The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Plot

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel 2 is the expansionist dream of Sonny (Dev Patel), and it’s making more claims on his time than he has available, considering his imminent marriage to the love of his life, Sunaina (Tena Desae). Sonny has his eye on a promising property now that his first venture, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel for the Elderly and Beautiful, has only a single remaining vacancy – posing a rooming predicament for fresh arrivals Guy (Richard Gere) and Lavinia (Tamsin Greig). Evelyn and Douglas (Judi Dench and Bill Nighy) have now joined the Jaipur workforce, and are wondering where their regular dates for Chilla pancakes will lead, while Norman and Carol (Ronald Pickup and Diana Hardcastle) are negotiating the tricky waters of an exclusive relationship, as Madge (Celia Imrie) juggles two eligible and very wealthy suitors. Perhaps the only one who may know the answers is newly installed co-manager of the hotel, Muriel (Maggie Smith), the keeper of everyone's secrets. As the demands of a traditional Indian wedding threaten to engulf them all, an unexpected way forward presents itself.

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Comedy Drama Sequel

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  Judi Dench

  ... Evelyn Greenslade

  Skyfall, Pride & Prejudice

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  Bill Nighy

  ... Douglas Ainslie

  Shelter, About Time

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  Maggie Smith

  ... Muriel Donnelly

  A Boy Called Christmas, Quartet

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  Richard Gere

  Maybe I Do, Pretty Woman

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  Penelope Wilton

  ... Jean Ainslie

  Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale, Pride & Prejudice

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  Dev Patel

  ... Sonny Kapoor

  Monkey Man, The Green Knight

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  David Strathairn

  Zootopia 2, Lincoln

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  Tamsin Greig

  ... Lavinia

  My Happy Ending, Tamara Drewe

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  Tena Desae

  ... Sunaina

Who is making The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel – Crew List

A look at The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel behind-the-scenes crew and production team. The film's director John Madden last helmed Operation Mincemeat and Miss Sloane. The film's writer Ol Parker last penned A Boy Called Christmas and Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again!.

Director

John Madden

Screenwriter

Ol Parker

Producers

Graham Broadbent
Peter Czernin

Production – What we know about the The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

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Key Facts

• The renowned cast has reunited for the film including stars Judi Dench (Evelyn), Maggie Smith (Muriel), Bill Nighy (Douglas), Dev Patel (Sonny), Celia Imrie (Madge), Ronald Pickup (Norman), Penelope Wilton (Jean), Diana Hardcastle (Carol), Tena Desae (Sunaina) and Lillete Dubey (Mrs. Kapoor). Additional cast making their debut include Richard Gere, David Strathairn and Tamsin Greig.
• Sequel to the 2012 film The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel directed by John Madden.

Movie Filming Timeline: Production Status Updates

Jul 2014

Completed

Changed The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel movie production status. The movie is ready for release.

Jan 2014

Production

Changed the movie production status to Production. Production began in January 2014 in India.

Dec 2012

Announced

Changed the movie production status to Announced. Preparations are underway to start production.

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