K.G.F: Chapter 2 is a 2022 Indian Kannada-language period action film written and directed by Prashanth Neel, and produced by Vijay Kiragandur under the banner Hombale Films. The second instalment in a two-part series, it serves as a sequel to the 2018 film K.G.F: Chapter 1. The film stars Yash, Sanjay Dutt, Raveena Tandon, Srinidhi Shetty and Prakash Raj. It follows the assassin Rocky, who after establishing himself as the kingpin of the Kolar Gold Fields, must retain his supremacy over adversaries and government officials, while also coming to terms with his past.
Produced on a budget of ₹100 crore, K.G.F: Chapter 2 is the most expensive Kannada film ever made. Neel retained the technicians from its predecessor with Bhuvan Gowda handling the cinematography and Ravi Basrur composed the film score and songs. Dutt and Tandon joined the cast in early 2019, marking the former's Kannada film debut. Portions of the film were shot back-to-back with Chapter 1. Principal photography for the rest of the sequences commenced in March 2019, but was halted in February 2020 owing to the COVID-19 lockdown in India. Filming resumed five months later and was completed in December 2020. Locations included Bangalore, Hyderabad, Mysore and Kolar.
K.G.F: Chapter 2 was theatrically released in India on 14 April 2022 in Kannada, along with dubbed versions in Hindi, Telugu, Tamil and Malayalam languages. It is also the first Kannada film to release in IMAX. The film received mixed reviews from critics. Neel's direction, the action sequences, cinematography and performances (particularly Yash) received praise, but the pace and writing attracted criticism. Besides this, it recorded the second highest-opening day in India, the film set domestic opening day records in Kannada, Hindi and Malayalam, and surpassed the lifetime gross of its predecessor in two days to become the highest-grossing Kannada film. With earnings of ₹1,233–1,250 globally, K.G.F: Chapter 2 is the third highest-grossing Indian film of all time, and the second highest-grossing film in India. A sequel is in development.
After detailing the events in K.G.F: Chapter 1, Anand Ingalagi suffers a stroke and his son, Vijayendra, takes over to narrate the rest of the story.
Rocky kills heir apparent Virat and takes over the Kolar Gold Fields (K.G.F), keeping Reena hostage to ensure the cooperation of Guru Pandian, Andrews and Rajendra Desai, and kills Kamal when he protests. He issues orders to start work in eight hidden mines. Meanwhile, Adheera resurfaces and kills all guards at an outpost. In a ruse to bring Rocky to Adheera, Andrews kills Desai to lure Reena outside K.G.F, and John captures Reena. Adheera shoots Rocky but spares his life, while his men roadblock all gold exports from K.G.F. Meanwhile, Shetty ties up with other subordinates of Andrews across India's western coast and exterminates Rocky's allies with Inayat Khalil's newfound support, but Rocky's aides kill Shetty's associates and recapture the coast. A recuperated Rocky, along with Reena, visits Dubai to deal in gold with Khalil, and also buys Kalashnikovs from him. Rocky and his gang gravely wound Adheera and kill his henchmen with their newly acquired weapons. Exasperated with K.G.F, some central ministers had planned a no-confidence motion against the DYSS-supported government to bring Ramika Sen in power, but Rocky's henchmen threaten other ministers against the vote and the motion fails. Rocky also kills Shetty, gaining control over Bombay. Pandian warns Rocky of Sen's rising stature, but he disregards him.
In 1981, Ramika Sen wins the Indian general elections and becomes Prime Minister. After CBI officer Kanneganti Raghavan briefs her about the situation in K.G.F, she issues orders to close all state borders and authorises Raghavan to raid Rocky's warehouses. A young Ingalagi is caught spying by Rocky's henchmen, but Rocky is impressed by his integrity. The CBI find nothing in their raids save for a 400 gram-gold bar. Rocky retrieves it from a police station and singlehandedly brings the place down with a DShK. Rocky halts all exports from K.G.F, which strains relations with Khalil, but continues the mining. His aides trace his biological father, a drunkard who abandoned his family, and pays the unaware man to take care of Shanti's newly shifted grave. Reena confesses her feelings to Rocky and they get married. Rocky meets with Sen and hands her a file exposing his involvement in money laundering, but she cannot consider it as almost all her party members are complicit in the corruption. Still furious after his defeat, Adheera makes his way to K.G.F through a secret passage with Andrews, Daya and John, supported by Khalil's armada.
Just as Reena reveals her pregnancy to Rocky, Adheera fatally snipes her. In the ensuing clash, Rocky's army kill Andrews and Daya, while Rocky kills John and chokes Adheera to death. Rocky and his henchmen disrupt Sen's speech at the Parliament and kill Pandian (who had staged the attack on Garuda for which Adheera was framed, and informed Adheera of Garuda's attack priorly. He was also the one who showed Adheera the secret passage, goaded Andrews into hiring Rocky, staged the no-confidence motion drama in Delhi, and persuaded Shetty to join forces with Khalil just to gain Rocky's trust). Sen issues a death warrant against Rocky and enforces the Indian Army. Rocky evacuates K.G.F and leaves on a ship with his cache of gold. Before leaving, Rocky forms a new colony for all K.G.F workers. He signals the Navy to his location, but refuses to surrender. Sen issues orders to bomb K.G.F and Rocky's ship, and he drowns in the ocean along with the gold, which stays lost till date. A young Ingalagi decides to write a book on Rocky.
In mid-credits scene, three months prior Rocky's death, a CIA official hands over a file listing Rocky's crimes in the United States and 16 other nations between 1978–1981 to Sen. In the present, the peon of the television news channel finds the final draft of K.G.F: Chapter 3.
Cast
- Yash as Raja Krishnappa Bairya "Rocky"
- Anmol Vijay as young Rocky
- Sanjay Dutt as Adheera, Suryavardhan's brother
- Raveena Tandon as Ramika Sen, Prime Minister of India
- Srinidhi Shetty as Reena Desai, Rocky's love interest and wife
- Achyuth Kumar as Guru Pandian, DYSS Party head
- Prakash Raj as Vijayendra Ingalagi, son of Anand Ingalagi
- Rao Ramesh as Kanneganti Raghavan, C.B.I Officer
- Malavika Avinash as Deepa Hegde, the Chief Editor of 24/news channel
- T. S. Nagabharana as Srinivas, news channel owner
- Easwari Rao as Fathima, Farmaan's mother
- Archana Jois as Shanthamma, Rocky's mother
- B. S. Avinash as Andrews, Shetty's boss
- Saran Shakthi as Farmaan, a worker at Narachi
- Ayyappa P. Sharma as Vanaram, commander of K.G.F
- Ashok Sharma as young Anand Ingalagi
- John Kokken as John, overseer of K.G.F
- Govinde Gowda as a peon at 24/News
- Harish Rai as Khasim, Shetty's aide and Rocky's confidant
- Tarak Ponnappa as Daya, Andrews' aide
- Dinesh Mangaluru as Shetty, Rocky's employer and a prominent gold smuggler
- Balakrishna as Inayat Khalil, a Dubai based don
- Lakki Lakshman as Rajendra Desai, Reena's father and a high-ranking associate at K.G.F
- Vasishta N. Simha as Kamal
- Appaji Ambarisha Darbha as Speaker of the Indian Parliament
- Ramesh Indira as Suryavardhan, the founder of the K.G.F's political cult and father of Garuda and Virat (archival footage)
- Ramachandra Raju as Garuda, Suryavardhan's son (archival footage)
- Vinay Bidappa as Virat, Garuda's younger brother
- B. Suresha as Vittal, a slave at K.G.F (archival footage)
- Mohan Juneja as Nagaraju, an informer to Anand Ingalagi
- Roopa Rayappa as Shanthi, a worker at K.G.F
- Krishnappa as Krishnappa Bairya, Rocky's father
- Srinivas Murthy as Narayan, a worker at KGF
- Krishnoji Rao as an old blind man working in KGF
- Yash Shetty as Shyam, archaeological department officer, who along with his team finds the stone of Rocky
- Divya G Gowda as Reena's aide
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