Andaaz 2 consists of a great music album. Every song in the film is melodious and each one of them is well picturized, especially ‘Rabba Ishq Na Hove 2.0’. The basic plot is promising and the first half is alright. However, the film falters in the second half when the love triangle is relegated to the backseat and the hero’s family crisis takes centre stage. After a point, even the love story gets messy. The villain track is needlessly added to the narrative. Newcomer Aayush Kumar looks dashing and delivers a sincere performance. Aakaisha is cute and gives a fine performance, too. Natasha Fernandez has a strong screen presence and deserves more screen time. Sanjay Mehandiratta (Vikas) is laughable in the first half but gets better later on. Srikant Maski (Tony) and Parmarth Singh (Ehsaan) are lovely as the hero’s friends. Bharat Bhatia (Bansal) leaves a mark, while Jeetu Verma (Yeda Anna) and Dolly Bindra (Dolly) are bad. All in all, Andaaz 2 fails to impress.
My rating – ** out of 5!