Race 2
Race 2 is a 2013 Indian Hindi-language neo-noir action crime film directed by Abbas–Mustan and written by Kiran Kotrial and Shiraz Ahmed. The film was produced by Ramesh S. Taurani under the Tips Industries banner, with UTV Motion Pictures serving as distributor and presenter. A sequel to the 2008 film, Race and the second installment of the Race film series. The film stars Saif Ali Khan, John Abraham, Anil Kapoor, Deepika Padukone, Jacqueline Fernandez and Ameesha Patel. The music of the film is composed by Pritam. The film was dubbed in Tamil and Telugu.
Made on a budget of, Race 2 was released on 25 January and 26 January. The film received mixed-to-positive reviews from critics and the audience. It grossed ₹173.36 crore worldwide.
Plot
In Cyprus, a contract killer blasts a yellow Lamborghini Gallardo by shooting its fuel tank.Few months later, a robbery takes place and European printing plates are stolen. Crooked businessman Ranvir Singh meets a casino owner, Vikram Thapar, claiming he stole the plates. He offers Thapar €1500 million in counterfeit currency in exchange for €500 million in real banknotes. Thapar agrees and borrows €500 million from his friend Armaan Malik, who is a powerful don and the leader of the powerful Turkish mafia. It is then revealed that Ranvir never stole the plates, and cheated Thapar. Unable to return Armaan's money, Thapar is forced to give control of his five casinos to him.
Ranvir and Armaan planned the whole scam. They met through Ranvir's childhood friend retired police inspector Robert "RD" D'Costa. Ranvir delivers Thapar's casinos for €500 million to Armaan by taking 10% from it. Ranvir meets Armaan's step-sister Aleena, and gradually becomes attracted to her.
Ranvir sees a picture of his deceased wife Sonia in Armaan's girlfriend Omisha's wallet and begins to woo her in order to gain her confidence. Ranvir reveals to RD that he is trying to bankrupt Armaan because Armaan and Thapar were responsible for Sonia's death.
In a flashback, Ranvir and a pregnant Sonia are in Cyprus. Sonia's sister Tanya calls them to meet her in Bangkok. On the way, Ranvir needs to transfer some savings from the bank. Unaware of an assassin lurking around, he asks Sonia to wait in the car. The assassin successfully shoots the car's fuel tank, killing Sonia. Ranvir chased the assassin and killed him. Omisha claims that she is Sonia's sister, Tanya Martin. However, it is revealed this is a lie and a ploy by Armaan, who knew Ranvir's true intentions.
Ranvir schemes to steal the Shroud of Turin and sell it to Armaan. After that, he will steal both the shroud and Armaan's wealth. However, RD, who is afraid of Armaan, betrays Ranvir and tells the truth to Armaan. Armaan gives 15 billion euros to his old friend, godfather Anza, as an investment. But Anza demands Armaan that he will only give money, if Armaan defeats Anza's fighter Typhoon. Armaan agrees and defeats Typhoon in the fight.
Aleena reveals Armaan planted a bomb in her car to kill her, and decides to help Ranvir. Ranvir steals the shroud, while Armaan defeats Typhoon. During the celebration, Aleena poisons Ranvir. As he slowly dies, Armaan reveals he knew his plan and Aleena was never on Ranvir's side. After Ranvir dies, Armaan and Omisha retrieve the shroud and leave in their private jet. Armaan points his gun at Aleena, revealing that he had been planning to kill her to take her share of their combined wealth. Unexpectedly, Ranvir crashes through the wall; Aleena never poisoned him. Aleena tells Armaan that she was helping Ranvir, and knew about Armaan's intention to eliminate her. Ranvir reveals that RD never betrayed him and it was a ploy to trick Armaan into thinking he was ahead of Ranvir.
Ranvir and Armaan fight in the aircraft. Armaan tells Ranvir that he killed Sonia because she fled away with his money. He shoots the pilot and escapes with Omisha through a parachute, leaving Ranvir and Aleena to die in the resulting plane crash. However, they manage to escape by using Armaan's Audi R8 car, which has four attached parachutes. Armaan and Omisha hand over the shroud to Anza. On inspection, it is revealed to be fake. When Anza asks for his bearer bonds, they're also fake. Ranvir calls Armaan and taunts him that he is penniless now. It is also revealed that Anza is secretly helping Ranvir and Armaan is forced to hand over his properties, while Omisha dumps him for Anza. Armaan vows vengeance on Ranvir.
Ranvir visits Sonia's grave with Aleena and gives RD his share of money. When RD asks about the real shroud, he reveals that he never stole the shroud; it is still in the church. Aleena had switched the real bearer bonds while he and Armaan were fighting on the plane. RD admits that he does not want to risk his life again and makes Ranvir promise in jest to never meet him again. Ranvir wittingly replies that promises are meant to be broken and him and Aleena leave Turkey for an unknown location.
Cast
- Saif Ali Khan as Ranvir “Ronny” Singh
- John Abraham as Armaan Malik
- Anil Kapoor as Inspector Robert D'Costa "RD"
- Deepika Padukone as Aleena Malik, Armaan's step-sister
- Jacqueline Fernandez as Omisha
- Ameesha Patel as Cherry, RD's assistant
- Aditya Pancholi as Godfather Anza
- Rajesh Khattar as Vikram Thapar
- Bipasha Basu as Sonia Martin, Ranvir's late wife
- Triptii Dimri as a background dancer in the song “Party On My Mind”
Production and casting
The film's shooting was set to begin on 5 October 2011 but was postponed to accommodate Deepika Padukone's dates causing scheduling conflicts with Sonakshi Sinha. Sinha's dates conflicted with her filming schedule for Dabangg 2, forcing her to drop out. In October 2011, Jacqueline Fernandez who had opted out of Krrish 3 and Raaz 3 was cast as a replacement for Sinha. Shortly afterwards, it was announced that Bipasha Basu would be reprising her role as Sonia in a cameo appearance and continuing to be role of Khan's wife. Despite rumours suggesting that Bipasha would be sharing screen space with ex-boyfriend John Abraham for the first time after their break-up, but John denied this. Reports have said that after this statement was said Abraham then told Saif that he didn't want to work with Bipasha in the first place. Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind, the largest of Sunni clerics in India, urged PM Manmohan Singh to stop their publication and display of Race 2 posters that featured verses from the Quran.
Filming
The first Indian schedule began on 5 November 2011 in Mumbai for 15 days, wrapping up on 20 November. Meanwhile, Sanjay Dutt was in talks to join the cast, but he dropped out due to scheduling conflicts. The second schedule commenced on 23 January 2012 in Mumbai. Padukone dropped out within six days because the film was always being rescheduled.Race 2s producer Ramesh Taurani released a statement to the media deeming Padukone's behaviour as "unethical, unprofessional and unacceptable". Also, it was reported that Asin was offered the role to replace Padukone, although it has been rumoured that she declined the offer, thus avoiding any controversies regarding her and Kapoor. However, Padukone and Taurani agreed on a settlement after much negotiation and the filming continued as planned. Fernandez, Abraham and Padukone joined the cast in May at Istanbul for the third schedule. On 7 October 2012, the shooting was completed. The Mardan Palace in Turkey was the setting for many scenes where it was shown as the home of Padukone and Abraham's characters.
Soundtrack
The soundtrack was released on 10 November 2012. Film music & soundtrack is composed by Pritam.The film score is composed by Salim–Sulaiman.
The songs "Lat Lag Gayee", "Be Intehaan", and "Party on My Mind" became extremely popular and were declared as chartbusters. The song "Lat Lag Gayee" was choreographed by Karishma Chavan.