Jolly LLB 2

Plot

Jagdishwar Mishra a.k.a Jolly (Akshay Kumar) is a Lucknow based lawyer who works as an assistant (Munshi) to one of the most famous lawyers of Lucknow, Rizvi Sahab. He hails from Kanpur. In order to arrange money for his own chamber, Jolly lies to a pregnant lady, Hina (Sayani Gupta) and convinces her to give him rupees 2 Lakh as fees so that Rizvi Sahab would fight her case. Jolly uses that money to pay the final payment for his own chamber and opens it with a ceremony. When Hina finds out that she has been bluffed by Jolly, she commits suicide. Everyone blames Jolly for her death, including Jolly's father, who worked for 30 years as a clerk for Rizvi Sahab. Filled with guilt, Jolly along with his wife Pushpa (Huma Qureshi) & fellow lawyer Birbal (Rajiv Gupta), decides to fight Hina's case & files a PIL. He soon discovers that Hina's husband Iqbal Qasim (Manav Kaul) was killed in a fake encounter by Inspector Suryaveer Singh (Kumud Mishra) on the very next day of their marriage in order to get a promotion. Singh also shot a fellow constable, Bhadouriya, in his thigh, in order to show the encounter genuine. Bhadouriya later died due to excessive bleeding, Inspector Suryaveer Singh then hires the best lawyer in Lucknow Pramod Mathur (Annu Kapoor), his friend, to fight his case.

On the very first date, Jolly requests the court for an impartial enquiry into the encounter once again. However court gets adjourned. Jolly is able to get FIR copy & papers regarding the case with the help of a bookie Guru Ji (Sanjay Mishra) in Varanasi by paying him Rs. 5 lakhs. Later he is able to track Ram Kumar Bhadouriya, the son of the constable who died in the fake encounter However, during the court hearing, under a heated argument, Jolly slaps advocate Mathur. Court orders a narco test of Ram Kumar.

Jolly is attacked by two henchmen send by Inspector Singh, but survives with two bullet wounds. However, Singh is suspended from Police Department. Advocate Mathur, uses his power and money to tamper with the narco test video of the witness and proves Jolly wrong in the court. Judge orders the temporary suspension of Jolly's license as a lawyer, but later, Chairman of Discipline Commitee, Rizvi Sahab gives Jolly, 4 days of time to prove himself correct. Jolly soon notices that a Kashmir police constable visited Lucknow to identify the terrorist during Iqbal and Hina's wedding. Jolly travels to Kashmir and meets the constable, Fahim Butt, who is now suspended and arrested in a fake case. The constable reveals that the person who died in the encounter was not the real terrorist and is ready to give the statement in the court. Jolly manages to bring the constable to Lucknow court in the next hearing to prove that Iqbal Qasim was not the real terrorist. Meanwhile, Jolly also convinces the police commissioner to tell the truth or else, he will file PIL against all the encounters done by him. Advocate Mathur, tries his best to avoid constable from giving statement in the court as he creates tussle in the courtroom by insulting the judge. The court hearing proceeds till midnight, but Judge still decides to carry on. After constable's statement Jolly surprises everyone by bringing a Hindu Brahmin Pandit in the court (with the help of police commissioner), & claims that he is the real terrorist and has been arrested by the police in Mathura. Jolly cross questions the pandit in the court by asking him deep details of Hindu Vedas. The pandit finally breaks up and admits that he is the terrorist, Mohammad Iqbal Quadri, for whom police were searching and he had bribed Inspector Singh to set him free, hence police had encountered Iqbal Qasim to close the case. Judge then declares Iqbal Qasim innocent and orders the arrest of the terrorist, bails Ram Kumar, son of the constable and gives life imprisonment to Suryaveer Singh along with his accomplices for charge of murder, erasing evidence, misguiding court and showing fake evidences and thus Jolly wins the case. Film ends with Jolly walking out of the court along with his family & everybody praising him.

Cast

Casting

The film was announced in July 2016, where the lead actor Akshay Kumar had revealed his first look for the film. It was reported that Arshad Warsi, who played the lead role in the previous installment, was replaced by Kumar. Actress Huma Qureshi was signed as the female lead, pairing opposite Kumar. Annu Kapoor was signed as the antagonist of the film pitted against Kumar.

Development

Principal photography of the film began in Mumbai. The major parts of the film were shot in Lucknow in a one-month schedule. It was further reported that the first schedule was completed in September 2016. The second schedule was shot in Varanasi in later September 2016. A stunt sequence was shot in Ganga river, where Kumar refused to use a stunt double. The final schedule of the film was shot in Manali, Himachal Pradesh in October 2016. Kumar shot his scenes in a time span of 30 days. A promotional song was shot in Mumbai in December 2016.

Depiction of Indian judicial system

The film's title and depiction of the Indian legal system created a controversy. Advocate Ajaykumar Waghmare filed a case at the Bombay High Court for removal of the word LLB and stated that the use of the word is a "deliberate attempt" to insult the Indian legal system. The Bombay High Court appointed a 3-member committee to examine the content of the film. The Supreme Court of India also appointed a 3-member panel, consisting of Chief Justice J S Khehar and Justices N V Ramana and D Y Chandrachud, to review the film.

Lawsuit from Bata

The film's trailer had shown a derogate reference to Bata Shoes, a shoe brand. The firm Kocchar & Co, on behalf of Bata India, had issued a legal notice to the filmmakers for the comment and filed a lawsuit of ₹3 crore (US$450,000). The CBFC had edited out the reference to the brand with respect to the filed lawsuit.

Ban

The film is banned in Pakistan, Central Board of Film Censors of Pakistan had objected some scenes related to the terrorism issues in Jammu and Kashmir.

Release

The film was released on 10 February 2017, prior to the release of the film, the CBFC had passed the film without any cuts.

Soundtrack

The music for the film is composed by Manj Musik, Meet Bros, Vishal Khurana and Chirantan Bhatt while the lyrics have been written by Shabbir Ahmed, Junaid Wasi, Manj Musik and Raftaar. The full movie soundtrack was released on 13 January 2017 and it consists a total of total of 4 songs which includes one Qawaali song too. The music rights are acquired by T-Series.

Domestic

The film opened with a domestic collection of ₹13.20 crores becoming Akshay Kumar's eighth highest opener and second highest of the year following Raees. The film shown growth in next two days collecting ₹17.31 crores and ₹19.95 crores on second and third day of release respectively and took its first domestic weekend collection to a total of ₹50.46 crores. Jolly llb 2 became second highest first weekend collecting Bollywood film of the year after Raees. Then the film started downfall in collection figures as its cumulative collection in next four days evaluated to ₹26.25 crores and with that, the film scored first domestic week of ₹77.71 crores. After Raees, Jolly LLB 2 is second highest domestic first week collecting film of 2017. As of February 22, the film has collected ₹ 102.44 crores domestically.

Overseas

The film during its week, collected ₹4.96 crore (US$740,000) from North America(United States and Canada), ₹1.04 crore (US$150,000) from United Kingdom, ₹5.86 crore (US$870,000) from United Arab Emirates, ₹1 lakh (US$1,500) from Malaysia, ₹1.06 crore (US$160,000) from Australia and ₹44 lakh (US$65,000) from New Zealand. The film collected ₹13.40 crores from overseas during first week which is second highest for a Bollywood film of 2017.

Sequel

After the successful second installment, makers has confirmed to make a third part of this franchise.