''Dhadak 2'' () is an upcoming Indian

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-language

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film written and directed by Shazia Iqbal and produced by

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and Cloud 9 Pictures. A

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to ''

Dhadak ''Dhadak'' () is a 2018 Indian Hindi-language romance film written and directed by Shashank Khaitan and jointly produced by Karan Johar, Hiroo Yash Johar and Apoorva Mehta under the Dharma Productions banner with Zee Studios as a sponsor pr ...

'' (2018) and a remake of the

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film ''

Pariyerum Perumal ''Pariyerum Perumal'' () is a 2018 Indian Tamil-language drama film written and directed by Mari Selvaraj, and produced by Pa. Ranjith. The film stars Kathir and Anandhi, while Yogi Babu and G. Marimuthu appear in supporting roles. It follows ...

'' (2018), it stars

Triptii Dimri Triptii Dimri (born 23 February 1994) is an Indian actress who works in Bollywood, Hindi films. She made her acting debut in the thriller ''Mom (film), Mom'' (2017) and had her first lead role in the romantic drama ''Laila Majnu (2018 film), L ...

and

Siddhant Chaturvedi Siddhant Chaturvedi (born 29 April 1993) is an Indian actor who appears in Hindi films. He starred as a teenage cricketer in the Amazon Prime Video series ''Inside Edge (TV series), Inside Edge'' from 2017 to 2019 and ventured into films with t ...

in the lead roles.

Cast

as Vidhi *

as Neelesh * Zakir Hussain * Saurabh Sachdeva

Production

''Dhadak 2'' began

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in April 2023, with

and

leading the cast under the production of

Karan Johar Karan Yash Johar (born Rahul Kumar Johar; 25 May 1972), often informally referred to as KJo, is an Indian filmmaker, producer and television personality who primarily works in Hindi cinema. He has launched the careers of several successful ac ...

. The film's official announcement was made on 15 May 2025, introducing the characters of Dimri and Chaturvedi in a musical teaser. Principal photography will be on November 2024.

Music

The music of the film is composed by

Rochak Kohli Rochak Kohli is an Indian music director for Bollywood films. He is famous for writing the song 'Karan's Saddle Point'. He made his music debut in Shoojit Sircar's romantic comedy '' Vicky Donor'' with " Pani Da Rang". The song was made in col ...

Tanishk Bagchi Tanishk Bagchi (born 23 November 1980) is an Indian music producer, composer, singer and lyricist in Hindi films. He is known for tracks like "Vaaste", "Bolna", "Ve Maahi", " Aankh Maarey" (recreated), " Dilbar" (recreated), "Jehda Nasha" (recr ...

, Javed-Mohsin and Shreyas Puranik while the lyrics is written by

Rashmi Virag Rashmi Virag is the screen name of Rashmi Singh and Virag Mishra, an Indian lyricist duo active in Bollywood. At first, Singh and Mishra wrote lyrics themselves; in 2015, they began working as a duo. Singh won the Best Lyricist award at the ...

, Siddharth–Garima, Gurpreet Saini and Ozil Dalal. The first single titled "Bas Ek Dhadak" was released on 16 July 2025. The second single titled "Preet Re' was released on 21 July 2025.

Release

The film was initially scheduled for a theatrical release on 22 November 2024, but it was postponed multiple times—first to 21 February 2025 and then to 1 August 2025. All previous release dates were missed due to various delays, including issues related to CBFC clearance. It is now officially slated for release on 1 August 2025.

References

External links

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