Kahaani 2: Durga Rani Singh

Kahaani 2: Durga Rani Singh
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Sujoy Ghosh
Produced by	Sujoy Ghosh Jayantilal Gada
Written by	Sujoy Ghosh Ritesh Shah (dialogues)
Story by	Sujoy Ghosh Suresh Nair
Starring	Vidya Balan Arjun Rampal Jugal Hansraj
Music by	Clinton Cerejo
Cinematography	Tapan Basu
Production company	Boundscript Motion Pictures Pen India Limited
Distributed by	Pen India Limited (India) Eros International (some overseas territories)
Release date	2 December 2016 (2016-12-02)
Running time	128 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Budget	₹17 crore
Box office	est. ₹54.79 crore

Kahaani 2: Durga Rani Singh (or simply Kahaani 2, English: Story 2) is a 2016 Indian thriller film directed by Sujoy Ghosh and produced by Ghosh and Jayantilal Gada. A sequel to the 2012 film Kahaani, the film features Vidya Balan, Arjun Rampal in lead roles and Jugal Hansraj and Kharaj Mukherjee in supporting roles. Principal photography took place from March 2016 to May 2016. The film was released on 2 December 2016. Kahaani 2 is the story of Durga Rani Singh who is charged with kidnapping and murder. It was declared tax-free in Uttar Pradesh on 15 December 2016. At the 62nd Filmfare Awards, Balan received a Best Actress nomination for her performance.

Vidya Sinha (Vidya Balan) is a middle-class working mother who lives in Chandan Nagar, West Bengal with her teenage daughter Minnie (Tunisha Sharma), who is paralyzed from the waist down and uses a wheelchair. However, Minnie is a happy child and Vidya dotes on her, working hard to save money so that she can take Minnie to America in the hope that the girl will walk again. Vidya also maintains a personal diary where she records their daily lives.

One day, Vidya leaves Mini home alone, as she awakes late. When she reaches work, she confirms through mobile that the nurse has arrived to look after Mini. When she returns home, her daughter is missing. A distraught Vidya finds out that the nurse did not go because she received a phone call from someone (pretending to be Vidya), telling her not to come. Vidya then receives a call from an unknown woman asking her to come to an address if she does not want to see Mini dead. When she attempts to cross the road, a taxi knocks her down, sending her into a coma. She is admitted by the taxi-driver into a local nursing home of Dr. Maity (Pradip Mukherjee). A sub-inspector, Inderjeet Singh (Arjun Rampal) is put on Vidya's case. He visits the nursing home to see Vidya in coma. He gets a rude shock when he sees Vidya, as her face resembles that of Durga Rani Singh, whom he had known. He visits Vidya's home and finds her diary, which he takes in his custody to go through. Inderjeet's senior, Pranab Halder (Kharaj Mukherjee), informs him that Durga is wanted for a kidnapping and murder case. Inderjeet's wife Rashmi (Manini Chadha) suspects that he is involved with another woman and keeps questioning him. She keeps asking him to take transfer to Kolkata as she doesn't like Chandan Nagar. Inderjeet assures her that he is investigating a case and there is nothing personal.