Cocktail 2 Review: Shahid Kapoor, Kriti Sanon’s Film Tries To Amp Up An Illogical Love Triangle With Aesthetics!
Cocktail 2 is directed by Homi Adjania. Read our review here.
1.5 / 5
Is Cocktail 2 a lesbian story? No, it isn’t. It’s simply a love triangle starring Shahid Kapoor, Kriti Sanon and Rashmika Mandanna in lead roles. Directed by Homi Adjani, the film is written by Tarun Jain and Luv Ranjan. For the unversed, the film is a spiritual sequel of the Saif Ali Khan, Deepika Padukone and Diana Penty starrer Cocktail. But an underwhelming screenplay and an illogical relationship story make the sequel a dull watch. Just going for the aesthetics, ain’t enough, right? Go on, read the review!
Not Spoiler-Free!
Plot
I will refrain from revealing the details of the plot. Just know, Kunal (Shahid Kapoor) and Diya (Rashmika Mandanna) are live-in partners running away from all the marriage questions. The two take a short trip to Sicily, Italy, where they meet Ally (Kriti Sanon), Diya’s college friend, whom she has not met in the last 10 years. Diya asks Ally to do a loyalty test on Kunal, but during the process, the latter falls in love with the guy. From here on, the story becomes a love triangle, with two girls competing for one man. He chooses who? Let that be a secret!
What’s Wrong?
Story, Screenplay
Cocktail 2 has a weak narrative that feels utterly confused just 10 minutes into the film. The conflicts show is the film are baseless and do not convince you enough to relate to any of the characters. Cocktail 2 becomes repetitive by yet again picking recurring themes like catfights over a guy, trust issues and relationship dramas. To create a love triangle, the writers create unrealistic issues that are not even relevant to the current times, unlike Cocktail, which was way ahead of its time.
From a relationship POV, too, Cocktail 2 is immature. For a lengthy monologue about the unrealistic expectations from a relationship in the climax, the story takes an unusual route that is only elevated by the beautiful locations and songs.
Female Characters
It shows that the film is written by two male writers. Expect that the concept of female friendship has gone for a toss here, too. Every little effort has been made to portray the female characters in a bad light. Ally and Diya are shown as flawed, messy and layered like Veronica and Mira, respectively; instead, they are painted as manipulative and borderline villainous. And one has a hard time figuring out why? There is no context setting, nor any kind of explanation for their questionable actions, and we could only think of one reason why! The man here, Kunal, is absolutely perfect! We will leave it to that!
Performances
Shahid Kapoor and Kriti Sanon have done a decent job, but the actors don’t look convinced enough with their characters for us to strongly feel or connect with them. In some moments, Shahid Kapoor’s quirky and confused reactions made for genuine laughs, but that was short-lived. Kriti Sanon looks stunning throughout. Rashmika Mandanna’s dialogue delivery was robotic, and her character’s chemistry does not show with either of the lead characters.
What’s good?
The positives in Cocktail 2 are limited to the costumes, songs, and the beautiful locations in Italy. But even social media is a good place to watch all that, so why go to the cinemas?
First Published: June 19, 2026 6:33 PM
