Ayushmann Khurrana on Dream Girl 3: ‘If Raaj Shaandilyaa comes up with an equally outrageous idea…’

Ayushmann Khurrana had the biggest opening of his career with Dream Girl 2. The film has managed to mint a little over Rs 86 crore in its ten days of release. In a recent interview, Ayushmann shared insights into the challenges of making a sequel and spoke on the possibility of Dream Girl 3.

Discussing the challenges of creating a sequel, Ayushmann emphasised the need to meet the benchmark set by the first film. When asked what is the toughest thing about making a sequel, he said, “To reach the benchmark of the first film. There is an expectation and you have to reach 70 per cent of that and that’s enough. But you have to be 70 per cent at least, so of course the expectation will be there and of course that expectation will usher you to a decent opening. I think the love for sequels in always there. It was there pre-pandemic and right now it is coming back to back with Gadar 2, OMG 2, Dream Girl 2, but it won’t work if the film is not good. It has to be the content.”

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When asked about the possibility of Dream Girl 3, Ayushmann Khurrana further told Pinkvilla, “I don’t know, you will have to ask Raaj Shaandilyaa (director of Dream Girl and Dream Girl 2). If he comes up with an equally outrageous idea like Dream Girl and Dream Girl 2, we should definitely go for it. And if it has crazy laugh out moments and great gags, then why not? It is a front bencher massy film and once in a while you will see me in that avatar along with my core genre.”

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Prior to the success of Dream Girl 2, Ayushmann had experienced a string of flops with films like An Action Hero, Doctor G, Anek, and Chandigarh Kare Aashiqui.

Dream Girl 2 features an ensemble cast including Paresh Rawal, Manjot Singh, Seema Pahwa, Annu Kapoor, Rajpal Yadav, Abhishek Banerjee, Asrani, Vijay Raaz, and Manoj Joshi in pivotal roles.