Ab Tak Chhappan 2 (2015) User Reviews

Dumbed Down Version Of Its Prequel. ♦ 52%

[nairtejas · 5/10 · 3 March 2015]

Ab Tak Chhappan (2004) is a movie that stands all by itself; it doesn't need a sequel nor can a proper sequel be made out of what was left at the end of the film. So even if this is a daunting effort, the tediousness will bore you.

Now, the plot of this much-anticipated sequel is hauntingly similar to its prequel. All-star encounter specialist Sadhu Agashe (Patekar) comes out of retirement and rebuilds his reputation as a maverick. The sidekicks are new, though the attention-seeker that was played by Yashpal Sharma then is now played by Ashutosh Rana in a seemingly absurd role. The same phone conversations with an overseas gangster, collateral damage, raw language, camera work, and Patekar's distinct talking style are all reminiscent of the brilliant movie we adored a decade ago, but twenty minutes later, the narration fails to arrest our senses. Slowly though, the tension picks up, but soon fades away. We end up feeling displeased.

Had most of the previous cast brought back, this could have been made into a much better thriller, but given that Agashe is fighting the bureaucracy this time, all is built on stinking stones of predictability. The scattered sequences and bad editing further adds to the damage done to the original film. Moreover, the climax goes slightly overboard, dealing and being priggish about the current state of politics.

Patekar is brilliant as always, and he does a splendid work. Rana is wasted and I wonder what Gul Panag as a crime reporter was doing in the film. She barely had a role to play and is only found shouting.

BOTTOM LINE: If you loved the 2004 film, you may give it a try, for it is an average thriller. Otherwise, skipping wouldn't be harmful.

Can be watched with a typical Indian family? NO

Profanity/Vulgarity: Medium

Nana Patekar is Spell-Binding!

[namashi_1 · 6/10 · 5 March 2015]

A Sequel to the terrific Ab Tak Chhappan, 'Ab Tak Chhappan 2' is a predictable fare, that demanded a stronger script. But, Nana Patekar reprises his role of Inspector Sadhu Agashe, Spell-Bindingly. His performance left me speechless.

'Ab Tak Chhappan 2' Synopsis: Sadhu Agashe returns to Mumbai Police & takes up the task to end crime in the city. But not everyone is who they seem to be & Sadhu has to do whats right, no matter what.

'Ab Tak Chhappan 2' has an interesting first-hour & to a large extend, the sequences work. The second-hour is a downer & very, very predictable. This sequel isn't without its moments, but they aren't many, sadly.

The Screenplay is clichéd to the core & offers nothing new in the cop-gangster genre. Aejaz Gulab's Direction is alright. Cinematography is shaky. Editing is crisp. Action-Sequences are ordinary.

If there is something remarkable in 'Ab Tak Chhappan 2', its Nana. The legend delivers a towering performance as the bad-ass cop, overshadowing absolutely everyone on-screen from start to end. He's in top-form!

On the whole, 'Ab Tak Chhappan 2' isn't entirely convincing, but Nana is. Watch it for him!

worth watching !!

[mohit_sinsniwal · 7/10 · 26 May 2019]

Ab Tak Chhappan (2004) is a movie that stands all by itself; it doesn't need a sequel nor can a proper sequel be made out of what was left at the end of the film. So even if this is a daunting effort, the tediousness will bore you.

Now, the plot of this much-anticipated sequel is hauntingly similar to its prequel. All-star encounter specialist Sadhu Agashe (Patekar) comes out of retirement and rebuilds his reputation as a maverick. The sidekicks are new, though the attention-seeker that was played by Yashpal Sharma then is now played by Ashutosh Rana in a seemingly absurd role. The same phone conversations with an overseas gangster, collateral damage, raw language, camera work, and Patekar's distinct talking style are all reminiscent of the brilliant movie we adored a decade ago, but twenty minutes later, the narration fails to arrest our senses. Slowly though, the tension picks up, but soon fades away. We end up feeling displeased.

Had most of the previous cast brought back, this could have been made into a much better thriller, but given that Agashe is fighting the bureaucracy this time, all is built on stinking stones of predictability. The scattered sequences and bad editing further adds to the damage done to the original film. Moreover, the climax goes slightly overboard, dealing and being priggish about the current state of politics.

Patekar is brilliant as always, and he does a splendid work. Rana is wasted and I wonder what Gul Panag as a crime reporter was doing in the film. She barely had a role to play and is only found shouting.

BOTTOM LINE: If you loved the 2004 film, you may give it a try, for it is an average thriller. Otherwise, skipping wouldn't be harmful.

Can be watched with a typical Indian family? NO

Profanity/Vulgarity: Medium

An Insipid Ending

[lediscipledessocrates · 6/10 · 21 March 2015]

The fact that Ab Tak Chappan warranted a sequel is undisputed . The sequel , on its part , is quite decent although it never really matches the ingenuity and quality of direction which Shimit Amin delivered in 2004.

Unlike the first part , the present movie is ordinarily edited and suffers from a flaw that proves fatal for most movies- non-judicious characterisation. The characters have not been given much depth this time and some of them have even been shabbily treated . There are quite a few superfluous characters and sequences involving them.

The movie opens rather well and appears to replicate the slick "cut to the chase" approach interspersed with abstract reliefs of introspection , but somehow the story loses its touch midway .

The action sequences are well shot and do justice to the genre. What however, hurts this movie a lot is the conspicuous descent of the story . The story becomes far too weak and run of the mill than one would have expected.

Nana Patekar does a great job but the other cast members are colored in melodrama , which further demotes the movie .

As a stand alone film I could have given it 7 but am forced to rate it 6 , that too because of Nana Patekar's performance , which to be sure binds the film together.

Nana fans should check it out

[gishdrums · 6/10 · 27 November 2023]

I finally watched the original and this sequel back to back. Part 2 does lack a lot of the grit of the original as well as a compelling storyline. However Nana Patekar carries forward the torch single-handledly and makes up for its drawbacks. There are very few actors of his caliber anymore... so if you've historically watched a lot of his work, this is a good one to get under your belt.

(Mild Spoilers Only) The story essentially picks up where the first one leaves off and with him being recalled to the force, which he originally opts against but reconsiders upon being urged by his now slightly grown son. Very few of the original actors/characters persist from the original in the sequel, but medium-strong performances by the supporting cast as well.

Not as hardhitting as the original but yet okay

[silvan-desouza · 4/10 · 1 March 2015]

In 2004,Shimit Amin debuted as a director with Ab Tak 56, A film based on real life encounter specialist Daya Nayak, the film was much talked about and worked quite well, Nana received plaudits. That film was very realistic and had several powerpacked scenes. Almost 11 years later, we have Ab Tak 56 2 with a new team this time, almost new cast except Nana and some key characters most are new. Instead of Yashpal Sharma we have Ashutosh Rana and some more additions. The film like a sequel follows the same story however this time it lacks the strong punch of the original, there have been so many cop films that it's no longer unique. Another factor that goes against the film is the things are handled very routinely, there is lot of predictability Nothing really stands out, all seems seen before

Direction is alright, the director does show some scope but he is bogged down by the film's script There is overdose of weird camera angles which get irritating

Nana Patekar is superb in his role which only he could do, however the script lets him down, Gul Panag screams a lot throughout the film Ashutosh Rana is superb as always, Govind Namdeo gets less scope and is okay Vikram Gokhale is decent, Dilip Prabhavalkar is good Mohan Agashe and rest lend support. Raj Jhutsi plays a character who sits on a wheelchair and rattles phone calls to Nana and is decent,rest are OK

An OK run of the mill movie

[nevildadrewalla · 6/10 · 1 March 2015]

Watch it for Nana's acting. Gul Panag is so so. The villains of the movie perform very well and act naturally. The story is run of the mill repeat . We have seen the same story in 100s of other movies and at least a dozen times in Nana's movies. Time pass movie finally. Nothing to write home about. The film will be forgotten in no time I wonder what's the point of making such movies. Technically good. The script would have been good for a serial but not fit for a movie. Nana is still in form though looks a bit old now. He should be given better roles as he can still do justice to any character and the audience still likes him.

Has its few moments, dialogues and Nana Patekar, but nothing path breaking compared to the part one.

[bobbysing · 5/10 · 19 March 2015]

Following the current questionable trend of making weak sequels of some well made films, here is another of those attempts made by a different team trying to en-cash the cult status of its original released a decade back in 2004.

To mention its few merits, Nana Patekar once again proves to be the major pull in the film playing Sadhu Agashe, the encounter specialist and it all begins on a promising note exactly from where they left it open-ended in the original. The initial 20 minutes set the mood in with few notable punchy dialogues and an energetic background score coming at the right moments. But as soon as Nana joins the force again and begins his encounter missions as per his own questionable style, the film goes back to all routine standards with nothing new to offer to the viewers in terms of storyline, execution or performances.

The camera-work awfully tries to imitate RGV in an amateurish manner throughout the film and Nana Patekar starts sleepwalking in his act unexpectedly post the enjoyable initial moments. All the cuss words in its dialogues get muted as per the new guidelines of the Censor board, brutally hurting their final impact quite annoyingly and the climax doesn't turn out to be anything exciting or innovative at all as compared to its impressive original (though written with all good intentions against the corrupt politicians).

In short, debutant director Aejaz Gulab fails to materialize on the ground already there and delivers a below average film with only a few worth mentioning features namely the well written lines, background score and action sequences. However I strong feel that its theme music should have been used repeatedly in the backdrop instead of playing the unnecessary variations diluting the overall effect.

Moreover with just OK performances coming from seasoned actors such as Vikram Gokhale, Ashutosh Rana, Dilip Prabhawalkar, Raj Zutshi and Gul Panag, AB TAK CHHAPPAN 2 (a song-less thriller) can surely be rated as a great opportunity missed by the team to move one step ahead than its part one despite having the same Sadhu Agashe in the cast.

One of the Worst movie I've ever seen

[jpatel-42538 · 1/10 · 22 October 2017]

They spend one third of the total time to convince Nana Patekar to re-join police department. Second one there is no need to kill Nana's son. And what was the role of Shalu (Gul Panag) ? almost nothing. the End of the movie was too bad, there was nothing make sense. if you want to make a suspense movie, it has to be a proper order not like this.

Just ANother Boring Sequel

[anupapu8 · 5/10 · 27 February 2015]

Ab Tak Chhappan 2- The sequence of bad sequels continues with Ab Tak Chhappan 2. I cant understand why sequels in Bollywood are made by an entirely different team. In case of Ab Tak Chhappan 2 not just the director but producer also (Ram Gopal Verma was the producer for the first one) are different. An the new team has done a pretty bad job. Made a movie which you cant say bad , but too much boring (with just a running time of 1hr 46min , still boring) and forgettable. There is nothing much to say about it, movie has a plan story of a cop who is called back by Home Minister to tackle the raising gang war in the city. So Sadhu Agashe (Nana Patekar) comes and tackle with it in his own way. There was no twist (m not counting the predictable one) just plan chase sequence not so interesting too. And there was Bad camera work (like what we have seen in DEPARTMENT and ATTACK OF 26/11 with too much awkward angels , looks like the director is inspired from RGV but surely doesn't have the direction qualities of him). Wait there was bad background score too , which sometimes become romantic and sometimes become too loud , like two different people working together , and in both case it only makes the movie worst. Nana Patekar was sleep walking the role , he doesn't get much to do with his character , (although i liked the first half an hour of the film in which father and son relationship was the center of attraction) . Gul Panag was too load in the film , you always wonder why the hell she was screaming. And Ashutosh Rana mostly works as a comic relief in the film. This movie will not gonna make feel its presence at the box office , should not have been made with such carelessness . Only die hard fans of Nana Patekar (mark the word 'Die Hard' as i think everyone is a genuine fan of him) can try it that also not at all in theaters.. 4.5/10 By ANuP APu ANuP

Childish direction and stupid dialogues. Waste of time, money and talent

[sudhir-kirloskar · 1/10 · 12 March 2015]

Pathetic movie. Direction, Dialogue, Screenplay everything in this movie is childish. Doesn't come anywhere close to original.

Director Ejaz Gulab and Writer Nilesh Girkar of this sequel are total useless guys. They ruined a good opportunity and just did a box- collection in the name of sequel. Created a bull***t movie despite hiring good cast like Nana, Agashe and Vikram.

Shimit Amin and Sandeep Srivastava had done a far far better and dedicated job on direction, screenplay and script in original 'Ab Tak Chhappan' movie. They might be laughing now, after seeing this no brainer copy-cat of original done by some idiots.

Bad movie of the year!!!

[mlatul · 4/10 · 27 February 2015]

This the sequel of super hit movie AB tak chappan(2004).this movie released today in 27 feb 2015. After on decade. but this is so bad to say this is the worst than original movie.

No story,no song,no dialog ,no good sound, no good acting , no good location, no good starting and no good end .It is completely time and money wast movie with great actor NAAN PATEKAR.

Story round along shadhu who is encounter police. as very bad story i cant explain you.

The one more thing is that there is no slang use in this movie. because all slang deleted by censer of India. so go watch this movie and wast your priceless time.

Direction at its peak; Downwards !

[apeshave · 1/10 · 6 July 2017]

Someone please teach this guy how to direct. having camera in every angle looks good only for death cam after getting shot in a multiplayer game, NOT in movies. I started watching this and left it in middle at least 5 times. It is that unbearable. Waste of talented actor like Nana sir. I was expecting a lot like the first one.