Dream Girl 2

Dream Girl 2 is a 2023 Indian Hindi-language comedy-drama film directed by Raaj Shaandilyaa and produced by Ekta Kapoor and Shobha Kapoor under Balaji Motion Pictures. A spiritual sequel to the 2019 film Dream Girl, the film stars Ayushmann Khurrana, alongside an ensemble supporting cast, including Ananya Panday, Paresh Rawal, Annu Kapoor, Rajpal Yadav, Vijay Raaz, Asrani, Abhishek Banerjee, Manjot Singh and Seema Pahwa. The film is about a man who cross-dresses and disguises as a woman, leading to chaos and confusion.

Principal photography began in August 2022 and ended in March 2023. It was released theatrically on 25 August 2023. The film received mixed reviews from critics. It was a commercial success, grossing ₹140 crore worldwide, emerging as the eleventh-highest grossing Hindi film of 2023. It marked the final film appearance of Asrani before his death on 20 October 2025.

Karamveer "Karam" Singh is a young middle-class man living in Mathura and works as a Jagarata performer. He has a special talent for perfectly impersonating a female voice. His father, Jagjit Singh, is in huge debt after borrowing multiple loans and is unable to repay them. He is in a relationship with Pari Srivastava, a lawyer from a wealthy family. Pari's father, Jaipal Srivastava, says that he will have Pari marry Karam only if he is able to land a high-paying job and buy a house of his own within six months. In order to earn quick money, Karam disguises himself as a woman going by the alias "Pooja" and becomes a dancer at a bar owned by Sona Bhai. Pari remains unaware of this.

Karam's best friend, Smiley Singh Dhillon is in love with Sakina, the daughter of the hostile Abu Saleem. Abu says that he will have Sakina marry only after his son Shah Rukh Saleem is married. Shah Rukh has been in depression ever since he had a breakup with his lover six months ago. Abu says that he will give a reward of Rs. 10 lakhs to the person who manages to get Shah Rukh out of depression. Smiley requests Karam to pose as "Pooja" and pretend to be a psychiatrist for treating Shah Rukh.

Karam, as "Pooja," manages to cheer Shah Rukh up. Abu is overjoyed and says that he wants "Pooja" to be Shah Rukh's bride and Yusuf Ali Salim Khan, Shah Rukh's wheelchair user grandfather, says that he will pay "Pooja" Rs. 50 lakhs for her marriage to Shah Rukh. Karam, seeing the opportunity to receive the money, decides to proceed with the wedding and abscond later. On the first night after the wedding, Yusuf sees "Pooja" urinating like a man and dies of shock.

Abu says that as per their family tradition, when someone from the family dies, no family member can marry for the next six months, meaning Smiley cannot marry Sakina. Moreover, before dying, Yusuf had written a message on the wall which read - "Daughter-in-law boy". Everyone assumes that he wanted "Pooja" to give birth to a baby boy as a last wish, putting the pressure on "Pooja" to get pregnant, which would practically be impossible.

As "Pooja" cannot go to the bar to dance regularly anymore, Sona Bhai keeps calling her and asking her to come back to work. He also says that he wants to marry her, so that after his divorce, his children do not feel the absence of a mother. Abu's adopted son, Shaukya, is also attracted to "Pooja" and keeps flirting with her and trying to impress her. Meanwhile, Abu misunderstands that Karam is actually "Pooja"'s brother. Abu's sister Jumani who has been married thrice and is actually the wife of Sona Bhai and planning to get divorced is attracted to Karam and comes to Jagjit to propose her marriage to Karam. Jagjit, who is attracted to her, misunderstands that she is talking about her marriage with him. He later realises the truth when he goes on to exchange engagement rings with Jumani, and she clears his confusion.

One night, while trying to get intimate in the bedroom with Shah Rukh, "Pooja"'s wig comes off, revealing Karam's facade. Shah Rukh is shocked and reveals that he is actually gay and Abu forcefully had him break up with his boyfriend so that he can marry a girl instead. Shah Rukh keeps Karam's facade a secret from his family. Sometime later, Jumani asks Karam out on a date and proposes to him with a rose. Pari, who happens to be there coincidentally, misunderstands that Karam is cheating on her with Jumani and breaks up with him. Meanwhile Sakina gets pregnant, throws her pregnancy positive test down from the balcony which is seen by the whole family, and everyone assumes that Pooja and Shahrukh are going to have a child.