Saunkan Saunkanay 2

Give it 1 star because there is no option of 0 star Worst Boring movie wasted my 2 hours of life. This is Bad Movie with no comedy and Vulgurity and double meaning jokes having no Fun and Comedy. I request ZEE5 owners to Throw this movie out of your OTT platform so that It doesn't decrease value of Your platform.

Writing this review during last 15 minutes of the movie, cause atleast this review is more engaging than the movie itself.

Absolutely recommended for anyone who wants to use it for mental harrassment 🙂

Woeful. Absolutely woeful!

Haven't watched houseful 5, but even that might be better than this!

Just rewatch the first part in 2x and call it a day.

Pros: don't exist- 2 songs are nice Recreated theme song is average.

That's pretty much it.

Also I did laugh twice in the whole movie, so I guess twice in a sequal is decent 🤣

BAD: Background score is bad.

Dialogues are badd, very bad!

Dialogues delivery - woeful Screenplay - doesn't exist Talented actors - zero execution MOvie is TERRIBLE!

As a filmmaking student and passionate cinephile, I walked into Saunkan Saunkne 2 hoping to witness a laugh riot or at least a sensible continuation of what was once a beloved Punjabi comedy. Instead, what I got was 2 hours of cinematic torture wrapped in loud background music, lazy storytelling, and painful overacting.

The theatre was 90% empty on just Day 2, evening show - and now I know exactly why. This isn't a movie; it's a masterclass in how to destroy audience expectations.

Plot (or lack thereof): There is no story. None. Just a series of half-baked scenes stitched together in the name of humor. The writers seemed to have run out of ideas before they even started. There's no arc, no conflict worth investing in, and not a single thread that holds the film together. It feels like a rejected ticktok reel script, that someone decided to stretch into a full-length film.

Performances: Sargun Mehta, Ammy Virk, and Nimrat Khaira - all talented actors - are utterly wasted here. Their characters are loud, caricatured, and painfully one-dimensional. You can almost sense the boredom in their performances, as if they too know they've signed up for a sinking ship. The chemistry? Non-existent. The timing? Off. The acting? Forced.

Direction: Completely directionless. Literally. It's as if the director just showed up on set and said, "Do whatever you want." Scenes are dragged for no reason, jokes are repeated (and still not funny), and there's zero emotional depth. No character development, no buildup, no payoff.

Music & Editing: The songs are shoved in randomly to stretch the runtime. Editing feels like it was done in a hurry - abrupt cuts, disjointed sequences, and transitions that make no narrative sense. It's all noise, no soul.

Verdict: Saunkan Saunkne 2 is a disaster in every department - a perfect example of how not to make a sequel, or any movie for that matter. As a film student, it was more like a lesson in what to avoid at all costs - weak script, over-reliance on star power, no direction, and absolutely zero respect for the audience's intelligence.

Save your money. Save your time. Watch paint dry - it'll be more entertaining than this mess.

The character development is another major letdown. Ammy Virk's character, Keerat, comes off as immature and spineless. He is largely a passive participant in the central conflict, never fully taking responsibility for the chaos around him. Sargun Mehta and Nimrat Khaira, despite being talented actresses, are given roles that fall into clichéd tropes - the "sacrificing first wife" and the "innocent second wife." There's little depth in their friendship or rivalry, and the script never truly explores their internal dilemmas. Their emotions seem manufactured, inserted to check boxes rather than tell a meaningful story.

Dialogues, too, are inconsistent and often unfunny. Many jokes rely on tired stereotypes and repetitive gags. The humor feels forced, with the film trying too hard to make the audience laugh instead of letting it flow naturally from the situations. There's also a fair share of regressive jokes that treat sensitive issues like infertility and polygamy as punchlines - a tone-deaf approach in today's age.

The film also reinforces outdated societal norms. Instead of challenging the idea that a woman's worth is tied to her ability to have children, Saukan Saukane indirectly validates this notion. The first wife's decision to bring in another woman just to bear a child sends the wrong message. Rather than empowering female characters, the movie reduces them to their roles in relation to the man and the family's desire for progeny.

Cinematically, the film isn't without merit - the visuals are polished, and the music is catchy. But good production values can't compensate for weak storytelling. The pacing drags in parts, and the plot becomes predictable after the first 30 minutes. The emotional climax - meant to tie all the narrative threads together - feels unearned, relying more on melodrama than genuine character growth.

In summary, Saukan Saukane had the potential to be a thought-provoking and heartfelt comedy-drama, but it squandered that chance by playing it too safe - and too silly. It neither challenges harmful societal norms nor offers genuine comic relief. Instead, it reinforces stereotypes and delivers shallow entertainment at best. It's a disappointing entry in Punjabi cinema that could have used its platform to say something meaningful but chose the easier route of outdated humor and surface-level emotion.

Few dialogues and scenes are funny, otherwise fake comedy movie e.g. Panchayat scenes- panchayat is a group of elected members and is a respectable unit in the villages who resolves the issues in the villages but in the movie it's opposite, fake wedding scenes - they are are showing kind of destination wedding in the village, kissing scene is forcefully added to make movie funny, there was no need of that, flash back scenes showing mother's past..totally fake...man killed the girl's father and she is looking at him, impressed with his bravery and wants to marry that person...what bravery she saw and who wants to marry a man who killed the father ? Very unrealistic and fake..and many more fake scenes present in the movie ...I will say wastage of time and money..writing this review so the whole team including - writer/director/producer/actor/actresses should understand people are not stupid, that what ever they are presenting is not always good or acceptable ..in future they should think before present anything in the front of people....there are many good quality Punjabi comedy movies present in the Punjabi film industry.