Directed by Milan Luthria and produced by Ekta Kapoor, Once Upon Ay Time in Mumbai Dobaara! serves as a standalone sequel to the 2010 hit Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai . Set in the 1980s, the film transitions from the gritty rise of the underworld seen in the first installment to a flamboyant, romanticized triangle involving an underworld don, his protégé, and a rising starlet.