Beautiful beloved is back) is a 2024 Indian Hindi-language romantic thriller film directed by Jayprad Desai and written by Kanika Dhillon.

[3] Five years after the events of Haseen Dillruba, Rani is living in Agra, running a beauty parlour, while Rishu, now using the alias Ravi, works as a delivery boy and has a prosthetic hand.

A.C.P Kishore Rawat and Senior Inspector Manav Shukla, now in Agra, visit Rani and reveal they know she and Rishu are responsible for Neel's murder, having read the book that inspired their cover-up.

Mritunjay "Monty" Paswan, Neel's uncle, is leading the investigation and is determined to prove Rani and Rishu's guilt.

Abhimanyu, who lost his parents, and later his uncle and aunt at a young age, reveals that his love for Rani kept him from ending his life.

Shortly after, a burning van with two charred bodies is found, identified as Poonam and Lallan who blackmailed Abhimanyu as he helped kill his uncle using a snake, leading to Rani's arrest.

Unbeknownst to Rani, Abhimanyu removed Rishu's prosthetic arm underwater during their escape, rendering him unable to swim and leaving him to be attacked by a crocodile.

[6] Taapsee Pannu and Vikrant Massey reprise their roles from the previous film, with Sunny Kaushal joining the cast.

[16] A critic for Bollywood Hungama rated the film 3 stars out of 5 and wrote "Phir Aayi Hasseen Dillruba is not as gripping as the first part but has its share of entertaining scenes and twists and turns.

"[17] Shubhra Gupta of The Indian Express rated the film 3/5 stars and states "The trio of Taapsee Pannu as the scheming Rani, Vikrant Massey who valiantly stays the course for his one true love, and Sunny Kaushal as ‘mar-mitne-wala-aashiq’, are all spot on.

"[18] Sukanya Verma of Rediff.com rated the film 2/5 stars and observed "Taapsee, Vikrant, Sunny are a fine fit on their own as well as around each other and prove themselves to be well equipped to survive the air of double dealing.

"[20] Rishabh Suri for Hindustan Times wrote, "Taapsee Pannu and Vikrant Massey film lacks originality, leaves you unsatisfied.

"[21] and Anuj Kumar for The Hindu opined, "The dangers and deception that defined the 2021 dark romantic thriller feel contrived in the sequel.