''Aksar 2'' () is a 2017 Indian
Hindi
Modern Standard Hindi (, ), commonly referred to as Hindi, is the Standard language, standardised variety of the Hindustani language written in the Devanagari script. It is an official language of India, official language of the Government ...
-language erotic thriller film directed by
Anant Mahadevan
Ananth Narayan Mahadevan (born 28 August 1950) is an Indian film director, screenwriter, and an actor.
Career
Anant along with Sanjay Pawar received the National Award (2010) for the Best Screenplay and Dialogues for the successful Marathi ...
. The film is sequel to the 2006 film ''
Aksar''.
The film stars
Zareen Khan,
Gautam Rode
Gautam Rode (born 14 August 1977) is an Indian actor known for his roles in ''Baa Bahoo Aur Baby'', ''Lucky (Indian TV series), Lucky'', ''Saraswatichandra (TV series), Saraswatichandra'', ''Suryaputra Karn'', and ''Kaal Bhairav Rahasya, Kaal B ...
,
Abhinav Shukla
Abhinav Shukla (born 27 September 1982) is an Indian actor who primarily works in Hindi television and films. He participated in '' Bigg Boss 14'' and '' Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 11'' and emerged as semi finalist in the latter.
Early li ...
and
Mohit Madaan in lead roles. The
motion poster of the movie was released on 4 August 2017 on
YouTube
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while the trailer was released on 28 August 2017. The film was released on 17 November 2017.
Plot
An old lady, Dolly Khambata (
Lillete Dubey
Lillete Dubey (born 7 September 1953) is an Indian actress and theatre director. She has worked in Indian and international theatre, television and films in Hindi and English languages. Dubey began her career with Barry John in Delhi and was th ...
), needs a governess as her earlier governess has died in a road accident. Her financial advisor, Patrick Sharma (
Gautam Rode
Gautam Rode (born 14 August 1977) is an Indian actor known for his roles in ''Baa Bahoo Aur Baby'', ''Lucky (Indian TV series), Lucky'', ''Saraswatichandra (TV series), Saraswatichandra'', ''Suryaputra Karn'', and ''Kaal Bhairav Rahasya, Kaal B ...
), hires Sheena Roy (
Zareen Khan) even though she is way younger than 50 years which is the age requirement for this job. Seeing Sheena's beauty he lusts after her. Patrick is very close to Dolly Khambata but, he soon tells Sheena that he is not very fond of her. Patrick has a glad eye for Sheena whom he forces and has sex with. It is revealed that, like Sheena, women who have previously worked with Patrick have been forced to have sex with him whether they like it or not, fearing his influence. Sheena already has a boyfriend, Ricky (
Abhinav Shukla
Abhinav Shukla (born 27 September 1982) is an Indian actor who primarily works in Hindi television and films. He participated in '' Bigg Boss 14'' and '' Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 11'' and emerged as semi finalist in the latter.
Early li ...
). It is soon revealed that Ricky is actually the estranged nephew of Dolly Khambata. The aunt and nephew have had a fallout over the matter of property and wealth. Ricky had vowed to drag Dolly to court so that he can get his share of the property which Dolly has in her possession. There is also Dolly Khambata's trusted lawyer, Gaurav (
Sreesanth
Shanthakumaran Nair Sreesanth (, born 6 February 1983) is an Indian former cricket
Cricket is a Bat-and-ball games, bat-and-ball game played between two Sports team, teams of eleven players on a cricket field, field, at the centre of ...
).
Sheena reveals to Patrick that Dolly has made him the beneficiary of her bungalow in London, in her will. Unable to believe that Dolly could do so, he somehow opens her locker and gets hold of the will. He is pleasantly surprised to see his name in the will.
The house manager, Bachchan (
Mohit Madaan), now confronts Patrick and asks him for a favour. It turns out that Sheena and Bachchan are hand-in-glove to usurp the property of Dolly. Bachchan, who is expert at copying people's signatures, promises to keep the London property bequeathed to Patrick while changing the will to bequeath the rest in his and Ricky's name.
The suspense unfolds as Ricky and Bachchan are killed in the different accident, and only Patrick, Sheena and Mrs. Khambata are left.
With the help of Gaurav Sheena kills Mrs Khambata and make it look like a natural death and finally kills Patrick in an accident by making his car collide in a forest.
With possession of all property of Mrs Khambata. Gaurav and Sheena share it equally and part ways forever.
Cast
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Zareen Khan as Sheena Roy
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Gautam Rode
Gautam Rode (born 14 August 1977) is an Indian actor known for his roles in ''Baa Bahoo Aur Baby'', ''Lucky (Indian TV series), Lucky'', ''Saraswatichandra (TV series), Saraswatichandra'', ''Suryaputra Karn'', and ''Kaal Bhairav Rahasya, Kaal B ...
as Patrick Sharma
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Abhinav Shukla
Abhinav Shukla (born 27 September 1982) is an Indian actor who primarily works in Hindi television and films. He participated in '' Bigg Boss 14'' and '' Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 11'' and emerged as semi finalist in the latter.
Early li ...
as Ricky Khambata
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Mohit Madaan as Bachchan Singh
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Lillete Dubey
Lillete Dubey (born 7 September 1953) is an Indian actress and theatre director. She has worked in Indian and international theatre, television and films in Hindi and English languages. Dubey began her career with Barry John in Delhi and was th ...
as Dolly Khambatta
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S. Sreesanth as Gaurav, a lawyer
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Denzil Smith
Denzil Leonard Smith (born 6 November 1960) is an Indian film and stage actor and producer. Born to Anglo-Indian parents in Mumbai, he is known for his stage and screen roles as a character actor. Smith has acted in over 50 plays and 60 films.
...
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Rushad Rana
Rushad Rana (born 19 November 1979) is an Indian actor. Rana has worked in many hindi-language television shows and films. Some his notable works include- '' Hip Hip Hurray'', ''Woh Rehne Waali Mehlon Ki'', ''Sasural Simar Ka'', '' Kehta Hai Di ...
Production
Filming
The principal photography of the film started in July 2016.
Soundtrack
The soundtrack of the film is composed by
Mithoon
Mithun Sharma, also known as Mithoon, is an Indian Hindi film music director, lyricist-composer and singer.
Mithoon composed the Hindi song " Tum Hi Ho" from the 2013 Bollywood romantic film '' Aashiqui 2''. Mithoon received the Filmfare Awa ...
while the lyrics are penned by
Sayeed Quadri
Sayeed Quadri is an Indian lyricist and poet known for his work in Hindi cinema. He gained recognition with his debut in the film ''Jism'' (2003) and is best known for his soulful and poetic lyrics in popular films like ''Murder'', ''Gangster'' ...
.
Reception
Critical reception
Lasyapriya Sundaram of ''
The Times of India
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'' gave the film a rating of 2.5 out of 5 saying that, "''Aksar 2'' is a movie that begins well, but quickly crumbles to a point of no return." Kunal Guha of ''
Mumbai Mirror
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'' gave the film a rating of 1.5 out of 5 saying that, "the twists and turns here seem more unnecessary than unexpected and the predictably painful expressions inevitably culminate in a headache." Prasanna D Zore of
Rediff
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gave the film a rating of 2.5 out of 5 saying that, "''Aksar 2'' is a film that gets you primed in the first half but is a sad squib in the second." Shantanu David of
News18
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gave a rating of 2.5 out of 5 saying that, "with a different female lead and without the disconcerting songs, this would have been a pretty decent film." ''
Bollywood Hungama
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The website provides n ...
'' rated the film 1 out of 5 stars, commenting, "''AKSAR 2'' is a poor show all the way. It neither has enough sex nor thrill."
References
External links
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* {{Bollywood Hungama movie, aksar-2
2017 films
Indian erotic thriller films
2010s Hindi-language films
2010s Indian films
Indian sequel films
Films directed by Anant Mahadevan