Amal Neerad Launches 'Bachelor Party D’eux,' 14 Years After First Part 

In a surprise announcement, director Amal Neerad launched the second part to his 2012 dark action comedy Bachelor Party, yesterday. The new film is titled Bachelor Party D’eux, with 'D’eux' meaning 'two' in French.

According to reports, in the lead cast, Naslen and Soubin Shahir have so far been confirmed. From the first look, which features five guns pointing towards the film’s title at the centre, three more leads make the final cast of the film. The film is being produced by Amal Neerad Productions, Fahadh Faasil and Friends, and Anwar Rasheed Entertainments. 

The original cast of the 2012 film included Asif Ali, Rahman, Prithviraj, Indrajith, Kalabhavan Mani and Vinayakan. The film, despite releasing with a lot of hype, was considered a major disaster. But in an interview that released later, director Amal Neerad said that although the film released with negative reviews and responses, it’s the first film that made him a lot of money. He was also the co-producer of the film.

Neerad said, “Although I had made three films then (Big B, Sagar Alias Jackie and Anwar), I had not made much money. As a cinematographer in Bombay, I used to be highly paid. But turning director had made me poor. But I realised with Bachelor Party that there is a lot of money to be made if you produce, even with middling reviews.”

The first film was also compared to Exiled, the 2006 film directed by Johnnie To. 

The new film Bachelor Party D’eux is being shot by Appu Prabhakar and will be edited by Vivek Harshan. The film is expected to roll later this year. In an earlier interview with THR India, actor Fahadh Faasil had spoken about his wish to remake Padmarajan’s Season with Amal Neerad; however, no news has yet been confirmed about the status of this project.