The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel was one of the best movies of 2012, and three years only Evelyn, Muriel, and Sonny are back in The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel.
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel sees John Madden back in the director's chair, while Ol Parker is also back on screenwriting duties... of course; there is also another terrific cast on board.
Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, and Dev Patel are back as Evelyn, Muriel, and Sonny, while Bill Night, Penelope Wilton, Celia Imrie, and Ronald Pickup are also back.
However, there are some great new faces to watch out for as Richard Gere, David Strathairn and Tamsin Greig are also on board.
Smith and Patel feature in a brand new clip from the film:
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel is the expansionist dream of Sonny (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 (Tina Desai).
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 (Gere) and Lavinia (Greig).
Evelyn and Douglas (Dench and Nighy) have now joined the Jaipur workforce, and are wondering where their regular dates for Chilla pancakes will lead, while Norman and Carol (Pickup and Diana Hardcastle) are negotiating the tricky waters of an exclusive relationship, as Madge (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 (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.
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel is released 26th February.