Jolly LLB 2
Jolly LLB 2 | |
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Directed by | Subhash Kapoor |
Written by | Subhash Kapoor |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Kamaljeet Negi |
Edited by | Chandrashekhar Prajapati |
Music by |
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Distributed by | Fox Star Studios |
Release date |
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Running time | 137 minutes[1] |
Country | India |
Language | Hindi |
Budget | ₹45 crore[2] |
Box office | est. ₹201.34 crore [3] |
The State vs. Jolly LL.B 2, better known as Jolly LL.B 2, is a 2017 Indian
Jolly LL.B. 2 opened worldwide on 10 February 2017, and made on an investment of ₹450 million (US$5.6 million), earned ₹2 billion (US$25 million) worldwide to become a major critical and commercial success, with praise for the writing and execution by Subhash Kapoor, as well as the performances by Akshay Kumar, Shukla and Annu Kapoor, as well as Mishra.
A third instalment of the franchise has been planned, with Akshay Kumar, Arshad Warsi and Saurabh Shukla returning in the key roles.
Plot
Jagdishwar "Jolly" Mishra (
Filled with guilt, Jolly decides to fight Hina's case & files a PIL. Singh then hires Lucknow's best lawyer Pramod Mathur (Annu Kapoor) to fight his case. After reprimanding Jolly for his mistakes in filing the PIL and no credible evidence, Justice Sunderlal Tripathi (Saurabh Shukla) gives a date for hearing and warns Jolly to collect some evidence before the hearing.
Jolly is able to get a copy of the FIR and other papers regarding the case with the help of a bookie, Guru Ji, in Varanasi by paying him a sum of ₹500,000 by selling his own chamber. Later he is able to track Ram Kumar Bhadauria, the son of the constable who died in the fake encounter. This backfires as Mathur uses his power and money to tamper with the
Jolly and Pushpa, while analyzing Hina and Iqbal Qasim's wedding album, notice an unknown cop from Kashmir called Fahim Bhat. Jolly travels to Kashmir and gets confirmation of the truth from Fahim, who visited Lucknow to identify the terrorist during Iqbal Qasim and Hina's wedding. Fahim, now suspended and arrested in a fake case, reveals that Qasim, who died in the encounter, was not the real terrorist and that he also filed a complaint against Singh. Jolly flees with Fahim to Lucknow. Meanwhile, Jolly coaxes the police commissioner V.K Paul to tell the truth or else he will file a PIL against all the encounters done by him. Mathur tries his best to avoid Fahim from giving a statement in the court as he stops the proceedings in the courtroom by sitting on the floor in protest. Justice Tripathi also sits on the floor, refusing to be swayed by Mathur's tactics.
At midnight, Justice Tripathi ignores Mathur's plea and decides to carry on the proceedings. After Fahim's statement, Jolly, with help from Paul, presents Quadri, who fakes his identity as a
Cast
- Akshay Kumar as Advocate Jagdishwar "Jolly" Mishra
- Huma Qureshi as Pushpa Mishra (née Pandey), Jolly's wife
- Saurabh Shukla as Judge Sunderlal Tripathi, a judge transferred from Delhi High Court, who knows another person with the same name as Jolly (Arshad Warsi); Shukla reprises his role from Jolly LLB
- Annu Kapoor as Advocate Pramod Mathur
- Ram Gopal Bajaj as Mr. Rizvi, Jolly's boss and senior advocate[4]
- Kumud Mishra as Inspector Suryaveer Singh
- Sayani Gupta as Hina Qasim née Siddiqui, Iqbal's lover and later wife
- Manav Kaul as Iqbal Qasim
- Inaamulhaq as Mohammed Iqbal Quadri, who masquerades as Pandit Ramkrishan Premkrishan Saraswat in court
- Sitaram Panchal as Sitaram, the farmer
- Sanjay Mishra as Guru Ji
- Brijendra Kala as Shiv Kumar Dubey, the man who arranges chamber for Jolly
- V.M. Badola as Mr. Mishra, Jolly's father
- Rajiv Gupta as Birbal, Jolly's assistant
- Vinod Nagpal as Zahoor Siddiqui, Hina's father
- Avijit Dutt as Commissioner V.K. Paul
- Brijesh Sharma as CBI Officer Nair
- Sudhanva Deshpande as CBI Officer Basu
- Sunil Kumar Palwal as Fahim Bhat, a Kashmir Police Constable[5]
- Saurabh Agnihotri as Gul Mohammad
- Saran Tiwari as Tripathi's nephew
- Shubhangi Latkar as Dr. Hema Deshpande, the narco specialist[6]
- Zia Ahmed as Reporter
- Tarun Kumar as Baldev Singh Bhadaria
- Dadhi Pandey as Siraj Alam
- Sushil Pandey as Ram Kumar Bhadauria
- A.R. Rama as Mushtaq, Mathur's assistant
- Yakub Sayed as Jugal Kishore Mathur, Mathur's father
- Gurpal Singh as Judge Harbhajan Singh
- Rati Shankar Tripathi as Chacha in the opening mass cheating scene
- Mir Sarwar as Kashmir Police Inspector Hidayat Baig
- Ajay Singh as Rizvi's assistant
Production
Casting
The film was announced in July 2016, where the lead actor Akshay Kumar had revealed his first look for the film.[7] It was reported that Arshad Warsi, who played the lead role in the previous installment, was replaced by Kumar.[8] Actress Huma Qureshi was signed as the female lead, pairing opposite Kumar.[9][10] Annu Kapoor was signed as the antagonist of the film pitted against Kumar.[11]
Development
Criticism
Depiction of Indian judicial system
The film's title and depiction of the Indian legal system created a controversy. Advocate Ajaykumar Waghmare filed a case at the Bombay High Court for removal of the word LLB and stated that the use of the word is a "deliberate attempt" to insult the Indian legal system.[23] The Bombay High Court appointed a 3-member committee to examine the content of the film. The Supreme Court of India also appointed a 3-member panel, consisting of Chief Justice J. S. Khehar and Justices N. V. Ramana and D. Y. Chandrachud, to review the film.[24][25]
Lawsuit from Bata
The film's trailer had shown a derogate reference to
Ban
The film is banned in
Release
The film was released on 10 February 2017, prior to the release of the film, the CBFC had passed the film without any cuts.[30]
Soundtrack
Jolly LLB 2 | |
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Chirantan Bhatt | |
Released | 13 January 2017 |
Recorded | 2014-2015 |
Genre | Feature film soundtrack |
Length | 15:11 |
Language | Hindi |
Label | T-Series |
Director | Subhash Kapoor |
Producer | Subhash Kapoor |
The music for the film is composed by
No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Singer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Go Pagal" | Chirantan Bhatt | Jubin Nautiyal, Neeti Mohan | 3:36 | |
3. | "Jolly Good Fellow" | Shabbir Ahmed | Meet Bros | Raam Kapoor, Earl Edgar | 3:52 |
4. | "O Re Rangreza (Qawaali)" | Junaid Wasi | Vishal Khurana | Sukhwinder Singh, Murtuza Mustafa & Qadir Mustafa | 4:52 |
Total length: | 15:11 |
Box office
Domestic
The film opened with a domestic collection of ₹132.0 million becoming Akshay Kumar's eighth highest opener and second highest of the year following
Overseas
The film during its week, collected ₹49.6 million (US$620,000) from
Awards and nominations
Date of Ceremony | Award | Category | Recipient(s) and nominee(s) | Result | Ref. |
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2 December 2017 | Star Screen Awards | Best Film | The State vs Jolly LL.B 2 | Nominated | |
Best Actor – Male (Popular) | Akshay Kumar | Nominated | |||
30 December 2017 | Zee Cine Awards | Best Film (Viewer's Choice) | The State vs Jolly LL.B 2 | Nominated | [38] |
Best Actor – Male (Viewer's Choice) | Akshay Kumar | Won | |||
Best Director | Subhash Kapoor | Nominated | |||
Best Writing | Nominated | ||||
Best Actor in a Negative Role | Annu Kapoor | Nominated | |||
20 January 2018 | Filmfare Awards | Best Screenplay | Subhash Kapoor | Nominated | [39] |
Best Dialogue | Nominated |
Sequel
After the success of the second installment, makers have confirmed to make a third part of this franchise. The film is titled Jolly LLB vs Jolly LLB, with both Akshay Kumar and Arshad Warsi reprising their roles of Jolly along with Shukla reprising his role.[40][41][42]
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