Jannat 2 (A)
Genre: Action
Director: Kunal Deshmukh
Cast: Emraan Hashmi, Randeep Hooda, Esha Gupta
Rating: **1/2


 I must admit that I have always been an ardent fan of the Bhatt camp. Not because of a tinge of sleaze that they inject into their films for the intimate factor, but also for the subjects that they take up in their films. If Awaarapan was on the issue of woman trafficking and Jannat on betting and match fixing, Bhatt camp has brought the issue of illegal arms trading in its latest flick, Jannat 2. With the favourite star Emraan Hashmi and newbie Esha Gupta as lead roles, the film has to an extent portrayed decently good enough to make the viewers aware of the prevalent illegal arms smuggling in India.

The film begins with Emraan Hashmi who calls himself Sonu Dilli KKC wherein KKC stands for ‘kutti kameeni cheez’, being chased by a creditor along the streets of Delhi. The scene is humorous as it proves why Sonu is indeed a KKC ( I don’t need to repeat the full form again). As the subject goes, Sonu is an arms dealer and he sells country made weapons to clients who are ready to unleash their anger on their foes. His business goes on smoothly until he has a run in with cop Pratap Raghuvanshi ( Randeep Hooda) who swears on bursting the arms racket after an incident led to his wife being killed during an armed robbery. Raghuvanshi and Sonu share a love- hate relationship in which they make the fullest use of Hindi swear words to the maximum to show their ‘affection’ towards each other. Sonu falls in love with Jhanvi (Esha Gupta) and promises himself to transform into a good human being. But fate has something else for him as he is forced to work as an informer for the police as his identity will be revealed to Jhanvi who is unaware of his daring profession.


The film has some of the high and the low points that makes it a decent, or an average entertainer. While the film has certainly added to the reputation of Emraan Hashmi of being successful in pulling the audience to the theatres, Randeep Hooda has again performed well as an alcoholic and no-nonsense cop. However, I strongly felt that the love story between Sonu and Jhanvi was just limited to few songs and a couple of kissing scenes. Manish Chaudhari has performed well as an antagonist, so as Arif Zakaria impressed in a cameo appearance.

Talking about plot, Shagufta Rafique and Sanjay Masoom have done an excellent job in portraying a typical Delhi background with characters having a Delhiite and Haryanvi dialogues. However, too much of Hindi swear words in the later stage post interval failed to impress me. The film has its best moments in the witty confrontations between Sonu and Pratap as well as the former with his childhood friend Balli ( Mohammed Zeeshan Ayub). Pritam’s music has failed to impress this time unlike the previous Jannat.

Overall, I would end up saying that the viewers can watch the film once for entertainment and intimate moments, but should not expect a cracker if they have its prequel in their minds.