''Hate Story 2'' is a 2014 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
The erotic thriller is a film subgenre defined as a thriller with a thematic basis in illicit romance or sexual fantasy. Though exact definitions of the erotic thriller can vary, it is generally agreed "bodily danger and pleasure must remain i ...
film directed by
Vishal Pandya
Vishal Pandya is an Indian film Film director, director and screenwriter, who has directed ''Hate Story 2'', ''Hate Story 3'', ''Wajah Tum Ho'' and ''Hate Story 4'' for the production house of Super Cassettes Industries T-Series, T-Series He dir ...
. Produced by
T-Series Films
Super Cassettes Industries Private Limited, doing business as T-Series, is an Indian music record label and film production company founded by Gulshan Kumar on 11 July 1983. It is primarily known for Hindi film soundtracks and Indi-pop music. ...
, it stars
Sushant Singh
Sushant Singh (born 9 March 1972) is an Indian actor and television presenter known for his work in Hindi cinema. He made his acting debut in 1998 with Ram Gopal Varma's ''Satya'' and gained critical acclaim for his role as the bandit Durgaa N ...
,
Surveen Chawla
Surveen Chawla (born 1 August 1984) is an Indian actress and dancer who appears in Hindi and Punjabi films and television. She is one of the highest paid Punjabi actress. She started her career with television shows like '' Kahin To Hoga'' and ...
and
Jay Bhanushali
Jay Bhanushali (born 25 December 1984) is an Indian television actor. He is best known for playing Neev Shergill in Ekta Kapoor's show '' Kayamath'' and winning '' Nach Baliye 5''. He also participated in '' Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 2'', '' Kaun Jeet ...
in pivotal roles. It is the sequel to the 2012
sleeper hit
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''
Hate Story
''Hate Story'' is a 2012 Indian Hindi-language erotic thriller film directed by Vivek Agnihotri and produced by Vikram Bhatt. It stars Nikhil Dwivedi, Gulshan Devaiya and Paoli Dam and the film was released on 20 April 2012. The first install ...
''. The film released on 18 July 2014. It is the second installment of the
''Hate Story'' film series. It was a critical and commercial success at the box office.
Plot
The film begins with an elderly man entering a graveyard to lay flowers on a grave. He hears the noise of someone struggling in a coffin nearby. To his utmost surprise, he discovers a girl buried alive in the coffin. He takes the girl to the hospital, where Police Inspector Anton Varghese, tells the doctor to let him know as soon as she regains consciousness. The officer guarding the girl's room calls an anonymous person informing him of the girl being alive. He tries to smother her but she is able to alert the nurse. Inspector Anton is called but the girl manages to escape from the hospital.
The girl is revealed to be Sonika, the
mistress
Mistress is the feminine form of the English word "master" (''master'' + ''-ess'') and may refer to:
Romance and relationships
* Mistress (lover), a female lover of a married man
** Royal mistress
* Maîtresse-en-titre, official mistress of a ...
of a powerful and influential political leader, Mandar Mhatre. Sonika is a photography student who is kept isolated and tortured by Mandar. She reluctantly finds comfort in her college friend, Akshay Bedi, who secretly loves her. They fall in love but Sonika is helpless since she can't tell Akshay about her situation with Mandar. Akshay gets to know the truth and comforts her. They decide to run away to be together. Sonika is happy and becomes hopeful of having a free life. Mandar discovers that she has eloped with her lover.
Mandar and his men reach Akshay's house and attack him. Sonika begs him to leave Akshay alone but they kill him by tying him to a rope and throwing him in a lake in a car. Mandar also buries Sonika alive in a
coffin
A coffin or casket is a funerary box used for viewing or keeping a corpse, for burial, entombment or cremation. Coffins are sometimes referred to as caskets, particularly in American English.
A distinction is commonly drawn between "coffins" a ...
. After she is rescued she vows to exact vengeance on Mandar. She first kills the police officer who tried to kill her. Then she writes a journal describing her torture. She dives into the same lake and puts it in the car. She then kills one of the three men who were involved in killing Akshay. After that, she informs Inspector Anton about Akshay's dead body. However, Mandar makes it look like Sonika killed Akshay. Sonika then kills another one of Mandar's men involved in Akshay's death. Sonika teams up with Mandar's rival to get to the third man who helped kill Akshay, but Mandar kills him.
It is revealed that his rival had become a partner after Mandar offered to share his seats with him in the election. Mandar implicates Sonika in the murders and the police arrest her. However, she manages to escape with Anton's help. Then Sonika kills Mandar with Mandar's wife's help who discovers her husband's true face. The next day, Anton provides a locked house for Sonika to live in, giving her the new identity of 'Veronica', knowing that no one would even contemplate that a fugitive is hiding in a safe house provided by the very officer leading the manhunt to find her.
Cast
*
Surveen Chawla
Surveen Chawla (born 1 August 1984) is an Indian actress and dancer who appears in Hindi and Punjabi films and television. She is one of the highest paid Punjabi actress. She started her career with television shows like '' Kahin To Hoga'' and ...
as Sonika Prasad
*
Jay Bhanushali
Jay Bhanushali (born 25 December 1984) is an Indian television actor. He is best known for playing Neev Shergill in Ekta Kapoor's show '' Kayamath'' and winning '' Nach Baliye 5''. He also participated in '' Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 2'', '' Kaun Jeet ...
as Akshay Bedi
*
Sushant Singh
Sushant Singh (born 9 March 1972) is an Indian actor and television presenter known for his work in Hindi cinema. He made his acting debut in 1998 with Ram Gopal Varma's ''Satya'' and gained critical acclaim for his role as the bandit Durgaa N ...
as Mandar Mhatre
* Siddharth Kher as Inspector Anton Varghese
*
Rajesh Khera
Rajesh Khera (''Rājēśa Khērā'') is an Indian television actor and voice actor who has acted in many Hindi films and is remembered for the role of fashion designer Maddy in '' Jassi Jaissi Koi Nahin''. He was recently seen as a contender ...
as Atul Mhatre
*
Neha Kaul
Neha Kaul is an Indian actress. She started her career with the TV show '' Zindagi Ka Har Rang...Gulaal'' and then played the role of Naina in '' Love Marriage Ya Arranged Marriage''. In 2013, she played the role of Nazneen in ''Ek Thhi Naayka'' ...
as Mandar's Wife
* Meet Arora as sub-inspector Vikram Gaekward
*
Sunny Leone
Karenjit "Karen" Kaur Vohra (born May 13, 1981), known by her stage name Sunny Leone, is a Canadian American actress, model, and former pornographic actress. She was named ''Penthouse (magazine), Penthouse'' Pet of the Year in 2003, was a co ...
as
item number
In Indian cinema, an item number or special song is a musical number inserted into a film that may or may not have any relevance to the plot. The term is commonly used within Indian films ( Bengali, Hindi, Kannada, Punjabi, Tamil, and Telugu c ...
"Pink Lips"
Production and promotion
Both lead actors learnt scuba diving for the film. Jasmin Oza did choreography for ''Hate Story 2''. The trailer crossed 7 million views within 10 days of its release. Actress
Sunny Leone
Karenjit "Karen" Kaur Vohra (born May 13, 1981), known by her stage name Sunny Leone, is a Canadian American actress, model, and former pornographic actress. She was named ''Penthouse (magazine), Penthouse'' Pet of the Year in 2003, was a co ...
was approached to perform an item song "Pink Lips".
The Indian censor boards objected to the sex scenes airing as part of the trailer and music video on TV channels, therefore the producers of the film edited certain portions. Comedian
Kapil Sharma
Kapil Sharma (born Kapil Punj; 2 April 1981) is an Indian stand-up comedian, television host, actor, dubbing artist, producer and singer. Sharma is the host on the stand-up comedy and talk show ''The Great Indian Kapil Show'' and ''The Kapil Sh ...
refused to promote the film on the grounds that he did not want to expose an erotic thriller to a family audience watching his TV show, ''
Comedy Nights with Kapil
''Comedy Nights With Kapil'' is an Indian Hindi-language sketch comedy and celebrity talk show hosted and produced by comedian Kapil Sharma. It was on-air on Colors TV amid 22 June 2013 to 24 January 2016. Many of the episodes feature celebr ...
''.
Reception
Meena Iyer of ''
The Times of India
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'' gave the film 2.5 stars out of 5 and wrote, "The proceedings on screen lack tempo that is needed for an erotic thriller." Sweta Kaushal of the''
Hindustan Times
''Hindustan Times'' is an Indian English language, English-language daily newspaper based in Delhi. It is the flagship publication of HT Media Limited, an entity controlled by the Birla family, and is owned by Shobhana Bhartia, the daughter o ...
'' gave the film 1.0 stars out of 5 and wrote, "With a totally predictable story line and extremely illogical twists and turns, ''Hate Story 2'' fails to entertain."
Box office
The film was a commercial success with a nett gross of 22.9 crore and was declared "Average" by the
Box Office India
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Established in 2003, Box Office India has become a prominent source of ...
.
Soundtrack
The first song "Aaj Phir" is recreated song from 1988 film ''
Dayavan
''Dayavan'' () is a 1988 Indian Hindi-language action crime film directed by Feroz Khan. It is a remake of the 1987 Tamil film '' Nayakan''. The film stars Vinod Khanna, Feroz Khan and Madhuri Dixit with Aditya Pancholi in important roles.
The ...
''.
The item song, "Pink Lips", which was pictured Sunny Leone, is a promotional track for the film and became Bollywood full-fledged debut for Punjabi singer and actress
Khushboo Grewal
Khushboo Grewal also known as Khushboo Kochhar is an Indian playback singer and actress. She began her career as a VJ on B4U and then moved to Punjabi and Hindi films as an actress. She has acted in movies such as Raaz: The Mystery Continu ...
.
References
External links
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{{Vikram Bhatt
Indian rape and revenge films
2014 films
Indian films about revenge
2010s Hindi-language films
2010s Indian films
2010s erotic thriller films
Indian erotic thriller films
Films scored by Sunny and Inder Bawra
T-Series (company) films
Films directed by Vishal Pandya