As the Best Exotic Marigold Hotel has only a single remaining vacancy – posing a rooming predicament for two fresh arrivals – Sonny pursues his expansionist dream of opening a second hotel.

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Film Cast:

• Sonny Kapoor: Dev Patel
• Evelyn Greenslade: Judi Dench
• Guy Chambers: Richard Gere
• Muriel Donnelly: Maggie Smith
• Douglas Ainslie: Bill Nighy
• Madge Hardcastle: Celia Imrie
• Jean Ainslie: Penelope Wilton
• Norman Cousins: Ronald Pickup
• Carol Parr: Diana Hardcastle
• Sunaina: Tina Desai
• Mrs. Kapoor: Lillete Dubey
• Ty Burley: David Strathairn
• Lavinia Beach: Tamsin Greig
• Laura Ainslie: Claire Price
• Hari: Subhrajyoti Barat
• Susan: Fiona Mollison
• Kushal: Shazad Latif
• Nimish: Avijit Dutt
• Mr. Dharuna: Denzil Smith
• Jodi: Poppy Miller
• Babul: Rajesh Tailang
• Abhilash: Atul Tiwari
• Anokhi: Seema Azmi
• Cyril: Neeraj Kadela
• Vikram: Vikram Singh
• Jay: Siddharth Makkar
• Car Valet: Danny Mahoney
• American Tourist: Zachary Coffin
• Douglas’ Assistant: Jayesh V. Kardak
• Scorpion Tuk-Tuk Driver: Ashok Pathak
• Doctor at Clinic: Sarvesh Vyas
• Babul’s Niece: Lateesha Dorik
• Sunaina’s Mother: Avantika Akerkar
• Sunaina’s Father: Shishir Sharma
• Norman’s Tuk-Tuk Driver: Lokesh Rai
• Factory Owner: Atul Kale
• Receptionist – Evelyn’s Hotel: Sufiyan Khan
• Hari’s Cousin: Dinesh Pradhan
• Hari’s Cousin: Anita Pradhan

Film Crew:

• Screenstory: John Madden
• Screenplay: Ol Parker
• Original Music Composer: Thomas Newman
• Producer: Graham Broadbent
• Producer: Peter Czernin
• Editor: Victoria Boydell
• Casting: Michelle Guish
• Casting: Seher Aly Latif
• Production Design: Martin Childs
• Set Decoration: Ed Turner
• Makeup Artist: Beverley Binda
• Hairstylist: Xavier Peter D’Souza
• Makeup Designer: Daniel Phillips
• Makeup Artist: Kamlesh U. Shinde
• Makeup Artist: Vaibhav Shinde
• Post Production Supervisor: Alistair Hopkins
• Production Manager: Rakesh Singh
• First Assistant Director: George Walker
• Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Tim Cavagin
• Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Craig Irving
• Sound Effects Editor: Alastair Sirkett
• ADR & Dubbing: Sam Southwick
• Sound Mixer: Nakul Kamte
• Boom Operator: Ashraf Khan
• Foley: Simon Trundle
• Supervising Sound Editor: Ian Wilson
• Dialogue Editor: Paul Wrightson
• Visual Effects Supervisor: Thomas Proctor
• First Assistant Camera: Adam Coles
• Camera Operator: Jamie Fowlds
• Steadicam Operator: Vince McGahon
• Key Grip: Ronan Murphy
• Still Photographer: Laurie Sparham
• Costume Supervisor: Alison Lewis
• Costume Supervisor: Riyaz Ali Merchant
• First Assistant Editor: Vivek Pratap
• First Assistant Editor: Marina Theodotou
• Location Manager: Pedro ‘Tate’ Aráez
• Location Manager: Bhawani Singh
• Location Manager: Thomas Woods
• Music Editor: Tony Lewis
• Orchestrator: J.A.C. Redford
• Script Supervisor: Kim Armitage
• Title Designer: Matt Curtis
• Choreographer: Sumeet Goradia
• Production Coordinator: Asia Jarzyna
• Production Coordinator: Raman Prasher
• Production Coordinator: Amelia Price
• Director of Photography: Ben Smithard

Movie Reviews:

• Jack: Just like the first film, this one also takes you to a very special journey you can never forget. The honesty of the characters and how relatable they are is what made the first film so charming and unique applies to this film too.
• These two films have a very special place in my heart.
• Would I watch it again? Absolutely! Would I make my friends watch it? Definitely.
• CinemaSerf: Well hats off to John Madden for managing to reassemble the cast from the first film from four years earlier, and for securing the sparing services of Richard Gere but I’m afraid the rest of this is all a poor cousin. With the hotel now more successful, “Sonny” (Dev Patel) and “Mrs. Donnelly” (Dame Maggie Smith) are in the USA trying to seek funding for them to expand, and to buy the former women’s palace for their next venture. Returning, and expecting an inspector to come and evaluate their business they greet the arrival of writer “Chambers” (Gere) and of new guest “Lavinia” (Tamsin Greig) in slightly different manners – and that’s the first mistake for “Sonny”! The first film had a freshness to it, they (and we) were are all exploring a new life with new opportunities in a new bustling city: this is a much less joyful affair. Everyone appears to be looking towards the end; the characters are much flatter and slightly more depressed. The mischievous characterisations from Ronald Pickup and Celia Imrie have entered a rather uninteresting cul-de-sac. Familial discord between Sonny, his fiancée and his mother is all just a bit too convoluted and the story just, frankly, runs out of steam. Patel exudes charisma, he does way more to carry this than any of others and in the end comes up with quite a decent bit of dancing too. It’s colourful and it’s doesn’t hang about, but Dame Maggie, in particular, has lost much of her curmudgeonly charm and Dame Judi really rather simpers through the film with little of the spark we saw before. To be honest, I’m not really sure the first film really merited a sequel at all. This one is really not very memorable and Richard Gere’s character adds very little indeed.