April 20, 2024: Love Sex Aur Dhokha Part 2 , the Ekta Kapoor production with a whole new cast which opened today, has witnessed a slow, yet steady collections the box office despite receiving positive reviews from critics. The sequel to Dibakar Banerjee’s entertaining, breakaway 2010 film Love Sex Aur Dhokha has made approximately ₹15 lakh on day one of its release as per industry tracker Sacnilk.
The sequel narrated through cams, mobile and PC screens, VR headsets unveils the darkness that lies beneath the glitz and glamour of reality shows, technology, and fame, ‘Love, Sex Aur Dhokha 2’, the Dibakar Banerjee’s anthology movie has a unconventional story of loathing, deceit, and reality to narrate. If you are planning to watch the movie, keep reading for some Twitter reactions.
The movie LSD 2 has been changed to ‘Like, Share, Download’. Social media is like a huge monster, always wanting more shocking and exciting stuff, caring less about being nice and more about selling us as things to advertisers. It’s like we’re all in a big talent show where we’re always being judged, even when we think we’re not on camera.
A twitteratti Aavishkar wrote #LSD2 REVIEW: L – Lackluster S – Subpar D – Disappointing
Dibakar Banerjee brings a novel concept and shows the courageous side of the director in him again, but his film is nowhere close to the first instalment. The execution goes haywire in the languid affair.
Love Sex Aur Dhokha 2 Review: From Love Sex Aur Dhokha to Like, Share, Download: A New Chapter Unfolds
Released on April 19, film LSD2 witnessed an overall occupancy of 5.48%. In Mumbai, with 211 shows, an occupancy of 7% was observed. In Delhi and NCR, the occupancy was 4.25% for 243 shows. In Chennai, where there were only 6 shows, the occupancy observed was 42%, the Indian Express report mentioned.
Banerjee, considered one of the most astute and politically aware filmmakers of Hindi cinema, has often touched upon social and political evils in his cinema.
‘Love Sex Aur Dhokha 2 features debutants Bonita Rajpurohit, Abhinav Singh, and Paritosh. The film is produced by Ektaa R Kapoor under the banner of Balaji Motion Pictures. Love Sex Aur Dhokha 2 explores the multifaceted realities of the internet age.
The film has showcased three stories- the first chapter (LIKE) revolves around Noor (Paritosh Tiwari), a transitioning female; the second story (SHARE), also revolves around a trans woman, Kullu (Bonita Rajpurohit) and the third chapter (DOWNLOAD) revolves around a young gamer (Abhinav Santosh Singh) whose thirst for more followers put him in trouble.
Ekta Kapoor’s production ‘Love, Sex Aur Dhokha 2’ is a star-studded movie with Mouni Roy, Tusshar Kapoor, and Anu Malik in prominent cameo roles. Furthermore, we can see Swastika Mukherjee, Uorfi Javed, Nimrit Ahluwalia, Swaroopa Ghosh, Rossana Elsa Scugugia, and Anupam Joardar.
This movie is also special as it marks the Instagram sensation Uorfi Javed’s Bollywood debut, even though we could not spot her in the trailer.