Dhaval Roy of The Times of India gave the film 3 out of 5 stars, calling it "strictly watchable, only for the action and spectacle".Read at source
War 2 2025 
Synopsis
War 2
War 2 is a 2025 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film directed by Ayan Mukerji and produced by Aditya Chopra under Yash Raj Films. Based on a script written by Shridhar Raghavan and Abbas Tyrewala, from an original story by Chopra, it is the sixth instalment in the YRF Spy Universe and sequel to the 2019 film War. The film stars Hrithik Roshan and N. T. Rama Rao Jr. (in his Hindi film debut) in the lead roles, alongside Kiara Advani, Ashutosh Rana and Anil Kapoor in pivotal roles. It follows Kabir Dhaliwal, a former RAW agent, who, after going rogue, becomes a major threat to national security, and a special units officer, Vikram Chelapathi, is assigned to neutralise him.
- Director
- Ayan Mukerji
- Release
- 14 Aug 2025
- Studio
- Yash Raj Films
- Run time
- 173 min
- Language
- Hindi
Reviews
10 Indian-media reviews, grouped by reception.
Critics' consensus
Unfavorable
Critics' aggregate for War 2 is 48/100 from 10 scored critic/publication reviews including Rotten Tomatoes.
Synthesized by AI (gpt-5-codex-omdb-enricher) from 12 source-backed reviews — verify against the linked sources.Common praise
- writing
- visual craft
Watch points
- direction
- writing
- music
- visual craft
Positive 5
Mayur Sanap of Rediff.com gave 3.5 out of 5 stars, writing "War 2 offers you exactly what you’d expect from a mass entertainer: some escapist fun, truly knockout action scenes, and overall, a good time at the movies".Read at source
Kusumika Das from Times Now gave the film 3 out of 5 stars.Read at source
Titas Chowdhury of News18 gave the film 2.5 out of 5 stars, praising the action sequences but criticized the plot and poor execution.Read at source
Vinamra Mathur of Firstpost gave the film 2.5 out of 5 stars and noted that the film had endless conversations and combats that barely served any purpose.Read at source
Critical 5
Anuj Kumar of The Hindu criticized the direction, noting that Mukerji loses grip on the narrative while balancing the screen time of Roshan and NTR.Read at source
Bollywood Hungama gave the film 2 out of 5 stars, criticizing the screenplay as clichéd and unexciting, the direction as subpar, and the editing as dragging.Read at source
Pranati A S of Deccan Herald gave the film 2 out of 5 stars, criticising the dialogues, story, action sequences, and NTR's casting, calling his character poorly written and lacking depth.Read at source
Radhika Sharma of NDTV gave 2 out of 5 stars and wrote "The sequel takes the viewers on a journey to at least 10 countries, stuffing episodes from at least six of them in the post credis".Read at source
Rishabh Suri of Hindustan Times gave the film 2 out of 5 stars, criticising the screenplay and soundtrack, but praising the action sequences.Read at source
Media & trailers
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Details
Soundtrack
- Janaab-e-Aali Sachet Tandon, Saaj Bhatt
- Aavan Jaavan Arijit Singh, Nikhita Gandhi
- Jeete Jeete Jubin Nautiyal
- Shaitan Roll Rida, Riya Duggal
- Kabir Theme Reloaded Instrumental
- War Theme 2.0 Instrumental
- Raghu & Kaboo Theme Instrumental
- Tripping High Tsumyoki, Raghav Chaitanya, Poorvi Koutish, Brianna Supriyo, RANJ, Saaj Bhatt, Shreya Phukan, Dev Arijit
Technical specs
- Release date
- 14 Aug 2025
- Run time
- 173 min
- Language
- Hindi
- Country
- IN
- Director
- Ayan Mukerji
- Studio
- Yash Raj Films
- Budget
- ₹300–400 crore
- Distributor
- Yash Raj Films
- Certificate
- TV-MA
Trivia
- N. T. Rama Rao Jr. made his Hindi film debut in War 2.
- Principal photography for the film took place from October 2023 to July 2025.
- The movie was shot extensively in Mumbai with additional schedules in Spain, Italy, and Abu Dhabi.
- War 2 was made on an estimated budget of ₹300–400 crore, making it one of the most expensive Indian films ever made.
- The film grossed ₹303–351 crore worldwide, emerging as the fifth-highest-grossing Hindi film of 2025.
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