'Youth won't come again 2'), sometimes abbreviated as JPNA 2, is a 2018 Pakistani Urdu-language romantic comedy film,[4] directed by Nadeem Baig and written by Vasay Chaudhry.
The cast includes Humayun Saeed, Ahmed Ali Butt, Vasay Chaudhry, Uzma Khan and Sarwat Gillani all of whom reprise their roles from previous film, along with Fahad Mustafa, Kubra Khan, and Mawra Hocane who join the franchise.
Pervez (Ahmad Ali Butt) and Sheikh (Vasay Chaudhry) are old friends who are living simple and normal with their wives.
Pervez is tired of his wife Lubna (Uzma Khan) talking constantly on her phone with her brother Rahat.
Rahat invites Lubna and Pervez to his wedding, along with Sheikh and his wife Gul (Sarwat Gillani).
Sheikh sees his old friend, Sherry, (Humayun Saeed) on TV for Mental Health Day, so he and Pervez go to the hospital where they find out he's an in-patient.
Rahat gets engaged to Zoe (Mawra Hocane), the daughter of Balani (Sohail Ahmed), a well-known and well-established Fashion Designer in Turkey.
He wakes up in an apartment, (at gunpoint), and finds himself confronted by a mafia leader who accuses him of borrowing $3 million.
Sherry stands in front of the gun to commit suicide; at the same moment, Zoe arrives with Balani.
Sherry falls in love with Celina and cancels his plans to die, but learns she is Indian, engaged, and is getting married.
She tells him they can't get married because her father, Nawab (Kanwaljit Singh), hates Pakistanis.
The reason for his hatred is that her father's cricket career was ended because a bouncer by Imran Khan hit him in his face.
The plan falls through when Sherry meets and reveals the truth to Celina's father, who despite his hatred of Pakistanis, allows the group to stay for the wedding.
However, the Mafia leader arrives, revealing how Rahat borrowed money from him and promised to return after marrying Zoe.
Sheikh gets Saif (Hamza Ali Abbasi) to call Nawab and act as if he is Imran Khan.
[15] The leading cast returning to it includes Butt, Chaudhry, Saeed, Gilani and Uzma Khan, with Mehwish Hayat in cameo role.
[20] The film was originally set to be shot in India, however, the plan was cancelled due to tensions created after 2016 Uri attack.
[25] It broke the previous first Saturday record of Indian film Sultan in Pakistan with collecting Rs.
[29] It reportedly left behind the competitor Indian film Happy Phirr Bhag Jayegi at UK box office.
50 crore at global box office,[33] and became the highest grossing Pakistani film within third weekend after collecting Rs.
[37] Omair Alavi rated it 3.5 stars out of 5 and said that the sequel "breaks the jinx by being different, brilliant and above all, geographically conscious at the same time.
"[38] Syed Omar Nadeem wrote to ARY Digital, who also praised the film due to its script, direction and cast.
[11] Rahul Aijaz of The Express Tribune rated the film 3.5 out of 5 stars and said, "Let the not-so-"Jawan" heroes teach you the meaning of "Jawani" in this hilarious sequel" but also criticised some humour and said that this "problem should be addressed" that "Pakistani film-makers rely too much on cross-dressing, fat shaming and jokes about transgenders.
[42] Haider Rifaat wrote to Daily Times that it "is a testament to the hard work of filmmakers", adding the praises for Butt, Sarwat Gilani, Mustafa, "Six Sigma Plus, the writers, editors and producers".However Jawani Phir Nahi Ani2 was a big blockbuster for that year's Pakistani Film Industry[43] In January 2019, Saeed confirmed that the script for the third installment is in development.