaked some images of Prem Geet 2 which caused the director of the film to cry and the producer of the film told Ekantipur "The images are crucial ones. They are from the film’s most seminal moments, and they hold the all the suspense. We are sad about the incident."[15] The leak of the image shown main character Prem's fight scene which was the one of important scene of the film.

While promoting the film Aaslesha Thakuri had a wardrobe malfunction in the stage with team of Prem Geet 2 while dancing after she was interviewed the actress where she was crying about the wardrobe malfunction.[16]

After the release of the trailer in YouTube which received more dislikes than like but it was no.1 trending in Nepal but it was thought some one paid to get the dislikes.[17]

References

  1. ↑ "Prem Geet 2 sneak peek divides opinion". Retrieved 2017-12-07.
  2. ↑ "Prem Geet 2 releases new song 'Bistarai Bistarai'". My Republica. Retrieved 2017-12-07.
  3. ↑ "Hot and sexy avatar of Prem Geet 2 actress, Aslesha Thakuri". Nepali Movies, films. 2017-04-14. Retrieved 2017-12-07.
  4. ↑ "Prem Geet 2 in the making". Retrieved 2017-12-07.
  5. ↑ "Prem Geet 2 shooting starts, after Sudarsan and Pooja Sharma, musician Arjun Pokharel quits the team". Nepali Movies, films. 2016-12-12. Retrieved 2017-12-07.
  6. ↑ "'Prem Geet 2' shoot begins, to be released in 2017 – OnlineKhabar". english.onlinekhabar.com. Retrieved 2017-12-07.
  7. ↑ "'Prem Geet 2' awards winners of cover song competition". Yo Sansar. Retrieved 2018-01-25.
  8. ↑ "PREM GEET 2 Makers Announce Cover Song Competition". newspage3.com. Retrieved 2018-01-25.
  9. ↑ "PREM GEET 2 Makers Announce Cover Song Competition : Watch Video". www.moviemandu.com. Retrieved 2018-01-25.
  10. ↑ "Prem Geet 2 releases today". Retrieved 2017-12-07.
  11. ↑ "Prem Geet 2 runs full house". My Republica. Retrieved 2017-12-07.
  12. ↑ "Trailer launch of 'Prem Geet 2'". My Republica. Retrieved 2017-12-07.
  13. ↑ "Prem Geet 2 and Rudra, Friday Release July 28, 2017". Nepali Movies, films. 2017-07-28. Retrieved 2017-12-07.
  14. ↑ "Prem Geet 2: Hope for true love, hope for better films". My Republica. Retrieved 2017-12-07.
  15. ↑ "Prem Geet 2 leaks on the web, producer cries foul". Retrieved 2017-12-07.
  16. ↑ "Prem Geet 2 promotion scandal, Aslesha Thakuri staged a wardrobe malfunction". Nepali Movies, films. 2017-07-06. Retrieved 2017-12-07.
  17. ↑ "Why did Prem Geet 2 trailer get more dislikes than likes?". Nepali Movies, films. 2017-06-24. Retrieved 2017-12-07.
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