Jolly LLB 2
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| Directed by | Subhash Kapoor |
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| Produced by | Fox Star Studios |
| Screenplay by | Subhash Kapoor |
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| Story by | Subhash Kapoor |
| Starring | Akshay Kumar, Annu Kapoor, Huma Qureshi, Saurabh Shukla |
| Music by | Songs: Manj Musik, Meet Bros, Chirantan Bhatt; Score & Guest Composition: Vishal Khurana; Additional Score: Amar Mohile |
| Cinematography | Kamaljeet Negi |
| Edited by | Chandrashekhar Prajapati |
| Production company | Fox Star Studios |
| Distributed by | Fox Star Studios |
| Release date | 10 February 2017 |
| Running time | 137 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Budget | ₹45 crore |
| Box office | ₹201.34 crore |
The State vs. Jolly LL.B. 2, also called Jolly LLB 2, is a 2017 Hindi black comedy courtroom drama written and directed by Subhash Kapoor. It is the sequel to the 2013 film Jolly LLB. Akshay Kumar plays the main role of lawyer Jagdishwar Mishra, replacing Arshad Warsi from the first film. The movie also stars Huma Qureshi, Annu Kapoor, Kumud Mishra, and Saurabh Shukla, who returns from the original.
Set in Lucknow, the story is about a lawyer who takes on a powerful and corrupt advocate to get justice for a victim of a fake police encounter involving a dishonest officer and a terrorist thought to be dead.
The film was released worldwide on 10 February 2017. Made for ₹450 million (US$5.3 million), it earned ₹2 billion (US$24 million) worldwide. It was both a critical and commercial success, with praise for Subhash Kapoor’s writing and direction, and for the acting of Akshay Kumar, Saurabh Shukla, Annu Kapoor, and Kumud Mishra.
A third film, Jolly LLB 3, will release on 19 September 2025, with Kumar and Shukla returning, and Warsi also coming back to play his role from the first film.
Plot
Jagdishwar "Jolly" Mishra is a lawyer in Lucknow who lives with his wife, Pushpa Pandey, and their son. Even though he is a lawyer, he works as an assistant to Mr. Rizvi, a famous lawyer in the city. Jolly’s father also worked for Mr. Rizvi for 30 years. Jolly is smart and streetwise, and dreams of having his own law office.
To get money for his office, Jolly tricks a widow named Hina Qasim by telling her that Mr. Rizvi will take her case and the fee is ₹200,000. When Hina finds out the truth, she kills herself. Jolly then learns that Hina’s husband, Iqbal Qasim, was killed in a fake police encounter on 13 August 2015, the day after their wedding. Inspector Suryaveer Singh falsely claimed that Qasim was a terrorist named Mohammed Iqbal Quadri. Singh even killed a fellow constable, Baldev Singh Bhadauria, to make the encounter look real.
Feeling guilty, Jolly decides to fight Hina’s case and files a public interest litigation (PIL). Singh hires the city’s best lawyer, Pramod Mathur, to defend him. The judge, Justice Sunderlal Tripathi, scolds Jolly for mistakes in the PIL and lack of proof, but gives him time to gather evidence.
Jolly sells his own office to pay ₹500,000 to a bookie named Guru Ji, who helps him get copies of the FIR and other case papers. He also finds Ram Kumar Bhadauria, the dead constable’s son, but Mathur uses his influence to tamper with the video of Ram’s narco test. Jolly is almost punished for showing false evidence, but Mr. Rizvi, who heads the disciplinary committee, gives him four more days to prove the case.
While looking at Hina and Qasim’s wedding album, Jolly notices a policeman from Kashmir named Fahim Bhat. Jolly travels to Kashmir, where Fahim tells him that Qasim was innocent and that he filed a complaint against Singh. Fahim has been suspended and falsely charged. Jolly brings Fahim to Lucknow.
Jolly pressures Police Commissioner V.K. Paul to tell the truth or face a PIL against all his encounters. In court, Mathur tries to block Fahim from testifying by protesting, but Justice Tripathi refuses to stop the proceedings.
Late at night, Fahim gives his statement. Jolly then brings in the real Quadri, who is pretending to be a Brahmin priest. Jolly quickly questions him about religious texts, and Quadri finally admits he is the terrorist and that he bribed Singh to free him.
Justice Tripathi declares Qasim innocent, orders Quadri’s arrest, and gives Singh and his team life in prison for murder, destroying evidence, lying to the court, and showing false evidence. Jolly wins the case.
Cast
- Akshay Kumar as Advocate Jagdishwar "Jolly" Mishra
- Huma Qureshi as Pushpa 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
- 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: a former police constable in Delhi Police who arranges evidences for lawyers including Jolly from Delhi and Jolly from Lucknow; Mishra reprises his role from Jolly LLB
- Brijendra Kala as Shiv Kumar Dubey, the man who arranges a 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
- Saurabh Agnihotri as Gul Mohammad
- Saran Tiwari as Tripathi's nephew
- Shubhangi Latkar as Dr. Hema Deshpande, the narco specialist
- 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
- Javed Khan King as Himself
- Ajay Singh as Rizvi's assistant
Production
Casting
The film was announced in July 2016, when Akshay Kumar revealed his first look. Arshad Warsi, who played the lead in the first movie, was replaced by Kumar. Huma Qureshi was cast as the female lead opposite him, and Annu Kapoor was chosen as the main antagonist.
Development
Filming started in Mumbai. Most of the movie was shot in Lucknow over one month. The first schedule finished in September 2016. Later that month, the second schedule took place in Varanasi, including a stunt scene in the Ganga river that Kumar performed himself without a stunt double. The final schedule was in Manali, Himachal Pradesh, in October 2016. Kumar completed all his scenes in 30 days. In December 2016, a promotional song was filmed in Mumbai.
Soundtrack
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Singer(s) | Length |
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| 1 | "Go Pagal" | Manj Musik, Raftaar | Manj Musik, Nilesh Patel | Raftaar, Nindy Kaur | 2:52 |
| 2 | "Bawara Mann" | Junaid Wasi | 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 | |||||
Release
The film was released on 10 February 2017, and the CBFC approved it without any cuts before its release.
Reception
Domestic
The film earned ₹132 million on its opening day in India, making it Akshay Kumar’s eighth highest opening and the second highest of the year after Raees. On the second and third days, it earned ₹173.1 million and ₹199.5 million, bringing its first weekend total to ₹504.6 million. This made it the second highest first-weekend collection for a Bollywood film in 2017, after Raees. Over the next four days, it collected ₹262.5 million, taking the total for the first week to ₹777.1 million. As of 2 March, the film had earned ₹1,172.4 million in India and was declared a superhit by BOI.
Overseas
- During its first week abroad, the film collected:
- North America (USA & Canada): ₹49.6 million (US$590,000)
- United Kingdom: ₹10.4 million (US$120,000)
- United Arab Emirates: ₹58.6 million (US$690,000)
- Malaysia: ₹0.1 million (US$1,200)
- Australia: ₹10.6 million (US$130,000)
- New Zealand: ₹4.4 million (US$52,000)
The total overseas collection in the first week was ₹134 million, making it the second highest overseas
Awards & Nominations
| Date of Ceremony | Award | Category | Recipient(s) / Nominee(s) | Result |
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| 2 December 2017 | Star Screen Awards | Best Film | The State vs Jolly LL.B 2 | Nominated |
| 2 December 2017 | Star Screen Awards | 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 |
| 30 December 2017 | Zee Cine Awards | Best Actor – Male (Viewer's Choice) | Akshay Kumar | Won |
| 30 December 2017 | Zee Cine Awards | Best Director | Subhash Kapoor | Nominated |
| 30 December 2017 | Zee Cine Awards | Best Writing | – | Nominated |
| 30 December 2017 | Zee Cine Awards | Best Actor in a Negative Role | Annu Kapoor | Nominated |
| 20 January 2018 | Filmfare Awards | Best Screenplay | Subhash Kapoor | Nominated |
| 20 January 2018 | Filmfare Awards | Best Dialogue | – | Nominated |
Sequel
After the success of Jolly LLB and Jolly LLB 2 , the makers confirmed a third film in the series, titled Jolly LLB 3. Both Akshay Kumar and Arshad Warsi will return as Jolly, and Saurabh Shukla will reprise his role. Amrita Rao and Huma Qureshi will also return in their roles from the first two films.