Sadak 2 (transl. Road
2) is a 2020 Indian film directed by Mahesh Bhatt and
produced by MukeshBhatt under their banner Vishesh Films. The
film is the sequel to the 1991 film Sadak. The sequel stars Sanjay Dutt, Pooja Bhatt, Alia Bhatt and Aditya Roy Kapur.Jisshu Sengupta plays
the main antagonist in this film. The film marks Mahesh Bhatt's return as
a director after 20 years.
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The
film is about Ravi's depression and how he helps a young woman's encounter with
a godman, who is out to expose this fake guru running an ashram. The
shooting began on 18 May 2019, and the film was shot in Ooty, Mumbai, Mysore and Uttarakhand. The
film was premiered on 28 August 2020 on Disney+ Hotstar.
The
film's trailer was released on 12 August 2020 on YouTube, and within
a week, it became the second most-disliked video on the website
due to votebrigading. The film received overwhelmingly negative reviews
from critics who called it "terrible" and "lackluster
Cast
Sanjay Dutt as
Ravi Kishore Verma
Pooja Bhatt as
Pooja Verma
Alia Bhatt as
Aarya Desai
Aditya Roy Kapur as
Vishal Thakur
Jisshu Sengupta as
Yogesh Desai, Aarya's father, the main antagonist
Gulshan Grover as
Dilip Hathkaata
Makarand Deshpande as Gyaan Prakash aka
Guruji
Priyanka Bose as
Nandini
Mohan Kapoor as
ACP Rajesh Puri
Abdul
Quadir Amin
Critical
reception
Sadak
2 received
overwhelmingly negative reviews from critics who called it boring, lackluster
and terrible. AnnaM. M. Vetticad of Firstpost gave
the film 0.25 out of 5, calling it the director's interpretation of a
"sleeping pill", and wrote "It is not possible to be angry
with Sadak 2 for its half-baked ideas and quarter-baked script
though, because it is too boring to be worthy of even anger." Calling it
"One of 2020’s worst films", Jyoti Sharma Bawa of Hindustan Times wrote
that Sadak 2 is a "jaded and ponderous film that is stuck
in the 90s [which] is best avoided." Shubhra Gupta of TheIndian Express gave the film 1 out of 5, calling it
"terrible" and wondered "why would anyone want to make something
so dated, so jaded, in this day and age?" Rahul Desai of Film Companion called
the film "dreadful" and "atrocious", and bemoaned that the
performances of the actors "sticks out like a sore thumb.
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