Nushrratt Bharuccha says being replaced by Ananya Panday in Dream Girl 2 was “not cool”: “Especially when every other actor was the same—except the girl”

DREAM GIRL 2 is the story of a man who pretends to be a woman. Karam (Ayushmann Khurrana) lives with his father Jagjit (Annu Kapoor). Karam is jobless and both organize jagrata evenings for a living. Jagjit owes Rs. 40 lakhs to a bank and has also taken loans from... other institutions and neighbours. Karam loves Pari (Ananya Panday) and her father Jaypal (Manoj Joshi) refuses to get his daughter married in a family with such financial conditions. He makes it clear that Karam can marry Pari once he's debt-free and after he accumulates Rs. 25 lakhs in his bank account. Karam is given six months to achieve these goals. This is when Karam's friend Smiley (Manjot Singh) asks him to dress up as a woman and perform at Sona Bar, where the latter works. Karam reluctantly agrees. Karam masquerades as the hot and sexy Pooja and asks Sajan Tiwari aka Sona Bhai (Vijay Raaz) for a job. Sona Bhai gets smitten by 'her' and allows 'her' to dance at his bar. Meanwhile, Smiley is in love with Sakina (Anusha Mishra). Her father Abu Saleem (Paresh Rawal) agrees to the union but first, he wants his son Shahrukh (Abhishek Banerjee) to get out of depression. He agrees to pay Rs. 10 lakhs to anyone who can cure his son. Smiley asks Karam for help. Karam agrees as it would solve Smiley's problem and also, he'll be able to fulfill his goal faster. Karam masquerades as Pooja the psychiatrist and tries to cure Shahrukh. His efforts prove futile. Abu Saleem, however, is impressed with Pooja and fixes Shahrukh's marriage with 'her'. Abu also announces that he'll pay Rs. 50 lakhs to Pooja's family in return. Karam is livid but at the insistence of Jagjit, he agrees. Since Abu has decided to marry Sakina with Smiley a day after Shahrukh and Pooja's wedding, Karam is asked to manage for just one night with Shahrukh. The marriage takes place, but things go for a toss the next day. On top of it, Karam hasn't told Pari that he's pretending to be Pooja. What happens next forms the rest of the film.
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