The Third Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

The Third Best Exotic Marigold Hotel is a 2017 comedy-drama film directed by John Madden and written by Ol Parker. It is the sequel to the 2011 sleeper hit film The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel and its sequel and features an ensemble cast consisting of stars Judi Dench, Bill Nighy, Penelope Wilton, Tina Desai, Lillete Dubey, Maggie Smith, Celia Imrie, Rajesh Tailang, Ronald Pickup, Diana Hardcastle, Helen Mirren, Julie Walters, Nicholas Lyndhurst, Robbie Coltrane, Dev Patel and Richard Gere.

Plot
Six months after the events of the last film, in a hospital bed in Jaipur, Muriel Donnelly (Maggie Smith) expects the worst, but a doctor happily tells her that a treatment is available for her and she'll hopefully make a full recovery. Discharged, a shocked Muriel returns to the flagship location of The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, where she reveals her news, but when she arrives, she is devastated to learn that Sonny (Dev Patel) and Sunaina (Tina Desai) are leaving the hotel and Jaipur and moving to Delhi with Sunaina's family for six months. Hoping to leave the hotel in good hands, he leaves Muriel in charge, while hiring former hotel inspector and his future father-in-law Guy Chambers (Richard Gere) to work alongside her, much to his mother's (Lillete Dubey) delight.

Elsewhere, Evelyn Greenslade (Judi Dench) and her partner Douglas Ainslie (Bill Nighy) return from a spiritualist retreat in Nepal to the surprising visit of Evelyn's sisters, Melissa (Helen Mirren) and Janet (Julie Walters). Things then get even less peaceful when Douglas' ex-wife Jean (Penelope Wilton) and her new husband Daniel (Ben Cross) arrive at the hotel too.

At the Viceroy Club, Madge (Celia Imrie) and Norman (Ronald Pickup) have tempted Carol (Diana Hardcastle) away from the travel agency to take on a position at the ex-pat club full time, in hopes that a fresh colleague will get imaginative juices flowing and bring new members, but Madge is still distracted by her growing romance with Babul (Rajesh Tailang).

In Delhi, Sonny meets with two property developers, Mark Wandsworth (Nicholas Lyndhurst) and Harold Blimsby (Robbie Coltrane), who have heard about Sonny's business and want to expand the hotels globally, as they recently acquired some land in the south of France.

As time goes by, Sonny and Sunaina look at a future beyond India, and Mark and Harold find themselves in Jaipur to meet their potential new clients, but Muriel begins to struggle when the clientele grows.

Decisions and issues come to a head when Sonny and Sunaina throw a bon voyage party ahead of their relocation permanently to Nice.

Cast

 * Judi Dench as Evelyn Greenslade
 * Bill Nighy as Douglas Ainslie
 * Penelope Wilton as Jean Alexander
 * Ben Cross as Daniel Alexander
 * Tina Desai as Sunaina Kapoor
 * Lillete Dubey as Mrs Kapoor
 * Maggie Smith as Muriel Donnelly
 * Celia Imrie as Madge Hardcastle
 * Rajesh Tailang as Babul
 * Ronald Pickup as Norman Cousins
 * Diana Hardcastle as Carol Parr
 * Helen Mirren as Melissa White
 * Julie Walters as Janet Feltz
 * Nicholas Lyndhurst as Mark Wandsworth
 * Robbie Coltrane as Harold Blimsby
 * Dev Patel as Sonny Kapoor
 * Richard Gere as Guy Chambers