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Directed by | Abbas-Mustan |
Produced by | Ramesh S. Taurani |
Written by | Kiran Kotrial (Dialogue) |
Screenplay by | Shiraz Ahmed |
Story by | Shiraz Ahmed |
Starring |
Anil Kapoor Saif Ali Khan Deepika Padukone Jacqueline Fernandez Ameesha Patel John Abraham Aditya Pancholi |
Music by |
Songs: Pritam Background score: Salim-Sulaiman Sunny M.R. |
Cinematography | Ravi Yadav |
Edited by | Hussain Burmawala |
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Distributed by | UTV Motion Pictures |
Release date
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Running time
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145 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Hindi |
Budget | ₹60 crore |
Box office | ₹162 crore |
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Soundtrack album by Pritam | ||||
Released | 4 January 2013 | |||
Recorded | 2012 | |||
Genre | Soundtrack | |||
Language | Hindi language | |||
Label | Tips Industries Limited | |||
Producer | Ramesh S. Taurani Ronnie Screwvala Siddharth Roy Kapur | |||
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Race 2 is a 2013 Indian action thriller film directed by Abbas Burmawalla, Mustan Burmawalla and produced under the Tips Music Films banner. It is the sequel to the 2008 film, Race and the second installment of Race film series. It stars an ensemble cast that includes Anil Kapoor and Saif Ali Khan reprising their roles as Robert D'Costa and Ranvir Singh respectively, while Deepika Padukone, John Abraham, Jacqueline Fernandez are new additions to the cast. Aditya Pancholi is featured as an antagonist in a guest appearance. Bipasha Basu reprised her role of Sonia Martin in a special appearance.Ameesha Patel replaced Sameera Reddy who was assistant to Anil Kapoor in 1st installment.
Made on a budget of ₹600 million (US$8.9 million),Race 2 was released on 25 January 2013 and opened to mixed reviews from critics and highly positive response at the box office, earning ₹1.62 billion (US$24 million) worldwide. The film was the first one to enter the domestic and worldwide; Bollywood's 100 Crore Club in 2013. According to Box Office India, it was a Hit worldwide.
Race 2 begins with a sniper shooting out the fuel tank of a Lamborghini, causing it to burst into flames. Some time afterwards, a robbery takes place and European printing plates are stolen. Ranvir Singh (Saif Ali Khan) watches this news on TV and smiles. Ranvir goes to a casino owner, Vikram Thapar (Rajesh Khattar), claiming to have been behind the Euro printing plates robbery.