Sangharsh 2 is a 2023 Bhojpuri language action film produced by Ratnakar Kumar under banner of "Worldwide Records", Directed by Parag Patil and written by Veeru Thakur. A sequel to 2018 film Sangharsh, the film stars Khesari Lal Yadav, Meghashree, Sanjay Pandey., Mahi Shrivastava, Kriti Yadav, Saba Khan, Varanya Mehrotra, Sushil Singh, Vinit Vishal, Anup Arora, Vinod Mishra, Samarth Chaturvedi, J Neelam, Rohit Singh (Matru), Pappu Yadav, Raj Dewedi, Subodh Seth, Manish Chaturvedi, Vaibhav Rai, Akki, Sanjeev Mishra, Yadavendra Yadav, OP Kashyap, ETC
This film is said to be the biggest Bhojpuri film in terms of Budget, which has been shot in Thailand, UAE and India. Principal photography commenced in early August 2022 and ended in Mid January 2023 with filming primary taking place in Gorakhpur, Dubai, Pattaya and Bangkok. It is second Bhojpuri film after Nirahua Chalal London to be shot in three different countries and the first Bhojpuri film to be shot in Thailand.
Cast
Khesari Lal Yadav as Dharam Raj, a police officer
Meghasri, Dharam's wife
Sanjay Pandey as Virat Dubey
Saba Khan
Mahi Srivastava
Kriti Yadav as Anjali, Dharam's daughter
Vinit Vishal
Suresh Oberoi as Narrator (in Voice) Sushil Singh Anup Arora Pappu Yadav Vineet Vishal Neelam Vashisht Vinod Mishra Samarth Chaturvedi Gaurav Rai Nishta Tiwari Akash Sisodiya
Production
Development
In December 2021, producer of the prequel Sangharsh, Ratnakar Kumar and Khesari came together, and it was expected that something big is going to come. Sangharsh 2 was announced earlier too but postponed for some reason. In August 2022, it was announced that the filming will commence soon in Bangkok Khesari also posted on Instagram flaunting his Six pack abs, with the caption "thik ba nu? Ki auri" (is it fine? Or you want more?), that he had made for his role in the film.
Casting
Initially, there was a suspense on the name of actress for the females lead. It was rumoured that seven actresses are being considered, and out of them one will be the female lead. These names were Akshara Singh, Amrapali Dubey, Kajal Raghwani, Mahi Srivastava, Meghasri, Saba Khan and Shweta Mahara. Finally, Meghasri was announced for the female lead and Mahi Srivastava and Saba Khan for the supporting roles. Later, the name of Sanjay Pandey was announced for the negative role. There are nine villains in the movie. During the shoot Khesari's daughter, Kriti Yadav also became the part of the movie. In November, the producers officially announced that Suresh Oberoi, father of Vivek Oberoi, would narrate this film.
Filming
The film was to film at various locations in Bangkok and Gorakhpur and Bhuj.The first schedule of the Principal photography commenced in August 2022 in Bangkok. Producer Ratnakar Kumar shared some stills from the Bangkok shoot on his social media. The second schedule started from 28 August in Gorakhpur. Various Stills of Khesari were leaked from the sets onto the internet with khesari's look in white beard and hairs, wearing Police uniform sometimes. Khesari also shared a still from the movie in his Instagram handle, in which he was in white hair and beard, with a Cigarette in mouth and a M61 Vulcan in his hand. The third schedule that was planned to be shot in Gujarat cancelled due to bad weather and shot in Gorakhpur. It was also being said that the final schedule will be filmed in Dubai. The finals shots of the film were shot in Dubai on 20 January 2023 and the filming complete with it. The film shot at different locations, and is the first Bhojpuri film to be shot in Thailand, and also the first Bhojpuri film to be shot in three different countries.
Marketing
The first look poster of the film was revealed on 10 February 2023. The teaser of the film was released on 14 February, coinciding with Valentine's Day. The official trailer was released on 25 April 2023. The trailer received more than 5 million views on Youtube within 24 hours. Its second trailer released on 15 April 2023 on YouTube.
Music
Music of this film is composed by Krishna Bedardi. The item song Gajab Jeevan Jihi sung by Khesari Lal Yadav and Priyanka Singh released on 3 March. The song received more than 5 million views with 24 hours of its upload.
Release
The film was set to be released on 25 August 2023 across India. However, the released delayed to avoid the clash with Gadar 2 and now it is going to come on 20 October 2023. It released on 20 October 2023 across India and Nepal.