''Force 2'' is a 2016 Indian

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-language

action thriller film Action film is a film genre in which the protagonist is thrust into a series of events that typically involve violence and physical feats. The genre tends to feature a mostly resourceful hero struggling against incredible odds, which include life ...

directed by

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, which features

John Abraham John Abraham (born 17 December 1972) is an Indian actor, film producer, writer and former model working in Hindi films. He has won a National Film Award and received five Filmfare nominations. After modelling for advertisements and companies ...

Tahir Raj Bhasin Tahir Raj Bhasin (born 21 April 1987) is an Indian actor who works in Hindi films. Born in Delhi, he holds a master's degree in media from the University of Melbourne. Bhasin made his screen debut with '' Kismat Love Paisa Dilli'' (2012) and mad ...

and

Sonakshi Sinha Sonakshi Sinha (; born 2 June 1987) is an Indian actress who works in Hindi films. After working as a costume designer in independent films, she made her acting with the action film ''Dabangg'' in 2010, which won her the Filmfare Award for Bes ...

in the lead roles. It is a

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to the 2011 film ''

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'', and the second installment of the ''Force'' film series.

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of the film commenced in August 2015, and the film was released on 18 November 2016. Upon release, the film received positive reviews.

Plot

The film opens with a montage in China, where RAW agents are dropping dead like flies. One of the victims is Harish, Additional Commissioner Of Police Officer Yash / Yashvardhan Singh best friend. Before being killed, Harish mails a book to his friend Yash, passing on an important coded message. When Yash receives the book, he learns of a conspiracy that has been set in motion, targeting only RAW agents. When he takes the book and the clues to the RAW headquarters, the agency understands the legitimacy of the situation and puts Yash in charge of tracking down the conspirer. He is teamed with another RAW agent, KK, and together they track down the culprit in the Indian embassy of Budapest. The mastermind of this conspiracy against RAW agents is Shiv Sharma, a nerdy hacker who is planning something bigger. In Budapest, a cat and mouse chase begins between Shiv and KK and Yash; they come close to nabbing him several times, but he always proves to be a step ahead. Multiple chase sequences ensue, but each time, Shiv manages to escape. While digging into Shiv's past for more information, ACP Yash learns that Shiv is actually a pseudonym used by this terrorist to mask his real identity as Rudra Pratap Singh – the son of RAW agent Karan Pratap Singh, who had been sacrificed in an operation years ago. Rudra was left broken after minister Brijesh Verma branded Karan and several other RAW agents as traitors, and Rudra's mother committed suicide. Yash learns that Rudra is now seeking revenge from RAW for betraying Karan. Eventually, in an assembly in Budapest, Rudra gears up to shoot Brijesh. But KK and Yash reach there in time and kill him before he can do harm. But before he can die, Yash forces Brijesh to accept his mistakes in front of the media, clearing Karan's name. Rudra dies in peace hearing this. Movie ends with Yash seeing his deceased beloved wife's presence (played by Genelia in first part of Force),whom he loves the utmost, appreciating him and suggesting that he date KK.

Cast

as Additional Commissioner Of Police Officer Yashvardhan 'Yash' Singh *

as Kamaljeet Kaur aka K.K. *

as Shiv Sharma(fake name) & Rudra Pratap Singh (Real name) *

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RAW Raw is an adjective usually describing: * Raw materials, basic materials from which products are manufactured or made * Raw food, uncooked food Raw or RAW may also refer to: Computing and electronics * .RAW, a proprietary mass spectrometry dat ...

Head Anjan Das *

Adil Hussain Adil Hussain () is an Indian actor who has worked in Indian cinema, including art house cinema and mainstream Bollywood, as well as international cinema, in films such as ''The Reluctant Fundamentalist'' and ''Life of Pi'' (both 2012). He rece ...

as HRD Minister Brijesh Verma *Vikram Kapadia as Naren Kaushik *Patricia Mittler as Martinez *

Genelia D'Souza Genelia Deshmukh (née D'Souza; born 5 August 1987) is an Indian actress and model who predominantly appears in Telugu, Hindi, and Tamil language films. After gaining wide attention in a Parker Pen commercial with Amitabh Bachchan, D'Souza beg ...

as Maya Yashwardhan Singh, Yash's wife as a spirit (cameo appearance) *

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as Zonal Director of Intelligence Bureau (cameo appearance) *

Freddy Daruwala Freddy Daruwala (born 1983/1984) is an Indian model and actor based in Mumbai, Mumbai, Maharashtra, predominantly known for his roles as the Sleeper Cell's Head opposite Akshay Kumar in the Bollywood film Holiday: A Soldier Is Never Off Duty, ' ...

as RAW agent Harish (cameo appearance) *

Boman Irani Boman Irani (born 2 December 1959) is an Indian actor, photographer and voice artist who works predominantly in Hindi cinema he has also worked in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam. He has acted in more than a 100 films in his career. Ear ...

as Karan Pratap Singh, Rudra's father and a former RAW agent (cameo appearance) *

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as Rudra's mother who commits suicide. (cameo appearance) Additionally,

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as Atul Kalsekar (whose character Atul dies in ''

'') makes a photographic cameo appearance in one of the group photos in Yash's apartment.

Reception

Critical reception

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, the film holds an approval rating of 63%, based on 8 reviews with an average rating of 5/10. ''

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'' gave the film 3 stars out of 5. ''

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'' gave the film 2 stars out of 5.

Box office

The film has grossed 66 million on its first day, becoming John Abraham's highest opening grosser. The film faced problems due to demonetization which was active at the time of its release and grossed 44.20 crore in India and 526.0 million worldwide.

Soundtrack

The

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was composed by Prasad Sashte, who had earlier composed the score of '' Holiday: A Soldier Is Never Off Duty''. The lyrics have been written by

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and

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, and the songs have been composed by Gourov Roshin and

Amaal Mallik Amaal Mallik (born 16 June 1990) is an Indian music director, composer, singer, music producer, arranger, background scorer, performer and lyricist. He is the elder son of Daboo Malik and Jyothi Malik, and grandson of Sardar Malik. He debuted ...

. Its first song, ''Rang Laal'', which is sung by

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and

Aditi Singh Sharma Aditi Singh Sharma is an Indian playback singer. She made her playback singing debut in Bollywood with Anurag Kashyap's '' Dev.D''. Sharma is known for her work in movies like '' Dev.D, No One Killed Jessica, Dhoom 3, 2 States, Agent Vinod,' ...

was released on 21 October 2016 . The full soundtrack was released on 27 October 2016.

Game

An official game based on the film has been launched after the release of the film by Hungama Digital Media.

References

External links

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