'Bachelor Party D’eux': Amal Neerad’s Sequel After 14 Years Wraps Shoot

Director Amal Neerad returns with Bachelor Party D’eux, 14 years after the release of the first film which starred Indrajith, Kunchacko Boban, Asif Ali, Rahman and Nithya Menen. Neerad posted an image on Instagram announcing that he had completed shoot of the second film, which he has made with a new ensemble cast. 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.

Captioned “An Amal Neerad Joint”, the picture features a clapperboard with “pack up” written on it. The film began its shoot this January. 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 to 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 new film Bachelor Party D’eux is being shot by Appu Prabhakar and will be edited by Vivek Harshan. The first film was compared to Hong Kong action drama Exiled, the 2006 film directed by Johnnie To.