''Agnee 2'' is a 2015 Bangladeshi-Indian

action film The action film is a film genre that predominantly features chase sequences, fights, shootouts, explosions, and stunt work. The specifics of what constitutes an action film has been in scholarly debate since the 1980s. While some scholars such as D ...

directed by

Iftakar Chowdhury Iftakar H Chowdhury, known as Iftakar Chowdhury is a Cinema of Bangladesh, Bangladeshi-American film actor, director and producer. He started his career as a director with ''Khoj: The Search''. The film was released in 2010, and introduced new t ...

. It is the second installment in the ''Agnee'' film franchise and serves as a sequel to ''Agnee'' (2014). The film stars Mahiya Mahi and Om Sahani in the lead roles. Mahi is the only actress from the previous film to appear in ''Agnee 2'', with Om replacing

Arifin Shuvoo Arifin Shuvoo (; born 2 February 1982) is a Bangladeshi film actor and television personality. He is the recipient of several awards and nominations, including a National Film Awards (Bangladesh), National Film Award and two Meril Prothom Alo Aw ...

. After the initial success of ''Agnee'' (2014), production company

Jaaz Multimedia Jaaz Multimedia is a film production and distribution house in Bangladesh. History 2011–2014: Initial years Jaaz Multimedia released their first film, '' Bhalobasar Rong'' starring Bappy and Mahiya Mahi, in 2012. In 2013, Jaaz Multimedia ...

announced a sequel. Although the film was originally planned with the cast of the previous film, the film stalled for a while due to lead actor Arifin Shuvoo pulling out of the film due to professional differences and scheduling issues. Director Iftakar Chowdhury later roped in Indian actors

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, for the negative role, and Om, for the male lead. The film is produced by Abdul Aziz, his production company Jaaz Multimedia funded approximately 70% of the film's budget while

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funded the rest. The film was released on July 18, 2015, in

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during Eid weekend by Jaaz Multimedia and August 14, 2015, in India by Eskay Movies. Majority of the filming took place in

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Plot

After defeating Gulzar and his gang to avenge her father's death, Tanisha returns to Bangladesh with Sishir to live a normal life again. Sishir, Tanisha's boyfriend, once a deadly assassin and a member of Gulzar's crime syndicate, later helps Tanisha. He decides to permanently return to Bangladesh for Tanisha but fails to return as Python, Gulzar's brother and leader of a large crime syndicate, kills him to take revenge for his brother's death. Saddened by the death of Sishir, Tanisha vows to kill Python, even at the cost of her own life, however, Python's real identity is hidden from the outside world, therefore, she doesn't know who or where he is. Tanisha decides to trace Python's location by tracking the movements and activities from other infamous criminals. Tanisha traces python's location to

. Tanisha comes across a criminal Eshan, whose identity is concealed from her, however he knows her and her intention behind coming to Thailand. Eshan is a member of Python's crime organization. As he spends more time with her, Eshan falls in love with Tanisha while she is looking to kill him. Expecting nothing in return, Eshan vows to help Tanisha take revenge on Python and also decides to turn himself in afterwards. Still in love with her late lover, who she once decided to spend her life with, will Tanisha accept Eshan's love, or will she take revenge for the death of Sishir by killing Eshan, who Tanisha believes is involved in death of Sishir? Or is it someone else?

Cast

* Mahiya Mahi as Tanisha aka Agnee * Om Sahani as Ishan *

as Golden Triangle King Nilkantha Nag aka Python *

Amit Hasan Amit Hassan is a Bangladeshi film actor and his actual name is Khandar Saifur Rahman. He was elected secretary general of the Bangladesh Film Actors' Association in 2015. In its review of 2011 cinema, '' The Daily Star'' included Amit Hassan amon ...

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officer Mithun Sarkar *

Kharaj Mukherjee Kharaj Mukherjee or Kharaj Mukhopadhyay is an Indian actor, comedian and singer. He won the Bengal Film Journalists' Association – Best Male Playback Award in 2004 for the film '' Patalghar''. Over the years, he has established himself as on ...

* Kaushik Benerjee *

Supriyo Dutta Supriyo Dutta is an Indian Bengali language film and theatre artist from West Bengal. He is prominently known for his diverse roles in the Tollywood industry. He started his career as a background artist in the Indian Bengali film and establi ...

* Raja Dutta *

as Shishir/Dragon (Archive Footage from Agnee) * Tiger Robi

Production

After initial success of '' Agnee'', production company Jaaz Multimedia immediately announced the sequel and retained the same leading cast. However, actor

dropped out of the project shortly after due to scheduling and personal differences with the management. The principal photography for the film began in January 2015 and Om was signed to play the male lead while Tiger Robi and

were signed for the negative roles. Only Mahiya Mahi reprises her role from the first film with almost the entire cast of ''Agnee'' being replaced in the sequel. The film's first lot of shooting began in

and lasted until April. Rest of the film was shot in

while several shoots also took place in India.

Soundtrack

The film's soundtrack was very well received by the audience. The album received critical and commercial success. The soundtrack album consists of five tracks. The film's first track titled "Magic Mamoni" was first released on Jaaz Multimedia's official YouTube channel on 4 June 2015. The track was seen more than a million times on YouTube in the first week, becoming the fastest Bangladeshi film to cross a million views on the platform. The track was composed by Savvy and sung by

Neha Kakkar Neha Kakkar Singh (; née Kakkar; born 6 June 1988) is an Indian singer. She is the younger sister of playback singers Tony Kakkar and Sonu Kakkar. She began performing at a very early age at religious events. In 2005, she participated in the ...

. The film's second track "Ek Khan Chumu" was released online on 11 June 2015. The track was sung by

Benny Dayal Benny Dayal (born 13 May 1984) is a UAE-born Indian playback singer. He is a prominent singer in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Bengali, Gujarati and Marathi and more languages films. He is a member of the band S5, launched by ...

. Another track titled "Allah Jaane" was released on 18 June 2015, while the romantic track "Tore Khuji" was released on 12 July 2015.

Track listing

Release

Agnee 2 was released in 104 theaters screens in Bangladesh on

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, 18 July 2015. The film was distributed in Bangladesh under the banner of

. The film was also scheduled to release in India on the same day, however the release date was later postponed to 14 August 2015. The film was released in West Bengal, India in 45 theaters by

. The film was released in Australia on 23 August 2015.

Reception

''The Daily Star'' gave the film 2.5 out of 5 stars. The reviewer praised the action and dance sequences, but was critical of the lack of depth in the storyline.

Sequel

During the release of ''Agnee 2'', Director

officially announced the third installation titled ''Agnee 3''. The film will retain Mahiya Mahi in the lead role.

References

External links

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