Sadak 2
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Directed by | Mahesh Bhatt |
Written by | Mahesh Bhatt Suhrita Sengupta |
Produced by | Fox Star Studios Mukesh Bhatt |
Starring | Sanjay Dutt Alia Bhatt Aditya Roy Kapur |
Cinematography | Jay I. Patel |
Edited by | Sandeep Kurup |
Music by | Score: Sandeep Chowta Songs: Jeet Gannguli Ankit Tiwari Samidh Mukerjee Urvi Suniljeet |
Production companies | Fox Star Studios Vishesh Films |
Distributed by | Disney+ Hotstar |
Release date |
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Running time | 133 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Hindi |
Sadak 2 (transl. Road 2) is a 2020 Indian Hindi-language action thriller road film directed by Mahesh Bhatt and produced by Fox Star Studios and Mukesh Bhatt under their banner Vishesh Films. The film is the sequel to the 1991 film Sadak. The sequel stars Sanjay Dutt reprises his role from the original alongside Alia Bhatt and Aditya Roy Kapur with Pooja Bhatt in a special appearance.[2][3] The film marks Mahesh Bhatt's return as a director after 20 years.[4] The film's story takes place twenty-nine years after the events of its predecessor.
The film's trailer was released on 12 August 2020 on YouTube, and within a week, it became the second most-disliked video and the most-disliked film teaser/trailer on the platform due to internet users protesting nepotism in Bollywood after the death of Sushant Singh Rajput.[5][6][7]
Sadak 2 was released on 28 August 2020 on the streaming platform Disney+ Hotstar.[1] The film was universally panned by critics, with criticism for its performance, script, dialogues and use of clichés.[8]
Plot[edit]
Aarya Desai vandalises a placard of Guru Gyaan Prakash. She is stopped by her step-mother Nandini and father Yogesh and Gyaan Prakash's ashram people. Ravi Kishore Verma, now an elderly man has recently lost his love and wife, Pooja. He attempts suicide and gets hospitalised. Ravi refuses when the doctor asks him to admit himself in a mental rehab. Aarya runs away, and enters Ravi's home, stating she'd booked Kailash 3 months before.
Aarya convinces Ravi to visit Kailash for Pooja's sake and gives a letter with her handwriting. Ravi agrees. Nandini and Yogesh go to Gyaan Prakash with Commissioner Rajesh Puri. Gyaan Prakash says Aarya will die by her own blood. Aarya tells Ravi about her mission to stop Guru Gyaan Prakash and all other fake gurus. In past Nandini killed Aarya's mother Shakuntala, married Yogesh and begun using their wealth to run Gyaan Prakash's ashram.
Aarya recounts meeting Vishal and initially fighting with him but reconciling and falling in love over a seminar exposing fake gurus. After her home is vandalised, they go into hiding. They're asked to visit someone who has proof against the gurus. However, it turns out as an ambush, and Vishal kills the hitman in self-defense. Ravi picks up him from jail. Yogesh and Nandini find Vishal and Aarya's reunion in security footage. Aarya and Vishal are cornered by gangster Dilip Hathkaaka.
Ravi arrives and saves them. Vishal confesses his real name is Munna Chavan, saying he came to Mumbai to win a reality show but ended up becoming a drug addict. Guru Gyaan Prakash's men helped and sent him to pretend to be in love with and kill Aarya. However, upon attending her seminars, he started questioning his own belief. Ravi takes them to John's house. It is revealed that Yogesh had planned Shakuntala's death, and now he kills Nandini.
In the end, Ravi kills Yogesh and Gyaan Prakash, dies and imagines Pooja calling out to him. Aarya performs his last rites, and has also won her battle against fake gurus.
Cast[edit]
- Sanjay Dutt as Ravi Kishore Verma
- Alia Bhatt as Aarya Desai
- Aditya Roy Kapur as Vishal Thakur
- Jisshu Sengupta as Yogesh Desai
- Gulshan Grover as Dilip Hathkaatha
- Makarand Deshpande as Guru Gyaanprakash
- Priyanka Bose as Nandini Desai
- Mohan Kapoor as Commissioner Rajesh Puri
- Akshay Anand as John
- Javed Khan Amrohi as Pakya
- Akash Khurana as Psychiatrist
- Himanshu Bhatt as Gaurav
- Digvijay Purohit as Sunil
- Anil George as Om
- Jahangir Karkaria as Dr. Rajshekhar Dastur
- Babrak Akbari as Killer
- Soni Arora as Shakuntala Desai
- Abdul Quadir Amin
- Sangeetha V
- Vaibhav Choudhary as Divyansh
- Pooja Bhatt as Pooja Verma (special appearance)
Production[edit]
Development[edit]
In April 2017, media reports surfaced about the sequel of the 1991 film Sadak, after its lead cast Sanjay Dutt and Pooja Bhatt visited Mukesh Bhatt through the office of Vishesh Films.[9] The source further claimed that it will feature a different plot, despite being the continuation of the original and the script will be a remake of the Tamil film Mahanadhi (1994), which will be directed by Srijit Mukherji.[9] However, no developments about the film took place, despite its initial announcement.[9]
On 20 September 2018, coinciding with Mahesh Bhatt's 70th birthday, Alia Bhatt announced the film officially with the title Sadak 2, with the original film's cast members, along with Alia and Aditya Roy Kapur was announced being a part of the cast.[10] The film marked Mahesh Bhatt's return to direction after 20 years since his last film Zakhm as a director, and also marked the maiden collaboration with Alia and Mahesh working together.[11]
Filming[edit]
On 8 April 2019, it was confirmed that principal photography would commence in the middle of May 2019,[2] which eventually began on 18 May 2019.[12] The following day, Makarand Deshpande was confirmed to play the main antagonist in the film. Alia Bhatt joined the film on 21 May 2019.[13] The first schedule of the film was completed in the third week of May in Mumbai and the second schedule began in Ooty in mid-July 2019.[14][15] With a few sequences being shot in Mysore and Ooty, the film's principal photography wrapped up on 31 October 2019,[16] except for a few patchwork scenes which were filmed in July 2020, despite the COVID-19 pandemic.[17]
Soundtrack[edit]
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Soundtrack album by | |
Released | 22 August 2020[18] |
Genre | Feature film soundtrack |
Length | 43:47 |
Language | Hindi |
Label | Sony Music India |
The music for the film was composed by Jeet Gannguli, Ankit Tiwari, Samidh Mukerjee, Urvi and Suniljeet while the lyrics written by Rashmi Virag, Vijay Vijawatt, Shabbir Ahmed, Suniljeet and Shalu Vaish. The film score is composed by Sandeep Chowta.
No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Singer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Tum Se Hi" | Shabbir Ahmed | Ankit Tiwari | Ankit Tiwari, Leena Bose | 4:43 |
2. | "Shukriya" | Rashmi Virag | Jeet Gannguli | Jubin Nautiyal | 4:45 |
3. | "Ishq Kamaal" | Suniljeet, Shalu Vaish | Suniljeet | Javed Ali | 4:19 |
4. | "Dil Ki Purani Sadak" | Vijay Vijawatt | Samidh Mukerjee, Urvi | KK | 4:49 |
5. | "Chal Tera Shukriya" | Rashmi Virag | Jeet Gannguli | Shreya Ghoshal | 4:45 |
6. | "Purani Sadak" (Reprise) | Vijay Vijawatt | Samidh Mukherjee, Urvi | KK | 3:24 |
7. | "Shukriya" (Reprise) | Rashmi Virag | Jeet Gannguli | KK, Jubin Nautiyal | 4:45 |
8. | "Dil Ki Purani" (Unplugged) | Vijay Vijawatt | Samidh Mukherjee, Urvi | Samidh Mukherjee | 3:17 |
9. | "Shukriya" (Rendition) | Rashmi Virag | Jeet Gannguli | Arijit Singh, KK, Jubin Nautiyal | 4:55 |
10. | "Tum Se Hi" (Reprise) | Shabbir Ahmed | Ankit Tiwari | Alia Bhatt | 4:05 |
11. | "Shukriya Solo Version" | Rashmi Virag | Jeet Gannguli | Arijit Singh | 4:45 |
Total length: | 43:47 |
Controversies[edit]
Nepotism debate[edit]
Sadak 2's trailer was released on August 12, 2020, and faced vote brigading owing to the nepotism debate sparked after the death of Indian actor Sushant Singh Rajput. Rajput was initially considered to play the lead role opposite Alia Bhatt, but later he was opted out of this film. Speculating that Rajput had been upset over being shut out of the film industry, due to hiring practises that favoured children of established film personalities, Rajput's fans blamed notable people in Bollywood, including Sadak 2 director Mahesh Bhatt and his daughter Alia.[5][6][19] Within two days of its release, the trailer had received 5.3 million dislikes on YouTube and became the second most disliked video within a week's time.[20][21] As of 25 December 2021, the trailer has received 13.8 million dislikes.
Hurting Hindu sentiments[edit]
In July 2020, a resident of Bihar filed a complaint against the makers of the film, stating that the film's poster featured an image of Kailash Mansarovar, which "hurt Hindu sentiments".[22][23] The Vishva Hindu Parishad also criticised the film's trailer for similar reasons.[citation needed]
Release[edit]
The film was initially scheduled for release on 25 March 2020, but was pushed to 10 July 2020 due to the outbreak of COVID-19.[24] It was again pulled from the release schedule as the shooting was delayed because of the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown in India.[25]
On 29 June 2020, the streaming service Disney+ Hotstar conducted a virtual press conference, where Bhatt announced that the film would be released exclusively on Disney+ Hotstar. The film premiered on 28 August 2020.[1][26]
Critical reception[edit]
Sadak 2 was universally panned by critics.[8] On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a rating of 0% based on 8 reviews and an average rating of 1.1/10.[27] Anna M. M. Vetticad of Firstpost gave the film 0.25 out of 5, calling it the director's interpretation of a "sleeping pill", and wrote "It is not possible to be angry with Sadak 2 for its half-baked ideas and quarter-baked script though, because it is too boring to be worthy of even anger."[28] Calling it "One of 2020's worst films", Jyoti Sharma Bawa of Hindustan Times wrote that Sadak 2 is a "jaded and ponderous film that is stuck in the 90's, [which] is best avoided."[29] Shubhra Gupta of The Indian Express gave the film 1 out of 5, calling it "terrible" and wondered "why would anyone want to make something so dated, so jaded, in this day and age?"[30] Rahul Desai of Film Companion called the film "dreadful" and "atrocious", and bemoaned that the performances of the actors "sticks out like a sore thumb."[31] Anupama Chopra of Film Companion wrote, "The storytelling, performances dialogue, cinematography, songs, background music – all seem to belong to the 90's".[32]
References[edit]
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- ^ a b "As nepotism debate rages on, Sadak 2 trailer bears the brunt". Mint. 13 August 2020. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
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- ^ a b "Alia Bhatt and Mahesh Bhatt's Sadak 2 Becomes Lowest-rated Film of All Time on IMDb With 1.1 Score". News18. 29 August 2020. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
- ^ a b c Correspondent, After Hrs (11 April 2017). "Is Sadak 2 a Tamil remake?". DNA India. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
- ^ "Sadak 2 teaser: On Mahesh Bhatt's 70th birthday, Alia Bhatt and Pooja Bhatt get the greatest present". Hindustan Times. 20 September 2018. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
- ^ "Alia Bhatt announces Sadak 2 with Aditya Roy Kapur, Sanjay Dutt on Mahesh Bhatt's 70th birthday-Entertainment News , Firstpost". Firstpost. 20 September 2018. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
- ^ "'Sadak 2': Alia Bhatt kick-starts the shooting of the much-awaited sequel". Times of India. 18 May 2019. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
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- ^ "'We are planning to resume the shoot of Sadak 2 by first week of July. We will have to build a small set for the song': Mukesh Bhatt". Hindustan Times. 20 June 2020. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
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- ^ "'We are planning to resume the shoot of Sadak 2 by first week of July. We will have to build a small set for the song': Mukesh Bhatt". Hindustan Times. 20 June 2020.
- ^ "Disney Plus Hotstar Makes Strategic Choice to Bypass India's Theaters, Give More Movies Streaming Premieres". Variety. 29 June 2020. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
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- ^ "Sadak 2 Starring Alia Bhatt And Sanjay Dutt Is Flat-Out Bonkers". Film Companion. 29 August 2020. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
External links[edit]
- Sadak 2 at IMDb
- Sadak 2 at Bollywood Hungama
- 2020 films
- Hindi-language films
- Indian films
- Indian sequel films
- Indian direct-to-video films
- Indian action thriller films
- Films shot in Ooty
- Disney+ Hotstar original films
- 2020s Hindi-language films
- 2020 direct-to-video films
- 2020 action thriller films
- Fox Star Studios films
- Films directed by Mahesh Bhatt
- Film controversies in India