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Race 2
Theatrical release poster
Directed byAbbas-Mustan
Written byShiraz Ahmed
Story byShiraz Ahmed
Produced byRamesh S. Taurani
Ronnie Screwvala
Siddharth Roy Kapur
StarringSaif Ali Khan
Deepika Padukone
John Abraham
Jacqueline Fernandez
Anil Kapoor
Ameesha Patel
CinematographyRavi Yadav
Edited byHussain Burmawala
Music bySongs:
Pritam
Background Score:
Salim-Sulaiman
Distributed byTips Films
UTV Motion Pictures
Illuminati Films
ShowMaker Pictures
Release date
  • 25 January 2013 (2013-01-25)
CountryIndia
LanguagesHindi
Urdu
English
Budget₹89 crore (US$11 million)

Race 2 is an upcoming Indian action thriller film is directed by Abbas-Mustan and produced under the Tips Music Films banner. It is the sequel to the 2008 hit film, Race, and stars an ensemble cast that includes Anil Kapoor and Saif Ali Khan reprising their roles as Robert D'Costa and Ranvir Singh from the previous film while John Abraham, Deepika Padukone, Jacqueline Fernandez and Ameesha Patel are new additions to the cast. Bipasha Basu will reprise her role of Sonia in a cameo. The film is scheduled to release on 25 January 2013.

Cast

Production

Casting

After the success of Race (2008), Ramesh Taurani registered Race 2 as a title and Abbas-Mustan said that they would go ahead with a sequel "if we get a script in place which is even better than the original."[1] The screenplay was written by Shiraz Ahmed who also wrote Race. Saif Ali Khan and Anil Kapoor were the first to sign on to the film in November 2009 and were reported to be the only returning cast members from the first film.[2] In June 2010, John Abraham was signed on to play the antagonist and Kareena Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra were approached to co-star opposite Khan and Abraham respectively.[3][4] However, Kapoor turned down the role as she didn't want her pairing with Khan to get repetitive and Chopra was replaced by Deepika Padukone due to scheduling conflicts.[5] In December 2010, Sonakshi Sinha was cast as a replacement for Kapoor.[6] Chitrangda Singh was approached for a role opposite Anil Kapoor in May 2011 but eventually dropped out for unspecified reasons.[7] Ameesha Patel and Mallika Sherawat were considered for that same role but it ultimately went to Patel.[8][9]

"The expectations from Race 2 are humongous and we plan to make it bigger and better than the first part."

—Taurani on Race 2[10]

The film's shooting was set to begin on 5 October 2011 but was postponed to accommodate Deepika Padukone's dates causing scheduling conflicts with Sonakshi Sinha.[11] Sinha's dates conflicted with her filming schedule for Dabangg 2 (2012), forcing her to drop out. Priyanka Chopra was rumored to be re-offered the part that she was initially offered as a replacement for Padukone but the producers denied these rumors and confirmed that Padukone's dates have been worked out. In October 2011, Jacqueline Fernandez who had opted out Krrish 3 was cast as a replacement for Sinha.[12] Shortly afterwards, it was announced that Bipasha Basu would be reprising her role as Sonia in a cameo appearance, and continuing to be Khan's girlfriend. Despite rumours suggesting that Basu will be sharing screen space with ex-boyfriend John Abraham for the first time after their breakup, Abraham denied this.[13][14][15]

Filming

The film's first shooting schedule began on 5 November 2011 in Mumbai for 15 days, wrapping up on 20 November.[16] Meanwhile, Sanjay Dutt was in talks to join the cast of the film, but he dropped out due to scheduling conflicts.[17][18] The second schedule commenced on 23 January 2012 in Mumbai. However, Deepika Padukone dropped out within six days of filming because the film was always being rescheduled.[19] The film's producer Ramesh Taurani released a statement to the media deeming Padukone's behavior as "unethical, unprofessional and unacceptable".[20] According to reports, Priyanka Chopra, Kareena Kapoor and Chitrangda Singh, the original choices for the film, were approached to replace Padukone. It was also rumored that Asin Thottumkal was shortlisted for that part.[21] Also, it was reported that Nargis Fakhri was offered the role to replace Padukone, although it has been rumoured that she declined the offer, thus, avoiding any controversies regarding her and Padukone.[22] However, Padukone and Taurani agreed on a settlement after much negotiation and the filming continued as planned.[23] Jacqueline Fernandez, John Abraham and Deepika Padukone joined the cast in May at Istanbul for the third schedule. On 7 October 2012, shooting for the film was completed.

Promotions and marketing

First look

On 5 November 2012, the first look of the Race 2 logo was released via Deepika Padukone's Twitter and creative producer, Jay Shewakramani. It was later announced that individual posters of each main star that is Saif Ali Khan, Deepika Padukone, Jacqueline Fernandez, John Abraham, Anil Kapoor and Ameesha Patel will be released every day until release of the trailer on the occasion of Diwali starting from 6 November 2012 with Saif's poster and Deepika would spearhead the online promotions of the film due to her popularity on Twitter.[24] The poster that features the entire cast was released on 12 November 2012, along with the theatrical trailer which was released on the YouTube channel of Tips Industries and it crossed 2.1 million views within seven days.[25] The trailer was also attached to the prints of Jab Tak Hai Jaan and Son of Sardaar.

Soundtrack

The soundtrack of Race 2 is composed by Pritam Chakraborty who also composed the music of the prequel Race. The album is expected to hit the markets in mid December 2012. A single track "Party On My Mind" was released on 20 November 2012. It is sung by: KK, Yo Yo Honey Singh, Shefali Alvares, Bob & URL. It received extremly positive reviews.[citation needed] The song features the whole cast including: Saif Ali Khan, John Abraham, Deepika Padukone, Jacqueline Fernandez, Anil Kapoor & Amisha Patel. Another single "Be Intehaan" sung by Atif Aslam & Sunidhi Chauhan was released on 7 December 2012. The remake of the song 'Allah Duhaai Hai" has been made. The song is sung by Atif Aslam, Alyssa Mendonsa & Vishal Dadlani.

References

  1. ^ Tuteja, Joginder (March 26, 2008). ""Race 2 is not ruled out" - Abbas Mustan". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved September 14, 2011.
  2. ^ Adarsh, Taran (November 24, 2009). "Saif Ali Khan & Anil Kapoor in 'Race 2'". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved September 13, 2011.
  3. ^ Adarsh, Taran (June 29, 2010). "The principal star cast of 'Race 2' is finalized". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved September 13, 2011.
  4. ^ Ramsubramaniam, Nikhil (September 4, 2010). "Priyanka Chopra to star in Race 2". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved September 13, 2011.
  5. ^ Bollywood Hungama News Network (October 27, 2010). "Deepika Padukone replaces Priyanka Chopra in Race 2". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved September 13, 2011.
  6. ^ Bollywood Hungama News Network (December 7, 2010). "Sonakshi Sinha signed for Race 2". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved September 13, 2011.
  7. ^ Shah, Kunal M (May 18, 2011). "Chitrangda spices up Race 2". Times of India. Retrieved September 13, 2011.
  8. ^ Joshi, Tushar (August 11, 2011). "Ameesha Patel in Race 2". Times of India. Retrieved September 13, 2011.
  9. ^ Pradhan, Bharathi (August 31, 2011). "Ameesha Patel gets Mallika Sherawat's role in Race 2". The Film Street Journal. Retrieved September 13, 2011.
  10. ^ Adarsh, Taran (February 22, 2011). "'Race 2' ready to take-off". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved September 16, 2011.
  11. ^ Bollywood Hungama News Network (October 18, 2011). "Race 2 delayed; the film was not released in May 2012 as planned earlier". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved October 18, 2011.
  12. ^ KBR, Upala (October 24, 2011). "Jacqueline to replace Sonakshi in Race 2?". Times of India. Retrieved October 24, 2011.
  13. ^ Sharma, Amrapali (October 31, 2011). "All for the camera". Mumbai Mirror. Retrieved October 31, 2011.
  14. ^ "John won't work with Bipasha in Race 2". The Times Of India. November 14, 2011. Retrieved 20 November 2011.
  15. ^ Baksi, Dibyojyoti. "Won't be seen with Bipasha in Race 2: John Abraham". Retrieved 20 November 2011.
  16. ^ Shewakramani, Jay (October 31, 2011). "Race 2 starts 5th November". Twitter. Retrieved November 1, 2011.
  17. ^ Lalwani, Vickey (January 10, 2012). "Race 2 gets eight stars". Mumbai Mirror. Retrieved February 07, 2012. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  18. ^ "Sanjay Dutt not in Б─≤Race 2Б─≥". Supergoodmovies.com. 23 March 2012. Retrieved 9 November 2012.
  19. ^ Shah, Kunal M (February 4, 2012). "Deepika not running this Race anymore". Mumbai Mirror. Retrieved February 07, 2012. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  20. ^ Shah, Kunal M (February 9, 2012). "Dippy has no remorse". Mumbai Mirror. Retrieved February 09, 2012. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  21. ^ "Race 2 co-stars ignore Deepika Padukone". Times of India. Retrieved February 16, 2012.
  22. ^ February 20, 2012 DC (20 February 2012). "Nargis Fakhri dragged into Race 2 controversy". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 9 November 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  23. ^ "Deepika Padukone's back in Race 2?". Times of India. Retrieved February 17, 2012.
  24. ^ http://www.digitalspy.com/bollywood/news/a436707/deepika-padukone-to-spearhead-online-promotions-for-race-2.html
  25. ^ http://twitter.com/Race2Official/status/270395927683006464

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