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Jolly LLB 2 (2017)

Jolly LLB 2 poster
Original title
जॉली एलएलबी 2
Directed by
Subhash Kapoor
Genre
comedy drama
Country
India
Runtime
2h 20m
Rated
UA
Rating
6.9 of 10 from 158 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A lawyer in Lucknow takes on a powerful advocate to get justice for someone killed in a fake encounter. The case involves a corrupt police officer and a terrorist who was presumed dead.

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What happens

Jolly LLB 2 (marketed as The State vs. Jolly LL.B 2) is a 2017 Indian Hindi-language legal comedy drama film written and directed by Subhash Kapoor. A standalone sequel to the 2013 film Jolly LLB, it stars Akshay Kumar as Jagdishwar Mishra, with Huma Qureshi, Annu Kapoor, and Kumud Mishra in supporting roles. Saurabh Shukla, Sanjay Mishra, and Brijendra Kala reprise their characters from the original film. Based in Lucknow, the story follows a lawyer who fights a case against a ruthless and powerful advocate to bring justice to the deceased victim of a fake encounter involving a corrupt police officer and a terrorist presumed dead. Jolly LL.B. 2 opened worldwide on 10 February 2017, and made on an investment of ₹450 million (US$4.7 million), earned ₹2 billion (US$21 million) worldwide to become a major critical and commercial success, with praise for the writing and execution by Subhash Kapoor, as well as the performances of Kumar, Shukla and Kapoor, as well as Mishra. A sequel titled Jolly LLB 3 was released on 19 September 2025. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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