Awarapan 2

Emraan Hashmi casts a spell as Shivam Pandit once again, and no matter how hard you try, you simply cannot break out of it! While the second half of Awarapan succumbs to the predictable crime-drama plot and pacing issues, Nitin Kakkar makes sure that the script holds your attention through Shivam.

Nineteen years after Awarapan became a cult favourite, Emraan Hashmi returns as Shivam Pandit in Awarapan 2, a sequel that understands exactly what made the original resonate with audiences.

Bilal Siddiqi and Vishesh Bhatt's screenplay is engaging and peppered with engaging and emotional moments.

The screenplay follows a fairly predictable path, and several characters feel underwritten.

The film works and only works because of Emraan Hashmi

Emraan Hashmi delivers a sincere and committed performance, but it cannot overcome the script's ordinariness.

It was going to be an inevitability that mainstream Bollywood would discover the terrific Suvinder Vicky, but as a guy shuttling between mob bosses, the texture that makes him a special actor is sandpapered.

Aliyah is in his custody, and Shivam has to fight the odds to save her.,Awarapan 2 Movie Review: What Works,Awarapan 2 is a classic old-school thriller.

It doesn’t try too hard to reinvent the franchise; instead, it leans into the old-school romance, melodrama, soulful music and massy action that made the original memorable.

Patani's performance is decent, although it doesn't leave a particularly strong impression.