Cocktail 2: 2026 Shahid Kapoor Musical Romantic Comedy Film Trailer, Review & Songs

Cocktail 2: 2026 Shahid Kapoor Romantic Comedy Film Trailer, Review & Songs

4to40.com June 21, 2026 Movie Reviews 800 Views

Movie Name: Cocktail 2
Directed by: Homi Adajania
Starring: Shahid Kapoor, Kriti Sanon, Rashmika Mandanna, Arjun Rampal, Dimple Kapadia, Rohit Saraf
Genre: Romance, Comedy, Drama
Release Date: June 19, 2026
Running Time: 150 Minutes
Language: Hindi
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Production Company: Luv Films, Maddock Films, The Family
Budget: Rs.- crore

Exploring modern relationships amid emotional turmoil, this sequel features new characters facing current challenges while revisiting themes of love, friendship, and heartbreak.

Cocktail 2: Movie Overview

Shahid Kapoor, Kriti Sanon, and Rashmika Mandanna have sparked fresh buzz around ‘Cocktail 2’ after the makers unveiled the first look of the song Jab Talak. The new poster shows the trio in stylish modern outfits and hints at a mix of romance and friendship. The visuals quickly drew comparisons to ‘Tumhi Ho Bandhu’ from the 2012 film ‘Cocktail’, a track still remembered for its carefree energy and strong trio dynamic.Reports and social media posts around the film have added to the conversation. The latest updates follow posts shared by the cast and a separate viral item first carried by a news portal, later reposted by Bipasha Basu on Instagram. The original ‘Cocktail’ starred Saif Ali Khan, Deepika Padukone, and Diana Penty.

Rashmika Mandanna and others shared the Jab Talak poster online and confirmed that the song’s first look is now out. Shahid, Kriti, and Rashmika appear to lean into the same youthful bond that made ‘Tumhi Ho Bandhu’ such a big part of ‘Cocktail’. Fans were quick to connect the two, noting a shared sense of fun, friendship, and romantic tension.

Reddit reactions to the poster were sharply divided. While some users praised Kriti Sanon’s look and screen presence, with comments such as, “Man, Kriti looks damn stunning,” and, “Tall girls have a charm to them. I can’t imagine anyone else pulling off these outfits,” others compared her styling to her earlier work and wrote, “She looked better on Crew movie song,” and, “She would have killed it on screen with Hrithik, both would have looked proper Greek god and goddess.”

Rashmika Mandanna’s presence in the film also triggered mixed responses on the platform. Some users criticized the casting and wrote, “I think Rashmika is too overrated,” and, “Why is Rashmika even there in this movie ??” A few comments were harsher about the promo’s tone, with remarks like, “Looks like soft corn movie,” and, “Like.. why? Why do you want to ruin it?”

Several Reddit users also felt the sequel was following a familiar formula too closely. One comment read, “Looks similar pattern. The hot baddie, the carefree guy, and the girl next door. Bollywood is seriously running out of scripts and originality. And probably bad choices with the casting too.”

According to Network 18, another ‘Cocktail 2’ discussion picked up speed online after Bipasha Basu reposted a viral update linked to Shahid. The post referred to a Reddit discussion that claimed Shahid Kapoor was reportedly “upset” about the screen time split in the film. It also claimed Kriti Sanon and Rashmika Mandanna have more prominent parts in the sequel. Soon after Bipasha’s repost, screenshots spread online and became a Reddit talking point. Some users, however, backed Bipasha and said the repost could have been accidental.

Shahid and Bipasha had earlier worked together in the 2005 Hindi drama ‘Shikhar’, directed by John Matthew Matthan and also starring Ajay Devgn and Amrita Rao.

Directed by Homi Adajania, produced by Maddock Films, and written by Luv Ranjan, ‘Cocktail 2’ has been shot in Sicily, Delhi, Chhatarpur, Gurugram, and South Delhi. The film is set to release in theaters on June 19.

Movie Trailer:

Movie Review:

There’s no getting past the conservatism which comes wrapped in this pyaar ka punchnama: for all its modern vibe, it’s the guy who gets the last word.

‘Ooh, a threesome?’ ‘Hawww, noooo, just checking’. This could well be a tagline for Cocktail 2, a spiritual sequel of the 2012 original of the same name, which once again gives us a guy and two girls looking for The One.

Kunal (Shahid Kapoor) plays a dashing chef whose mere presence makes irate female customers swoon. But he’s perfectly content with the love of his life, Diya (Rashmika Mandana), and the two have settled into post-hangover-burpy-domesticity minus the pheras: shaadi, who needs that, when the two are miya and biwi in all but name?

On a holiday in stunning Sicily, a chance encounter with the free-spirited Ally (Kriti Sanon), an old friend of Diya’s, becomes the third side of the triangle. Ally is single, and ever ready to mingle, and following through on a wholly contrived ruse, finds herself alone with Kunal: will the two find more than one chance to stray, and how will that impact our lovey-dovey jodi? Who will be the twosome, and who will walk away, all lonesome?

As befits a 2026 rom com, we get couples living-in quite comfortably, without anyone — families or friends — morally judging Kunal or Diya, though neither of them are strictly averse to matrimony as we discover later in the film. Everyone is wealthy enough to go roaming about the world, whistling up fancy convertibles, and vineyard tours: no poor people in this film.

The conflict comes up only when a gorgeous fly-in-the-ointment shows up, which seems to be the only instrument Bollywood filmmakers have to muddy the waters: in that respect, nothing seems to have changed in the interval. Can two people fall out of love? That would demand too much complexity, and what would happen to that gold standard Bollywood, ‘dekh tere liye do ladkiyaan lad rahin hain’. Perish the thought.

The same director, Homi Adajania, helms both films, but this one is written by Luv Ranjan; the older one had Imtiaz Ali as the writer. What I wanted to see was whether the 2026 guy has progressed from being any better than the compulsive flirtatious jerk played by Saif Ali Khan, who was more in Luv Ranjan territory. Interestingly enough, it’s the Shahid Kapoor character who fits better with Imtiaz Ali’s idea of a romance: Kunal turns out to be a better guy than we give him credit for; when temptation arises, he turns all noble.

Cocktail 2 coasts on glossiness and too much talkiness, overlaid with Pritam’s ever-present background music. The reprise of the still-popular songs, including Tum hi ho bandhu, is flat: all emotions are underlined and overstated, just in case we missed the stuff going on between the three.

Kriti Sanon finds herself with more feelings than she wagered for; Rashmika Mandana’s very silly idea of testing-her-true-love leaves her, unsurprisingly, in a suspicious puddle: the former is glamorous in a leggy, sunburnt way; the latter flubs the Hindi accent, and is surprisingly dull.

After the first half fully committed to the template of beautiful vistas-washboard abs-messy emotions, the film turns into a mix of my best friend’s wedding, and the beautiful bridesmaid, in which we get an array of lehengas and maangtikas, and other eye-catching ensembles. Post interval, all the hard-working breeziness turns into melodrama, with a ringing endorsement of love not as excitement but habit. Yes, sexiness is great, impulsivity is wonderful, but the ever-after is reserved for steadiness, and responsibility.

Ultimately Cocktail 2 comes off a bit of a cocktail itself, swinging between style and substance . It is Shahid Kapoor who carries this film with a pleasing conviction I haven’t seen in a long time. And while I missed Deepika Padukone’s wild wounded-ness, Sanon isn’t half bad herself. But there’s no getting past the conservatism which comes wrapped in this pyaar ka punchnama: for all its modern vibe, it’s the guy who gets the last word, not the gals.