Race 2 - 2013 Movie and Music Reviews
Race 2 is a 2013 Bollywood action thriller film directed by Abbas-Mustan and produced under the Tips Music Films banner. It is the sequel to the 2008 film, Race, and stars an ensemble cast that includes Anil Kapoor and Saif Ali Khan reprising their roles as Robert D'Costa and Ranveer Singh respectively from the previous film, while Deepika Padukone, John Abraham, Jacqueline Fernandez and Ameesha Patel are new additions to the cast. Bipasha Basu reprised her role of Sonia Martin in a special appearance. Made on a budget of 60 crore(s) (US$11 million), Race 2 was released on 26 January 2013, and opened to a positive response at the box office.
Race 2 Story / Plot
To take the revenge of the death of his beloved wife Sonia Singh (Bipasha Basu), Ranveer Singh (Saif Ali Khan) cons Vikram Thapar (Rajesh Khattar) so badly that he is divested of the five casinos that he owns in Istanbul. Ranveer’s next target is Armaan Malik (John Abraham), who was also responsible for Sonia's death. Ranveer asks Robert D’costa alias RD (Anil Kapoor) and his dim-witted assistant Cherry (Ameesha Patel) to introduce him to Armaan, promising him a commission from the profits he and Armaan would make in a fail-safe scheme he has in mind.
Ranveer charms Armaan as well as his half-sister Alina (Deepika Padukone), who is a 50% partner with Armaan in all his profits. Soon, he establishes contact with Armaan Malik’s girlfriend, Omisha (Jacqueline Fernandez), under the belief that she is the sister of Sonia. He tells Omisha of his plan to destroy Armaan, like he had finished Vikram Thapar, as they both had been instrumental in killing his girlfriend and her sister, Sonia. On her part, Tanya(i.e. Omisha) also pledges her support to Ranveer. It turns out that Armaan and Omisha had conned Ranveer into believing that she was Sonia’s sister so that they could know what was in his mind.
Unaware of this, Ranveer plans to steal the Shroud of Turin from the museum in Italy and sell it to Armaan at a discounted price. Armaan agrees to pay the hefty price with the intention of laying his hands on the shroud and manipulating matters in such a way that he’d also get his money back. In the meantime, Armaan gets notified that Alina and Ranveer are inside a car which is armed with an explosive that would explode if the vehicle slowed down. Ranveer removes the bomb from the car and throws it. It later explodes in mid air. Armaan strikes a deal with Godfather Anza (Aditya Pancholi), an underworld don, for the money to pay Ranveer. Ranveer is enlightened by Alina who shows him the tapes revealing that Armaan had planted the bomb in her car, and his best friend Robert had betrayed him. Alina agrees to help him to get his revenge. With Robert's help, Ranveer successfully steals the Shroud, but Hides it at the Istanbul Airport's Locker. Meanwhile Armaan fights with Anza's top fighter and defeats him to get the money for buying the Shroud. Armaan buys the Shroud (fake one) with Ranveer. Ranveer is later double crossed by everyone, including Alina and is left to die from poison. Armaan collects the real Shroud from the Airport's Locker with Omisha and meets Alina at his private plane. On the plane, Armaan betrays Alina and tries to kill her. Before he can pull the trigger, Ranveer appears and snatches the gun, leaving Armaan and Omisha in disbelief. Ranveer reveals that Alina never betrayed him at all. Added to this, Robert's betrayal and his acting dead was part of the plan. When questioned, Armaan reveals that he had killed Sonia as she betrayed him in the past. After a final fight with Ranveer, Armaan and Omisha bail out from the plane with the Shroud & the Money, leaving Ranveer and Alina to die in the speeding plane (as Armaan kills the pilot). However they bail out before the plane crashes. Armaan sells the shroud to Anza, which turns out to be a fake after all. Anza offers him a choice – either to leave everything he has and walk away, or give up his life. Armaan walks away, with Omisha leaving Armaan for Anza. He thinks about the 'Race' he has just lost, but reminds himself that the race starts from where it ends.
Ranveer pays homage to Sonia at her grave, with Alina. Later, he pays Robert 10% of the money for helping him carry out his plans. When questioned about the fake Shroud, Ranveer reveals that the Shroud was never stolen at all and that Alina exchanged the bags with the bonds with fake ones when Ranvir and Armaan were fighting on the plane.
Ranveer charms Armaan as well as his half-sister Alina (Deepika Padukone), who is a 50% partner with Armaan in all his profits. Soon, he establishes contact with Armaan Malik’s girlfriend, Omisha (Jacqueline Fernandez), under the belief that she is the sister of Sonia. He tells Omisha of his plan to destroy Armaan, like he had finished Vikram Thapar, as they both had been instrumental in killing his girlfriend and her sister, Sonia. On her part, Tanya(i.e. Omisha) also pledges her support to Ranveer. It turns out that Armaan and Omisha had conned Ranveer into believing that she was Sonia’s sister so that they could know what was in his mind.
Unaware of this, Ranveer plans to steal the Shroud of Turin from the museum in Italy and sell it to Armaan at a discounted price. Armaan agrees to pay the hefty price with the intention of laying his hands on the shroud and manipulating matters in such a way that he’d also get his money back. In the meantime, Armaan gets notified that Alina and Ranveer are inside a car which is armed with an explosive that would explode if the vehicle slowed down. Ranveer removes the bomb from the car and throws it. It later explodes in mid air. Armaan strikes a deal with Godfather Anza (Aditya Pancholi), an underworld don, for the money to pay Ranveer. Ranveer is enlightened by Alina who shows him the tapes revealing that Armaan had planted the bomb in her car, and his best friend Robert had betrayed him. Alina agrees to help him to get his revenge. With Robert's help, Ranveer successfully steals the Shroud, but Hides it at the Istanbul Airport's Locker. Meanwhile Armaan fights with Anza's top fighter and defeats him to get the money for buying the Shroud. Armaan buys the Shroud (fake one) with Ranveer. Ranveer is later double crossed by everyone, including Alina and is left to die from poison. Armaan collects the real Shroud from the Airport's Locker with Omisha and meets Alina at his private plane. On the plane, Armaan betrays Alina and tries to kill her. Before he can pull the trigger, Ranveer appears and snatches the gun, leaving Armaan and Omisha in disbelief. Ranveer reveals that Alina never betrayed him at all. Added to this, Robert's betrayal and his acting dead was part of the plan. When questioned, Armaan reveals that he had killed Sonia as she betrayed him in the past. After a final fight with Ranveer, Armaan and Omisha bail out from the plane with the Shroud & the Money, leaving Ranveer and Alina to die in the speeding plane (as Armaan kills the pilot). However they bail out before the plane crashes. Armaan sells the shroud to Anza, which turns out to be a fake after all. Anza offers him a choice – either to leave everything he has and walk away, or give up his life. Armaan walks away, with Omisha leaving Armaan for Anza. He thinks about the 'Race' he has just lost, but reminds himself that the race starts from where it ends.
Ranveer pays homage to Sonia at her grave, with Alina. Later, he pays Robert 10% of the money for helping him carry out his plans. When questioned about the fake Shroud, Ranveer reveals that the Shroud was never stolen at all and that Alina exchanged the bags with the bonds with fake ones when Ranvir and Armaan were fighting on the plane.
Critical Reception
Madhureeta Mukherjee of Times of India rated the film 3 out of 5, while commenting "Heists, hot-babes, roulette, raging cars, gizmos and gags — Director duo, Abbas-Mustan have thrown in everything with pompous grandeur, save for a riveting plot that shocks or stuns." Rubina A Khan of The First Post gave it 3 out of 5 stars, adding, "Race 2 delivers what it promises — good looking ensemble cast, exotic locations, cars, bomb squads, revenge, lust and love, a couple of good music tracks and, most importantly, a plot which unravels at a thrilling pace." Shivesh Kumar of IndiaWeekly awarded the movie 3 out of 5 stars.
Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama gave 2.5 out of 5 stars and said "The writing isn't watertight, the film lacks a hit score, the climax is far from effective and overall, Race 2 pales in comparison to Race." Rajeev Masand of CNN-IBN awarded it a score of 2.5 out of 5 while commenting "The film has no intellectual pretentions; its only ambition is to offer a good time. In that, it mostly succeeds." Anupama Chopra of Hindustantimes gave 2 out of 5, reviewing, "Race 2 is essentially a big-budget cartoon in which coolness is all. The director duo Abbas-Mustan have no pretensions about what they are making — full-on masala with a dash of revenge, a slice of heist and characters who are either strutting their chiselled bodies in slow motion or betraying each other." Saibal Chatterjee of NDTV gave it a score of 1.5 out of 5 and feels "This is a wreck of a movie strictly for action junkies who might be looking for a feverish two-and-a-half-hour ride that is far more giddy than heady.
Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama gave 2.5 out of 5 stars and said "The writing isn't watertight, the film lacks a hit score, the climax is far from effective and overall, Race 2 pales in comparison to Race." Rajeev Masand of CNN-IBN awarded it a score of 2.5 out of 5 while commenting "The film has no intellectual pretentions; its only ambition is to offer a good time. In that, it mostly succeeds." Anupama Chopra of Hindustantimes gave 2 out of 5, reviewing, "Race 2 is essentially a big-budget cartoon in which coolness is all. The director duo Abbas-Mustan have no pretensions about what they are making — full-on masala with a dash of revenge, a slice of heist and characters who are either strutting their chiselled bodies in slow motion or betraying each other." Saibal Chatterjee of NDTV gave it a score of 1.5 out of 5 and feels "This is a wreck of a movie strictly for action junkies who might be looking for a feverish two-and-a-half-hour ride that is far more giddy than heady.
Box-Office Collection
Race 2 was released in 3200 screens in India and the film is the third biggest release ever for a Hindi film after Ek Tha Tiger(3300 screens) and Dabangg 2(3700 screens). Race 2 was released in more than 50 countries, including US, UK, Gulf, Australia, Pakistan as well as non-traditional markets like Maldives, East Timor, Myanmar, Morocco and Vietnam (with as many as 7 screens). The film had a simultaneous release in Morocco in four to five screens, including theatres in Casablanca and Marrakech. Race 2 is subtitled in Arabic, Thai, Bahasa, Malay, Vietnamese, Dutch.
Race 2 had what Box Office India called a "solid opening" at both multiplexes and single screens with occupancy of around 60–70% range. The film had a very good opening day, netting 14.25 crore(s) (US$2.6 million). The film showed 37% growth in its second day, collecting approx. 17.50 crore(s) (US$3.2 million) nett. Race 2 did well on its first weekend by collecting around 46.25 crore(s) (US$8.5 million) nett by collecting around 14.50 crore(s) (US$2.7 million) on Sunday. Race 2 dropped on Monday as it collected around 6 crore(s) (US$1.1 million) nett. Despite dropping collections after the weekend,the film managed to do well and netted around 69.50 crore(s) (US$13 million) in its first week. Race 2 did pretty well on its second Friday collecting around 3.25 crore(s) (US$590,000) nett. Race 2 had a decent second weekend and collected around 14 crore(s) (US$2.6 million) with first Sunday collections going to around 6 crore nett plus. The film has collected around 83.50 crore(s) (US$15 million) nett in 10 days. It did well in its second week collecting around 20.50 crore(s) (US$3.8 million) nett. The two week total for the film is around 90 crore(s) (US$16 million) nett. It further added 3.50 crore(s) (US$640,000) in its third week.
Race 2 had a good opening in overseas with $3.25 million approx in opening weekend. Race 2 has grossed $5.5 million approx overseas in ten days. After grossing $6 million in 17 days overseas, the film was declared a hit by Box Office India. Race 2 recorded similar figures in overseas markets like its prequel. Moreover, the film recorded the highest ever collection in Pakistan for any Bollywood film with an amount of $775,000 beating Don 2 which netted $675,000. Its final business in the overseas market is around $6.5 million range.
Race 2 Soundtrack
4. Allah Duhai Hai
Mayur Puri
Atif Aslam, Vishal Dadlani, Anushka Manchanda, Ritu Pathak, Michie One
4:16
5. Party On My Mind (Remix)
Prashant Ingole & Honey Singh
KK, Shefali Alvares
4:41
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6. Be Intehaan (Remix)
Mayur Puri
Atif Aslam, Sunidhi Chauhan
5:15
7. Allah Duhai (Remix)
Mayur Puri
Atif Aslam, Vishal Dadlani, Anushka Manchanda, Ritu Pathak, Michie One
4:13
8. Be Intehaan (Unplugged)
Gourav Bansal
Rahul Vaidya
3:59
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