Murder 2
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Murder 2 is a 2011 Bollywood
thriller film and the sequel to the 2004 hit film, Murder
. The film is the second installment to the Murder Series which stars Emraan Hashmi
and Jacqueline Fernandez
in the lead. Directed by Mohit Suri
and produced by Mukesh Bhatt
, the film released on July 8, 2011. The theatrical trailer of the film was revealed on June 1, 2011 and also in cinemas with the film, Ready
. The film has been given an 'A' certificate from the Indian Censor Board. The plot of the film is said to be inspired from the South Korean
film, The Chaser
.
) is an ex-policeman, who used to work for Goa police. He is hungry for money and earns his bread by doing all wrong things. He is an Atheist (Nastik
) but regularly visits church to donate fat bundles of money to orphans. In this process to earn more money, he meets a Goan gangster Sameer, who has been going through a slump in his business due to disappearance of his hookers. Sameer knows the investigative mind of Arjun and offers him huge amount to locate the missing girls.
On the other hand, Priya (Jacqueline Fernandez
) is a model, who is in a confused relationship with Arjun bhagwat.
During his investigation, Arjun finds a hooker's cell phone which has a number linked to missing girls. He tells Sameer to send a prostitute to the same number so that he can find out who is behind these kidnappings. Sameer gets a call from a customer and decides to send Reshma, a new girl in the business.
Reshma (Sulagna Panigrahi
) is a 17 year old college girl, who got into prostitution to feed her family. Sameer sends Reshma to a house after calling on that number. It is the house of Dheeraj Pandey (Prashant Narayanan
), a psychopath killer. He is the person who killed the missing hookers. He decides to do the same with Reshma. However while torturing her, he gets hurt and throws Reshma in a dark well where all the dead bodies are thrown. Dheeraj then goes to a chemist for getting medicine where Arjun also comes to take medicine for his headache.
At the chemist, Arjun finds out that Dheeraj is the guy who has been kidnapping the prostitutes. They get into a fight and land in the police station. Arjun tells the officers that Dheeraj has been kidnapping prostitutes. Dheeraj tries to confuse the cops at first but then tells them the truth. After getting out of jail, Arjun tries to collect evidence against Dheeraj. Dheeraj changes his statement in front of Commissioner Khan who decides to call up a psychiatrist to extract the confession. Dheeraj tells the doctor that he kills women because he thinks they take advantage of men. He also tells that he castrated himself and became a eunuch to get rid of his addiction to sex & women, with the help of a eunuch called Nirmala Pandit. He gets violent with the doctor during interrogation and is taken out of the room. However, Dheeraj is let out under the influence of Nirmala Pandit who is a big shot politician. Meanwhile, Reshma escapes from the pit and comes to a forest.
Arjun tracks down Dheeraj's parents. When he goes there, he sees a woman who is crying loudly and Dheeraj's mother tries to calm her down. Dheeraj's father tells him that she is Dheeraj's wife. Dheeraj used to lock her up and beat her a lot. That's why they asked Dheeraj to leave the house and never show his face again. Arjun then meets a private dancer Sonia who once went with Dheeraj to a hotel. Sonia tells him that Dheeraj beat her up and tortured her. However she manages to run away. Arjun is feeling very guilty that an innocent girl got trapped in this mess because of his idea. He then meets an idol maker who used to work with Dheeraj 2 years ago. He tells Arjun that Dheeraj used to make idols of devil instead of deities. Dheeraj killed the owner of the factory who tried to stop him.
As Arjun goes to Dheeraj's parent's house to call them at police station, Inspector Sada (Sudhanshu Pandey) calls Arjun and tells him that Dheeraj is out of police station. Sada sends constables John and Shinde after Pandit and Dheeraj. Dheeraj wants to go to his home but Pandit insists on going to the temple near his house. On the other hand, Dheeraj teases the two constables who were following them. They arrive at the same temple where Reshma is hiding. The priest of the temple tells about Reshma. Nirmala Pandit is killed after getting suspicious of Dheeraj. The priest is also killed and Dheeraj finally finds a scared Reshma in the store room. He brutally murders her and escapes before Arjun and other cops reach there. Arjun then feels guilty for Reshma.
Dheeraj targets Priya next and waits in his home, but Arjun reaches there followed by Priya. Arjun and Dheeraj indulge in a fight while police officers reach Dheeraj's house. Police request Arjun not to kill Dheeraj. However Arjun still feels guilty as he blames himself for Reshma's death. Dheeraj plays the tape he recorded while murdering Reshma. Unable to control his anger, Arjun kills Dheeraj. Siddharth also shoots at Dheeraj, wounding him fatally.
The movie ends with Arjun at the church, accompanied by Priya.
and Goa
. Earlier, Bipasha Basu
was offered the part of the leading lady, but she refused. The part then went to Jacqueline Fernandez
. Basu was also offered the item number "Aa Zara". When she refused, the song was given to Yana Gupta
.
The song "Haal-E-Dil" had to be re-shot to make it more suitable for television promos.
Yana Gupta's item number "Aa Zara" was not aired on television promos as it was too explicit and suggestive for audiences under 18. Instead, the number was shot with Jacqueline Fernandez
and Emraan Hashmi
, which was aired on television. The original number with Yana was retained in the film.
The film is an unofficial remake of the South Korean movie The Chaser
. The DVD of the film was released on 1 August 2011.
of Bollywood Hungama
gave it 4/5 stars and stated "Murder 2 is one of the finest crime stories to come out of the Hindi film industry. Also, as a film, it lives up to the expectations that you may associate from a sequel of a smash hit." Saibal Chatterjee of NDTV
gave the movie 2.5/5 stars. Nikita Kapoor of FilmiTadka rated the film with 2.5/5 stars and said - "Overall Murder 2 is an adult, violent, and gruesome movie, which is a good thing, however after a time you feel as if the film was written and directed only for Emraan Hashmi (excessive presence in every frame) which doesn’t go down well with me." Raja Sen
of Rediff gave it 1.5/5 stars and wrote in his review - "Murder 2 is flat, boring and not worth talking about. Even Emraan, sporting less stubble than usual, seems baby-faced as he goes through the motions. It might be inspired by some obscure film, but I don't even care enough to look for its name. By now, I've come to accept that the Bhatts have a bigger DVD collection than me. I do wish they'd stop flaunting it, though." Trade analyst Komal Nahta
of Koimoi rated Murder 2 with 3/5 stars and said - " It doesn’t have too much to offer in terms of entertainment as it is a dark film but its plus points are the abundant sex scenes and the good music. Its reasonable budget on the one hand, and wonderful recovery from sale of its satellite, music and worldwide theatrical rights on the other have ensured that the producers have made a handsome profit before release."
Box Office India elevated the film to Blockbuster status after the second weekend.
, Mithoon
, Sangeet Haldipur and Siddharth Haldipur and lyrics were penned by Sayeed Quadri, Kumaar and Mithoon
.
gave the album a 3/5 stars picking "Haal-E-Dil" as his favorite saying "...Murder 2 turns out to be a good deal overall." Musicaloud gave the album 3.5/5 stars picking "Aa Zara" as their favourite.
Bollywood
Bollywood is the informal term popularly used for the Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai , Maharashtra, India. The term is often incorrectly used to refer to the whole of Indian cinema; it is only a part of the total Indian film industry, which includes other production centers producing...
thriller film and the sequel to the 2004 hit film, Murder
Murder (film)
Murder is a 2004 Bollywood erotic thriller film directed by Anurag Basu and written by Mahesh Bhatt. The film stars Mallika Sherawat, Emraan Hashmi and Ashmit Patel and is set in Bangkok, Thailand. The film's soundtrack was composed by Anu Malik. The film draws inspiration from the 2002 Hollywood...
. The film is the second installment to the Murder Series which stars Emraan Hashmi
Emraan Hashmi
Emraan Anwar Hashmi is a Filmfare Award-nominated Indian actor who appears in Bollywood films.- Early life :Hashmi was born to Anwar Hashmi and Maherahh Hashmi. His father is a Muslim while his mother a Roman Catholic. After briefly changing his first name to Farhan, he decided to keep his...
and Jacqueline Fernandez
Jacqueline Fernandez
Jacqueline Fernandez is a Sri Lankan actress and model who works in Bollywood films. She is a former beauty queen who won the Miss Sri Lanka Universe in 2006...
in the lead. Directed by Mohit Suri
Mohit Suri
Mohit Suri, is an Indian film director, most known for his films, like Kalyug and Awarapan .He is member of the Bhatt family...
and produced by Mukesh Bhatt
Mukesh Bhatt
Mukesh Bhatt , is an Indian film producer, who has produced several Bollywood films. He is the younger brother of director, Mahesh Bhatt and also the co-owner of the production company, Vishesh Films, set up in 1986...
, the film released on July 8, 2011. The theatrical trailer of the film was revealed on June 1, 2011 and also in cinemas with the film, Ready
Ready (2011 film)
Ready is a 2011 Indian comedy film directed by Anees Bazmee, starring Salman Khan and Asin in the lead roles. It also features Paresh Rawal, Arya Babbar and Mahesh Manjrekar in supporting roles, while Ajay Devgan, Sanjay Dutt, Kangana Ranaut, Zarine Khan and Arbaaz Khan make cameo appearances...
. The film has been given an 'A' certificate from the Indian Censor Board. The plot of the film is said to be inspired from the South Korean
Cinema of Korea
Korean cinema encompasses the motion picture industries of North and South Korea. As with all aspects of Korean life during the past century, the film industry has often been at the mercy of political events, from the late Joseon dynasty to the Korean War to domestic governmental interference...
film, The Chaser
The Chaser (film)
The Chaser is a 2008 South Korean thriller film starring Kim Yoon-seok and Ha Jeong-woo. It was directed by Na Hong-jin in his directional debut...
.
Plot
Arjun Bhagwat (Emraan HashmiEmraan Hashmi
Emraan Anwar Hashmi is a Filmfare Award-nominated Indian actor who appears in Bollywood films.- Early life :Hashmi was born to Anwar Hashmi and Maherahh Hashmi. His father is a Muslim while his mother a Roman Catholic. After briefly changing his first name to Farhan, he decided to keep his...
) is an ex-policeman, who used to work for Goa police. He is hungry for money and earns his bread by doing all wrong things. He is an Atheist (Nastik
Nastika
Āstika exists") and Nāstika are technical terms in Hinduism used to classify philosophical schools and persons, according to whether they accept the authority of the Vedas as supreme revealed scriptures, or not, respectively...
) but regularly visits church to donate fat bundles of money to orphans. In this process to earn more money, he meets a Goan gangster Sameer, who has been going through a slump in his business due to disappearance of his hookers. Sameer knows the investigative mind of Arjun and offers him huge amount to locate the missing girls.
On the other hand, Priya (Jacqueline Fernandez
Jacqueline Fernandez
Jacqueline Fernandez is a Sri Lankan actress and model who works in Bollywood films. She is a former beauty queen who won the Miss Sri Lanka Universe in 2006...
) is a model, who is in a confused relationship with Arjun bhagwat.
During his investigation, Arjun finds a hooker's cell phone which has a number linked to missing girls. He tells Sameer to send a prostitute to the same number so that he can find out who is behind these kidnappings. Sameer gets a call from a customer and decides to send Reshma, a new girl in the business.
Reshma (Sulagna Panigrahi
Sulagna Panigrahi
Sulagna Panigrahi is an Oriya and Indian television and film actress. As a débutante, she played the lead role in the television serial Amber Dhara as Dhara, and went on to play the principal character in Do Saheliyaan...
) is a 17 year old college girl, who got into prostitution to feed her family. Sameer sends Reshma to a house after calling on that number. It is the house of Dheeraj Pandey (Prashant Narayanan
Prashant Narayanan
Prashant Narayanan is an Indian actor, known for his roles in films like Chhal, Waisa Bhi Hota Hai Part II, Shadows of Time, Bombil and Beatrice, Via Darjeeling and Murder 2. Certainly his big break came in the Bhatt banner film Murder 2.-Early life:Born in Kerala, Narayanan grew up in Delhi...
), a psychopath killer. He is the person who killed the missing hookers. He decides to do the same with Reshma. However while torturing her, he gets hurt and throws Reshma in a dark well where all the dead bodies are thrown. Dheeraj then goes to a chemist for getting medicine where Arjun also comes to take medicine for his headache.
At the chemist, Arjun finds out that Dheeraj is the guy who has been kidnapping the prostitutes. They get into a fight and land in the police station. Arjun tells the officers that Dheeraj has been kidnapping prostitutes. Dheeraj tries to confuse the cops at first but then tells them the truth. After getting out of jail, Arjun tries to collect evidence against Dheeraj. Dheeraj changes his statement in front of Commissioner Khan who decides to call up a psychiatrist to extract the confession. Dheeraj tells the doctor that he kills women because he thinks they take advantage of men. He also tells that he castrated himself and became a eunuch to get rid of his addiction to sex & women, with the help of a eunuch called Nirmala Pandit. He gets violent with the doctor during interrogation and is taken out of the room. However, Dheeraj is let out under the influence of Nirmala Pandit who is a big shot politician. Meanwhile, Reshma escapes from the pit and comes to a forest.
Arjun tracks down Dheeraj's parents. When he goes there, he sees a woman who is crying loudly and Dheeraj's mother tries to calm her down. Dheeraj's father tells him that she is Dheeraj's wife. Dheeraj used to lock her up and beat her a lot. That's why they asked Dheeraj to leave the house and never show his face again. Arjun then meets a private dancer Sonia who once went with Dheeraj to a hotel. Sonia tells him that Dheeraj beat her up and tortured her. However she manages to run away. Arjun is feeling very guilty that an innocent girl got trapped in this mess because of his idea. He then meets an idol maker who used to work with Dheeraj 2 years ago. He tells Arjun that Dheeraj used to make idols of devil instead of deities. Dheeraj killed the owner of the factory who tried to stop him.
As Arjun goes to Dheeraj's parent's house to call them at police station, Inspector Sada (Sudhanshu Pandey) calls Arjun and tells him that Dheeraj is out of police station. Sada sends constables John and Shinde after Pandit and Dheeraj. Dheeraj wants to go to his home but Pandit insists on going to the temple near his house. On the other hand, Dheeraj teases the two constables who were following them. They arrive at the same temple where Reshma is hiding. The priest of the temple tells about Reshma. Nirmala Pandit is killed after getting suspicious of Dheeraj. The priest is also killed and Dheeraj finally finds a scared Reshma in the store room. He brutally murders her and escapes before Arjun and other cops reach there. Arjun then feels guilty for Reshma.
Dheeraj targets Priya next and waits in his home, but Arjun reaches there followed by Priya. Arjun and Dheeraj indulge in a fight while police officers reach Dheeraj's house. Police request Arjun not to kill Dheeraj. However Arjun still feels guilty as he blames himself for Reshma's death. Dheeraj plays the tape he recorded while murdering Reshma. Unable to control his anger, Arjun kills Dheeraj. Siddharth also shoots at Dheeraj, wounding him fatally.
The movie ends with Arjun at the church, accompanied by Priya.
Cast
- Emraan HashmiEmraan HashmiEmraan Anwar Hashmi is a Filmfare Award-nominated Indian actor who appears in Bollywood films.- Early life :Hashmi was born to Anwar Hashmi and Maherahh Hashmi. His father is a Muslim while his mother a Roman Catholic. After briefly changing his first name to Farhan, he decided to keep his...
as Arjun Bhagawat - Jacqueline FernandezJacqueline FernandezJacqueline Fernandez is a Sri Lankan actress and model who works in Bollywood films. She is a former beauty queen who won the Miss Sri Lanka Universe in 2006...
as Priya - Prashant NarayananPrashant NarayananPrashant Narayanan is an Indian actor, known for his roles in films like Chhal, Waisa Bhi Hota Hai Part II, Shadows of Time, Bombil and Beatrice, Via Darjeeling and Murder 2. Certainly his big break came in the Bhatt banner film Murder 2.-Early life:Born in Kerala, Narayanan grew up in Delhi...
as Dheeraj Pandey - Sulagna PanigrahiSulagna PanigrahiSulagna Panigrahi is an Oriya and Indian television and film actress. As a débutante, she played the lead role in the television serial Amber Dhara as Dhara, and went on to play the principal character in Do Saheliyaan...
as Reshma - Sudhanshu PandeySudhanshu PandeySudhanshu Pandey is an Indian model and Bollywood actor. He was born and raised in Uttar Pradesh. After a career in fashion modeling, he debuted in Bollywood in a 2000 movie Khiladi 420.-Filmography:- External links :* * * *...
as Inspector Siddharth - Sandeep Sikand as Nirmala Pandit
- Bikramjeet Kanwarpal as Commissioner Ahmed Khan
- Shweta KawatraShweta KawatraShweta Kawatra is an Indian actress. She is best known for her role of Pallavi in the popular television soap opera, Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii. She has had appearances in a large number of other TV serials, most notable in Kkusum and C.I.D.....
as a Doctor / Psychiatrist (Special Appearance) - Yana GuptaYana GuptaYana Gupta or Yaana is a Czech model and actress working in Mumbai. Gupta is a citizen of the Czech Republic.-Personal life:...
as Jyoti, Special Appearance in song "Aa Zara" - Amardeep JhaAmardeep JhaAmardeep Jha is an Indian film actress and a television personality.-Filmography:* Murder 2 Reshma's mother * 3 Idiots Mrs. Rastogi * Amal Radha Kumar * Naina Somabai * White Rainbow Roop...
as Reshma's mother - Jhuma Biswas as Hostel Warden
- Deep Jyoti Das as Criminal Lawyer
Trivia
The film was shot in MumbaiMumbai
Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...
and Goa
Goa
Goa , a former Portuguese colony, is India's smallest state by area and the fourth smallest by population. Located in South West India in the region known as the Konkan, it is bounded by the state of Maharashtra to the north, and by Karnataka to the east and south, while the Arabian Sea forms its...
. Earlier, Bipasha Basu
Bipasha Basu
Bipasha Basu is an Indian actress who mainly appears in Bollywood films. A former model, she was the winner of the Ford's Godrej Cinthol Supermodel contest in 1996.-Early life:...
was offered the part of the leading lady, but she refused. The part then went to Jacqueline Fernandez
Jacqueline Fernandez
Jacqueline Fernandez is a Sri Lankan actress and model who works in Bollywood films. She is a former beauty queen who won the Miss Sri Lanka Universe in 2006...
. Basu was also offered the item number "Aa Zara". When she refused, the song was given to Yana Gupta
Yana Gupta
Yana Gupta or Yaana is a Czech model and actress working in Mumbai. Gupta is a citizen of the Czech Republic.-Personal life:...
.
The song "Haal-E-Dil" had to be re-shot to make it more suitable for television promos.
Yana Gupta's item number "Aa Zara" was not aired on television promos as it was too explicit and suggestive for audiences under 18. Instead, the number was shot with Jacqueline Fernandez
Jacqueline Fernandez
Jacqueline Fernandez is a Sri Lankan actress and model who works in Bollywood films. She is a former beauty queen who won the Miss Sri Lanka Universe in 2006...
and Emraan Hashmi
Emraan Hashmi
Emraan Anwar Hashmi is a Filmfare Award-nominated Indian actor who appears in Bollywood films.- Early life :Hashmi was born to Anwar Hashmi and Maherahh Hashmi. His father is a Muslim while his mother a Roman Catholic. After briefly changing his first name to Farhan, he decided to keep his...
, which was aired on television. The original number with Yana was retained in the film.
The film is an unofficial remake of the South Korean movie The Chaser
The Chaser (film)
The Chaser is a 2008 South Korean thriller film starring Kim Yoon-seok and Ha Jeong-woo. It was directed by Na Hong-jin in his directional debut...
. The DVD of the film was released on 1 August 2011.
Critical reception
Unlike its prequel Murder 2 received mixed reviews from various critics of India. Top critic Taran AdarshTaran Adarsh
Taran Adarsh is an Indian film critic, journalist, editor and film trade analyst. He is also a former producer and screenwriter. He is the son of film director and producer, B.K. Adarsh....
of Bollywood Hungama
Bollywood Hungama
Bollywood Hungama is a leading Bollywood entertainment website, owned by hungama.com....
gave it 4/5 stars and stated "Murder 2 is one of the finest crime stories to come out of the Hindi film industry. Also, as a film, it lives up to the expectations that you may associate from a sequel of a smash hit." Saibal Chatterjee of NDTV
NDTV
NDTV is an Indian commercial broadcasting television network founded in 1988. It was founded by Prannoy Roy, an eminent journalist and current chairman and director of NDTV Group. NDTV currently has more than 1,000 employees producing news from over twenty locations in India...
gave the movie 2.5/5 stars. Nikita Kapoor of FilmiTadka rated the film with 2.5/5 stars and said - "Overall Murder 2 is an adult, violent, and gruesome movie, which is a good thing, however after a time you feel as if the film was written and directed only for Emraan Hashmi (excessive presence in every frame) which doesn’t go down well with me." Raja Sen
Raja Sen
Raja Sen is an Indian film and television director, and the winner of three National Film Awards from Kolkata, West Bengal, India.-Career:...
of Rediff gave it 1.5/5 stars and wrote in his review - "Murder 2 is flat, boring and not worth talking about. Even Emraan, sporting less stubble than usual, seems baby-faced as he goes through the motions. It might be inspired by some obscure film, but I don't even care enough to look for its name. By now, I've come to accept that the Bhatts have a bigger DVD collection than me. I do wish they'd stop flaunting it, though." Trade analyst Komal Nahta
Komal Nahta
Komal Nahta is the editor and publisher of "Film Information", India's largest film trade journal. He is also an anchor of the Trade show ETC Bollywood Business on the Bollywood TV channels ETC and Zee Cinema. Well known for his harsh criticism of Movies....
of Koimoi rated Murder 2 with 3/5 stars and said - " It doesn’t have too much to offer in terms of entertainment as it is a dark film but its plus points are the abundant sex scenes and the good music. Its reasonable budget on the one hand, and wonderful recovery from sale of its satellite, music and worldwide theatrical rights on the other have ensured that the producers have made a handsome profit before release."
Box office
The film opened extremely well with full houses almost everywhere across India with the occupancy ranging from 70-100%. The film grossed 22.35 crores in its opening weekend. The film went on to gross 36.5 crores in its first week, although collections were affected on July 13-14 due to the bomb blasts in Mumbai on July 13, 2011.Box Office India elevated the film to Blockbuster status after the second weekend.
Soundtrack
The film's soundtrack was released on May 30, 2011. It was composed by Harshit SaxenaHarshit Saxena
Harshit Saxena is an Indian Singer and Music Composer. He is one of the well-known contestant of Amul STAR Voice of India and Jo Jeeta Wohi Superstar. He made his playback debut in Farah Khan's Tees Maar Khan.-Amul STAR Voice of India:...
, Mithoon
Mithoon
Mithoon Sharma is an Indian film music composer and singer. He is the son of Naresh Sharma who has scored background music for more than 200 movies.-Singer:...
, Sangeet Haldipur and Siddharth Haldipur and lyrics were penned by Sayeed Quadri, Kumaar and Mithoon
Mithoon
Mithoon Sharma is an Indian film music composer and singer. He is the son of Naresh Sharma who has scored background music for more than 200 movies.-Singer:...
.
Tracklist
Reception
The album received positive reviews from critics. Joginder Tuteja from Bollywood HungamaBollywood Hungama
Bollywood Hungama is a leading Bollywood entertainment website, owned by hungama.com....
gave the album a 3/5 stars picking "Haal-E-Dil" as his favorite saying "...Murder 2 turns out to be a good deal overall." Musicaloud gave the album 3.5/5 stars picking "Aa Zara" as their favourite.
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