Awarapan 2 (2026): Box Office, Cast & OTT Status

Two decades after the events of Awarapan (2007), former gangster Shivam Pandit is revealed to be alive. When a baby girl he once gave up for adoption goes missing, he heads to Bangkok and takes on a child-trafficking network to find her.

Release date and status

Awarapan 2 released on 14 August 2026. Release markets: India (theatrical), worldwide. Language: Hindi.

• 3 April 2026 – Originally scheduled: Initial theatrical date
• 14 August 2026 – Released: Postponed to the Independence Day weekend

Release strategy

The film was first scheduled for 3 April 2026 and was moved to 14 August 2026 to open on the Independence Day weekend, where it clashed with Batwara 1947. Advance bookings opened on 11 August 2026, and a special screening was held in Mumbai on 13 August.

OTT release

Wikipedia reports that the digital streaming rights were acquired by Amazon Prime Video; a streaming date had not been announced as of 25 September 2026.

Cast and crew

• Director: Nitin Kakkar
• Writer: Bilal Siddiqui, Vishesh Bhatt, Nitin Kakkar
• Music: Mithoon, Amaal Mallik, Jeet Gannguli, Akhil Sachdeva
• Cast: Emraan Hashmi, Disha Patani, Shabana Azmi, Suvinder Vicky

Production history

Vishesh Films announced Awarapan 2 in March 2025 as a direct continuation of the 2007 film, with Nitin Kakkar directing and Emraan Hashmi returning as Shivam Pandit. Mohit Suri, who directed the original, was busy with another film and was not approached. Hashmi said the screenplay went through several revisions over nearly two years. Pre-production began in April 2025, and principal photography ran from September 2025 to June 2026 in Bangkok, Rajasthan, Malaysia and Mumbai. During the Rajasthan schedule Hashmi suffered an abdominal injury while shooting an action sequence and underwent surgery, and photos of his and Disha Patani's looks leaked from the set.

Patani plays the female lead and Shabana Azmi the antagonist. The film marks the debut of Aniruddh Rawal, son of Paresh Rawal, and of Puran Gabbi, brother of Wamiqa Gabbi, who plays another antagonist; Shaad Randhawa and Shriya Saran reprise their roles from the original in cameos. It was produced by Vishesh Bhatt and distributed by Pen Marudhar.

Trailer and music

The teaser was released on 29 June 2026, a motion poster revealing Hashmi's character on 29 July, and the official trailer on 6 August 2026; before the trailer, the makers clarified that the film had not been delayed. The songs are by Mithoon, Jeet Gannguli, Amaal Mallik, Akhil Sachdeva and Wasif Ahmad, with a background score by Raju Singh. The album, released by Sony Music on 11 August 2026, includes "Ve Junoon", "Yeh Awarapan", "Tera Mera Rishta" and "Toh Phir Aao"; the last two were originally sung by Pakistani singer Mustafa Zahid.

Certification and runtime

The CBFC granted a U/A 16+ certificate on 5 August 2026 with a final runtime of 140 minutes. Its Examining Committee ordered about four minutes of deletions and 20 seconds of replacements, including static disclaimers on scenes of child trafficking and drug use, replacement of objectionable words and trimming of violent scenes.

Box office

Awarapan 2 opened with ₹21.89 crore net in India and about ₹27 crore gross worldwide on day one, Emraan Hashmi's biggest opening (The Indian Express reported the same ₹27 crore worldwide figure). It crossed ₹100 crore net in India on 19 August 2026. Wikipedia's compilation puts the worldwide gross at about ₹207.3 crore (₹173.71 crore India gross and ₹33.41 crore overseas), calls it a commercial success, and ranks it as the seventh highest-grossing Hindi film of 2026.

Critical reception

Reviews were mixed to positive; Rotten Tomatoes listed 47% of 19 critics' reviews as positive (average 5.7/10). Rishabh Suri of the Hindustan Times (3.5/5) described it as a deliberately old-school sequel that recreates 2000s Bollywood, with a predictable plot and too much action in places. Sreeju Sudhakaran of Rediff.com (2/5) found Hashmi fully committed but the script ordinary, while Bhumi Vashisht of The Sunday Guardian praised Hashmi's performance and the film's nostalgia. The ending leaves room for another sequel, which has been reported but not officially announced.